User blog comment:The Trumpet player of/Is this relevant ?/@comment-25555436-20150804234802/@comment-24198837-20150805181510

Time did pass, yes, and it's implied that they've been training together a LOT and she's been developing feelings for him. But its not really shown, and that seems to be most people's issue with it. It looks like a jump to insta-love, and even though it's really not, it's far too easy to interpret that way and IS, unfortunately, the result of poor writing.