See, I read a ton of classics where people kiss all the time and it’s not sexual. So just kissing doesn’t make it a romance for me :p
If they were male and female then it would be taken to be romantic. Because it’s female/female people make excuses and assume otherwise. That’s heteronormativity and it sucks. People are more open about Polyamory in Maguire’s Oz too which makes things more complicated.