This darker direction is nice and all but this is a drop from me dawg. I am not generally the type that screams NTR at the top of their lungs when anyone from the main pair so much as speaks to a member of the opposite sex that isnt the other main lead (looking at you Tsumiki fans). But this...
Yeah that left me confused as well at first I thought it was romantically but then when they talked about her being the author it didnt feel that way anymore.
Bro the only way this girl is not fully crazy is because she is so far around the bend that she's started to approach sanity from the opposite direction