Bite Me's first 7 episodes: Soft, mutual slowburn with lots of long staring and gentle looks and affection. Aue definitely soft, smitten, and gentle and Aek being a polite, sweet, sensitive young man with a supportive and fantastic friend group.
Bite Me episode 8: Woops, nope, turns out Aek had no idea and Aue's gonna force a kiss onto him and then Aek's gonna call a random competitor instead of any of his friends.
Bite Me episode 9: Aue's alternating between soft and predatory, Aek's made of ice or crying, all his friends are confused and the competitor is a manipulative bastard!
I feel like I missed something somewhere. I have no idea where this show is going now.