they should grow old without kissing. cute right? -_-
they aren't that socially/mentally disable to act like that, so that is why it feels forced to some.
when i see characters acting like that, i can only think that someday they will marry and need a kid, they will fuck in the dark no kissing/hugging, too shy for it, and eventually they will grow old without even kissing, only doing anything enough to have the kids they must have... or maybe they will get someone else's kid and be done with it, no dna testing anyway LOL
it seems that it has become rarer where we see the move of skipping/cutting the scene? if you don't don't things going 'any hot' in the story, cut right before it. wasn't that the general move with making it more openly rated? implying things and such. but this kind of media in specific seams to want to distance itself so much from intimacy. to the point that even those nearing hentai don't kiss and act so fucking shy that most don't understand why. like they all almost naked, they volumes (chest/down there) is so exaggerated but there is no actual romance and intimacy, even after some some eventually build the harem, there is no actual relationship. i don't quite understand why tho, it is a bit of a weird flow.
for example here, making her kiss him slight while saying 'lov u, they rekted lul' then sleeping in comfort really fast is so much more sweet than she passing out from being so tired that she acted like she was drunk. but they know what they are doing, the author hold all the power, we can only be whiny about it