"Of course I understood why, that's why I agreed to go with them, but yes, I can see why someone wouldn't like a group of scientists unilaterally deciding to freeze a teenage girl in space forever." When you say it like that, it does sound like something a lot of people would have a problem with. Even with the mitigating factors.

Rinoa smiled faintly. "Squall was ... an accident, honestly. I didn't even like him at first. We snuck up on each other that way." It wasn't a whisked away romance, it had a lot of bumps on the way. "For me it wasn't as difficult as you'd think. I just knew I wanted to be around him." It was easier to talk about Squall, her hand immediately going to her necklace thinking about it. "I wanted him, yes, but Squall makes me feel calm, safe. It's as good a foundation for friendship as it is romance. I think if it's one-sided you'll just have to be patient and wait for it to wear off into friendship. You can't make yourself stop."

Rinoa paused and then glanced up at him. "...what did Seifer say?" She almost was sorry to ask, since she was literally his experience, and it wasn't great.