it wont change until the end.. that's why many burnout and drop it, there are only a few that are good but dragged on too long (500+ ch, short ch and still nowhere)
No he's not a total red flag. He's like half-half like you mentioned but slowly turning into a green flag Deedee
But he still hasn't actually told the MC about his involvement in the BDSM play. So it's currently one sided with the MC having no idea why he keeps getting punished which kinda violates the first rule of BDSM play. I'm on team red flag.
GRANDPAAA