[ Reiner is about to explain that Armin did apologize for calling him a kid. Not that it made Reiner any less hostile, but at least he'd stopped shouting by that point.
Then Reiner reads the rest of Eren's words. And for a long moment, all he can do is sit still, clutching his phone as he reads and rereads those last words.
"Even I don't, not anymore."
Reiner doesn't understand it. Not entirely. There is still a part of him that expects Eren to hate him. To revel in his suffering. To strive to inflict the worst death imaginable on him.
But that's not what this is. That's not what this strange, wonderful, terrifying, intoxicating thing between them is.
And for the first time, it doesn't feel so fragile.
Reiner pulls in a breath, his heart pounding and aching all at once. Carefully, he begins to type: ]
I don't consider you an enemy, either. You're really important to me, Eren.
[ What an understatement. ]
You know why everything else is complicated for me, right? I haven't lived through what a lot of you have. That future makes no sense to me.
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Then Reiner reads the rest of Eren's words. And for a long moment, all he can do is sit still, clutching his phone as he reads and rereads those last words.
"Even I don't, not anymore."
Reiner doesn't understand it. Not entirely. There is still a part of him that expects Eren to hate him. To revel in his suffering. To strive to inflict the worst death imaginable on him.
But that's not what this is. That's not what this strange, wonderful, terrifying, intoxicating thing between them is.
And for the first time, it doesn't feel so fragile.
Reiner pulls in a breath, his heart pounding and aching all at once. Carefully, he begins to type: ]
I don't consider you an enemy, either. You're really important to me, Eren.
[ What an understatement. ]
You know why everything else is complicated for me, right? I haven't lived through what a lot of you have. That future makes no sense to me.