[Now Eren is really beginning to worry. At first he was glad he hadn't walked in to find his friend a broken mess as he had the last time. But somehow, this stillness begins to feel even more worrisome. He sits and waits patiently for his friend to move or say something. ...Or at least he tries his best to wait patiently. He's quiet, and does his best to keep still, but can't help fidgeting a little bit sometimes. He always has been bad at sitting still and waiting when something is wrong. He's better than he used to be, at least, but that still doesn't make him any good at it. And yes, that fidgeting does include occasionally leaning over a little to better double check that Armin's still breathing evenly and there's no sign of injuries, what with how disturbingly still his friend is being.]
[Yet even with Eren's fidgeting, his hand never leaves Armin's shoulder. His grip tightens slightly, reassuringly, when the blond finally finally lowers his arm. But when Eren sees his face... well. There's no "nearly" about the alarm he feels. Unable to take the silence anymore, Eren finally speaks.]
I'm... sorry I didn't realize sooner. [There's a weight to his voice, a feeling of guilt he can't quite mask; not from someone that knows him so well.] But you don't have to hide your feelings. Not from me.
[At least he hopes that's all it is. Because otherwise Armin seems so... broken. Like something inside of him couldn't handle it and just turned off.]
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[Yet even with Eren's fidgeting, his hand never leaves Armin's shoulder. His grip tightens slightly, reassuringly, when the blond finally finally lowers his arm. But when Eren sees his face... well. There's no "nearly" about the alarm he feels. Unable to take the silence anymore, Eren finally speaks.]
I'm... sorry I didn't realize sooner. [There's a weight to his voice, a feeling of guilt he can't quite mask; not from someone that knows him so well.] But you don't have to hide your feelings. Not from me.
[At least he hopes that's all it is. Because otherwise Armin seems so... broken. Like something inside of him couldn't handle it and just turned off.]