I got the written translation here: https://pastebin.com/4cAjhb6S
Currently debating if it's something we should typeset or just leave in the void.
Thank you very much for the translation.
I think I can guess what the mangaka might have been trying to do, namely provide a shift to a maturing, cherishing feeling between them based not on infatuation but on dealing with something hard in the world.
However, I can certainly see why it would alarm people and since I haven't seen the images, I am probably wrong.