[Only Maruki understands the type of love that he and Eren carry for others. The truth is, it's a terrible burden. It eats away at them, starting from the inside, as if a poison pill is swallowed every time they meet someone who gets their hearts' attention.
[It's Hell - to be an altruist, or a failed altruist, or an egoist that wishes he were an altruist...
[It's Hell to want so much, to have so little, to lose it all, again and again and again; Eren envelopes Maruki, arms and legs...]
The way I love you doesn't hurt.
[He'll understand, won't he? He will, of course. He always does.]
[ Eren has told him before that he thinks Maruki is the only one he knows how to love right, and he isn't sure if that still holds water now that he better understands the happiness that he shares, but– perhaps this is another way of saying the same thing. The way Eren loves him doesn't hurt. The way they love each other doesn't hurt.
He's enveloped, and he sinks down into it, going boneless in that protective hold. ]
It's the only thing that doesn't hurt.
[ He turns his face up to look at Eren, eyes dry once more – that sort of release never lasts long for him – and warm, wondrous. ]
Let's stay here for a while. Just tell me about your day.
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[It's Hell - to be an altruist, or a failed altruist, or an egoist that wishes he were an altruist...
[It's Hell to want so much, to have so little, to lose it all, again and again and again; Eren envelopes Maruki, arms and legs...]
The way I love you doesn't hurt.
[He'll understand, won't he? He will, of course. He always does.]
It's such a relief...
hehe do you wanna wrap.... yowls in pain
He's enveloped, and he sinks down into it, going boneless in that protective hold. ]
It's the only thing that doesn't hurt.
[ He turns his face up to look at Eren, eyes dry once more – that sort of release never lasts long for him – and warm, wondrous. ]
Let's stay here for a while. Just tell me about your day.