In Episode 24, Haruka admits to Ayato that he was her first love and that she's loved him from afar for more than a decade, not expecting him to return the feelings because his memory had been erased. Instead Ayato tells her, "I may not remember the past, but I know the present. And the one I love is the current you", takes her in his arms and kisses Haruka as she sobs tears of joy. Gets you right in the old heart strings.
