Food for thought: If he's going to be treated like a menace when he's done absolutely nothing wrong, then maybe he should just be a menace while finding some happiness.
Take the harem tag off. There's nothing romantic going on between him and the 2 other girls, unless there's something in the web novel I don't know about.
@jagfanbb
Dude sat on his ass for days when he is fully aware of the time crunch and is only taking action at the last possible second. He hasn't even resolved his feelings, and is using the hairpin as an excuse.