She's never had such a hard time winning anyone over. Usually most people seem to love her right away and even the stubborn hold-outs usually give in once she's been friendly enough or helpful enough or cheerful enough. She's self-aware enough, barely, at that age to realize that there are some people that are never going to like her no matter what she does - the stand offish Shinra general for one - and she's all right with that. Clyde's saved her though. Several times. He's been her hero and even if he's not blond with a childhood promise to make him strong, she won't deny that it means a lot to her. And he's nice too. He's given her just about everything he has that he can spare to try to keep her warm and he'd been polite to her, even tried to be helpful and put her first instead of himself. It makes her like him and that's the problem because she's never had anyone she liked not like her back. It gives her a funny, unpleasant feeling in the center of her, not even his dislike so much as the vague feeling that she's worth being disliked. In her small town, only surrounded by people that have always seemed to love her, it's a new feeling and one she's distinctly uncomfortable having.
Which just means she's going to have to try harder to make him like her obviously. He must kind of already because he treats her so nice so it's just a matter of making him realize that.
Obviously she's going to have to be devious about this though because he's really, really stubborn. It means she's going to have to use what he's already showed her is important.
"No." Her grasp on his finger disappears and the gloves get dropped on his raised knee even though she's already starting to feel the cold numbing her fingers again this long without them. Determined though she goes for the scarf she's had wrapped around her waist as well, intent on giving that back too even if it does mean she's going to be even colder than she already is. "Friends share things. Friends take care of each other. If we're not friends than I'm just your trail guide and you don't take care of me, I take care of you. You only get to take care of me too if we're friends. That's the only way I'll keep the gloves."
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Which just means she's going to have to try harder to make him like her obviously. He must kind of already because he treats her so nice so it's just a matter of making him realize that.
Obviously she's going to have to be devious about this though because he's really, really stubborn. It means she's going to have to use what he's already showed her is important.
"No." Her grasp on his finger disappears and the gloves get dropped on his raised knee even though she's already starting to feel the cold numbing her fingers again this long without them. Determined though she goes for the scarf she's had wrapped around her waist as well, intent on giving that back too even if it does mean she's going to be even colder than she already is. "Friends share things. Friends take care of each other. If we're not friends than I'm just your trail guide and you don't take care of me, I take care of you. You only get to take care of me too if we're friends. That's the only way I'll keep the gloves."