an empath who feels all's feed

There are a lot of tropes that I hate in manhwas or comics and one of them is "But I thought he/you like me?" after literally giving that person who decided to give up on their feelings, hope. Ethan resorted to his old ways for a minute but then took it back because he did not want the Princess to think that he was being "like his old self" again. My heart aches, is all.