Respectful ML

Wow! This guy was a huge green flag that I wasn't expecting (⌒▽⌒) I do see the backstory being confusing and the unexplained type causing y'all to be like he liked her. I'm still on the fence because him being respectful to others was something he displayed to his friends (telling him to give it a shot with the beautiful girl he had a crush on) and with the girl he tutored. I kind of feel like the girl wanted to be tutored by the brother but the dad said no he's my heir, he doesn't have time for this. I can see how he's mad that the brother only asked the girl out when he thought the ML liked her. On the girl's end, I do think she liked the brother. Who would very quickly start dating their friend/rival of many years? (⊙…⊙ )

So I feel like the words might have been to the brother or him. I'm not sure though. I feel like maybe it could have been a bit more clear in the original language. He can read other people's emotions, so he probably knew the girl likes the brother. He could have figured his type out prior to her. I think more side stories will make it clear.

I'm not understanding how this ruins the story though. MC is CLEARLY not a rebound or a substitute. ML is always looking AT him. He doesn't compare him, he's always watching and caring for how MC reacts. Even if it turns out that the ML did like her in the past, he does not treat the MC as a placeholder or replacement. We went all into MC's backstory and now it's ML's backstory turn. Y'all are literally DNF-ing the greenest story. (￣∇￣")