i really freakin love how this is being handled!!! both characters are working towards healing themselves, and while the other unintentionally helped with their respective arcs, the final stretch needs through their own strength/ and knowing there's something good waiting for you at the other end. this is objectively the wrong time for their love, but they know they will reconcile with their feelings again later down the road. also, from now on, because all the cards are laid on the table, cuter moments will be much more vulnerable with acknowledged longing from both sides.