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Such a "scenario" wouldn't work. Taka's guilt in KGnE was partly due to the fact that he did something completely trivial while being aware that he should've been meeting Haruka. Forgetting this and that and being late is different from taking a detour to do something with someone else.

Also, I'm not saying Taka felt not even an ounce of love. He did love Haruka, especially following the festival. I'm just questioning how much of it was genuine love, and how much of it was "I love Haruka because she loves me".

As for Mitsuki helping Takayuki the hard way, I doubt roughing it would have helped him. Taka's a total pushover with absolutely no backbone. The guy was as brain-dead as Haruka after the accident and not much better by the end of the series.