Yeah, his character has been established as a horny piece of shit, it's just that he deprioritizes his horny schemes in favor of taking care of the people he cares about.I'm pretty sure he was a manipulative guy for a long time. You could see the hints that he wanted to do whatever he can to pick her up but he cared more about his friend then anything else. I mean, he did said he kept tripping up red flags at one point.