I love how people's reaction in the comments is opposite to the MC's...
Calling him cute was objective praise, being affronted by his invitation means the MC is more self conscious and cognisant, and rather than judging a book by it's cover, the MC chooses to judge his method, and refute it with his own realisations, accompanied by self discovery and characterization
The characterization is interesting, in that every character has a hard-line, deep red ideology, as well as more open and flexible perspective on human interaction
One example is that the female childhood friend has always enjoyed being with the MC (deep-rooted) but is open to his ideas, as well as those he encounter in his exploration of the night