yeah, i do think so, i mean, out of all the girls, she's the most aggresive one..
i'm not surprised if at the end she's the one who get Sensei's affection..
maybe what he mean by gross.. is from Kanade pov...
i mean, let's assume for now he already fall in love with Kanade, he thinks that falling in love with her even though he knew that she's a former male is gross, or something like that..