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Okay rejecting and then realizing is standard in this trope but god do I hate when they do that, like bro sort your feelings before answering, you’re already crushing on him and stuff so why would you be so cruel and harsh telling him “ stop it’s never gonna happen we’re men and I’m too much older don’t be stupid” if you’re gonna be all sulky the moment he tells you he’ll get over you, Istg if someone harshly turned me down and then came back saying well I changed my mind I’d say bye should’ve thought properly before giving me a hard no
But also the development levels are so weird, he’s all “grrr stop joking around it’s never gonna happen I don’t see you that way” at the start and ten minutes later he’s a blushy mess over a homemade lunchbox, like way too weird of a dramatic escalation, and from there on suddenly he’s a blushy mess at every little thing, normally it’d be a gradual change of going from seeing him as younger kid to seeing his mature side and then falling for him right, here it’s constantly going back and forth acting like just a grumpy hyung and treating him like a kid but at the next moment blushing over every little thing, the vibe doesn’t make senseeee, and like bro you’re 32 taking to a 20 yo why are you stuttering and all shy uwu GET YOUR THOUGHTS OUT AND TALK PROPERLY, bro took him to a hotel and had sex first time the day he confessed and suddenly he can’t get the words out to ask him to stay over after a date at a later time what is this bottom behavior