User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapters 532 & 533, Review/@comment-24.43.106.66-20170421222902/@comment-24489996-20170421224404

Just saying, two people in a picture together does not make them canon. They barely had any interactions with each other throughout the series, save for one or two moments (one of which was rather minor and indirect), but given that Hiro admits he writes FT "for his fans", it's become a sad yet viable possibility.