There is still a cruel part of me that wants to see people here disappointed by a het ending, but that cruel part wants more for those 'LALALA IT'S CANON IN THE NOVELS THEY'RE MEANT TO BE' people to be crushed. A non-ending would be boring, but is most likely I feel.
Speaking of hetards (anyone else have better shorthand for them? Something derogatory, because it's intended for the more narrow minded ones, but not something as ugly as this, or yuri fags), the relationships page on the wiki for Kumiko was hilariously defensive, stressing how "a confession of love" was not in a romantic way in the Reina section, and goinng on about how Kumiko and Shuuichi were the one true pairing of Hibike, sought of like in a Stannis is the One True King way, without the awesomeness nor the truth.