User blog comment:Genista882/Mitsuru and Kokoro 2/@comment-26567684-20190505155304

I agree that the purpose behind the MitsuKoko scenes is to show that Mitsuru is still with Kokoro, to show that he has not abandoned her because she is pregnant.

However, the hugging scene is shown first and then her sitting alone while holding her stomach is shown second. To me, that shows what happens in episodes 22-23; Mitsuru is still trying to reach out to Kokoro that he still cares about and she is confused why because of their memory loss (reflecting from the hugging scene), and she is troubled with abortion or giving birth after learning she and Mitsuru had conceived a child, which she sees as an unplanned pregnancy, not remembering her desire to be a mother (reflecting the stairwell scene).

Either way, the fact that Kokoro is the only one shown with another individual shows that she still has Mitsuru by her side.