I had to reread this from the beginning again since the releases are so few and far between.
How I view it so far:
Moritani fell into the same trap as everyone else and let Murikami do as she pleases without questioning her reasons. Now that she realizes she fell into that trap she is trying to make up for it. But Murikami got used to it and so she is probably going to not understand and/or be resistant to this sudden 'change' in demeanor.
Yes, we all want them to hook up, but I think they've been riding parallel tracks on different trains and are just now coming up to an intersection. This crash will obviously end up being a good thing, but it will be messy.