I follow the raws and the answer is yes.
They're not "dating" dating yet, but their mutual feelings are extremely apparent and it's something directly addressed by the story instead of just vibes.
Thanks for picking this up!!
One theory people have in the JP comments is that the second person is a character in the author's previous work, and this chapter seemed to have happened in an earlier point of time than that manga
Which means that Yue didn't munch these characters and merely used them as models