Author: "More than friends, less than lovers."
Characters: dropping L-bombs and thinking "I love her so much"
I see, besties then.
I think the intent was "more than friends, less than lovers" was where they were like, right before the doujin started. Obviously that is uh, not where they are by the end. Or even like halfway through.
I feel like "fuck buddies" still fits into the narrow window between friends and lovers. I mean, I think they probably dove headfirst through that window too, but I'm just saying, there's some wiggle room they could've been working with.