His face flushes just slightly, and he can't help but feel like he's being teased a little. Still, her tone feels warm and genuine enough that he can't imagine she's just trying to get some kind of rise out of him. But, uh, oh boy, that makes it even more difficult to deal with. As far as he was concerned, neither the scarf, but especially not himself, were anything particularly praiseworthy.]
I... hope you don't feel like you have to say these things.
[It's a lot harder to set comments like that aside when he can't just tell the offending party not to pick on him.]
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His face flushes just slightly, and he can't help but feel like he's being teased a little. Still, her tone feels warm and genuine enough that he can't imagine she's just trying to get some kind of rise out of him. But, uh, oh boy, that makes it even more difficult to deal with. As far as he was concerned, neither the scarf, but especially not himself, were anything particularly praiseworthy.]
I... hope you don't feel like you have to say these things.
[It's a lot harder to set comments like that aside when he can't just tell the offending party not to pick on him.]