wravyn's manga / #straight seme/gay uke(33)

I really enjoyed the story until about chapter 57, then it just started to really bother me. If it wasn't for chapters 57 through 65 I would have given it a much better rating; it was well-written but the story took an uncomfortable turn for me. This is going to be a relatively long rant: I've read Harada and haven't been affected, but this story bothered me. Harada is just pulp fiction, stuff to entertain and amuse (maybe I didn't read enough of the darker stuff), but this one has stuff that can and does happen to millions of people all over the world. There are so many actual men and women in relationships where their partners control their lives like Taeyul did to Soohan: locking him up, isolating him from his friends and every relationship outside of Taeyul, keeping secrets, calling him constantly and getting upset when he doesn't answer immediately because he's in the fucking bathroom. That isn't love; it is abuse, pure and simple. I've read over four-hundred Yaoi manga (and, again, maybe I haven't read enough of the dark stuff), but I haven't hated a seme as much as I began to hate Taeyul. He made it obvious that he didn't love Soohan by the way he treated him; when you love someone you don't treat them like that. I felt so horrible for Yoon. He was forced into a marriage that he didn't want to a vile woman. He really did care about Soohan and actually showed it without abusing him. Yoon lost everything. I kind of hope there's a sequel where Yoon's wife meets a painful end, and he gets to find someone who will truly love him and care about him.

Hug Me, Hold Me (secondary story): workplace, multiple partners

motae solo = never dated before in their life