As for Minori, she’s a 14-year-old girl. He’s a 23-year-old --the rest of the sentence cut out for deep redundancy-- I really don’t think he’d even want to entertain the idea of her having a crush on him.
Amen. Just, amen.
...in my aro ace interpretation, I bet he actually realizes Minori has a crush on him. He expects that he would Feel Something Reciprocation Wise about women his own age and older being interested in him, and that's why he can't figure out that that's what's happening with Akatsuki, because he just. isn't feeling it and that clearly rules out the possibility for his subconscious
but Minori is Basically A Baby, and he very much does not think he's supposed to react to her crush with anything other than a deep ??? What Do
like, this is not really... a romantic situation he's in, it's a romantic situation SHE'S in perfectly solo and he's basically tangential, so he would be able to recognize it
...yes, it does in fact have to be that complicated sorry i dont make the rules
(i totally do)