
I admit, I came here for some kind of romance. The story is great, but like, am I wrong to expect an eventual romantic relationship between the main characters? This was tagged with shounen ai after all

no i think itll happen but the genre for this definitely isnt romance, at least not now. personally its actually quite refreshing to be reading a story where the romance is soooo on the backburner. but regardless i do think theyll have something going on by the end, cause i think its pretty obvious they both like eachother, or at least did at some point

holding hands and hugging is not even that romantic tho you can do that with a friend but its clear they like each other not because they want to do those things but because they want to help each other and deeply care. a friend is not going to overthink their relationship but sm who wants more will

So Harper is just ok with these kisses? I can't figure out if they're interested romantically in each other or if they're just friends who are physically attracted

I would say romantically.
Harper does care about Adrian and wants him to be happy and get over his grief. When the party happened he seemed down because so many people showed up and he knew Adrian would get out of there. The second time he was more considerate and made sure only the Mindy? Showed up.
Then the teasing but he never oversteps while knowing more than he shows.
So I would say mutual crush on each other.
That's some baby yandere behavior. Skylar better set good boundaries because Cirrus is clearly not ready for a healthy relationship.