beta
People have been saying this but the MC has no backbone. If he gets back with ML he has no self-respect either. The ML let him think he was a side piece the entire time they were together and shooed him away the only time they were seen remotely close in public, all the while going out with other people (whether it was a bearding situation or not).
I get that he was in love, but if he gets to the point where he reconsiders this relationship he might as well get the word 'doormat' tattooed on his forehead.