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For example, one playthrough I snuck cove into my bed during "Road Trip" and started dating him at the end of step 2, and in step 3, despite being more comfortable with it (To the point where he'll actually join you on the bed) he'll still get nervous and back out.
It's just how he is and we love him for it.
if the two people are just friends he still sleeps on the floor but he doesn't give a reason, you can sleep in the loft together during the road trip with no blushing and if you stay the night in step three you can sleep in the same bed and it's just like any other sleepover. they just giggle and talk though the night like kids.
1. With one of my oldest friends, if I went to his place, his mother would pull out the sofabed and we would sleep together. I later found out that she was watching us and listening from the kitchen to make sure we weren't up to anything "gay," as she suspected both of us. She preferred to have us in the family room where she could spy than for us to sleep in his room where she couldn't.
2. With my first boyfriend, the very first time I slept over at his house, I was in a sleeping bag on the floor and he was in his bed. That lasted about 30 minutes. After that, we always set out the sleeping bag for his mother's benefit, and then slept together in his bed.
In the game, before Cove says he is demi, I found his reluctance either confusing, endearing, or frustrating, depending on what type of relationship we had at the time. Since I would likely have felt that in real life, kudos to the Devs for making me have real feelings for Cove that change based on my relationship with him in the game. :)
That's actually a cliché you often see in romantic Japanese comic books or tv serie for boys or girl where (usually a guy) is trying to be respectful at his crush without lusting after them. I ain't saying the dev got her inspiration from them, it is just me who a see a similarity.
Here's an example: My dress up darling! trailer
https://youtu.be/LPDnoxB1A8k
The male hero is going to learn how to act professional when becoming personal dressmaker for the heroine who is a cosplayer (someone who like to wear their favorite fictional character costume, like superman but not just for halloween).
Despite the look, it's really respectful and heartwarming because it's about respecting each other different hobbies and becoming friends despite the difference in taste.
But it also doesn't deny the protagonists feelings and sexuality.
It isn't because he's demi. As someone who IS demi, I can assure you that demi does not mean "scared of intimacy". Demi is more like "I have zero desire to be intimate unless it's with very specific people and then it's usually no more of a problem than it would be otherwise." Demi can also mean that you can only form those connections with folks you really know, not based on initial physical attraction (this is almost certainly the case for Cove).
Cove is likely scared of more intense intimacy because he's a scared kid with hormones and he's scared anything beyond what he's already used to with you. You're basically his security blanket in any playthrough where he'd share a bed with you, so non security blanket feelings are super scary for him. It could be tied to his autism (especially given that he mentions being "overwhelmed" specifically as to why he gets scared) but it's definitely NOT because he's demi. That's not what demi is.
Edit, I went into the 18+ content and got the text lines I was referencing above. These are Cove's EXACT words:
"It's really nice. But, you know, at some point it stops feeling as good and... gets, uh, hard to manage. And it's not just that it's too much for me like we've talked about before. It's... it's too much because it's not enough, and that makes me nervous."
we were basically saying the same thing I just didn't' go into detail because I didn't think I had to.
I also don't think bringing up dialog from a patrion only event is relevant. if i was going to I'd also mention that cove also says that he's not used to feeling anything and he's new to it all.
The patreon moment doesn't go really well with the main game and should be threated as a "fan moment" because with what I wrote in the spoiler, I don't think our MCs have ever gone beyond kissing specially with Cove safety walls lol
I agree this is probably more about him being autistic, but with me also being both demi and have anxiety and some other issues I tend to blend them all together. lol but as someone that is mostly ace I'd feel weird sleeping next to someone even if they were my friend and especially as a teen just figuring out my sexuality. actually i'm near 50 so I was just really confused as to why I only seemed to be attracted to one or two people in the whole school.
I totally understand where you are coming from. :) I always think of a different conversation with Cove. it's the one where he finally talks about being comfortable sharing the bed. that's the intimacy that I always think that's more important and a step that Cove needs to make in the romantic relationship between him and the MC. it's long conversation about how mixed up he feels sometimes. and yes, as a demi I felt seen and heard in a game for the first time.