Quiet Warp

How long had he been keeping up this charade? He had had real feelings for her in the beginning, but it quickly became blatantly obvious that Mikasa was so far out of reach she might as well have been beyond the walls. He couldn't pinpoint when he had stopped pining after her, but he knew that it was starting to be apparent he was only acting. He had been fighting Eren and trying for Mikasa for so long now, that he wasn't sure if the two actions weren't one in the same. Eventually someone would figure out that he wasn't really interested in her, but he wasn't sure what else to do with himself. He had worn this aggressive demeanor as a mask for years, and ever since Marco died, he could take it off only when he felt truly alone. A feeling which was gradually becoming more frequent.