Hera couldn't help but roll her eyes at Dave's antics. He was like a big child sometimes, but he was also genuinely funny, so she didn't mind. Deep down, she had already decided to be honest with all her lovers, no more hiding or downplaying her feelings.
That decision came with responsibility. She wasn't treating these relationships as fleeting or purely physical; she was serious about going further with them.
Telling them "I love you" was part of that commitment. Even if it still felt a little awkward, repeating the same words to different men, she knew she had to get used to it. After all, she had more than one man in her life now.
Could she really choose only one and abandon the rest? If she did, wouldn't that make her heartless and irresponsible, as if she had merely used them to strip the female lead's halo from Alice before discarding them?
No, taking responsibility meant treating them equally. And that meant sharing not just her time, but her heart.
