Ngl, this is not the best way to get a guy interested imo hahaha. I mean he already is, so it's all good. The casual physical touch invitation is good, but to then force him to braid her hair, constantly talk about his ex and also comparing him to her own ex and to give him a girly hairstyle, it's just not exactly optimal xD
I'm sure that lots of guys reading this would like it, but I just know (from personal experience - surprisingly similar to this) that many would find it a bit off-putting. Although I suppose it's rarely enough to make a guy not be interested at all, you can basically do anything you want as a girl and still succeed. The closeness is probably enough to outweigh all of that. It kinda was enough for me, but I didn't really enjoy some of those parts. I suppose I just don't do well with teasing and being forced to do some of this stuff was more annoying than pleasant. It made me feel a bit disrespected at times.
It's just interesting to see some of my experiences be retold like this. This seems to be a female author, so I guess it's not uncommon for women to think like this and enjoy doing these things. To be clear, I don't think it's malicious or wrong. It's just interesting I guess.
Sorry if my thoughts are a bit sloppy here, this just reminded me of my teenage years.