if MC will be the fake boyfriend of any of the two girls (who are just his friends) it will be a disaster from the point of view of the storm of hate, then it always depends on how it is written, but I would say justified
in this case, the preference expressed to Derek must be taken into account. because if he is the fake boy of his chosen one, the story must go one way, if the other must necessarily vary with a path of jealousy.
I don't like it philosophically as a solution, passing homosexuality (bisexuality if Maya decides in the meantime) as something to hide is a 90s movie stuff
I don't think a storm of hate matter's to DPC at all, there was a storm of Hate after AL but he's still defiant about it to this day.
Look at the DPC post at the start of this forum, and the infamous joke. I'm sure that joke was meant to piss people off, because he just doesn't care, or act's like he doesn't care.
As to the writing, if you look at the two episode's so far in the 2nd season, there's a pattern. First, regardless of what choice you made in episode four every event in M&J's life draws you in.
Meanwhile there are two other path's, Jill and Bella or Sage. With Jill, every time the Jill fan's think they're going to get lucky they get cock blocked somehow. There will be a number of scene's where you seem to be drawing closer, then BAM Jill and Sage choice.
With Sage she's always been sexually available but emotionally distant. For people on her path the backyard scene in five was the closest indication of a relationship yet, then the very next time we see Sage and the MC she's sitting in the rain emotionally devastated and the MC, who so far in their relationship has always been able to comfort Sage or cajole her out of her mood, is a tongue tied, ineffectual buffoon who's spurned at the end of the scene.
This pattern is going to hold for at least the rest of the 2nd season. It's like holding up a treat for a dog, You hold it close so he jumps for it then snatch it back so you can watch him beg. The MC will be stuck with whatever Maya and Josy's problem is. There'll be an emotionally promising scene with Sage that will be snatched away later, and you'll think your going to get some Jill only to find her legs still firmly crossed.
I hit on the idea of MC being put on the spot, that I posted earlier, from the speculations of some that Maya would ask MC to pose as her boyfriend to appease her Father. We will never get that easy of a choice because then most would choose to cut M&J off completely, and DPC will never let that happen.