this has become so cringe to me.. why cant they be friend first
thats what we call development...... they could be friends for awhile and then one of them starting to like the other, and when the other know abt it, he could also like him back. when a relationship progress naturally they wouldnt say i love you that quick and insist the other person that what theyre feeling is Love (like in this story and -other yaoi stories lol- their relationship progressed too quickly when the brocon dude is clearly just started caring more abt himself when suddenly someone expected to go out with him)
and thats okay, bc its fiction and its unrealistic, and i have all the reason to unlike it
Friends to Lover is a common story trope.... u need to read other things than yaoi lol
the ending of ch 3 and the beginning of ch 4 got me crying , so much feelings