what are you waffling about? The last time mc was outed as being gay he ended up being humiliated and ridiculed by his entire school. it got so bad that he decided to go to a high school as far as possible from his old schools so that nobody would know him. so ofc he'd be terrified that if people find out then itll just happen agian.Damn, MC. No one even asked in like an accusatory way and you're making him out to be the villain.
Also, are they just gonna brush past the teacher thing? There could be absolutely no predatory behavior going on, but an accusation like that should result in some concern by other adults???