Kanon Nakagawa, the target of the romance plot, is in love with Keima Katsuragi, the player.
Based on that premise, I conveyed two points, albeit somewhat vaguely, that "the relationship ends today" and "there is no possibility of the relationship resuming until everything is over."
By doing so, he somewhat forcefully elicited a confession from Nakagawa.
And... I refused.
Everything is going perfectly according to plan.
"Nakagawa, that's not good enough."
"Huh? Why, huh??"
"The feelings you have are very close to love, but in a way, they're also very far from it."
You can't fill the void in your heart with those feelings."
"W-what do you mean?"
When there is little anger towards events such as lucky perverted situations, there are roughly two possible states.
Is their likeability extremely high, or extremely low?
Saying it's "low" might be a bit of an exaggeration. It's more accurate to say that you're not seen as a man, or even as a human being; in other words, you have "no likeability."
There are rare individuals who have almost no aversion to being seen naked, but...the fact that Nakagawa instinctively pulled out a stun gun suggests that this is not the case for him.
It's hard to imagine that she doesn't like him at all. Sharing time and secrets with Ayumi during the process of winning her over must not have been a trivial matter.
Furthermore, at this stage, once a confession has been made, you can completely cut off this possibility.
Therefore, the conclusion is that they have an extremely high approval rating.
That would be convenient if that were all, but the problem is that it's too expensive.
If you start a game and your completion rate reaches 90% within five minutes, you'd immediately suspect a bug. It's the same principle.
Given how popular he has become, there must be some other reason.
Now that I think about it, there was something strange about this guy from the first time we met.
Attacking someone with a stun gun out of nowhere is just insane. It all got swept under the rug thanks to the impact of Elsie and the others, though...
In any case, my words and actions at that time must have triggered something in her.
There is another example of Nakagawa's behavior that could be described as distorted.
Yes, it was "the fact that he asked me to let him stay at my house."
I totally understand why you can't go home because of the bomb scare (lol).
But why are you coming to my house?
I had a rough idea, but I confirmed it with the person in question just to be sure.
"Nakagawa doesn't have any female friends."
No, there's no need to limit it to girls. I don't think she has any male friends other than me.
I've talked at length, but let me now state my conclusion.
The void in Nakagawa's heart is "fear of loneliness."
Whether it's because of her profession as an idol or her personality, she doesn't have any friends at school.
She probably doesn't have any friends her age at work. From what I've gathered online, she was apparently in an idol group a few years ago, but now she's working as a solo artist.
If they had friends, they wouldn't come to my place in the first place. A female colleague or rival of the same age, or a male classmate. It goes without saying which one is a more suitable place to stay.
So, what would happen if the lonely Kanon Nakagawa suddenly encountered a reliable guy and spent a whole week in close physical and emotional proximity to him?
Moreover, the topics they were discussing during that time were all related to romantic relationships with girls.
It's only natural that the person themselves would become aware of romance, and it's only natural that their likeability would increase.
This creates a situation where "she has a certain degree of favorability towards me only."
Furthermore, the shock of discovering that Nakagawa had a runaway spirit, and the situation where I was the only one he could rely on.
What happens when these conditions overlap?
it is...
"Nakagawa, that's 'dependence'."
"I, Zon?"
"You don't love me. You're just clinging to me."
"N-no, that's not true!"
"Hey, are you lonely being alone?"
"...Yeah"
"So, do you want to stay with me forever?"
"...Yeah"
"So, what will you do when I'm not around?"
"it is..."
"See, it ends up like this, right?"
"..."
"Being together 24/7 doesn't make it a romantic relationship."
Is what you want love? Or is it dependence?
"I, I..."
Nakagawa choked up before bursting into tears.
"What should I have done?!"
I don't want to lose the memories I have with Keima-kun!
I want to be with you forever!
I know I'm being selfish!
But what was I supposed to do?!
...Phew, so you've finally directed your anger towards me.
I wanted Nakagawa to rebel against me in order to break his dependency.
This should be a great achievement.
"What should I have done?"
Then, do your best to regain your memories."
"What?! Th-that's impossible!"
"Seriously, if you say you like me, then you should be able to do at least that much."
"But, because..."
"...Nakagawa, you were right there beside me for two weeks, watching me try to figure out how to win me over, weren't you?"
"Yeah"
"Do you trust me?"
"Of course!"
"Then let me give you some advice."
If you want to defeat me, you'll have to accomplish something that will completely blow my mind!
"To blow people's minds?"
"Oh yeah! You said it earlier, didn't you? 'I want you to come pick me up.'"
I have no intention of doing that.
Try to catch up to me!!
"..."
"If you can do something like that, I might reconsider my answer to your confession earlier."
"...Keima-kun"
"What's wrong? Do you lack confidence?"
"...I really do love Keima-kun."
"What?!"
"Thank you, Keima-kun."
I'll definitely come, so please wait for me."So・child・
"...Well, I'll wait without expecting too much."
"Is there one last thing I could ask you?"
"what up?"
"I want you to call me 'Kanon.' Just once is fine."
"...Kanon"
"Thank you, Keima-kun."
Let's definitely meet again!
"...ah"
His likeability was sufficient.
I added one last touch.
This is the ending.
With fluid, natural movements,
We kissed.