After bathing, Armin was a bit drowsy. I mean, most people would be kinda after staying in hot water for over half an hour. Biologically, when we get hot our bodies have feedback loops to control body temperature. It's just a part of homeostasis. When our bodies overheat, our blood vessels swell to allow for more heat to escape. The result of this includes having lower blood pressure, and thus, less blood flow to the brain. That's why we get tired after being in a hot bath for a long time. As I said, it made sense that he was tired, but anyway, I left him to dry off in privacy. He came out of the bathroom about a minute later with a towel wrapped around himself like a cape. He looked so cute. His eyes were drooping and he looked as if he'd done a day's worth of work. Oh, my sleepy boy.

I lay down on my bed and gestured for him to lay with me, patting beside me. He walked towards the bed as I moved over to the left of the mattress, making a spot for him. Once he approached me, I pulled up the covers and he got underneath them. He was definitely out of it. He even put his head on my shoulder which was something that he definitely would not usually do. He never seemed like the affectionate type but maybe I was wrong to think that. I put my arm around his back and rest my hand gently on his towel-covered shoulder. "Listen, your clothes will be clean soon, I just need to dry them. That might take a bit, so, in the meantime, could I lend you some of my clothes. Is that fine?" I asked him.

He closed his eyes and replied, "but your clothes are girls' clothes". "Not all of them are girly. I have some unisex clothes that you could wear." I informed him.

"Unisex?"

"Any gender can wear them. Like, so, unisex clothes are genderless. Anyone could wear them without looking feminine nor masculine," I elaborated. "Oh, I see," he quietly mumbled back to me, starting to doze off.

"So, do you mind? Sorry, I wish the dryer wouldn't take so long. Sadly, it isn't something that I'm able to change."

"Sure, it's fine," he told me, slurring his words. I reckoned that I should get him dressed before he fell asleep. "Come with me, we can go find something for you to wear," I explained. Armin slid off of the bed and I followed after him. I guided him to my closet and opened it. Most of my clothes were in my cabin back in 850 so it was a bit tough to find something suitable for him. I did not want to leave him here to get them. So, I had to look deeply through what I had there. I pulled out and then threw back a pair of salt-and-pepper Roots sweatpants, and then a plain black sweatshirt. Both articles of clothing landed behind him on the bed.

"Boys wear these?" he asked, looking over at the clothes I had thrown to him. "They do, indeed. They just haven't been invented in your time," I answered. He yawned and shrugged.

"Are you going to put them on?"

"You're watching me!" he yelled overdramatically, annoying me. "Relax. I'm not going to purposely look at your dick. Stop worrying so much about me looking at you." I argued. "My what?... No, it's just weird, don't look at me, please," he asked in a calmer tone.

"Why can't I look at you?"

"Because I'm weird and I don't like my body. I don't want anybody else looking at it because it will just make me feel worse about it."

"How so?"

"I'm short and frail. Girls want to see tall guys with muscles. I'm the complete opposite of that. I'm repulsive."

I smiled at him kindly. "Armin, I'm not one to judge people by their appearances. Besides, there's no reason to be ashamed of your body. It's perfect, so don't let anyone make you think otherwise," I said with comfort. He sat down on the bed and avoided making eye contact with me. His face was flushed and it was so cute. I giggled.

"Don't laugh at me, I can't help it."

"No, it's just cute," I told him.

"Well, sorry. Nobody ever says nice things to me so of course, I'm going to react, like so."

"You're making this sound weirder than it actually is."

I laughed at him and smiled. He shyly smiled back at me. "Here, I'll sit in the corner of the room and you can change over here. I won't look, so you can calm down," I explained. He complied and did exactly that.