Apparently, the 'childhood friend' title was mentioning become protagonist real quick. Instead of keeping the 'supposed to be' protagonist. At least, I got my laugh rereading it.
Status quo end means what happened afterwards depends on reader's imagination, like how the artist's had on his, personally.
But as expected, it doesn't give the satisfaction all of us need.
To me, its an A-OK, wished for something else though. 😅