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Eren Jaeger (S1) | Attack on Titan

[thecoordinate]

How can you tell if a girl really likes you, or if she's just acting stupid?

[Fifteen-year-old child soldiers are still, indeed, fifteen.]

[badcandy]

Depends; is she stupid the rest of the time too?

[thecoordinate]

Good question.

[Eren, be nice.]

Kind of.

[Eren.]

I guess not. She's just weird sometimes. Not stupid, really.

[badcandy]

Okay, now re-evaluate; is her weird-stupid the same flavour as always when she's with you, or is it like...limited edition vibes?

If it's option B, she's into you. If it's A, she's just....like that.

[ Joseph, you should do TED Talks with insights like that. ]

[thecoordinate]

Well...she doesn't really act any different with me than she always has, but...she also doesn't act like that with other people. At least I don't think so.

[Not sure he likes the idea that she does!]

Mostly she just won't leave me alone, even when I ask her too. She's so annoying...

[wormchick]

You ask her directly. Saves a lot of confusion.

[thecoordinate]

[Hm. Very logical. The only problem is...]

I'm not sure she'd tell me the truth is the only thing.

[wormchick]

Well, then - ask her not to lie.

Also, are you interested in her romantically? If so, maybe consider why you think calling her 'stupid' is acceptable. It's quite hurtful, especially if it's coming from someone she potentially likes a lot.

[thecoordinate]

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[He instantly starts blushing, by the way. For a lot of reasons! Okay? Not all of them clear to him right now!

[Quick! Get defensive! That'll help.]

It's not like I meant anything by it. And she's just my friend, anyway - but it's not like I'm some big jerk to her or something.

[He is, indeed, that.]

[headhooligan]

[You want an answer from an oft-childish 16-year-old not-soldier, right?]

I mean, you can start by not thinking she’s stupid. [Acting, whatever.] Define “stupid.”

[thecoordinate]

I mean stupid. Like...She's always putting herself in danger to try and help me when I don't need help. Always running after me, even when our superiors tell her not to. She thinks she needs to protect me or something, but I can more than take care of myself. That's stupid. And she's not like that with anyone else, even our friends.

[headhooligan]

That’s not stupid, you absolute walnut. [Frankly, that level of devotion speaks right to the romantic sucker in Aubrey, and she’s trying (badly) to play off a slight blush. (And for meme’s sake we assume the whole child soldier thing will not stop that sentiment dead in its tracks. Hasenpfeffer, 15-year-olds with military superiors, yeah yeah we’ve all heard of it.)]

I think she cares about you a lot. Don’t know what kind of “like” that is, but… come on.

[thecoordinate]

[The DWRP limbo-verse is nothing if not a bit nebulous. "Weird. This guy has the same name as the genocidal one."]

I know she cares about me, and I get why she makes a big deal out of protecting me - I mean, she's told me her reasoning. It's not that.

[He starts looking a little annoyed here, though.]

But I don't need her to do all that! And she puts herself in danger doing it.

[Not that he wouldn't do the exact same thing in a heartbeat. He finishes his thought outloud:]

But I know she can handle herself too. She doesn't think I'm capable of that or something?

[The fragile male ego begins young.]

[alligatus]

[ Someone's already said it but also - ]

Ask her. [ But then, he is curious - ] Why should it matter though, unless you have feelings for her?

[thecoordinate]

[The lightest little flush on his cheeks, if only because thinking of being anything other than friends with Mikasa is...a very strange concept to him.]

I'd say it matters. I mean, wouldn't you want to know if your friend a thing for you? It could affect things.

[alligatus]

[ Would it...? ]

Amidst war, when times are fleeting. It only matters if it is said, and better left unspoken otherwise.

[ That is his own opinion. His advice. He would know. ]

'Less you bring about conflicts, that will make matters in war far too complicated to deal with.

[ At the same time. ]

Though if it were me, I'd speak on it, and act regardless.

[thecoordinate]

[Something flinches internally when Eren thinks about that. This guy is right, and Eren should have known better.

[Still...]

It matters because it's affecting her - get it? She doesn't listen to our commanding officers, always runs off on her own without thinking.

[Hypocrisy, thy name is Eren Jaeger. Who do you think she's running after?]

She could be putting everyone in danger, acting like that.

[While these are convenient excuses, he's mostly just embarrassed that he was wondering if a girl liked him and got called out for being a bad soldier (in his mind).]

[undemonstrative]

Eren...

[thecoordinate]

[You ever see an animal freeze in the woods when it senses there's danger nearby?]

Eren what? What?

I wasn't talking to you.

[undemonstrative]

But you were talking about me.

[thecoordinate]

Says who? I was not.

[bigasstrees]

Oh? You must have completed your assigned cleaning when I wasn't looking, if you have time to be asking questions like this.

look at these big ass trees

[thecoordinate]

[Wow! Of all the people he did not want to hear this question, Levi is probably 36 of them!]

I was just-- The cleaning's done, sir. Swear.

I can do it again if you want?

LOOK AT THEM EREN

[bigasstrees]

[ Trust him, he wishes he hadn't heard it either. Romance is not something he cares to discuss, least of all with a subordinate.

Still, it wouldn't be good for it to go unanswered, either. ]

I'll be the judge of that. Now, about your stupid question...

Watch her when she thinks you aren't looking. Don't do it when she's bathing or anything perverted like that or I'll find out and kill you if she doesn't kill you first, but if she acts stupid when you're not around, that's one way to tell.

Levi's advice is fucking sending me omg (I love it)

[thecoordinate]

Huh. That's a pretty good idea, actually...

[Wait a minute.]

No way I'm looking at any girls bathing - with all due respect, I'm not some sort of pervert or something!