But he has never been interested in men, or had ever thought about dating one, hence why he gave Tamao the reigns. He thinks Tamao is doing it just because and will get over it like everyone else does, and he didn’t even know why Tamao likes him. He never answered, and, to top it off, he was suddenly confessed to randomly, and didn’t even know it had happened until after the fact.
The whole situation is off for him. Why would he put in effort if he’s the one being pursued? Especially when he thinks that it’s just curiosity and it’ll end when Tamao gets bored anyways.
He’s not making an effort because he’s not interested . . . Hadn’t been interested.
The second part of my intitial comment was more generalized because the “you’re treating me like a girl” thing always comes up when one of the guys is putting less effort into a relationship. They don’t want to be “submissive” so they get insecure about the other guy walking them home or walking closer to the road with them.
Idk about giving Tamao “the reigns” when he put himself in the position willingly and is the one that decided to add conditions to the relationship. He decided on 2 months, decided on no meeting up on his days off, picked the days they could go to and from school together. He also chose to be the less active partner, which we can see when he questions why he isn’t walking Tamao home instead. If he isn’t interested he wouldn’t be looking forward to their next date nor would he be interested in Tamao at all. He’s simply stuck in his own narrow view of the world and relationships in general. Which I’m pretty sure is the whole point especially with Tamao telling him at the end that he isn’t nice because he sees him as a girl, he’s nice because he likes him. A concept seemingly foreign to him
So yeah, he’s never been interested in men. But as Tamao said, he might never have been interested in women either. He thinks it’s normal to kind to women and normal to date women. He’s just never considered guys but it’s just not true to say he’s disinterested in Tamao.
Bro gave him a two month time limit and is putting in zero effort himself to even try out their relationship, but feels weird about getting walked to and from school? Homeboy just is prolonging his time alone with you So glad he actually said something, I’m so sick of the “you’re treating me like a girl” shit. If you don’t want to be walked home, maybe walk him home instead??? Or make plans to hang out after school. God forbid a boy wants to be near the person he likes