Sorry...[He doesn't sound sorry. He sounds happy - still, even now, especially, more so than ever.
[He kisses the top of Maruki's head again, body settling all around him. His hands travel up and down the man's spine, affectionate, soothing. He practically nuzzles into Maruki's scalp.]
You are that to me. It's more than that, though. [It's a million times more, and there isn't a single other person in any existence anywhere that could ever come close to understanding.
[Eren tries to find any word at all that could actually explain it, but he fails - he needs a hundred words, a thousand, a million.]
A husband is just someone you marry - for just one life. Maybe it won't even last. There's no guarantee...
It matters, but not like this. It's...just not the same.
You're like...
[He's thought it in his head. Has he ever said it outloud?]
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[He kisses the top of Maruki's head again, body settling all around him. His hands travel up and down the man's spine, affectionate, soothing. He practically nuzzles into Maruki's scalp.]
You are that to me. It's more than that, though. [It's a million times more, and there isn't a single other person in any existence anywhere that could ever come close to understanding.
[Eren tries to find any word at all that could actually explain it, but he fails - he needs a hundred words, a thousand, a million.]
A husband is just someone you marry - for just one life. Maybe it won't even last. There's no guarantee...
It matters, but not like this. It's...just not the same.
You're like...
[He's thought it in his head. Has he ever said it outloud?]
You're...my Other. [Will that...make sense?]
Do you get it...?