I like that you're not nice to me, I love your heart of ice.

He apologised! She felt herself starting to smile, maybe this was going to go okay after all. She maybe wasn’t very good at the whole flirting thing, though she had had a lot of fun teasing him. She just didn’t know where to draw the line, clearly. He looked serious, so she didn’t break out into a full grin just yet, eyeing him curiously to see where he would take the conversation next.

He sounded so sincere, promising her that she was pretty enough to get anybody, and that she was giving him false hope. She felt her mouth open as if to speak, but she wasn’t sure what to say. She closed it, and opened it again, pausing. Then, entirely and utterly against her own will, she was sincere back. Maybe he was the one who had cast a spell on her.

“I… I like that you think that. Where I’m from, strength is valued more than beauty. I’m considered… damaged goods. A faulty Princess amongst Princes and Princesses that are mighty. I’m no one’s first pick. Until now. And… I really like that about you, Beru. you don’t look at me and see someone broken. And you have a very cute smile. And you’re not afraid to argue back. And… I liked kissing you.”

"Speech"