Dude, the only soyboy here is you. Simping for NTR content and an author that lied about it.
A relationship in the making can obviously fall under the definition. It not having fully developed at that point is irrelevant.
Again: If you really think the players had zero interest in her as a LI or that the author wasn't deliberately making her appear like one, you're completely delusional.
How about you go back to sucking your wife's boyfriend off instead of trying to gaslight people with semantics? You're not convincing me, or anyone on this site. Most people here have a broader definition of NTR than I do.