It's a weird thing, there's that but there's also the 8 other times they said they were romantic ly involved. 2 examples are when asked why she wasn't at the sect she said she didn't want to leave him. Plus the times when the elders of the sect disprove of their relationship. Talk about mixed signals

Don't really like their relationship it doesn't make sense to me. You can't really be friends with someone who's boyfriend dreams of humiliating then killing you.