Well I wasn't going to make you wear a dress just for me if I'm paying you for it. [just pointblank. they're into the apartment and the door's closed, and it means aerith's forced to really face all of this.

what this means for cloud is there really is zero chance of missing the emotions she's busy trying to ignore and avoid, even if she's looking away and already moving to start removing some of her jewelry. it's a flustered, warm and fuzzy sort of feeling, and it's one of those things she's aware started small and is escalating at a slow and steady pace the longer she's around the thing that started this.]

Besides, if I made you look bad, that'd make me look bad, too. Everybody knows I picked it out. [this is also a joke, but given the very faint blush she also means she would never bother making cloud look bad period.]