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It depends on how you view it because at some point, Asha was 13 and Kiel was an 18 year old who kept sticking to 13 year old Asha....I'm going to think that everything was innocent and that Kiel didn't have any nefarious intentions but author could've made this easier and made them 2 years apart. That would've solved everything
They are childhood friends!
Kiel was 6 when Asha was born
This is definitely not grooming.