[She should have never brought this up in the first place, or tried to hint at it. Every time she gets close to telling him, she panics and backs off, and maybe there's a reason for that. As much as Angel says there's no better time to do this but now, Tifa is also fully aware that Angel can be something of a blind romantic, at least about some things. And as much as she tries to convince herself that her worries are unfounded, she still has a laundry list of them. Maybe she should have just trusted her instincts instead of trying to force it. Now she's just made Cloud uncomfortable, and she wishes she could take it back.
His response catches her completely off guard, though, and she glances up, struggling to read his expression in the low light. It's hard to know what he's trying to say, even if she certainly knows what she wants it to mean. Tifa doesn't respond right away, biting her lip for an instant as she thinks, as though repeating that sentence over and over in her head will give her some sort of magical insight. It doesn't, of course.]
What do you mean?
[She keeps her voice low, too, painfully aware that Kunsel could easily overhear them if he wanted to.]
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His response catches her completely off guard, though, and she glances up, struggling to read his expression in the low light. It's hard to know what he's trying to say, even if she certainly knows what she wants it to mean. Tifa doesn't respond right away, biting her lip for an instant as she thinks, as though repeating that sentence over and over in her head will give her some sort of magical insight. It doesn't, of course.]
What do you mean?
[She keeps her voice low, too, painfully aware that Kunsel could easily overhear them if he wanted to.]