Eren walked into the glass-roofed hall on the top floor with a dark expression. Everyone immediately fell silent, leaving only the sound of his slow footsteps as he approached Chen Si.
Chen Si watched the gloomy Eren with a smile as he slowly approached him, then suddenly stopped a meter away and lowered his head. His long hair hid his face, making his expression impossible to see.
"Armin said you've been coming and going without a trace these past few years. Even they haven't seen you in three years. I was worried I wouldn't get to see you," Chen Si said with a smile.
Hearing Chen Si's voice, Eren seemed finally certain that the man before him was the person he had spent ten years doing everything he could to find. His fists suddenly clenched, and his body began trembling uncontrollably. He jerked his head up, his lips pressed together and his eyes swimming with tears. "I finally found you..."
Mikasa and Armin were surprised to see Eren looking so vulnerable, while everyone else was utterly stunned. Jean rubbed his eyes, and Levi lifted the corners of his mouth slightly and shook his head.
Chen Si had expected all of this. Smiling, he slowly opened his arms. Eren suddenly split off a projection that rushed toward him, and the two brothers held each other tightly. Broken sobs kept spilling from Eren's mouth while Chen Si gently patted his back.
Watching the two people she had been closest to in childhood embrace, Mikasa's eyes shimmered with tears. More than anyone, she wished this moment could last forever, that the three of them could live together as freely as they had as children. But perhaps this was already the best ending they could hope for.
Armin watched, deeply moved.
He knew that