I couldn't agree more. Felt really uncomfortable with this pairing. The spin-off was cute, though.I felt the love interest is a bit of a smarmy ass, to the point where I almost didn't continue reading past the first chapter between that and fragments of questionable consent. Just felt kind of icky. I seem to be mostly alone in thinking this though...? >_>
It gets... better in later chapters, but I'm still not totally sure I like him. Kind of put a damper on a lot of this for me.