let me apologize belatedly. I don't recall what was going on in my life that day; but, eep, not my best analyzing. must have been extra brain fizzly or something.
honestly, i'm dumb as a post. i didn't see it coming. halfway through, i didn't even see them becoming a couple. i'm still not sure they should have. real life v. fiction
i also thought the few chapters after that felt superfluous. almost could have ended it there