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* ''Series/TheNewsreader'': Dale falls head over heels for Helen at the very beginning of the series after working on a story with her, and simultaneously finds out one of the news team cameramen, Tim, who is gay, has a crush on him. At first it seems unrequited, until Dale suddenly kisses him after they both survive a bombing. He's determined to stay with Helen, though, and at the start of Season 2 it seems like Tim is no longer in the picture, until [[spoiler:he and Helen break up and Dale tries to hook up with him in a gay bar]].

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* ''Series/TheNewsreader'': Dale Jennings falls head over heels for Helen Norville at the very beginning of the series after working on a story with her, and simultaneously finds out one of the news team cameramen, Tim, Tim Ahern -- who is gay, gay -- has a crush on him. At first it seems unrequited, until Dale suddenly kisses him after they both survive a bombing. He's determined to stay with Helen, though, and at the start of Season 2 it seems like Tim is no longer in the picture, until [[spoiler:he and Helen break up and Dale tries to hook up with him in a gay bar]].
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* ''Series/Batwoman2019'''s first season featured one of these between the main character, Kate Kane, her ex-girlfriend, Sophie Moore and Sophie's husband, Tyler, although unusually it wasn't Kate that had to choose between the two but Sophie. Tyler was a legitimate crime fighter, not to mention a more socially accepted love interest, whereas Kate was a HotBlooded vigilante and a woman.

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* ''Series/Batwoman2019'''s first season featured one of these between the main character, Kate Kane, her ex-girlfriend, Sophie Moore and Sophie's husband, Tyler, although unusually it wasn't Kate that had to choose between the two but Sophie. Tyler was a legitimate crime fighter, not to mention a more socially accepted love interest, whereas Kate was a HotBlooded vigilante and a woman. [[spoiler:Sophie finally admits she's really a lesbian, ending her marriage with Tyler and choosing Batwoman (her ex-girlfriend).]]
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* In some ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay'' stories, it is possible to have a bisexual love triangle in the following way: the story has to have two possible love interests, the protagonist has to be male or female, and your possible love interests have to be one of the same sex and the other of the opposite sex.
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* ''Series/ChasingLife'': Brenna is initially torn between Kieran, her boyfriend, and Greer (a lesbian girl she's also into). She initially proposes [[{{Polyamory}} dating them both]]. They don't go for this long however, so Brenna chooses Greer.

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* ''Series/ChasingLife'': Brenna is initially torn between Kieran, her boyfriend, and Greer (a lesbian girl she's also into). She initially proposes [[{{Polyamory}} dating them both]]. They don't go for this very long however, so Brenna chooses Greer.



* ''Series/NoTomorrow'': Kareema falls * for Sofia, her brother Rohan's fiancee. At first this seems fine, since Sofia says their engagement is just for her to get citizenship. Then Rohan reveals to Kareema that he loves Sofia as well. It's resolved with her choosing Kareema, as Sofia [[IncompatibleOrientation is a lesbian]].

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* ''Series/NoTomorrow'': Kareema falls * falls for Sofia, her brother Rohan's fiancee. At first this seems fine, since Sofia says their engagement is just for her to get citizenship. Then Rohan reveals to Kareema that he loves Sofia as well. It's resolved with her choosing Kareema, as Sofia [[IncompatibleOrientation is a lesbian]].
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* ''Series/DontLookDeeper'': Aisha's boyfriend is Levi at the start of the series. However, after learning [[TomatoInTheMirror she's really an android]] Aisha drifts apart from him and grows attracted to Jenny. It turns out she'd dated Jenny in the past, but her memories of this [[LaserGuidedAmnesia were erased]]. The dumps Levi and then rekindles her relationship with Jenny after this.

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* ''Series/DontLookDeeper'': Aisha's boyfriend is Levi at the start of the series. However, after learning [[TomatoInTheMirror she's really an android]] Aisha drifts apart from him and grows attracted to Jenny. It turns out she'd dated Jenny in the past, but her memories of this [[LaserGuidedAmnesia were erased]]. The She dumps Levi and then rekindles her relationship with Jenny after this.

