That… I wouldn’t give anything… to see my friends’ broken faces again.
Just… lying to myself. [The slightest shake of her head.] And lying to you, by extension.
[A pause, if he’ll allow one. Long inhale. And, slowly, she raises her head to face him. Whatever Eren’s expression, Aubrey doesn’t have the energy to respond to it.
[Yet she can at least look him in the eyes while she twists the knife.]
But I’d be lying if I said I hated you. Or that I want to hate you.
Or that I don’t love you. Still.
[They’re not the most impassioned words. But the coldness has drained, and she’s just tired. So, so tired…]
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I lied when I said I wanted to stay here forever.
That I didn’t want to go home.
That… I wouldn’t give anything… to see my friends’ broken faces again.
Just… lying to myself. [The slightest shake of her head.] And lying to you, by extension.
[A pause, if he’ll allow one. Long inhale. And, slowly, she raises her head to face him. Whatever Eren’s expression, Aubrey doesn’t have the energy to respond to it.
[Yet she can at least look him in the eyes while she twists the knife.]
But I’d be lying if I said I hated you. Or that I want to hate you.
Or that I don’t love you. Still.
[They’re not the most impassioned words. But the coldness has drained, and she’s just tired. So, so tired…]