The ending tho..she's about to say she's in a relationship and it's f*cking out of nowhere if it's with someone else other than princess..needs season 2!
^^Ugh, yeah, I think that's why this image made me feel weird. It's just really gross. If you're going to have them look at the viewer, at least give them shocked/angry expressions so that it seems like someone walked in on them. That's still sleazy, but at least it's a little better than some basement dweller's fantasy.
I could see this if it were Idolmaster or something, where posing for a photo would be totally in character. But for these two, it's hard to picture it.
That said, not sure I'd say it's not intended to depict gay love. It may be that the artist sees a lot of shots like those and just assumed well, that's how it's supposed to go. Their other stuff on Pixiv seems similar.
^you may be right, assuming intentions is usually a bad idea. Still, images of two people focusing on an offscreen third party don't convey the love too well regardless of what the intent was.