Is that EVENTUALLY they are EXPLICIT about their feelings for one another. I'm sorry, I don't want JUST nuance or "some relationships are deeper than simple categorization of "love"" type explanation for their interactions without either of them ever saying they love each other. Like please don't be another Night Beyond the Tricornered Window up-to-intrepretation type ending (as fire as that story was I wished they said what they were to each other so no other reader could deny it)
In chapter 48, when he zoned out for days on end for his music and Chan didn't come to visit... How did puppy get by?
With plot armour xD
My babies. Let them know peace and stability and happiness and security and let them have that with each other. Please author. For all our sanity's sake