Yeah, no, anyone telling you they like/love you for being hopeless, helpless, and dependent with no hope to change for the better, that's a demon seeing their next plaything to destroy into nothing.
Sympathize for Kaede however you like, she learned later she put Shuuji in that situation, she got a kick out of it, and she was itching to do it again when she saw him later. She's pitiful, sure, but ain't worth my sympathies.
On an unrelated note, how long has it been for Shuuji being engaged to Miran that he realized he loved her? I know the updates been snail-pace slow, but under 20 chapters seems way too short for him to come to that conclusion.