This is how a cis dude who got genderbent would actually act. If a character gets genderbent and they're totally chill with it and have fun living life as a girl, that was a girl all along
that's... really odd? like specifically going out of your way to say they aren't really together in the end, even though doing it wouldn't have cost any more panels? that's not a rushed thing, it's just a wtf were you thinking thing