@morphin darling first of all
:mr "Daddy"does not belittle him.....he tells him as it is without the unnecessary filters
Second:mc has an ego he believes his hard work is enough to get him through life and yes he loves school and his friends and ML but he decided on his own that he can't take ml's money which is crazy/confusing to ml and ml is possessive he doesn't care about anything but MC being with him (Yes he's down bad) and MC is making it a bigger deal than it is mc could have acted like he was fine with it and ml would have let him leave the house and he could have ran away if that is what he wants