Apologies if I wasn't clear. I'm not referring to their original relationship (which was diabetes-inducing sweet), but the one after she reunited with him - where he pretty much abandoned all his self-respect.
I don't hate the MC. He was a young, dumb college kid, and chose to let his dick do the thinking for him. The point is, you can have him learn from his mistakes and grow to become a better person. Kayla, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have learned anything much from the past. I don't exactly hate her either, but she's the kind of person who just cannot help herself, instead ruining herself and those around her too. People like that end up becoming a liability, no matter what fond memories you may have of them.
Ahhh fair point, I misunderstood.
As for the rest, yes she does eem that way but for me, she seems quite a complex character that many people don't want to even try and understand. She is obviously still hung up on the MC and when coming back she (nor the MC) realised his best friend was her new bf. Not ideal but still all fair. Now, when they both realised and continued, that's when it gets contentious I agree. However, they
both continued...so I maintain, all the hate for Keyla must also be directed at the MC. You cannot say the MC was young and dumb, yet then demonise Keyla...it's one or the other I afraid (when thinking rationally and logically and not emotionally).
It is also very obvious (if one chooses to open ones eyes and see the reality) that Keyla's marriage is incredibly toxic and neither love each other and that, he is actually far worse than she is. Should she have married him because she couldn't have the MC? No...but I actually can perfectly relate with her there as I did the exact same thing with my first marriage and no, I shouldn't have married someone who ultimately was 'second best'. Sure, was a big mistake but as this very thread over the last few pages perfectly and capably demonstrates, people are not exactly rational when they are emotional.
Now I'm not saying I love her, the character but the hate against her is utterly ridiculous. How she acts moving forward now is ultimately what matters as both her and the MC are guilty and both played their part in the past. I just hope (from a story point of view), that even if we are not on her path, they leave each other as it's not a good marriage from either side.
Ultimately though, she has done the MC (us) no wrong...and this to me is why this is one of the better VN's around, creating characters so believable and real that it promotes (
usually healthy and civil) discussions like this.
She was forced to move with no prospect of coming back. If you consider her cheating, then MC did the same with Alessa, at that point becomes a mental gymnastic on who cheated first, but the fact is no one did it with the intention of cheating, they just thought will never see each other again and moved on.
