The romance is unearned and the MC already feels intensely smitten by Loken.
It distracts from the quality of the other aspects
(A more down to earth version of my comment so that it doesnt look like im a troll)
I personally did not find the "romance" that rushed, as the MC himself explains it, is not real romance just yet, but mainly physical attraction. Plus, lets not forget that the MC is currently clinging to the only fix point in his "new life" (not counting Byte, since a "voice inside your head" cannot replace actual company), which is currently Loken.