At the very least, Sephiroth knew Terra well enough to appreciate that she knew even less of figuring out emotions and feelings than he did. Where he'd been suppressing his own - as he had always been so good at- at least he had enough experience to know that he did feel them.

It was for that reason that he just stood there and listened as Terra found her words, not taking his eyes from hers and -though it wasn't easy with his could-be stern expressions- attempting to seem encouraging, or at least attentive. Opening up so far wasn't something Sephiroth was sure if he were quite ready for, but it was as if his heart were starting to scream at his head; just for him to let go of all the apprehension finally. Terra had been there, had seen him at his lowest and she was still there...and if implications made sense, based on what she said, she wasn't about to leave his side.

"I guess I-" He only broke eye contact with her a moment, to double check that there weren't anyone else in the hallway or anywhere that he could heard them; before slowly dragging his gaze across the space between them and back to her face. Carefully choosing his words. "-I've been apprehensive too."

"Whether it be through wishful thinking, or my own opportunism. I didn't want to ruin-"

Sephiroth blew a forceful breath out between them, trying to gain a foothold as he struggled over how to just start to begin to express his own feelings on the close friendship he and Terra had cultivated to this point. A moment later, he finished, and it all came together in one small comment.

"-I'm terribly good at breaking things. Sometimes even just in trying to protect them."