At What Point did...Spoiler Warning

FlowersB4Boys said:
At what point did Tsukushi fall in love with Tsukasa? Okay, I finished the series and have been thinking about it a lot lately and I can't figure out at what exact point Tsukushi actually fell in love with Tsukasa. I'm not talking about the whole denial phase that happened near the end of the series, I mean at what point did Tsukushi actually fall in love with Tsukasa without necessarily admitting it to herself or anyone else. I guess it's sort of a subjective topic because on one hand you could say it was the build up of every little and monumental thing that he has done for her but I feel like we should be able to also pinpoint it to a singular moment or incident.

It's really difficult for me to tell when she actually started to have feelings of love and not just infatuation for him because of how much she denied her love for him and convinced herself that he couldn't possibly love her.

I know she started to have a crush on him after their first kiss and everything, but that's kind of to be expected after you've kissed someone...plus that was way too early on. Their first date in the elevator didn't really amount to any real feelings on her part either, just speculation and confusion. When he first told her that he loved her in his room she still didn't seem to believe it and kind of just brushed it off. She STILL didn't seem to actually love him after the whole Thomas and Sakurako incident, but that's definitely where it's started to develop. You could argue that it was during the Junpei incident where Tsukasa let those guys beat him up so Tsukushi wouldn't get hurt but I feel like it was earlier than that. I got the sense that she for sure loved him around his birthday on the ship when they fished and she made those cookies for him.

I guess if I had to pick a single moment it would be the ski lodge incident by the fire. But if we're talking very first indication of love on a smaller scale then I would have to say it was on her date with Rui when she couldn't stop thinking about Tsukasa.

When do you guys think it was? I'd love to hear different perspectives and opinions about this topic :)