I really liked this story.
To be honest the only thing that went over my head was that "I need to cheat on someone to see if I hate it" thing.
I don't get it. I probably missed something.
But every thing else I liked from the start.
I liked the issues that the character revealed themselves to have.

Though to be honest I didn't much care if the lead girl got the one she was after. I just didn't. I was happy when her objective got away from the bad boyfriend. I was happy to see her becoming a stronger person and couldn't help but note she didn't seem into Ruki early on.

I kept wondering if there was ever going to be anything more to Remi. I started to wonder what she'd be like when she's old. Would she have that twinkle in her eye and a thousand bawdy tales to tell?

This is among the first translated yuri I ever read. I like it. I find this very believable. I could see someone doing what the lead does in this story if their life was kinda crappy like this.
I like that there was more the male in this story than jerk for the sake of being a jerk. He even stopped when asked to.

What gets me is, she's actually got more of a chance now than she did before, since now she knows her friend is at least open to the idea. But she's letting pessimism get the better of her instead of at least trying to move forward. It's a bit frustrating.

My thoughts exactly. I wondered if I missed some indication why the relationship wouldn't work regardless of gender. I think I'm pretty good at missing things like that. Ha.
Still. I liked it.