The male protagonist doesn't actually like the female protagonist in the beginning, just like a friend, but in fact, the female protagonist doesn't really like the male protagonist. So the two of them don't feel that what they did is wrong, and the heroine doesn't feel that she's sorry for the hero, but they don't owe each other, and that's probably how ordinary people are.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.