Do you ever think about the fact that even if Otome and Dice would never see eye to eye, even if they're as distant as possible because Otome prioritized safety at the expense of freedom and a proper relationship with Dice and Dice prioritized freedom and fun at the expense of the safe but lonely situation that Otome put him in, Otome still loves Dice enough to have a picture of his teen self on her desk. And the only reason she put his picture face down on her desk is because Rei, notorious for being a Totally Good Parent, commented on it? Which implies that before then she might have had it on her desk ever since she took over the government.

When she asked Mikado to turn himself in for his crimes she didn't ask him to do it for her sake. It's for Dice's sake. Their son, who she at one point wholly believed that his birth had been the whole purpose of her life. She said that to Mikado, who even though they had an arranged marriage they seemed to genuinely love each other before Otome's dad ruined things. If she didn't send Dice away for his safety, that would have been literally her only positive relationship in her life which is so so sad. Chuuoku's walls barring out men is both Chuuoku and her own tbh.