Comment by Tsukiyomi on Mikleo

They DID in fact show affection for each other. Soveishu would get peaches for her high up in the trees where he wasn't supposed to climb (this act was in a romance novel they both read,) they would get in trouble together, talk together, and he was generally really playful with Navier- he really did try everything to make her happy and spend time with her until he became crotchety & Trashta came in. There was even a blasted almost kissed scene between the young lovers. They were *seriously* lovey-dovey, though Naiver never realized it and by the time she did well... That's why it was all the more hurtful when younger Soveishu came back and he was acting exactly how she fondly remembered him. She got super angry at him with all the feels she couldn't deal with and Heinly didn't know anything about this for awhile (he was pis*** off when he found out but for political reasons he had to work with Soveishu and also for Navier's sake.) He**, young Soveishu went all the way to the western empire, went to her room in private using a complicated a** status reason, and was all like "take me as your concubine" and she was absolutely mortified with a resounding "no, get out of here."

It made me SO angry reading those scenes and I'm glad Navier did was she did. I can't wait to see how that is in the webtoon but that's gonna be awhiillleee.