She doesn't react to his jerk away other than the lowering of her brows briefly and a little frown that slips over her lips and then dissipates. She's kind of getting used to him being jumpy too, the same way she's getting used to him always shaking his head. He doesn't do it when she raises her hand or scowls so she doesn't think it's because he's afraid she'll hit him. Which is silly anyway because guides don't hit their charges. Not unless they really, really deserve it. Instead, he flinches at weird moments and she hasn't quite figured out what sets him off. Maybe he's just not used to being touched? Tifa can kind of get that. She hasn't really been touched much since she hit puberty either, like you stop needing hugs and head pats at a certain age or something. Maybe he's been that way too but all his life. Which is kind of sad. Everybody should have someone to hug them sometimes, but she guesses there's not a lot of that in the military.

If he has a girlfriend, Tifa is very disappointed in her for not snuggling him more.

At the moment though, she's more worried about him pulling his wounds, which she's been careful herself not to press against and it has her frowning again, wishing she had something better than a small first aid kit, maybe a potion or even, if she was dreaming, materia. She's pretty sure the SOLDIER in the group have some but they're not here right now and she doesn't imagine Shinra can afford to outfit every single soldier on their payroll with materia as well. Still, she's just about to start fussing over him when he derails her by holding out his scarf. Again, her brows come down over garnet eyes but this time it's in utter confusion and his rasped explanation doesn't help to clear it up for her at all. Instead he get a wide eyed look that's utterly baffled and her hands stayed curled in front of her, not lifting to accept.

"But - you need that for your hands," is the only think she can think of to say.