Imo the author blew it with this protagonist's character writing. Same thing with 'Serena'. They are both VERY annoying in their own way. The way MC is annoyed by her, basically looking down on her, makes this protagonist extremely unlikable (and ironically, the MC be annoying themself as a reader). Also she's a clear love interest.. Why make their relationship so difficult from MC's perspective? It's like this dude can't stand her. Also the way this MC shows no interest towards beatiful women who show interest towards him, another japanes trope. And yet this guy still somehow ends up in relationship with 2 women, even though he lacks every interest towards womens charms, AND he himself has zero charisma.. It just 'happens' how these characters ended up into bed the first time. Talk about lazy writing.