I can already see it. Patrick walking around with his cute, clingy girlfriend whose muted expressions of emotions becomes a "moe" point. Then, seeing this, in very short order everyone stops being afraid of her and instead start treating her like a small animal; patting her head and giving her cookies, with some of the boys even getting visibly jealous of Patrick.
I get the feeling we're in for more drama instead due to plot reasons, but I can see the pages already.