Lissana looked at him with a mix of resignation and barely concealed disappointment.
“All right… I won't insist,” she whispered, leaning her forehead against his chest, inhaling his scent as if she needed to capture it. “I don't want to be away from you. Never again.”
Eren's arms immediately wrapped around her, gentle yet firm, as if afraid someone might take her away.
“Never again,” he repeated in a low voice.
The silence between them was not uncomfortable; it was filled with everything they didn't dare to say.
“What should we do now?” Lissana asked, without moving away.
“Whatever you want…” he replied, sliding his hand down her back in a slow, almost distracted caress. “We can go back to Cosset. Your parents must be worried.”
She paused. She felt her heart beating against his.
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