[She flicks at his hair, and it’s disarming. The conversation isn’t going badly yet, even though it seems for sure like it should be. For once, Eren understands that he’s contradicting himself, and it actually seems to bother him; it’s like he said - it would be impossible to explain.
[But if Armin saw that Eren got married, of course he’d assume it was over.]
It makes sense.
[There’s no reason Eren should be feeling a sting right now, but something in him does anyway. Shouldn’t Armin know better? He knows that isn’t fair. He knows that.
[Still…
[It’s strange. He really does want her to understand. Eren, ever reaching to be known; ever doomed not to be.]
I’m not…done with Armin. That just wouldn’t be possible…
Don’t you have anyone like that?
[Aubrey loves as painfully as Eren does. He knows that much.]
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[But if Armin saw that Eren got married, of course he’d assume it was over.]
It makes sense.
[There’s no reason Eren should be feeling a sting right now, but something in him does anyway. Shouldn’t Armin know better? He knows that isn’t fair. He knows that.
[Still…
[It’s strange. He really does want her to understand. Eren, ever reaching to be known; ever doomed not to be.]
I’m not…done with Armin. That just wouldn’t be possible…
Don’t you have anyone like that?
[Aubrey loves as painfully as Eren does. He knows that much.]