@Suben, I'm not saying that i don't understand where ushio is coming from but i feel like there's also just a huge lack of perspective on her part re: intimacy. ushio's reaction here feels more like something you'd see from a highschooler in their first relationship rather than like, a college graduate who's had previous relationships and understands what boundaries look like. At this point it kind of feels like willful ignorance specifically as it pertains to kiyosumi as a person with separate desires from her and a different understanding of affection which is wild! bc of their shared history and the fact that hes never presented himself as anything other than what he is now. Like to me her reaction reads more as dependency, which is also a major issue in their relationship, and if its to the point that she can't stand to see him make friends beside her and connections beside her, like clearly platonic friends and clearly professional connections, then she should genuinely just break it off with him and do some soul-searching. i think shes a good character and she's consistently written, but i would like to see who she is when she's not latching onto kiyosumi's hangups