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* ''Series/TheNewsreader'': Dale falls head over heels for Helen at the very beginning of the series after working on a story with her, and simultaneously finds out one of the news team cameramen, Tim, who is gay, has a crush on him. At first it seems unrequited, until Dale suddenly kisses him after they both survive a bombing. He's determined to stay with Helen, though, and at the start of Season 2 it seems like Tim is no longer in the picture, until [[spoiler:he and Helen break up and Dale tries to hook up with him in a gay bar]].



* ''Series/NoTomorrow'': Kareema falls for Sofia, her brother Rohan's fiancee. At first this seems fine, since Sofia says their engagement is just for her to get citizenship. Then Rohan reveals to Kareema that he loves Sofia as well. It's resolved with her choosing Kareema, as Sofia [[IncompatibleOrientation is a lesbian]].

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* ''Series/NoTomorrow'': Kareema falls * for Sofia, her brother Rohan's fiancee. At first this seems fine, since Sofia says their engagement is just for her to get citizenship. Then Rohan reveals to Kareema that he loves Sofia as well. It's resolved with her choosing Kareema, as Sofia [[IncompatibleOrientation is a lesbian]].
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* ''Series/{{Guilt}}'':
** Kaley was dating Roz and also had sex with Prince Theo at the same time.
** Molly was also sleeping with Roz and Prince Theo, even becoming pregnant by him.
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* ''Film/MyAnimal'': Jonny is dating a man, but later becomes attracted to Heather, who's a lesbian. She finally has sex with Heather, but after seems torn about it, pushing Heather away. [[spoiler:Heather kills Richard, after which she has to skip town as Jonny is left behind.]]
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* ''Film/CutToTheChase'': It turns out this got Izzy into huge trouble. First, she'd already been [[SleepingWithTheBoss involved with the DA, her boss]], and also started seeing Nola Barnes, the witness against the Man, a violent crime boss. Nola was so violently jealous of this she beat up and kidnapped Izzy, then kept her as a captive [[DepravedBisexual so she'd never leave]].

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* ''Film/CutToTheChase'': It turns out this got Izzy into huge trouble. First, she'd already been [[SleepingWithTheBoss involved with the DA, her male boss]], and also started seeing Nola Barnes, the witness against the Man, a violent crime boss. Nola was so violently jealous of this she beat up and kidnapped Izzy, then kept her as a captive [[DepravedBisexual so she'd never leave]].
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* ''Film/TheHollowChild'': Emily, Sam's best friend, it turns out is attracted to her. She kisses Sam, who is surprised by this and seems unsure what to think. Later too Logan, a boy who becomes her friend, kisses Sam as well and she reacts the same way as with Emily. Sam doesn't choose either of them since she's busy pursuing the Hollow Ones (it isn't clear if she finds either attractive too) and [[spoiler:both are murdered.]]
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* ''Series/DontLookDeeper'': Aisha's boyfriend is Levi at the start of the series. However, after learning [[TomatoInTheMirror she's really an android]] Aisha drifts apart from him and grows attracted to Jenny. It turns out she'd dated Jenny in the past, but her memories of this [[LaserGuidedAmnesia were erased]]. The dumps Levi and then rekindles her relationship with Jenny after this.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': An increasingly violent and eventually non-mutual love triangle develops between Blake, Yang and Adam Taurus. Blake once was with Adam and supported his extremist ways at first, until it became apparent that he was only using the White Fang to fuel his own ego and need to spite those who wronged him. After entering Beacon academy for a new life she struck up a partnership and ever deepening relationship with Yang. When Adam found her again he realized that Yang was his romantic rival instantly. [[spoiler:The conflicts between the three would only end with his death.]]
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* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Elliot is romantically interested in both Clinton and Brun, which is complicated by the fact that Clinton [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3710 considers himself]] straight but potentially receptive to the right guy, and that Elliot CannotSpitItOut to either of them. Ultimately, [[spoiler:the truth comes out, Clinton [[ClosetKey realizes he's attracted to Elliot]], and they end up together -- to [[ShipperOnDeck Brun's approval]], as she isn't interested in either of them.]]

