[He looks sidelong at her, even though she's not looking. Impossible to miss the quiet contentment on her face, and it warms him to the core, moreso than even the gift itself.]
That kinda makes it a present for you as much as for me, doesn't it? You should treat yourself more often.
[It's a good thing, he wants to emphasize; doing a lot for others is fine, and he won't call it selfish anymore, not when it's meant to encourage her. Self-serving, maybe. That's not necessarily bad. Self-care? Whatever one calls it, it's good for her. If she lets herself have and enjoy things, it means she feels that she deserves it enough to not refuse, and that's important.]
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That kinda makes it a present for you as much as for me, doesn't it? You should treat yourself more often.
[It's a good thing, he wants to emphasize; doing a lot for others is fine, and he won't call it selfish anymore, not when it's meant to encourage her. Self-serving, maybe. That's not necessarily bad. Self-care? Whatever one calls it, it's good for her. If she lets herself have and enjoy things, it means she feels that she deserves it enough to not refuse, and that's important.]