Yes, it's just coincidentally completely and totally ambiguous when it concerns two boys and but when it concerns a boy and a girl. No matter your stance on the like/love line, this is hitting the nail with an N2 mine for no good reason when he has otherwise claimed that his translation intent was t...

No it's mainly being used as a counterpoint to Dan's "I wanted to keep the lines ambiguous" excuse and as yet another example of the overall script being poor and unnatural.