If they were at least friendly at some point in the past I could've gotten behind it being...

If they were at least friendly at some point in the past I could've gotten behind it being humorous but no this guy is suuuuch a creep and good looks aren't saving him. not the author trying to gaslight us into thinking its normal by having side characters tell him to give in ewwww creepy creepy creepy. Bad writing if that wasn't what they were going for