agreement, while watching Mikasa tuck her face back into her scarf. A piece of Eren, that loves to embrace her at hard times.

"Yeah, it does seem to happen a lot," He agrees. "Ever since we were kids, Eren liked to run on his own. Leave us worried sick. Who knows? That's just the sort of person he's meant to be. Maybe."

Silence rests between the two, as a gentle breeze blows gently against their warm faced from their burned wounds.

"I don't want much," She spoke up, after a matter of silence. "Just.....to be near him......that's all."

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