****Major spoilers to every game in the series including this one****
Oddly though the new game I'm working on has a part where the MC's real name is finally addressed. The |MC x Carmine |in ''Butterfly'' is my personal favorite, lol I'm kidding but I find the idea of someone going from seeing their relationship in ''Happiness 1'' to immediately ''Butterfly'' super hilarious lol.
Yes, CC has no romantic interest in MC (whether it's Happiness MC, Goodbye Time traveler MC or butterfly) the only attachment she sometimes has for the MC is because she sees him as an extension to the player.
Happiness MC and Carmine's relationship is very complicated. The MC's life was one big hole, if Mirall didn't show up he would have either ended his life ( like what he tried in ''A Happiness Story'') or ended up like the ''Butterfly''. Mirall is the sole reason for the MC's continuous survival. So he's completely attached if not a bit too obsessed with her.
In the Web Novel I wrote years ago the MC does show some interest in Carmine way before Mirall showed up But Carmine's cold behavior and her inability to express herself makes the two of them always distanced. Carmine stubbornly waits for the MC to remember her from their first year in high school while she forces him to stay in her club and the MC just wants to live his pathetic observer life thinking Carmine is just a sadistic demon forcing him to stay for no reason.
When Mirall shows up, the MC realizes that the only way Mirall can be born in the future is for him to fall in love and marry Carmine so he no longer knows if he's with Carmine because he has feelings for her or because he wants Mirall to be born or both.
In certain scenes like the ending of '', Happiness 1'' and ''Happiness 2''he confesses to himself and Carmine that he loves her but once the adrenaline rush wears off and regular life returns he finds himself once again questioning if he truly loves her or he was just swapped by the moment.
I realize I spoke too much about the MC x Carmine relationship but it's because it was very important for me to create a ''realistic romance''. I consider writing romance the hardest thing in fiction. decades of novels and games have overused the concept of Love and made it near impossible to write about it without coming out as cliché or cheesy. At first when I made ''Happiness 1'' I was convinced that I will not add any romance but it was impossible due to the story so I would always stop when doing a romance scene and pay extra attention to how it's portrayed and try to make it as realistic as possible.
|The goodbye time traveler MC x Carmine| is not yet explored and should be in future games.
|The Butterfly MC x Carmine| is a parasite-Host relationship. That Carmine was never forced by Isaac, she just attracted and lashes on the strongest alpha man she sees. At first, it was Isaac but after gaining his new powers the butterfly became the new alpha male to her and her new host. Meanwhile, the butterfly just wanted a family. he lost his parents and he just wanted a chance to have a new one so he accepted Carmine's confession and accepted being her new host. It's a very messed up relationship but it's very realistic too because I've seen people in this kind of relationship before.