"Coward"...says the girl that went "I like him...in some respects and not in others". And not even to him, just bamboozled into admitting it someone else when he could overhear.
Also, that it? Shishio gay arc over? He bought a bouquet of "I love you" red roses for a gradeschooler, got a "sorry for not noticing your feelings", and we move on?