Yeah that's what I was worried about too.
Before this chap I trusted the author would not use rape as a plot device, that they would be more subtle than that, and that fmc crying in the beginning was not what it looked like.
But now after this chap I am worried that Fmc's broken state in the beginning may be exactly what it seemed like.
Author suddenly using rape as cheap drama is so dissapointing.
MC tried to confront FMC about why she's coming onto him when she's already in a relationship. She could have used that chance to open up about everything and progress their relationship MILES ahead more than it would be then. But instead she said, word for word, "I can't ... not yet."
If it was just "I can't" because she knew how much MC values his friendship with her and her BF, I can understand the internal conflict. She wouldn't know what's the best course of action to take so that
everyone would walk away happy despite how impossible that possibility is. But no.
It's that "not yet" part that's ticking me off. That means she
knows how fucked up her actions up to now are, she
knows how it's affecting MC and how it could fuck up their friendship, she even admitted it to herself that she's such a bad person because she
knows what she's been doing up to now is
wrong.
This isn't a case of rape. She would be
a lot more terrified, insecure, and confused right now even if it was just the
first time. Is she afraid of being viewed as a slut if MC finds out? Possibly, but if he was as a 'good person' as she thought of him, I don't think he would hold back on beating the shit out of his friend to death in righteous fury,
especially if that friend knew his feelings for her. This whole matter would be resolved like that if things were that simple. But no.
I don't know if it's translated differently in the raw, but if that what FMC truly meant, I'll hold no sympathies for her until we find out WTF it is that's making her go through that dramatic bullshit, which I'm going to guess the mangaka will drop the ball when that time comes after having it spiral out this bad so far. And if it
does turn out to be rape, I don't usually rate stories with low scores, but this will be one of the
few exceptions that I'd rate it 1/10 while writing an essay of why this is a terrible story and why others shouldn't read it.