@VirginWaifuFTW The entire point of this manga is that both grown to love each other more than their crushes, but both couldn't just give them up.
Akari never thought about Jirou as her back-up or a main choice, just because she tried to keep her sights on Tenjin, despite falling in love with...
"The world ends with you. If you want to enjoy life, expand your world." —Takuya's dad, probably
Being content with current life, doesn't mean that both our MCs aren't drifting aimlessly. They had no goals, no friends, nothing except their work and cat/maps thing and this wouldn't change if not...