[Just like that he's got her hesitating. Not because she has any lack of interest. She doesn't. Obviously she doesn't. But it does leave the blush touching her darkening just a tad more. She also knows she has a very difficult time letting him just treat her kindly. She isn't against it. Aerith has done things herself, by herself, on her own, for so long that having someone suddenly want to take care of her in any fashion is... weird.
Even Tifa knows there are some places one just does not cross with her without her instigating it or asking for it specifically. Balthier simply does as feels natural to him and Aerith isn't used to be mirrored in such a fashion. It's much easier to tend to him and focus on him. And it's not as though she doesn't get some kind of her own joy out of it.
Making Balthier happy does, in fact, make her happy, too.]
I'm not. I'm sure you know that.
[Settling her weight into her hand, she shifts just a hint, as if she means to hold onto something more modest than the way he might so easily fit right up against her. She likes him there. She knows that. It'd be all too easy to fall right into them. Absence seems to only make the heart grow fonder and they have a great deal of personal time to make up for.]
I'm just awkward. Still. Surprisingly. I know you said... practise, but uhm. Things have been kind of all over the place. I haven't been able to think about it as much as I'd like.
[Implying that she does think about it regardless. Of course she does.]
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[Just like that he's got her hesitating. Not because she has any lack of interest. She doesn't. Obviously she doesn't. But it does leave the blush touching her darkening just a tad more. She also knows she has a very difficult time letting him just treat her kindly. She isn't against it. Aerith has done things herself, by herself, on her own, for so long that having someone suddenly want to take care of her in any fashion is... weird.
Even Tifa knows there are some places one just does not cross with her without her instigating it or asking for it specifically. Balthier simply does as feels natural to him and Aerith isn't used to be mirrored in such a fashion. It's much easier to tend to him and focus on him. And it's not as though she doesn't get some kind of her own joy out of it.
Making Balthier happy does, in fact, make her happy, too.]
I'm not. I'm sure you know that.
[Settling her weight into her hand, she shifts just a hint, as if she means to hold onto something more modest than the way he might so easily fit right up against her. She likes him there. She knows that. It'd be all too easy to fall right into them. Absence seems to only make the heart grow fonder and they have a great deal of personal time to make up for.]
I'm just awkward. Still. Surprisingly. I know you said... practise, but uhm. Things have been kind of all over the place. I haven't been able to think about it as much as I'd like.
[Implying that she does think about it regardless. Of course she does.]