god, this manga is heartbreaking..."his mom's condition" ahh I have a bad feeling that he might reject akki because he doesn't want to break his heart if he ends up passing away from his cancer
his parents are terrible, truly both ends of the spectrum of homophobia...aggressive towards and disgusted by it and dismissing it as "confusion" or a "phase". understandable he wouldn't want to think about resembling his dad, poor thing