;ALSKDFJAS;LDFJ CRIES WOULDN'T A THREE YEAR AGE GAP IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SEEM SUSPICIOUS?

but i'm game to have everyone assume they were dating, why not? They could have just found kinship in being little goblin outsiders and maybe mistakenly discover that one or the other was being mistreated by the fam? In Fukawa's case it'll be more of her step-mother directly, though her dad will be neglectful for sure