First of all, I’m with the Staff member about others trying to correct others way of thinking and what “should be” a certain definition.
Why are people getting so offended by what Staff is doing? It’s pretty logical and they’re keeping safe space so good on them. Hah. Anyways.
This knee jerk reaction thing, oh believe me if back in high school, this girl Helen who I had sexual attraction towards (cause we were childhood friends) actually said she liked me or did anything to me beyond her already newfound clinginess and strange behavior, I would’ve pushed her away or ran away. Or immediately asked what’s wrong, like she’s hiding something. I mean that’s what happened when something weird at prom happened. Like I was out as gay at school. So people knew. But Helen never showed any signs of intimacy or emotional vulnerability to anyone before. I thought something was wrong and I kept pushing for her to open up. Essentially that’s what Ruriko did. “Something is wrong” she’s not gonna just accept it. You can even see from her exaggerated fainting like no matter how mutual it feels now, do y’all not understand what happens to a person from walking so close along a line, having to hide and suppress and yet being so close to having your heart revealed by natural circumstance?