This is how I see it too, I have seen some CTs and ZAs interpret it as A friendzoning Cloud but like we get a confirmation of what kind of like it is when Marlene tells Z that A likes cloud
Also it’s funny they can’t pick between Cloud friendzoning her or she is friendzoning him
it was Aerith questioning the depth of her feelings for cloud. We all know she likes him (going on dates/holding hands, worried about the “real” cloud, doesn’t want him to feel guilty bc of her death) but her feelings are beyond what she has ever experienced