I like Asha Rahiro and Leez Haias dynamics bc one of the readers' challenges in Kubera is not falling for Leez' biases when evaluating herself and Asha while reading.
BC what sort of person Asha is Can in fact be infered long before her motives are actually revealed and while not knowing those motives makes it difficult for explaining why she's taking care for Leez at all, it is not difficult to see, for example, that Asha isn't just difficult. Since basically get go we get glimpses of her resentment and deep-seated envy towards other people, of her sense of superiority (and how it clashes with her rational assessment of her reality) and how her (implied until proper reveal) trauma and alienation shape her refusal to take a step back or stop blaming everything and everybody for her own actions
But Leez herself and the narrative at large both give mixed signals over what's up with Asha. "Well, maybe Asha did X but she was maybe justified", "Well, maybe there is a reason for that", "Well, Asha sucks but look she can be not so bad and maybe she is starting to care for Leez" and finally "If she was so bad, would she have saved Leez at all" pilling up right along with the fishiness of the situation, with the suspicious excuses and poor explanations right till the moment both piles are set aflame and the reality of the situation is fully revealed.
Ofc the thing abt Kubera is that.. it is actually pretty straightforward about what it is showing. It wants you to know what emotions are driving each character it focuses on.
Which is why a bigger question is, would Asha be able to be happy in the alternate universe where she didn't do (spoiler) and instead tried to live her life with (spoiler) as she contemplated at some point considering what sort of character development she would have to go through just accept anybody other than (spoiler).
But yeah Asha is a fun character.