>>2114554I say this as somebody who's been in love with Rei for about two or three years now- there's nothing to lose from wanting to be with her.
For more than two years I've been madly in love with her and because of it I motivated myself to sort my life out.
Being in love with Rei fixed my life.
So yeah, it's not all bad. So long as it doesn't consume you and you don't let it get you down, there's nothing at all wrong with loving her.