@Mogima I think you're not grasping what I'm saying. The girl backed off because she ASSUMED they liked each other, and Asai and Sakaki are trying to get them together because they ASSUMED they like each other but don't want to admit it. Nobody ever bothered to get actual conformation of whether they liked each other.
My argument is why try to hook people up based on assumption and not conformation. You can have a relationship similar to theirs without being in love.
Also the way you phrased this is kinda weird but I'm a guy so if you're asking if I'd act the same way he does with the way Uzaki treats him, the answer is no because I don't see how any man can like a woman like Uzaki with the way she treats Saku 95% of the time, I'd just stick to being her friend.