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I think the problem is not so much Ren's past as the meaning behind each action. If we think about it from an objective point of view, being kissed by and waiting on someone who you used to love (a lot!) and making sure your current crush/interest/whatever-Ren-is-to-Kyoko doesn't know about it does appear suspicious. There is no reason not to speculate that that person might still harbor feelings for their ex. In fact, if Moko were the one who had seen the picture and heard that Kyoko had waited for Sho that day, she would've probably asked the same thing.
The main reason why this particular instance hurts is because we the audience know how Kyoko feels about Ren, but he doesn't.
I find it interesting that this scene is a reverse mirror of the one we got a couple of chapters ago, when Kyoko called Ren despicable after he gave her the flower ring and she thinks he was flirting with her while in love with someone else. That scene could have developed into a really pivotal moment if Kyoko had delved on the issue that was bothering her (Ren's supposed love for the other whats-her-name actress). However, Kyoko's nature is not like that. She would never question Ren's actions on anything because she doesn't feel she has the right to do it. Shotaro destroyed Kyoko's confidence in herself as a woman (reason why I'll never ever ship them, no matter what happens in the manga), so she'll never strive for anything with Ren, whom she has put in a pedestal taller than the sky.
Now the situation is reversed and I think that's great, because Ren doesn't have qualms when it comes to saying what's on his mind, and we know he has manipulated Kyoko several times before (the time he got her to act as his lover for the Katsuki part, the time he kissed her in the cheek to make her forget about Shotarou's kiss, and then later when he talked her into kissing him while in Corn/Kuon's getup). Maybe with this very cruel thing he's done he'll be lowered down in Kyoko's eyes and become more approachable, more someone who has the same defects and character flaws as she does and as such, someone she can consider an equal and not a saint or some unreachable figure.
I'm not holding my breath though (〜￣△￣)〜

Re-reading this to catch up is when you actually realize the difference between Hak and Soo-Won when it comes to their feelings towards Yona. Man, I see some people that actually ship Soo-Won and Yona, and really, I don't know how they can after reading this page: http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/akatsuki_no_yona/an/4584fd7319e5c926/Vol22_Ch125/pg-24/
Hak's feelings here are so incredibly beautiful, selfless and heartbreaking, even in the re-read they make me cry. And they also explain so much about why he can't let go of his hatred towards Soo-Won and are so incredibly relatable. For Hak, Soo-Won betraying him only causes him grief and pain, but the hatred stems instead from the fact that Soo-Won hurt and threatened Yona; that Soo-Won, in order to achieve his own purposes, destroyed the life of the person Hak cares the most in the world for. God, his character is so incredibly amazing and his devotion towards Yona is so selfless and unshaking... he has to be my top 3 manga hero of all that I've read. （/TДT)/ （/TДT)/

I understand that Kyoko is his first love and everything and I can see the place of insecurity and uncertainty his attitude is coming from, but that was so cruel of him! She's come so far in finally accepting that she loves him and now he comes and drops this on her. It's like a slap in the face. Honestly I wish she would tell him off, but if she does I have the feeling their relationship will backtrack completely, with him thinking that she must love Sho after all, and she thinking that she's better off alone after all. I think what's going to happen is she's probably going to break down at last and he's gonna get to feel like sh*t for being an insecure as*hole. I hope she makes him grovel! (づ￣ ³￣)づ

Somebody please kill this bastard-bi*ch-whatever already!!!!!!!!!!!

This two are the ultimate baka-couple. Even their problems have to do with wanting to be more lovey-dovey than they already are. (⌒▽⌒)

Honesty, I like the fact that Tsukasa and Souma are working in the same team this time but this is getting more and more ridiculous. First of all, isn't Blue supposed to be under 30? What's with those oldass-looking Noirs. And juggling? A chainsaw? This author just keeps coming up with ridiculous and outlandish ways of cooking that couldn't possibly be real. I liked this manga because it was a different kind of shonen about a different kind of battlefield that could still offer the same fun and tension. But in trying to push the story beyond what it should've been it's dwindling point (Souma becoming first seat), the authors is destroying this. It wouldn't make sense for Souma to win BLUE. He still can't even win against Tsukasa, and yet if he doesn't win he can't inherit Yukihira? He's put such high stakes on this that we all pretty much already know how it's gonna end, even if it's absolutely unrealistic. I wished the author had just concentrated in the Souma vs Erina point (which we've all been waiting for) and ditched all this overblown nonsense (づ￣ ³￣)づ

All S&M Yaoi should be like this

This manga should last foreve

"Squirted what?"
God, I laughed so much I almost fell off my chair

This is crap! I just... I just don't know how I feel about it, but this is crap. I don't understand the author. If nothing was ever going to happen why go out of way and create the arc at all? We would've been better with the two of them having an open end, what's the point in making the declaration if it changes nothing? So now what? Kiki goes and marries this Hisame dude and never goes back to guarding Zen? Or even worse, she doesn't marry, goes back to being a guard and stagnates forever as Mitsuhide's "buddy"? I would've been fine with a "not for now" answer, I actually thought Chapter 92 incredibly tender and the awkward way he rejected her when it was obvious he was trying so hard not to hurt her. But then this chapter completely killed that fuzz because now the solidity of his rejection is like a rock that I don't see how it possibly helps the story.