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* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Elliot is romantically interested in both Clinton and Brun, which is complicated by the fact that Clinton [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3710 considers himself]] straight but potentially receptive to the right guy, and that Elliot CannotSpitItOut to either of them. Ultimately, [[spoiler:the truth comes out, [[spoiler:Brun turns them both down, Clinton [[ClosetKey realizes he's attracted to Elliot]], and they [[PairTheSuitors end up together -- to [[ShipperOnDeck Brun's approval]], as she isn't interested in either of them.together]].]]
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* ''Film/FrenchTwist'': In spite of Marijo seducing her, Loli is torn between her and her husband Laurent.
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* ''Film/{{Passages}}'': Martin is Tomas' artistic and sensitive husband, Agathe is the bright new pretty young thing who makes Tomas feel 'alive'. Tomas flip-flops between the two of them throughout the film, [[spoiler:eventually ending up with neither as they both become sick of his shit.]]

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''Now I'm so confused''\\
''I don't know what to do''\\
''He loves me (He loves me)''\\
''He loves me not''\\
''She loves me (She loves me)''\\
''She loves me not''
-->-- '''Music/{{TATU}}''', "Loves Me Not"
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** In "[[Recap/BlackMirrorSanJunipero San Junipero]]", Kelly is in one with Yorkie and her husband, although [[ItMakesSenseInContext her husband is dead.]] Kelly promised her husband so that she would "move on" [[spoiler:and not go to San Junipero]], because their daughter died before she had the option. Yorkie, however, who has been [[spoiler:lying paralyzed since she was a teenager]], represents the possibilities of San Junipero and the new life it provides. [[spoiler:Kelly eventually chooses Yorkie.]]
** In "[[Recap/BlackMirrorStrikingVipers Striking Vipers]]", Danny is in one with his wife [[GenderBlenderName Theo]] and their old friend, Karl. While it's played straight for most of the episode -- with Theo representing stable family life and Karl representing sexual fulfilment through online methods -- played with at the end. It turns out that Danny is only attracted to his male friend when he's playing as a woman. So he and Theo compromise, having sex the rest of the year, except for one day, where he has cyber-sex with his male friend as a woman.

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** In "[[Recap/BlackMirrorSanJunipero San Junipero]]", Kelly is in one with Yorkie and her husband, although [[ItMakesSenseInContext her husband is dead.]] Kelly promised her husband so that she would "move on" [[spoiler:and not go to San Junipero]], because their daughter died before she had the option. Yorkie, however, who has been [[spoiler:lying paralyzed since she was a teenager]], young adult]], represents the possibilities of San Junipero and the new life it provides. [[spoiler:Kelly eventually chooses Yorkie.]]
** In "[[Recap/BlackMirrorStrikingVipers Striking Vipers]]", Danny is in one with his wife [[GenderBlenderName Theo]] and their old friend, Karl. While it's played straight for most of the episode -- with Theo representing stable family life and Karl representing sexual fulfilment through online methods -- it’s played with at the end. It turns out that Danny is only attracted to his male friend when he's playing as a woman. So he and Theo compromise, having sex the rest of the year, except for one day, where he has cyber-sex with his male friend as a woman.
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* ''Literature/TheChangeRoom'': Eliza is married to Andrew, and loves him still although they have some issues, though nothing severe. However, when Eliza meets a beautiful younger woman, Shar, at the pool she grows very attracted to her. Soon they have an affair, which Eliza feels quite guilty about but is too satisfied by her passionate sex life with Shar to stop. [[spoiler:Toward the end, she confesses, and it's left undecided if she'll choose Andrew, Shar, or both of them might work.]]

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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': {{Implied}} between Oliver Horn (male), Nanao Hibiya (female), and Pete Reston (AMAB SexShifter). Oliver and Nanao have pretty much been the novels' OfficialCouple since she fell in LoveAtFirstPunch with him volume one, but Pete has at times started to act like a {{Tsundere}} towards Oliver since they learned he was a [[SexShifter Reversi]]. Oliver's feelings towards Pete appear to be entirely platonic.

