Kinda late but I just reread it so osef
Top dude was a scammer, into boys cuz he hates girls because of mom who left him to rot and get beaten in exchange for consolation money. He met his mark; the sis. They were pseudo happy and the bottom was her adopted brother, he also had a rough childhood but he was loved after his adoption so actually has a great character.
The bro doubted the whole relationship cuz wtf is an apex man doing with a shove-under hyperactive woman fox. But the top conned the bro too! But at a cost... Top genuinely opened up to him and the bottom being an A+++ citizen could see the good in him... Even after it appeared that the siblings got conned.
Feeling guilty about the whole thing, the bro goes on a quest to bring back the money. Meets some rapist assholes by the effect of a yakuza teasing or testing idk (tbh this yakuza in particular seems pretty ok cuz he tells the top about it... and only if you consider the other yakuzas shown in the story)
Top saves bottom and acts nonchalant and evil. Bottom yet again understands the reality of the situation but stands his ground and eats up the consequences
The sis gets her money back and gets a redemption by marrying an actual good man this time
But our bottom still sympathises with the top because he still thinks he's just been numb to all human life because of his upbringing
That spurs him to become a social worker while the top goes to jail for 4 years
Bottom goes to meet him after he gets released to give him back the shirt he borrowed and to tell him no one is helpless and we alone are in control of our destiny which is why he's decided to stop chasing the top and tells him so
This spurs a redemption arc for the top, a genuine one, not just feeling like 'i wanna be better' he actually lets go of all his past
By accident they meet in a bar, and by the encouragement of a coworker the bottom decides to pin after the top
The top gets stabbed during that confession and after he wakes up in the hospital he expresses his dislike to the separation
They got together then
Afterwards it's kinda a mess of emotions for the top because it's probably the first time he's had genuine interest in the wellbeing of someone but he's never shied away from being the bad guy so it's just like what kinda AU am I in where a drop dead angel actually cares for me and stays despite what happened
Anyways, separation anxiety from bottom and tryna figure out his work life, as in how much empathy to give and how to decide who to help with what...
Meanwhile the past haunts the top, his bro from the orphanage throws him under the bus and the yakuza rapist is tryna get one over the top for hitting him or something
Top is tryna deal with it as fast as possible and is probably going right into the sun but we'll see what'll happen
Hopefully the threats against the cute bro don't amount to anything but who knows, he's been given the shirt end of the stick for a while, it'd be mad to expect something different now
someone explain i forgot everything