Oh my god. Are they really gonna...? Is the plot really gonna go where I want it to go? As in, Nozomi takes the ring as a sign from Shino that she wants Nozomi to keep her brother in her heart? Just as Nozomi is starting to become aware of her own desire for a more personal relationship with Shino, and reads this as a tacit rejection? Thus leading to sadness and regret for everyone? I mean. I really hope so. Hell yeah. Just tear me to pieces, go for it, please.
Idk, I just feel like they have to deal with how ambiguous their relationship is, at some point. Even if this isn't a "yuri" story and they don't end up together, this is way beyond sisterly bonding and shared mourning. I like cuddles as much as anyone, but I'm sure as hell not curling into my sister's lap and wrapping my arms around her waist, no matter how much I've had to drink. This is a level of skinship I've written into fluffy gay fanfics, and even then I'm like, "Hm, is this too much? They're deeply in love, but are they this intimate already? I dunno..."