Tbf, if I took a few days to self care after being laughed at and rejected and was accused of being fake because of it, I’d probably stop being her friend as a result, but if I “swallowed my pride and stayed friends” I’d 100% at least think “well at least I’m not romantically interested anymore as a result of her callousness regarding my feelings.” I can handle rejection fine (laughing is not necessary though) but I don’t really want to associate with people who can’t allow me space to be sad for a few days every now and again.

But he very well could be still uhh… sexual I guess is the opposite of asexual? But maybe he lost interest that minute like I would have, or maybe he’s just demi- and doesn’t feel that sort of connection with her but a different kind instead, or maybe in the years since she’s said or done some questionable shit like still supporting JK Rowling and that turned him off lol, or maybe when she rejected him he accepted she didn’t have those feelings and moved on like an adult is supposed to do and she missed her window, or maybe this is a greentext and therefore is fake and gay, who knows lol.