He gets mad at how dense the MC is, but doesn't really do anything to clarify his feelings? And when it becomes clear that the MC only sees ML as a friend and is straight, ML still does not stop pursuing him (not openly, of course, and still mad af that MC does not realize). But the worst thing (and the reason for me stopping to read this novel) is ML r*ping MC. Like how can anyone still hope for them to get together after that?? Not cute and not forgivable in my opinion. The ML just makes me sick now.

So ML/Alec discovers he's a hero but he doesn't want to leave MC/Ruth. He hides in Ruth's room and almost confesses, then dubcons MC, and they definitely did it because MC complained about pain in his butt. ML had to leave early, and MC was thinking, oh maybe he wanted to graduate from being a virg*n?

let himself sleep with ML but is dense enough to not understand ML feeling

let ML2 keep believing that he's a woman and not correcting him when they're both alone for sometime especially when he keep calling him Lady Ruth. (I mean if in Japanese he's calling him by gender neutral name then this is invalid, but then again who knows). To me it seems so manipulative especially the ML2 even went so far to buy him gift that's maybe significant enough to propose to him. That's why I can't stand him.

He dubcons the MC right before he leaves. In the morning, the MC wakes up alone with basically no info left by the ML. Yikes.

He r*ped him !!!!!! He f*cking f*cked and r*ped him !!!!! I mean I knew it was going to happen, I read the tags. But bro.... the f*cking man r*ped him. And that's not even the problem here! My problem is the hero's reaction to it. What does "wanted to stop being a virg*n" mean? Dude he r*ped you! I know it's a novel, but there's a limit to how unrealistic it can be! The guy r*ped you, so at least you'll go through some emotional process about it! I do not care how much you, you did not want, it's r*pe! What is this dumb reaction? There is a limit to how much I can not find!