@sahanoha unironically i think this is definitely meant to have some kind of foreshadowing related to kris coming clean about their hand in the events of the story, as weird as it may sound. even with the milklooker dialogue saying “the truth hurts but it may be the best option”
Like to me it's pretty clear why Susie, the teenager character who's been hiding in a shell her whole life and only now starting to opening herself up to feelings after years of being scared would have her head shrouded by love after falling for someone else for the first time