Oh my goodness this means so incredibly much to me, I'm so glad you appreciated the diversity of characters—Merry Crisis was born out of a deep need to scratch an itch for holiday rom-coms with POCs/queer characters!
P.S. Don't worry, there's so, so much more Shay planned for the full game... ;) mountain biking, boxing and dinner, writing songs for each other, etc. Hopefully it isn't too hard to say goodbye when your week's up though D: