Naoki shrugs. "In your world, it's possible he did only have eyes for Naoto. I think in ours it came down to who asked first, and they were definitely happy together, but he did have something of a crush when Naoto first turned up."

He's finally (mostly) stopped shipping it, what with one thing and another.

"Can't say that's really a surprise. Naoto and Souji-san do work well together, though. I know he's not the most popular guy here, but... he cares about people, even if it tends to come out kind of sideways to what someone expects. I mean, hell, he got through to me, and in your world that had to really be something."