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He needed to draw the line WAY earlier. Like, he clearly clocked that she's the persistent/obsessive type, but that's the kind you need to kindly, but very firmly reject. He was way nicer than he needed to be, and it's gonna bite him in the ass
He can pretend he did it for Oka's sake all he wants, but ultimately he acted like that because he's used to it and it's easy for him