Having a hard time putting this all together at the end. So is the implication supposed to be that Megumi conceived of this whole arrangement knowing Hime's feelings to both flex on her and give Ruri someone who would be really motivated to satisfy her in her absence? Knowing that Hime will go for it even knowing that Ruri won't fall for her, bc she just loves her that much? And the whole time, she's super confident that Ruri will never return those feelings. But then it turns out Ruri actually did catch feelings, Megumi didn't have control the whole time, and Hime decides to go for it?
I'm not confident in that reading. I'll probably have to take another couple passes through.
I think we will never know or fully understand what is the meaning of the ending, and I'm fairly sure that even the author doesn't know. Considering the author's other works, I think Ruri will still be together with Megumi while keeping a FWB relationship with Hime. This author has a thing for complicated/fucked-up relationship like this.
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