That's what we call the 'Subaru Natsuki exception'! It's a privileged position held by only one man, so it's his duty to call Ere-chan cute as much as possible!
[Subaru had just assumed that he would return back like he has the past few times - it’s been a horrible thought to reckon with, but he always suspected he’d forget about Eren again - one day forever.
It’s just an old story, but it goes that lovers are bound by a red string tied around their finger…it’s invisible, so you can’t see it, but it can’t be cut or broken no matter how tangled it gets.
Honestly, after all this…I believe it. No matter how much it has to stretch, we’ll find our way back to each other!
[Ah. Of course. That would be Subaru's wish, the "everyone" as nebulous as ever. Eren is sure he must have had something specific in mind, but still, Subaru is the type who wants to save the world. These two established a long time ago that they're both rotten, but Eren's never truly believed it. He does recognize that "good" and "bad" people exist. He has decided Subaru is one of the "good" ones...]
You'll never stop trying, will you, love?
[He doesn't call anyone else "love" - doesn't call anyone else anything but their name. Subaru affects him in rare ways...]
Sometimes it’s just so hard to get back up. Sometimes I don’t want to. I have to hold everyone’s lives in my hands and nobody understands because nobody knows, no one knows how hard it is to keep going, how heavy it is to carry all of them
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When you left, it felt like a new type of death. Even if I'd never returned, I would have thought about you forever. Even after I died.
You've experienced other realities. Countless realities. So have I.
What's the likelihood, you think, of us meeting in another one after this?
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[Subaru had just assumed that he would return back like he has the past few times - it’s been a horrible thought to reckon with, but he always suspected he’d forget about Eren again - one day forever.
He doesn’t want this to be true.]
I told you, we’re connected by fate, remember?
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Tell me all about it, Subaru.
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Honestly, after all this…I believe it. No matter how much it has to stretch, we’ll find our way back to each other!
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If we're tied together, then someday, even after we leave this place, even though I'm dead, we'll find each other again.
Maybe we already have, in some other reality somewhere.
It wouldn't be the first time I could say something like that.
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But I don’t really care. Even if some other Subaru Natsuki is off living it up with you, I don’t care.
What matters is what this Subaru Natsuki gets to experience, and that’s what’s right in front of me.
That’s to say, that this Subaru Natsuki won’t rest until I see you again!
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You couldn't rest until you saw me again?
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I don’t think I knew it at the time, but in some part of me, it included you too.
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[Eren's didn't change...]
What wish was that?
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You'll never stop trying, will you, love?
[He doesn't call anyone else "love" - doesn't call anyone else anything but their name. Subaru affects him in rare ways...]
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Nah. I’m not giving up. No matter how many times I die, I’m still gonna keep getting back up until everyone gets their happy ending!
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We guarantee different endings, though.
You've given yourself a terrible burden, Subaru.
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But really, if I’ve got this power, there’s nothing else I’d rather be doing with it.
[It’s a terrible burden for sure, and one only Eren recognises…he feels some comfort in that, even if it’s not conveyed.]
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…It’s not been easy sometimes.
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Tell me about it. Subaru.
cw: suicidal ideation
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Since you returned, I've wondered if you've forgotten. You can lay that burden down with me. You don't have to pretend.
Do you remember when you said we were both "lowly trash"?
Whatever happened to you while you were away, we'll always be the same. Not in every way. I don't believe that anymore.
In that way, though, we are. You aren't alone anymore. You don't have to be anything.
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…Thanks, Eren. Even if I don’t have anyone else, I know I’ve got you.
we can wrap up oughhh