I think it wasn't love right off the bath... The oniisan felt warmness from the child and he genuinely cared for him... Those feelings develop into love when the child moved away... Like they say "Distance makes the heart grow fonder"
I think he/she meant butt.... oh sorry... Bat...
Its a typo error... I clearly mean "right off the bat"... This phone of mine sometimes autocorrects itself to different spellings...
Ofc I know it’s fiction but it kinda bothers me juuuuuusttttt a little bit that even when subaru was little the onii-san already had romantic intentions (? Idk how to put it into words lol) but then again I read shota manga (not the dirty rape kind! Ew) once in a while so I can’t really judge lol