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After Ten Confessions by 殿上不殿下
3.0
lighthearted

Tbh, I don't think it's going to be particularly memorable.  It was mostly just a sweet little story about two boys falling in love.  Any time it seemed like it was going to add drama, it moved so quickly over it that it left me wondering why bother in the first place?
Some of the things I was worried about, like the ML wanting to bully him into crying not really becoming a cruel thing.  He was upfront about what he wanted which let the MC easily see when he was saying or doing something specifically to provoke a reaction and call him out on it.  If you're afraid the ML will use his rejections of the MC's confessions to provoke the tears he wants
you can set aside your concern.  While he does reject his confession, he never attempts to "twist the knife."  He's blunt about it but never outright cruel except I such ways that the MC can easily suss out his angle.

It does attempt to build some backstory for the two main characters, delving into their families and some outside relationships but these largely seem to be for the aforementioned discarded drama.  It becomes more annoying after awhile simply because these things never go anywhere after a handful of words from one of the leads.  I would've preferred more time just spent on these two going on dates and teasing each other.