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July 26th, 2017—Day 2: Reiner no! / Laugh

((Fair warning, this was written in 2015 before the Battle of Shinganshina happened, (I finished writing about a month before the battle actually began,) so the part about that battle as well as the warrior’s backstory is all now painfully inaccurate. However, I’m still so proud of this story, and the modern au fluff makes the minor canon inaccuracies worth it.))

Rating: T Relationships: Reibert, with sides of Jeanmarco, Springles, and Yumikuri Word Count: 91598 (6 chapters) Summary: The story of how Reiner Braun successfully made Bertholdt Hoover fall in love with him… twice.

Excerpt:

“Come on! Doesn’t the brawn of the team get a little more than a ‘yeah’?” Reiner asked jokingly, sneakily tickling his friend’s sides, which he knew to be Bertholdt’s weak spot. The brunette squealed, trying in vain to push his hands away, but Reiner wouldn’t give him mercy.

“Okay! Okay! I’m thankful to have you in my life!” Bertholdt exclaimed around his giggles, which were quickly spiraling out of his control. Reiner paused, letting up his tickle barrage as those simple words ran circles around his brain, leaving Berthold to regain his breathing and recover his composure. The brunette took three deep breaths of air before noticing his friend’s sudden silence. “Reiner?”

“Do you… do you really mean that?” the blonde boy asked hesitantly, staring questioningly into his friend’s eyes. They looked so green in the light from the moon. No wonder he’s the beauty of our team…

“Yes. I-I do,” Bertholdt nodded assuredly, clasping his hands together in front of him, his fingers locking together. His eyes were drawn to his fingers and his cheeks grew redder and redder as he continued to speak: “I’m… very thankful that I met you and Berick and Annie. And I’m happy that you include me in things, and make me laugh, and try to make me happy when I’m not. And I’m very happy that we’re friends.”

Bertholdt raised his eyes, not sure what kind of reaction he was anticipating. Reiner stared at him blankly for a heartbeat; absorbing the heartfelt words his best friend had just given him. Given was a good word for it, as if Bertholdt had just physically put something in Reiner’s hands, only the something was a feeling and Reiner’s hands were actually his heart. Reiner felt as though he’d just received the most precious present in the entire world.

“Your face is really red, you know,” the blonde said as gracefully as any six-year-old. Bertholdt blushed even harder, looking down at his shoes. “It’s nice.” Green eyes met his once again. Reiner shrugged. “It looks good on you.”

Bertholdt’s smile was bright as the moon, maybe even more so. Reiner couldn’t even give a fair comparison cause the moon meant nothing to him when Bertholdt smiled at him like that. Nothing seemed to matter when Bertholdt smiled at him like that. Everything seemed a little brighter, a little better. The world melted away for that momentary second in which his friend abandoned all shyness and shared with the world something truly beautiful.

And in all fairness, the brightness of the moon that night was a minute detail that could come and go with each retelling. Many things about this night would fade with time.

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