Part of him was pleased by the notion - the very small, genuinely selfish part that still meant well - that Aoba was unattached back home. He still remembered that the man also came from a world where sexuality mattered and that he was evidently not interested in male suitors, but at least in this world it was Declan that got to fill important relationship roles. Granted everything was required to remain platonic, but the Titan didn't mind only being allowed that much.

Love was a strange thing, he mused, looking at Aoba's face quietly with an almost sad smile.

"I guess you don't really need one, then, hm? You do just fine back there. I consider myself privileged to be allowed to, here." Genuine truth, that. Even if his affections weren't wanted, at least he was allowed to express them in whatever gentle ways.

"Mm...I don't want to watch that movie again, though," he remarked after a moment of thought on the matter. "It's very sad."