It didn't bother me because nothing happened between them - Haato was an unhappy teenager who got a crush on the only person being nice to him. It's not like the cousin had any interest in him or Haato ever tried to do something. It disturbed me more how Haato ended up basically on the streets after that. :(
That's true, I agree with you, nothing really did happen between them. I just think it would've been better if it was a family friend haha.
And if you remember- he kissed him in his sleep- I mean I think that's trying to do something, I mean that's the main part that disturbed me, I think I would've reacted the same way of my cousin did that lol. But don't get me wrong I'm not him, and I definitely wouldn't have kicked him out, I just would have been fairly disgusted of him for a while.
That's true, I'd forgotten about the kiss. I guess it would have bothered me more if he'd been awake, but since he was asleep I took it as a hopeless gesture - but then, my brother once climbed a tree outside his crush's window at that age and sat there all night watching her... and they were third cousins. I probably have a high tolerance for slightly creepy behavior. :D
Also, I just hated the way the family reacted so much that they're firmly in the bad guy role in my mind, lol.
Yeah, you definitely do haha. And he's, they definitely are the bad guys in that scene, no doubt about it. But I don't approve of Hatto's behavior, and neither theirs.
It's was just weird to me, and I kinda get where both sides are coming from in regards to him being kicked out, that's just something...you don't do. Especially if you know that you're related.
I don't approve of his behavior... but I've dealt with enough kids and teenagers to totally understand it. Closed-mouth cousin kissing (say that ten times fast!) would have been something that my aunt (who used to run a shelter) would have 100% taken over drug taking, promiscuity, running away, self-harm, etc, with the kids she looked after. Heck, there were a pair of orphaned half-siblings there when I was younger, around 14-15, who briefly told everyone they were dating - and kissed lightly to prove it - because they had literally nobody else and were deeply paranoid that either one of them dating someone else would mean losing their last remaining family. Squicky to watch? Yep. Did she kick them out of the shelter? Nope.
Too long response, sorry! But I'm 95% on team Haato here, and hoping social services at some point had some sharp questions for that family - they don't like it when you misplace a kid. ;)