[ It's a cover that makes sense. Jean, who everyone knows wants to get into the military police for self-serving reasons, is asking for help to improve his hand-to-hand combat scores, and Reiner, everyone's favourite big brother, is too nice to refuse. There's always going to be a part of him that wishes they could talk like the lovers they actually were, or at least be with each other as friends, but he knows it'll be bad to draw too much attention to themselves. Relationships between two men weren't accepted in Marley and he's not at all surprised to see they aren't that accepted in Paradis either. ]
Fine. I'll go wait outside.
[ And so Jean does, taking his jacket and going out to the back of the dorms. There's a quick check for any sign of life. So far, they're the only ones here.
Once Reiner does come outside, he'll find Jean standing there with his arms crossed in disapproval. ] What the hell is up with you these days?
[ He knows the reason Bert and Annie aren't confronting Reiner outwardly about the way he is right now. It's obviously his way of coping with Marcel's passing and what they had done, and there was a chance questioning him about his actions might actually push him off the edge. Still, Jean's always been the type to lay things out bare, to say how he felt even if it was difficult to hear.
Also, maybe he's doing this for a selfish reason too. There is a part of him that had considered that. He can't get rid of the mental image of Reiner blushing sheepishly at Krista. ]
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Fine. I'll go wait outside.
[ And so Jean does, taking his jacket and going out to the back of the dorms. There's a quick check for any sign of life. So far, they're the only ones here.
Once Reiner does come outside, he'll find Jean standing there with his arms crossed in disapproval. ] What the hell is up with you these days?
[ He knows the reason Bert and Annie aren't confronting Reiner outwardly about the way he is right now. It's obviously his way of coping with Marcel's passing and what they had done, and there was a chance questioning him about his actions might actually push him off the edge. Still, Jean's always been the type to lay things out bare, to say how he felt even if it was difficult to hear.
Also, maybe he's doing this for a selfish reason too. There is a part of him that had considered that. He can't get rid of the mental image of Reiner blushing sheepishly at Krista. ]