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By my observation I believed that Elise did indeed love Sonic, however Sonic only loved her as a friend. Sonic did not made any indications of affections towards her other than Sonic being a hero and Elise being a Damsel in Distress.

But what could be the cause of this behavior, well, I believe it started when the Solaris Project failed and the Flames of Disaster was sealed inside her and her fathers last message to her was telling her not to cry before dying.

So yeah, messed up events caused a messed up princess.

Not only that but Princess Elise must have lived a life with little cause for emotion. She chose a life that lacks excitement or worry (the latter being particularly difficult when nation in crisis) she chose to kill off her emotions to keep her fathers promise.

Then Dr. Eggman and Sonic came along. Through the kidnappings and rescue, Elise experianced a cocktail of emotions such as fear, excitement and affection that she was not used to. Because of this she sort of developed "Reverse Stockholm Syndrome" or sorts, instead of falling in love with her captor, she falls in love with her rescuer. She doesn't judge Sonic for apperance, she judged him on his power and unconditional kindness that she was easily overcame by. Subconsciously speaking her heart was so desperate for emotional response that Elise denied herself throughout her life that it wa swilling to fall in love with Sonic despite little logic between their relationship.