~~Given sequel and what we've got so far~~

We've gotten only two(2) chapters of the sequel so far and I personally think, the stage for the next arc is already set.
Given does follow a pattern in story-telling if you pay attention to it. And it does address one issue a couple+ +(the main two couples) at a time meticulously.
The first arc was about RitsuMafu, and the plot was Mafuyu falling in love with Ritsuka and being forced to face his trauma from his ex's suicide and doing whatever was needed to move on from it, taking first steps towards healing.+

Haruki Birthday thread (AkiHaru) 🎉 ~

Falling in love with Haruki and the desire for him that came with it was the reason why Akihiko was spiraling hard after code 11. There are some pretty hard to ignore insinuations about this in the following chapters, the whole vol 3 & 4, + + let me break em down one by one. 👇🏽

We've seen Akihiko casually touching Haruki, especially his hair, from the moment given started, let's not forget that code 2 cover page is them in a very suggestive pose. So what Kizu's intent was with them was pretty clear from the start.

'Given' and grief

The first time we see Mafuyu think about Yuki consciously in given is in code 4.
And what we see him thinking is that he doesn't feel lonely. + + Mafuyu thinks here, even when he knows he'll never see Yuki again, he still doesn't feel lonely because he still carries something within himself that Yuki loved.

And this was Mafuyu being in denial about Yuki actually really being gone. He was still trying to rationalise it +