this is literally nothing else but blatant homophobia btw and that's why i dislike the ship. originally i really couldn't care less but the constant dismissal of queer people and queer coding is absolutely disgusting there's a lot more but honestly i don't have the energy anymore
the way I see it:
„sorry I have a gf” doesn’t mean „I’m interested but I’m taken”, it means „sorry for letting you down/hurting your feelings but I’m taken”
really sounds like y’all are insecure and misinterpreting the phrases