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That was very unnecessary. MC could have simply said idk and move on, instead of talking about someone else's business (that ML didn't agree to) and denying ML the opportunity for his friends to simply get used to the fact that he's gay (since he decided to come out to them). It's as bad as if MC had outed ML as gay when ML wasn't ready for it. There was 0 need to bring an imaginary girl into this.
No, MC didn't need to come out to them at all. If he isn't ready, that's alright, and I'm sure ML understands that. But it's an entirely different topic whatever the heck he did because he panicked. No matter how 'realistic' some ppl claim it to be, this was a BAD move by the author. All they did was regress MC's development and for us to feel even more annoyed with him (sorry, I am from the team that finds MC hella annoying since they started dating lol).
I would have liked them to at least have a conversation afterwards, maybe next chapter we will. But that left a bad taste in my mouth, I'll let this be for a while ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~