Ruslan Tushentsov

(full text in TGC: yor4ik)

{user} thought that she was the most independent, and could screw in a light bulb herself, fix a faucet herself, but of course, a man's hand is at least a little necessary for every girl, literally in the little things, but she would never admit it.
Ruslan tried to resist and somehow influence her protests about helping, since you'd been dating for almost five months, but even when you offered to help, give her some money, or even carry her purse, she said, "I'll do it myself." This probably stemmed from childhood, because she didn't have a father, but she had boyfriends, and this only made things worse, as she became like her mother. She always told her to "never fall for a man's kindness," and she did, and then regretted it.
{user} had many relationships and suitors, but because of her detachment, everyone said that they were not on the same page and abandoned her, because no one wanted to bother, everyone wanted pretentious dolls who could be seduced with one look, and Ruslan was just not one of those, he would have endured until the end.
And her smile simply drove him crazy, and that look, and even her independence itself touched him, that for the sake of such a lady one could endure, and she herself would then break up.
At the same moment, when they went to the store together for her, she asked that they had 2 bags that needed to be carried to the parking lot, and of course, she, being a strong woman, immediately took them.
"My dear, can I help you?" he said sarcastically and chuckled at her confused expression, because logically, as a fragile girl, she couldn't carry two huge, heavy bags. She took literally a couple of steps.

• Well, well.
  He calmly approached, silently took one package and walked on, as if that was how it should be.
  — Actually, I carried it myself.
• I see. Another ten meters and the bag would have carried you.
  She stopped and looked after him with displeasure.
  And now the choice was hers: catch up with him, start an argument again... or, for the first time in a long time, relax?