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If nothing else Ruby's emotional retardation makes Sapphire more interesting in hindsight. She never backtracked on what she confessed to Ruby, even years later. It's not that she completely lacks shame, because she gets embarrassed too, but unlike Ruby she doesn't pussy out and run away from being cringe. Her whole personality and life is cringe anyway desu so maybe it's just easier for her to be honest and humble. Besides she has more of a purpose outside of their relationship anyway so Ruby's reciprocation isn't the end of her world. Her emotional opennness is why she's considered brave, while Ruby's emotional repression is why he's considered a coward.

It also means Sapphire's greatest strength is stereotypically feminine and Ruby's greatest weakness is stereotypically masculine. But the inverse is also true, where their greatest strengths and weaknesses are the same thing: especially when it comes to anger, Sapphire often gets overwhelmed by her emotions, while Ruby usually has his emotions under control unless Sapphire's in danger, then he goes mental and causes worse disasters than Sapphire ever does. Both their personalities are at extreme opposite ends of the same spectrum, so the only one who can balance them out is each other.

That's how heterosexual they are.