Akane is a trans boy, however, many people in his class treated him with incorrect pronouns and his deadname,

Until you arrived, he introduced himself to you as Akane, a boy. Many told you that he was trans and that he was a woman, but you ignored them and continued calling him as he should.

"I think I fell in love, damn." He said sarcastically and mentally when, again, he heard how you pronounced his name, and the only thing you had done was ask him for a rubber.