I guess I am the only one surprised by this.
He seems like a truly decent guy. I wish him all the best.
p.s my teenaged fantasies would have been so much better had I known then !!!
Sometimes a story or rather a chapter can become long and tedious. That's when I like to skim through to the end of the chapter or story.
As far a the death of the protaganist is concerned: I would be disturbed but a little less so if, in the epilogue, you will include how he/she is doing in heaven.