Jean fell to his knees. Marco... was alive? He knelt there for quite some time. Ever so slowly, the steam thinned out until it was almost gone completely. Marco was standing about five feet away. Marco teared up. "Hey, you."

Jean smiled and wept joyfully as he rose and hugged Marco tighter than he had ever hugged anyone. He never wanted to let go. They cried together on each others shoulders. For as long as they were standing there, the world was not a complete hell.

Jean was still holding Marco. "Don't you ever leave me again, ok?"

Marco chuckled and sniffled. "Ok."
As if they read each others minds, they both leaned into kiss. No kiss had ever tasted sweeter than this. They held that kiss for as long as they could without coming up for air. Why should they stop?

Marco shifted his hands down around Jean's waist and pulled him closer. Jean blushed.
Jean put his arms around Marco's neck. Marco blushed.

They both smiled and kept kissing. They didn't care about people staring or discrimination against them. All they knew is that they were together. They loved each other.

Without warning, Eren's roar was louder and sharper than usual. It was almost painful to hear. The two clung to each other from shock. What the hell just happened?

A building not far from them was demolished by a titan that Eren had flung into it. Soon, Eren appeared. He finished the titan off. He looked around for a second as his hand regenerated. He finally noticed Marco and Jean. His green eyes grew rapidly. He stepped closer to them.

Marco grabbed Jean's hand and smiled at him reassuringly.

Eren walked slowly. He was utterly confused. He turned towards the dissipating skeleton of Marco's titan. He turned back to the pair. Jean was looking back and forth between Marco and Eren. Marco kept his glare up at Eren. His confidence calmed Jean. It also turned him on- not now. Later. Jean squeezed his hand.

Eren dug his heel into the ground and started to turn away. As he took a few steps, Marco and Jean relaxed and sighed with relief. What did they have to fear?

Eren turned back around and charged for them. His eyes were no longer green. They were red.

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