Ah, the naivete of youth, when I didn’t realize that characters needn’t be gay to be shipped with other dudes.
 
Nowadays I only mind it if it’s blatantly contrary to their existing sexuality, or with someone they have no chemistry with. Like a gay version of Mordetwi, for instance.
 
Poor Kazuki Takahashi, your attempts to write an anthology series about board games revealed your hidden desires to write yaoi manga. For reals, dude, you make Naruto look like hardcore Sparity clopfic. XD