I am very entertained by how this protagonist mirrors the obliviousness and rapidly oscillating self esteem of the boys in shonen romances. Also lmao at her associating the college attraction with being a lolicon. Surely the time and behavior between us hasn't changed things, he must, uh, have a paraphilia for people who can legally buy cigarettes but not yet buy beer. It's hard for me to imagine this couple working out with how extremely different their ways of processing the world are, and I'm interested to see how that might get reconciled. For this chapter, it just seemed to be "oh he just happened to get horny from being complimented." Is that a good base for a relationship? Tune in next time to find out!
Edit: double checked the first chapter, the inciting masturbatory incident was when he was 22 and she was 16. Slightly creepier with the context that he knew her since she was in elementary school. Still unlikely that her theory is accurate lol