
Uhhh... what happened to him in middle school really has nothing to do with not being able to read between the lines or being unable to take a hint.
For someone who reads a lot he misinterpreted that whole situation pretty hard imo
Like, he wishes he "knew well enough" to keep his mouth shut and let someone innocent take the blame? Yeah, that would've been better for him, but it would have made him a worse person. And his classmates didn't ignore him for sucking. They did it because he didn't suck!

I'm kinda sick of this light sadomasochism that's mostly one-sided, and you only retroactively find out they liked it after all, because it'd be inconvenient if they didn't. It's an epidemic.
Sunday's Solace, Monday's Saviour, ...it's funny that the two most recent ones I remember both have a day of the week in the title lmao
"Don't worry, it's not poison, it's evil juice that makes you die"
So...it's poison. It's still poison.