i made an itch.io account just to comment on this. this brought me to tears the second i saw the result because it's atrociously and uncomfortably true. sweet, but aloof explains me in 3 words i never knew would hit home so much. i'm a big lover, i have a heart full of affection for those around me, especially my romantic partners, but i struggle opening up to them a lot of the time. how do i tell them i used to get bullied and abused? how do i tell them they mean the world to me without crying? how do i pour all of my love into them without cringing myself out and ruining it. i'm good with gifts and words on paper but aloud i'm like a broken voice box, trying to say the right things and only managing to screw up. i could be thinking too hard about it, but that's what i do. i write. thank you for this