"You said that you loved Juniper in a different way than you loved me and I just assumed—" Eris began defensively because that was the logical conclusion. If anyone was more lovable, it was definitely Juni. Eris was pretty fucking glad to be who she was and she owned her prickliness. It kept her safe and it kept her from being hurt and it kept her being a badass. But that didn't mean it didn't make lovely people like Juni more lovable to others.
Hence her confusion at Astro's words. Staring at the other woman blankly for too long moments, she didn't dare breathe in case she lost the sound of the words in her head as she processed them each slowly and individually.
As she finally let the meaning of the statement sink in and the realization strike her, her expression softened and her eyes widened. "Oh," she said in response, still a bit in shock. After another moment, she hastened to add, "By which I mean ... I'm in love with you, too."