[ His face is tipped back, and the tears that were threatening to fall slip up into his temples instead as his glasses are moved away.
Eren knows what a weighty gesture that alone is. Why it makes Maruki's heart catch and ache against his ribs.
He shakes his head in Eren's tender hands, another soft laugh escaping. ]
I'm not upset. I'm happy, actually– you'd live for me, so...
[ So, why does he blink another couple tears over the edge? ]
I suppose I'm just tired.
[ From what, he's not sure. The last month was stressful, but Eren made him take a break, and he was doing better– although it occurs to Maruki now that perhaps it was the break itself that he's missing. A few days of getting to eschew all responsibilities, answer to nothing and no one but one another. Something like that isn't sustainable until they have the world at their feet to make it so.
Perhaps it's just the culmination of everything. He's been here nearly a year. He'll be a year older soon. It's so strange. ]
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Eren knows what a weighty gesture that alone is. Why it makes Maruki's heart catch and ache against his ribs.
He shakes his head in Eren's tender hands, another soft laugh escaping. ]
I'm not upset. I'm happy, actually– you'd live for me, so...
[ So, why does he blink another couple tears over the edge? ]
I suppose I'm just tired.
[ From what, he's not sure. The last month was stressful, but Eren made him take a break, and he was doing better– although it occurs to Maruki now that perhaps it was the break itself that he's missing. A few days of getting to eschew all responsibilities, answer to nothing and no one but one another. Something like that isn't sustainable until they have the world at their feet to make it so.
Perhaps it's just the culmination of everything. He's been here nearly a year. He'll be a year older soon. It's so strange. ]