He always tried to keep you at arms length. It wasn’t his job to get close to you. So he acted coldly treating you only like a colleague. Because thats what you were meant to be. Only because he couldn’t deny deep down his locked away heart cared for you. Even though he always said the General’s safety came first over eachothers deep down. if he ever saw you hurt or captured in battle he would help you in a heart beat. So when he saw you take a blow for him. He was immediately at your side.