Veruna she love Niki so there was never love for Tsuashi to begin with
As much as I want that to be true also, I can't confirm it 100%.
Because the way the mangaka is writing is something along the line like
"Oh, a new chapter?! You'll enjoy it for sure! but remember not to trust the characters and just wait for the new chapter again to know why they really did what they've done! Oh,don't also trust that because there also another reason for it aaaaand so on and so forth"
but seriously, I really want what you said to be the fixed point so they can just go and focus on the adventure
That's right Veruna, you just need to give all your love to Niki! Don't even think of loving Tsunashi, he's for Niki!!