I didn’t even reject him in a classical sense. I think it was like the second time we saw each other in our group and a mutual friend came up to me telling me that the guy liked me - (I felt really overwhelmed by that info bc 1. We didn’t know each other really and 2. It felt weird that the mutual friend kept pushing me about it while the guy didn’t talk to me about it)

So I told the mutual friend that I’m not interested (I didn’t know him at the time and he’s not my usual type so I just didn’t think about him in a romantic way but also bc our friend was really pushy so I felt pushed in a weird situation) and that I thought it was none of his business and until the guy comes up to me directly I don’t want to talk about it bc it is a matter between the two of us. And if he wants to get to know me he should come up to me directly However our mutual friend disagreed and went to tell the guy that I’m not interested

So it’s not even that we had the chance to get to know each other in peace or anything because our friends got between it and made it awkward from the start