"…Cowardly?"
"Yeah. You're being a total jerk. Why are you denying her feelings and treating them like some kind of delusion?"
Ryan frowned.
"…It's not a healthy relationship."
"That's how relationships are sometimes, idiot. Do you think everyone has a perfectly healthy relationship? And what's wrong with falling in love with someone who saved you when you were a child? That's how feelings develop."
"Admiration and love are different."
"Sure, they are. But that doesn't mean you can dismiss her feelings just because they might have started with admiration. People change. Their feelings change, too. What she felt back then and what she feels now don't necessarily have to be the same thing."
Ryan fell silent.
I understood that he was probably confused. He might genuinely be worried that Nora was clinging to an old memory rather than loving him for who he was.
But that wasn't how you reached a conclusion, you idiot.
