Talk:Episode 44 - The Chocolate and Mint Confession/@comment-36644968-20190211173230/@comment-36814085-20190213135208

You're not thinking from the perspective of the character. Mio has been friendless before Aine. To her it means a lot more than it would mean for someone who grew up with that interaction. To Aine it probably is just normal friendship touch because she's so social.

I grew up partially in Italy where holding hands and kisses on the cheek are completely normal between friends or even aquaintences. However, because I grew up as a loner I wasn't used to it, and while I understood that's just how the culture is..I still had a major crush on the one girl my age who held my hand and spent time with me. It just meant so much more to me because of my history.

To the average more social person I imagine though it doesn't hold as much gravity, my classmates hung all over each other and it confused me.

You have to keep in mind not everyone has the friendly social sanguine temperment, some introverts reserve physical touch for only those they're extremely close to.