Well, in the middle of some forest might be 'suspicious' if it's not light/mild fantasy themed but the 'middle of nowhere'/hole in the wall places tend to be good. esp if you live in a town 'the middle of winnower' as opposed to a buys city with variety of choices
I think its unlikely one will happen between the two of them, as far as I know the author hasn’t done any yaoi and this one isnt tagged as BL. Then again, you never know if this is the one they start doing yaoi in