“It still wasn’t clear as to why Ruka and Mikan were put together in a photo, and in a close position at that… I’m assuming from the information provided, that the readers can pretend that Ruka and Mikan got together in the future along with her and Natsume’s child. Or it could be that the author actually favors Ruka a lot more as a pairing with Mikan, and drew this photo for that purpose? There wasn’t much clarification for it. But we can assume for sure that Ruka and Mikan aren’t actually together. In the end it’s up to the readers for this picture.”