[No one explains these things to him. Back before he'd died-and-come-back, Eren was only really aware of Hei through crew rosters, brief meetings. Obituaries. It's not uncommon, around here. November had introduced himself with two names. Tiger is also Kotetsu. Generally he just picks one until someone tells him he's wrong.
She doesn't. And he frowns at the confirmation, (thinks again, of Mikasa,) but he doesn't ask. He's curious, not nosy. And maybe it's the strange familiarity of it that has him keeping his distance. (Circumstances that breed that sort of thing, forge those sorts of bonds, are very particular ones. No one in training had ever flat out asked how Eren and Mikasa had met.)
Hei has hardly struck him as someone who really needed protecting. But then.
While he turns it over, she turns the course of conversation again. And he blinks, backsteps away from the water as it creeps over his boots. They're supposed to be watching the edges of camp, not staring at the water. Catching back up—]
welcome back!!!
She doesn't. And he frowns at the confirmation, (thinks again, of Mikasa,) but he doesn't ask. He's curious, not nosy. And maybe it's the strange familiarity of it that has him keeping his distance. (Circumstances that breed that sort of thing, forge those sorts of bonds, are very particular ones. No one in training had ever flat out asked how Eren and Mikasa had met.)
Hei has hardly struck him as someone who really needed protecting. But then.
While he turns it over, she turns the course of conversation again. And he blinks, backsteps away from the water as it creeps over his boots. They're supposed to be watching the edges of camp, not staring at the water. Catching back up—]
With what?