He looks at her for a moment, pondering how much he wants to say or even should say. So it takes him a little while before there's a small exhale and he finally speaks.]
...I think it's safe to say that regardless of how it came to be, what we think and feel for each other is genuine. Nothing so far has been meaningless. [Including last night.] I don't normally do things halfway to begin with, so once I make a decision I stick with it.
[Another pause before he continues.]
However, as I mentioned, neither of us are ready for our own reasons. For me, although I'm not against them I've never been in a relationship nor ever planned to have one. It's mostly been for practical reasons, but for the longest time I was not emotionally in a place where it could happen.
I feel the same is for you... [He looks at her for a moment before he lowers his gaze.] ...But because we're from different worlds, I might be an additional complication.
[Hell this is all complicated, but when he can pretty much guess that Tifa has someone else she has feelings for, it just makes it even worse. So he's not going to directly bring it up since that's up to her, but he's acknowledging the giant cloud shaped elephant in the room.]
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He looks at her for a moment, pondering how much he wants to say or even should say. So it takes him a little while before there's a small exhale and he finally speaks.]
...I think it's safe to say that regardless of how it came to be, what we think and feel for each other is genuine. Nothing so far has been meaningless. [Including last night.] I don't normally do things halfway to begin with, so once I make a decision I stick with it.
[Another pause before he continues.]
However, as I mentioned, neither of us are ready for our own reasons. For me, although I'm not against them I've never been in a relationship nor ever planned to have one. It's mostly been for practical reasons, but for the longest time I was not emotionally in a place where it could happen.
I feel the same is for you... [He looks at her for a moment before he lowers his gaze.] ...But because we're from different worlds, I might be an additional complication.
[Hell this is all complicated, but when he can pretty much guess that Tifa has someone else she has feelings for, it just makes it even worse. So he's not going to directly bring it up since that's up to her, but he's acknowledging the giant cloud shaped elephant in the room.]