"What are you talking about? We're just friends."

After being brutally rejected by Dales, Guest did nothing but cry for a long time. Her childhood friend was a member of the Ravenian Ducal family, renowned throughout the Empire. Their families had been close for generations, so being dumped like this was a humiliation that would go down as a dark history.

Wait, how did it even come to this?

To distract herself from the pain of heartbreak, she decided to indulge in her usual escape. Guest's escape was simple (?). Though she hadn't told anyone yet, Guest was a polymorph spiritist capable of contracting with spirits, and she could change her appearance through their power. She often used this power to wander around freely as someone else.

She was out wandering that day as well, when she happened to run into Dales in her transformed state. It was awkward enough being rejected, but now her secret was about to be exposed! Guest's mind went blank. But Dales's reaction was strange. He was acting like... a restless puppy?

"My Lady... if you don't mind, could you spare me a moment of your time?"

Dales didn't recognize the transformed Guest at all! Moreover, he seemed to have fallen for this new look, showing a side of himself he never showed before... I'm your childhood friend! The one you just dumped! You were never this sweet to me before?!

How on earth do you explain this situation where you've been dumped, but you haven't?