"Are you dating anyone?" "No." "Then I don't see any reason to refuse"

ugh, I hate this sort of mentality from guys. thinking you entitled to a positive answer because the person isn't seeing anyone currently, almost like insinuating that any alternative reason wouldn't have been "good enough" excuse to refuse. not a fan of passive Rugmat mc's either. its not too hard to understand why a guy like him would date someone like her. she's pretty, and she's meek. if you can't even look him in the eye as EQUALS, and he isn't even self aware enough to consider that by having his friends with him, it might be putting unneeded pressure on you to accept (public proposals are the worst for this) then he's not worth it.