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* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'':
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{{Implied}} between Oliver Horn (male), Nanao Hibiya (female), and Pete Reston (AMAB SexShifter). Oliver and Nanao have pretty much been the novels' OfficialCouple since she fell in LoveAtFirstPunch with him volume one, but Pete has at times started to act like a {{Tsundere}} towards Oliver since they learned he was a [[SexShifter Reversi]]. Oliver's feelings towards Pete appear to be entirely platonic.platonic.
** Tim Linton and Ophelia Salvadori co-founded the Campus Watch with current StudentCouncilPresident Alvin Godfrey when they were younger, and both had crushes on him. At present he's not with either of them: Ophelia fell out with the rest of the Watch after giving in to her SexMagic, while Tim appears to have just outgrown his crush.
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* ''Literature/ShatterTheSky'': Maren is in a committed relationship with her girlfriend Kaia at the start of the story. Then once Kaia gets taken captive, Maren immediately sets out to rescue her. In doing so, she meets and befriends a young man, Sev, with similar goals. Maren and he become attracted to each other though she feels guilty about this, still loving Kaia, rekindling their love when they reunite. She's told both are her heartmates by the Prophet of the Aurati, but dismisses it as a lie at first. Maren though continues having a bond with Sev. Kaia and her drift apart over time due to experience changing them, and Maren leaves her, ending up with Sev at the end.
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* The core of ''Manga/BlueFlag'''s drama centers around Taichi, who's torn between his feelings for the female Kuze and his old male friend Touma. While Taichi does eventually begin dating Kuze, Touma's love for him and the fallout of what happens [[spoiler:when the rest of the school finds out he's gay]] causes him to reevaluate both relationships to worrying results.

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* The core of ''Manga/BlueFlag'''s drama centers around Taichi, who's torn between his feelings for the female Kuze and his old male friend Touma. While Taichi does eventually begin dating Kuze, Touma's love for him and the fallout of what happens [[spoiler:when the rest of the school finds out he's gay]] causes him to reevaluate both relationships to worrying results. [[spoiler:It doesn't help that Taichi is unconsciously attracted to Touma, and doesn't realize it until much later.]]



* The Music/{{Vocaloid}} song "Teenage Boys and Girls" by Satou is sung from the perspective of a girl who is struggling with being in love with a girl, but the second girl likes a boy who is in love with the singer. To complicate things further, the singer and the boy "have a messed up relationship", but she can't bring herself to hate him. The second girl meanwhile slowly starts resenting the singer for stealing the attention of her crush.

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* The Music/{{Vocaloid}} song "Teenage Boys and Girls" by Satou is sung from the perspective of a girl who is struggling with being in love with a another girl, but the second girl likes a boy who is in love with the singer. To complicate things further, the singer and the boy "have a messed up relationship", but she can't bring herself to hate him. The second girl meanwhile slowly starts resenting the singer for stealing the attention of her crush.
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* The Music/{{Vocaloid}} song "Teenage Boys and Girls" by Satou is sung from the perspective of a girl who is struggling with being in love with a girl, but the second girl likes a boy who is in love with the singer. To complicate things further, the singer and the boy "have a messed up relationship", but she can't bring herself to hate him. The second girl meanwhile slowly starts resenting the singer for stealing the attention of her crush.
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* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': During the Kyoto Arc, BigBad Shishio Makoto is in a long-term relationship with Komagata Yumi, a former courtesan who fell in love with him. His EliteMook Honjou Kamatari, a [[VillainousCrossdresser feminine-presenting gay man]], is also hopelessly in love with him; the fact he knows Shishio will never return his feelings either romantically or platonically (competing with another of Shishio's Juppongatana, Seta Sojirou) is the source of a lot of {{Gayngst}} for him.
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* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': After Matsuri [[GenderBender is turned into a girl]] and Suzu [[IfItsYouItsOkay grows to love him anyway]], they end up in a TwoPersonLoveTriangle when Matsuri is split into {{Opposite Sex Clone}}s. To everyone's surprise, their GenderBenderFriendship seems to make Suzu favor girl Matsuri. Boy Matsuri only starts to make pace when he pursues Suzu more actively [[spoiler:thanks to being mind controlled so he'll give Suzu a fatal curse]]
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* ''ComicBook/{{Carnage|2015}}'': Eddie Brock develops a crush on Manuela Calderon, one of the few survivors of Cletus Kasady's massacre of St. Estes'. While Manny initially shows signs of reciprocating, she ends up hooking up with Victoria Montesi at the end of the series.
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* ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'': Tromeo's father Monty is black, while he's clearly white without any signs of being mixed race. It turns out Monty was just so naive he bought Tromeo as his biological son. Tromeo was just too dim to notice the disparity in Monty being black later. [[spoiler:It turns out that his birth father is Capulet.]]

