But if you say that this time around it isn‘t about being cute but more so about being confident and true to one‘s self, then why can‘t she be more confident about him? Turning this into "every guy instantly noticed so now, his fault, he needs to feel like shit and jealous to finally do something“ when their relationship was perfectly fine for their age is kinda sad.
Also, I might’ve misunderstood but was that actually a 2 week time skip? And she somehow didn‘t interact with him at all but only focused on self improvement and becoming popular? Right after all that progress?
Shit must sting, poor schmuck.