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I can go there.

[ Luckily, he does have those, at least. ]

Sure, I'll meet you out there, okay?

[ he folds up the clothes carefully and walks out to the living room. he's not really sure what he's going to encounter, but he has a feeling he'll be talking to eren if the boy will let him. ]

[ Eren's sitting on the couch trying to cover himself with his arms. It's not shame so much as concern for how Armin would react if he let Marco see him like this right now. He won't look at Marco when he comes in, directing his gaze at the floor where it was safe. There's no guilt or risk with looking at the floor. ]

[ well, eren staring at the floor is definitely not the reaction he thought he was going to see. but then again, he's never heard eren and armin fight like that before.

he walks over carefully, offering the clothes after a moment. ]

Eren, hey.... here you go.

[ the concern is evident in his voice. ]

[ Eren only looks up at Marco long enough to see where he's holding the clothes, then nabs them with a soft word of thanks. His voice is hoarse from all the ruckus and his throat is dry.

It's a little awkward, putting on clothes while still trying to stay scrunched and as hidden as possible, but Eren somehow accomplishes it, though he's slow about it. He knows how Marco's probably looking at him, he's been subject to Marco's concern a number of times, but he can't even bring himself to reassure the other trainee. It'd be too much of a lie to say that he's fine. ]

[ this is what he considers distinctly uncharacteristic - eren quiet and scrunched up. there's a well of possessiveness over it - eren isn't supposed to be like this, and he has half a mind to go ask armin what the hell happened - but concern wins out over asserting some kind of claim he doesn't have much investment in.

(now, if it were jean sitting here - yeah, no).

instead, he looks away while eren dresses, waiting until eren stops moving before he finally moves to sit down next to the other trainee. ]

I heard the yelling.

[ his tone is soft. ]

[ His body stops dead still as the quiet mention hits him. A wash of sickness rocks through him as he shivers and looks at nothing in particular, eyes darkened and mouth a straight line. He tries not to show that he's been thinking about last night the whole time he's been sitting here, obsessing over it. ]

Yeah... so...?

[ It's a blasé tone, notably forced through the scratchiness of his voice. He holds the ends of the shirt to tether himself to something. ]

[ he takes a deep breath. he hadn't heard the entire argument; mostly the stuff about bertolt and reiner, the parts where eren yelled he didn't love him and the parts where armin sobbed.

so he's a little at a loss of what he should do, but he can't just let it lie. it's not in his nature to. ]

I know you're angry at him. I'm not saying the way Armin went about things was right... but you have to be patient with him. He's doing what he thinks is right to keep you safe. If you want to let him know it upsets you, you should, but...

[ he trails for for a moment. ]

He would do a lot to keep you safe. Sometimes he forgets that he just has to ask you because of how he feels.

[ His heart twists. When he said he'd heard the yelling, he was hoping it was just muffled noise bouncing off the walls. He'd forgotten about everyone else in the midst of their scuffle - except for the existence of all of the accused that had touched what was his - and didn't think about how their misfortune would be spread to the ears of the others.

He finally gives Marco a sharp look. It's dangerous and disobedient, but he needs to make it known that he doesn't take any of Marco's words lightly. ]

Don't act like you know anything about Armin. None of you do... you don't know how he is.

I refuse... I completely refuse to just accept that any of them touched him. I don't care what reason. Those two took everything away, I won't let them take away any more of what's mine from me. Not now, not ever. And I especially won't let Armin just negotiate himself away like that, either. He's not allowed to... just like I'm not allowed to.

[ marco's not surprised by his vehemence. he could take offense to it, but at the moment - well, his patience isn't being tried. ]

I know enough about Armin to understand why he did what he did.

[ it's a harsh reminder of what the rest of the world thinks of bertolt and reiner, what he should think of them, and it's hard to hide the tiny flinch.

he knows better than to try and justify it to eren, though. ]

You don't have to accept that they touched him, you don't even have to be okay with it. But understand why he did it. I doubt he'll be doing it again - but you're gonna have to talk to him, not yell at him. Get him to understand why you don't want him to.

That's gonna work out a lot better for you two than what was just going on, Eren.

So you'd do that to Jean in my position? Get mad at him for ending up with other people, then sleep with people you know hurt him before for some wild plan? Don't bullshit me, Marco, just don't.

[ He huffs and runs a hand through his hair, glaring at the ground now in an effort to not direct it straight at Marco. ]

I want to go home. I don't fucking understand the logic of any of this bullshit here. It's all backwards.

[ marco's not even answering that first part. mostly because he and jean have talked about that kind of thing, but he also knows - if he had to, he'd probably do exactly what armin thought he needed to, to keep jean safe. he hasn't needed to, but he would.

eren doesn't want to hear that, though. at least that second part, he can help with. ]

I know. And for what it's worth, I'm sorry about it. If I could, I'd find a way to send you all home.

[ jean included, sadly enough. ]

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