So it was love, but bound by her position as a family member and her concerns for the future, she could only flee in a panic before she was made to confess her feelings while drunk.
So it was really… love after all.
Another reason Sakura kept retreating was that she had spent too much time with Minamoto Wakasei, so long that they truly seemed to have become family. It was a troublesome dynamic; transitioning from Young Master and vassal to an essential vassal was common enough, but going from family to lovers… wouldn't that be corrupting familial bonds?
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