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eren had fallen asleep.
armin trembled, shaky tears plummeting from his face to the sand. as he looked to the water, it didn't seem to matter how much money his grandfather would pay for therapy, or how much eren loved him.
the water didn't seem that scary anymore. it was more of a ballad, an ode to sleep.
"it's a little thing, death," armin whispered to himself, tiptoeing further away from the shores. "i will fall asleep and it all will be over."
the lullaby of the lake sung to him, enticing him to come further, to take a swim in its glistening waters. armin cried out as he walked deeper into the cold water, feeling the dirt under him vanish. still, eren snored on the grass, oblivious to the world.
at this exact moment, he could not register how much eren loved him or how much mikasa loved him. all he could see was the fact that reality was too distant of a run for him. how could he ever attach himself to someone, something when he did not even believe they were alive, physical?
how could he ever love something to the point of holding on when it all felt like a simulation to him?
as wise and all-knowing armin arlert had been for the last fifteen years of his life, for this one time, the last time, he didn't know what to do.
the tides had decided for him.