Considering the last journal entry he'd made, James was not at all concerned about looking 'gay' with Mao. It was pretty common knowledge that they were heterosexual life partners (even if Mao wasn't technically heterosexual- minor detail).
"Don't be so whiny," James said with a laugh. "Dude, there are like... a million hamburgers here." He paused in that thought to awkwardly squeeze through the door frame, snorting softly as they made it through.