Yes, but he seems content to play the part.

[The rubbing...helps, as is obvious with how the tension seems to be subsiding just a touch. But not near enough to make the deeper pain and tension go away. The embarrassment of it all, the shame...]

...Or perhaps 'twas I who seized the role of the fool. 'Tis no matter, it takes far more than spurning and disappointment to discourage me.