I Know It's Not The Popular Theory But I'm Still Convinced That I'm Right And That Mike Did Not Understand

I know it's not the popular theory but I'm still convinced that I'm right and that Mike did not understand that Will was talking about himself in the van, he maybe suspected it was weird but dismissed it, BUT those words made him feel in love for the first time and he thought that that feeling was for El so he tries to tell El in the Pizza place but the words don't come out initially, he's so nervous and he's asking himself why can't he just say it again and then Argyle interrupts them and everything happens and then WILL TELLS HIM TO TELL HER and he watches Will and he remembers that feeling and he just spits it out! but it's not genuine! it doesn't feel right!!! she knows it too and she loses because it's not the truth!

Mike doesn't understand himself.