Calypsolar

Exactly, Kiyoi standing up for Hira by disguising it as just him being impatient is something that really stood out to me right away. And the way Kiyoi uses "gross" especially later in the series sounds affectionate in a weird way but of course that flies over Hira's head (which makes sense since he has no ideas about what Kiyoi is actually thinking) :D they're both just struggling but looks like ep6 will finally make things clear for both of them.

with everything that's coming, 2nd seems way more likely

Yeah, it's very uncomfortable, I wonder what what they did though. Imagine if everyone just started clapping and there were no negative reactions :D (I mean that's how it should be, they're literally creating a bl play, them being homophobic would make no sense)

Things seem to move pretty quickly in general so most likely aftermath.