@scarlet_summer
I disagree. She's got no physical boundaries, she's still quite immature and on top of that has dysfunctional family so she's not in a good place emotionally and psychologically as evidenced from past chapters so I can't really look at their relationship as fitting of 'romance'.
You pretty much answered your own question right there. Her actions whether they be her being physical or her emotional immaturity is all spawned from her dysfunctional family. It is therefore not illogical for her to seek comfort in someone else. She is in a state where she wants to be wanted and cared for, and really from anyone. This romance is easily not your normal everday relationship. Its a relationship between two emotionally and damaged individuals seeking comfort between each other.
Add the fact that the guy almost always looks like he's treading on thin ice when they're alone together, and no matter how low in life he feels he's in it does not justify his actions of putting his hands on a high school girl.
Its less about justification and more about is his actions realistic. Does his actions given the story and characters make any sense. And the answer is easily yes.
He seriously needs to get his shit together more than anything.
Why does he need to get his shit together? Because hes an adult? Let alone the fact that you have address if he can even "get his shit togethor" given his work and emotional well being. Im gonna assume that your comment is due to him being an adult and therefore should be more mature, but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
But givin if my assumption is right I dont fully agree with your statement. Yes adults should act more mature, but last I checked adults are still human. They have emotions, they go through hardships, and some handle it better whereas others dont.
Yes he is an adult. But it is entirely ignorant and disingenuous to state that he should "get his shit together" simply because he is an adult. You need to address his emotional well being and understand him as a character. The questions should be, can he act in a mature manner, and the answer is no because hes so broken. And to ignore something that the author puts so much time into addressing whether it be direct or not is an insult to the character.