Reread the summary but my comment still stands maybe it wasn't translated right or something but I still think he only hated the mc because of his smell from the body wash like he never said anything to mc for him to think he's homophobic since he was vocal in the "stay away from me" dialog
I agree, he's not homophobic he just disliked the strong smell from the bodywash and therefore thought MC was not serious about the lab work + the guy at the beginning and end who didn't get the place cuz he had worse grades than our MC told ML that he was using personal connections to get that spot
I reread this and also looked in the comments I don't understand when (some) ppl who commented saying ml was homophobic when I don't think anyone knew like his friend messed with him by putting a gay dating app on his phone but he didn't like mc anyway especially since it was just because of his body wash like let's hate on that too cause that was stupid ┑(￣Д ￣)┍