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* ''Series/RoswellNewMexico'': Between Michael, Alex, and Maria. Michael and Alex have a long complicated history, while Michael and Maria have a standing flirtation that starts to become more. Michael genuinely does love Alex, [[spoiler:and as of the end of season 1, he chooses to be with Maria, because he feels Alex and him aren't good for each other and because of his growing feelings for Maria]]. This is further complicated by Maria and Alex being best friends and not wanting to hurt each other and Maria not having known about Alex and Michael's history for most of the first season. In Season 2, [[spoiler: Michael and Maria date on and off and, at one point, have an emotionally fraught threesome with Alex, who also gets his own SatelliteLoveInterest.]] By the end of the season, the triangle is largely resolved: Michael [[spoiler: and Maria break up and he expresses hope for him and Alex in the future.]]

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* ''Series/RoswellNewMexico'': Between Michael, Alex, and Maria. Michael and Alex have a long complicated history, while Michael and Maria have a standing flirtation that starts to become more. Michael genuinely does love Alex, [[spoiler:and as of the end of season 1, he chooses to be with Maria, because he feels Alex and him aren't good for each other and because of his growing feelings for Maria]]. This is further complicated by Maria and Alex being best friends and not wanting to hurt each other and Maria not having known about Alex and Michael's history for most of the first season. In Season 2, [[spoiler: Michael and Maria date on and off and, at one point, have an emotionally fraught threesome with Alex, who also gets his own SatelliteLoveInterest.]] By the end of the season, the triangle is largely resolved: Michael [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and Maria break up and he expresses hope for him and Alex in the future.]]


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* ''Series/TheUndeclaredWar'': Saara is dating James and also lives with him when she meets Kathy Freeman at her new job, who she's attracted to. The two kiss and have sex, but afterward Kathy won't consider anything more until Saara's not with James any longer. [[spoiler:Kathy leaves for the US, while James realizes what's happened and leaves Saara alone, devastated.]]
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* ''Senpai Is a Boy'' centers around a group of three friends--the protagonist Makoto, a boy who likes to crossdress and enjoys girly things; his underclassman Aoi, who is obsessed with him; and his childhood friend Ryuji, who has a crush on him. Chunks of the story are spent on one end of this triad thinking that their feelings won't be reciprocated--Makoto when he mistakes Aoi and Ryuji's bond as mutural crushes, Aoi when she realizes that Ryuji is in love with Makoto, and Ryuji when he realizes that his feelings aren't truly [[IncompatibleOrientation going to be reciprocated]] the same way Maakoto's will be for Aoi.

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* ''Senpai Is a Boy'' centers around a group of three friends--the protagonist Makoto, a boy who likes to crossdress and enjoys girly things; his underclassman Aoi, who is obsessed with him; and his childhood friend Ryuji, who has a crush on him. Chunks of the story are spent on one end of this triad thinking that their feelings won't be reciprocated--Makoto pining--Makoto when he mistakes Aoi and Ryuji's bond as mutural mutual crushes, Aoi when she realizes that Ryuji is in love with Makoto, Makoto and doesn't want to get in the way, and Ryuji when he realizes that his feelings aren't truly [[IncompatibleOrientation going to be reciprocated]] the same way Maakoto's Makoto's will be for Aoi.
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* ''Senpai Is a Boy'' centers around a group of three friends--the protagonist Makoto, a boy who likes to crossdress and enjoys girly things; his underclassman Aoi, who is obsessed with him; and his childhood friend Ryuji, who has a crush on him. Chunks of the story are spent on one end of this triad thinking that their feelings won't be reciprocated--Makoto when he mistakes Aoi and Ryuji's bond as mutural crushes, Aoi when she realizes that Ryuji is in love with Makoto, and Ryuji when he realizes that his feelings aren't truly [[IncompatibleOrientation going to be reciprocated]] the same way Maakoto's will be for Aoi.

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