Thank you Pia. And, having read the book now, I absolutely agree. Rebecca Kuang has mentioned at interview that she wrote Robin as a queer character and, reading as a queer man, it very much felt like Ramy and Robin could have been a couple, in another time and setting. I don't know Achilles and Patroclus (I really do need to read Song of Achilles from my TBR) but I can very much see what you mean.
Thank you.