But you gotta respect that even during that massive misunderstanding, he didn’t speak or think ill of her at all. He wasn’t an angst whiny adolescent about it, he didn’t ghost her (though to be fair, he didn’t have the chance...) and he was level with her then stepped away...just before she yanked him right back in.
This is why guys like him, and Yuuki Rito, end up as Harem Kings.