WELL IT'S, it's not in a super otp forever omg thing. I enjoyed it in-game because... she's really nasty to him! Which makes me sound odd, I know. But, Aerith's so constantly putting up her cheerful normal everything's cool front, but with Tseng she's just like FFFFFFFT YOU SUCK YOU'RE WRONG GET OUT. And CC makes things odd, but Gongaga + the ... big ultimawhatever book (there is a character relationship chart in which Tseng very distinctly has a pink crush line going her way) = Tseng definitely had some feelings for her, slap aside. It's all dysfunctional and messed, but she still cries when he's "dying" (even if she denies it, because lol Aerith always lies when it really matters).


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Also, editing forever, she says that, "known him since I/we were little, he's one of the few people in the world who really knows me, can't say that about peeps" line, emphasizing her supah secret sense of isolation + the fact she and Tseng actually have some kind of extra-slap relationship
/tl;dr

That's better than me, as I ... just quit everything. But I'm sorry about your ankle. Maybe... we'll stick to cheer leading.