Yes people need to normalize when others calls someone cute. It doesnt need to mean romantically. Some of my friends found me cute and thats how we slowly became friends!
Dude there are lilies. Lily in japanese literally means yuri. White lilies are a lesbian thing
but the author of this story is Korean, not Japanese. i doubt that they knew the meaning of lily in japanese
You're hopefully aware that nobody is taking this too seriously
Just because that girl finds her cute, it does not mean that it will become yuri. Just good friends. If everybody thought I was a lesbian everytime I thought a girl was cute, then OMG the misunderstandings.