[ Oh awkward. She just barely resists jerking back, and after another few beats of tensed muscles, she finally lets her shoulders droop. She regards her discarded ice cream tub forlornly. What a waste! She was so going to finish that.

Eventually she just gives in. If she really hated it that much, she wouldn't hesitate to push him away, but bolstered by the relatively positive direction she feels the conversation is taking, she sees no reason not to indulge it. Even if it makes her skin crawl a little. She sure is a trooper! She manages to wiggle her arms out of his grasps so she can put one around his shoulder, reaching up to fuss with his hair idly. ]

Disappointed is normal! But you can't just convince someone to have feelings for you. You've tried that before, and when has it ever gone well? I'm not trying to bring it back up to make you feel bad, but think about it... do you really want to be in a quadrant with someone you forced to feel that way because you hounded them relentlessly?? Or do would you rather be with someone who's actually attracted to you like that?