[ Maruki ruffles his hair once more, then swings back around the counter to return to the stove, gently nudging at the okonomiyaki and bending over to try to see how done they are underneath as he speaks. ]
You help me, we help each other. It's how things have always been. It won't change.
[ Quiet, calm reassurances that he's perfectly secure in. It still feels good to say them out loud, hear them echoed back.
Someone ought to help him, yes, and several do. It's just that no one could have helped him with what he went through without Eren around. The only person who would know how to get through to him during something like that is– well. Eren. Hence the problem. ]
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[ Maruki ruffles his hair once more, then swings back around the counter to return to the stove, gently nudging at the okonomiyaki and bending over to try to see how done they are underneath as he speaks. ]
You help me, we help each other. It's how things have always been. It won't change.
[ Quiet, calm reassurances that he's perfectly secure in. It still feels good to say them out loud, hear them echoed back.
Someone ought to help him, yes, and several do. It's just that no one could have helped him with what he went through without Eren around. The only person who would know how to get through to him during something like that is– well. Eren. Hence the problem. ]