User blog comment:Jopjopjop/Volume 19 Spoilers/@comment-104.7.80.176-20150308183727/@comment-16281343-20150309004104

She is not Kiba's love interest. Their interaction when they met just got blown out of proportion.

Because of all that happened to them and Kiba believing that he's the only survivor, he cried and they hugged each other. He also swore to protect her because, like I said, of all the things that happened to them.

I see Kiba's actions as a protective big brother not a lover.