
I think the girl is just worried about him, since there are so many elders in the village you know.And you know how older/ppl in the countryside get about gay ppl.
Or maybe she thinks he’s doing this cause there are not any women his age in the village.
Either way I don’t think she has any ill will, to spread rumors about the Sème.

I get a lil how Leo feels, as someone who has some intuition but would rather you say what you want outright. J.J had many chances to say I want to do more couple kind of things or I don’t like how your treating me. Or even I’m really disappointed with how you handled that. It’s killing me that when they argued, on their first meeting he had so much to say. But once they were together they didn’t say much. I can understand that maybe Leo thought that if things got really bad J.J would just tell him, cause that’s how they started out. But that’s not how relationships work sometimes and you have to put focus on and interest in your partners, cause theri happiness is important too.
I just feel like the author is begging and pleading on their knees to make me believe the Sème is a good guy or actually liked the Ike back then.But I don’t believe that because why treat our Uke like that? Honestly I can’t stand whole “little boy is bullying you cause he likes you” trope. It it’s cruel and unreasonable to those on the receiving end.