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A very calm and serene love story.Our MC is an extremely excellent and high achieving Omega who is several years older than the ML. Unfortunately this temperament was likely largely forced by circumstance, as his father died in an accident when he was very young and his mother fell into depression out of grief. Saddled with another younger brother to take care of, the MC and his grandfather had to take on the entire burden of the family business themselves. Thanks to that, he had little time and energy to spend on emotional matters and has little knowledge or understanding of emotions.Our ML is younger and often shows signs of being a chunni, with the vitality of youth. In a stark turn of events from the beginning chapters where it seemed from the MC's perspective that both of them were just following along an arranged marriage by the families, we find out that the ML actually fell in love at first sight with the MC many years ago. Ever since then, he's been working obsessively to chase after his footsteps and put a lot of effort into the marriage. Fortunately the story wasn't mostly from his perspective bc I feel like it would have felt very despairing and helpless.We follow small excerpts of the daily life of the two after marriage, as the MC's view of the ML gradually evolves from a marriage partner to a younger brother to a friend and eventually senses that he feels a little differently about him. I'll be honest, I was surprised when we get the revelation that the MC has good feelings towards the ML from a phone call with his friend, since I did not really sense any vibes of love from the MC previously. Our MC treats their relationship with sincerity and respect, and the two of them get together quite quickly and naturally. We get some mild dog food after they get together, and in the extras they have a child.The author avoids mentioning much about physical intimacy at all, with even the estrus period largely glossed over. The writing style can also sometimes feel disjointed, and I would occasionally go back to a previous chapter to make sure I hadn't missed anything. Not sure if that vibe was on purpose.Overall a sweet but mild story of an unrequited love slowly coming true.