Chapter 479: Reiner - Share His Burdens
“Is that so?” Reiner asked softly.
“Yes...so...umm...it’s all ok now. I just wanted to tell you everything so that you wouldn’t have to worry if you found out about her visit afterwards,” I said with a small smile.
“What else did she say?” he asked further.
So far, Reiner hadn’t commented on anything, and it was hard for me to judge what he was thinking or feeling and that made me a little uncomfortable. There didn’t seem to be any other option but to continue pressing ahead.
“Nothing much really. I guess my reactions freaked her out and she couldn’t wait to get back home after that...” I said before laughing a little.
Reiner seemed a little surprise that I could laugh about something like this. He probably thought that I would be mad when I found out about what he had been hiding from me. I didn’t like the fact that he hid things from me, but I had made up my mind to be more understanding about it, so I wasn’t really angry. It didn’t sit well with me that Reiner had to suffer so much all alone just to keep me happy in my ignorant little bubble.
"I think that I kind of understand why you didn’t want to tell me about it. You probably didn’t want me to worry about it. I get that but I still would have preferred for you to tell me..." I said honestly.
"There was no need for you to know because there wasn’t anything that you could do about it even if you knew. You would get scared, and you would have worried endlessly about something that you couldn’t control. I thought that it would be better if you didn’t know about it," Reiner explained solemnly.
"When were you planning to tell me about it? You were planning to tell me, right?" I asked.