This story has been one of my favorites since i first read it. But genuinely for some reason the side story really feels off putting. It's not that I dislike seeing the male leads love each other and be intimate, it's more just that it makes their love for the mc feel disingenuous. The side story left me with the impression that what they felt towards the mc was nothing more than infatuation and obsession. I feel like the reason why this feels so off putting is because i spent 10 chapters watching them all be lovey dovey together. Seeing the male leads together like that gave ntr vibes since it was treated like a twisted little secret. It wouldve been fine under different circumstances and with a different context.