Am I misremembering Kenji’s social link?

I thought the entire point was that they weren’t dating. Kenji just misread everything, created the rumour which caused Emiri to move away with her actual boyfriend.

I didn’t like him because he’s delusional and even by the end of the social link he never realised he was in the wrong. Not because he ONLY wants to shag a teacher and was in a committed relationship.