MacArrowny posted... I'm talking about episode 5, when they're in her bedroom waiting for her mom to cook supper. A weird situation for the rapey stuff to come out!
I think that was episode four actually, but yeah it was kind of an odd line. Still, I saw it more as him still feeling guilty about what happened the last time they were alone together and not wanting either of them to risk letting it happen again. Ideally he'd believe in himself and his self-control enough to guarantee nothing would happen regardless, but it's still an improvement compared to episode two. Shows he's still being really careful about boundaries and wary of his feelings, imo.