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Months ago…

"Hey Enjoras, can we talk?" Eponine stayed after one of the meetings, she bit her lips, dreading what she was about to do.

"Yeah, what do you need-"

"If you dare put sweetheart at the end of that sentence, I will end you." She said flatly.

"Right." He almost forgot who she was the daughter of, there was no way he could easily pick her up.

"Sometimes I don't understand how you could lead a revolution in the first place." Eponine slouched over the table next to him.

"Is this what you wanted to say?" He raised his eyebrows.

Eponine licked her lips, "Well, I know you've been with a lot of women."

"And?"

"You know Cosette right?" She asked.

"Yeah, the blonde Marius is always on about." Enjoras said.

"Do you…find her attractive?"

"She's pretty, yes, but Marius needs to get his head out of the clouds, this is a revolution. There is no time for stupid, childish love." He replied.

Eponine flinched, if that's what he thought of Marius being in love, then she couldn't tell him...

Enjoras surveyed her, he cursed his choice in words, "Eponine, you don't like Marius do you?"

She stayed silent, "You don't like Cosette do you?" His facial expression became strained with confusion.

"No!" Eponine yelled, "don't be an idiot."

"I'll give you some advice, I would normally tell people to give up, but you're different. You have drive... make Marius fall in love with you." Enjoras declared, as if it were on of his brilliant battle plans.

Eponine looked at him in shock, "you are an idiot." She smiled.

"He said he wishes to marry her." Eponine said, sipping the tea Enjoras offered her. They were in his flat, she was sitting in a corner against the tan walls. He winced at her words, "You deserve this." And splashed some alcohol into her tea.

He joined her, they sat with their shoulders touching, "Here's something that I learned a long time ago: don't let them settle too close to your heart, because then they have the perfect opportunity to break it. If anything you should be breaking theirs, it's better that way." Enjoras said solemnly.

"I won't, I won't let him get too close." She sighed.

"That's my girl."

"So anything happen in your love life recently…?" Eponine said, glancing at his messy bed sheets.

He chuckled slightly and said nothing.

"That's my boy." She laughed then got up to leave, "Don't break too many hearts now." Eponine teased.

"He told me I had pretty eyes, do you think he likes me?"

"No, he looks at you as a little puppy who follows him around."

"He once asked me for tea, do you think it was a date?"

"Don't be foolish, no."

"Do you think he'll ever like me?"

He paused, "Maybe."

"Do you think I should just tell him?" Eponine asked.

"You mean like confess?"

She nodded hesitantly.

"Do you think he feels the same way?"

She shook her head.

"Then don't. It'll end badly, trust me, then he'll never fall for you."

"Stop following Marius around so closely." Enjoras warned.

"Why?"

"Because he's going to find out you love him and he's going to shatter you, shatter you to a million pieces." He hissed. "No one's unbreakable."

He had told her so many things to protect her, so many things that were as cruel as the world around them. He couldn't sugar-coat love, because real love doesn't exist. He couldn't just let her put her feelings out in the open when things seem peaceful, because that's just one moment, and maybe a second later a battleground could lay out before her. If she was anything like him, after having her heart destroyed, she would never truly love someone again.

He remembered the last words of advice he said to her:

"You can't make him love you, maybe you should just give up already! I don't want to see someone I think as my sister smashed to the floor by my friend. Just give up."

He remembered her reply, "You bastard."

Enjoras didn't feel guilty at all, he was helping someone he cared for, and a woman for that matter! Since when did he care for a women? He would usually use them for a night then set them free, nothing emotional, nothing attached. With Eponine he felt that he had to be inhuman in order to save her, even if it meant her losing her first love.

A/N: This story little side chapter breaks my heart in a way. I exposed what I thought of Eponine's early love for Marius, and how Enjoras prevented her from showing it in a way... They're still very sweet together :) Enjoy! please review and keep reading.