in my eyes the amis speculation on exr is never complete unless there is a moment where theyāre all arguing about how sad it is that R is pining and Combeferre from the corner is like:
Combeferre: you guys know itās requited, right?
everyone is like: what the hell do you mean? Enjolras regularly tells him to make himself useful or get the hell out!
Combeferre turns a page in his book and is like: yeah, but he doesnāt actually do anything about it.
*the amis are pretty unsure*
Courfe is like: !!!!!!IāVE LITERALLY BEEN SAYING THIS!!!
the amis, thinking: yeah, but like, Enj isnāt the type, right? to say that to someone he cares about??
Combeferre looks up: āR has literally said to Enjās face āthe monarchy isnāt that bad,ā* and Enjolras kept speaking to him. Arguing, yes, but actually interacting. He may as well have stood on the rooftop and yelled āI AM IN LOVEāā
the amis: goddamn :0 š® youāre right!!
Courfeyrac: āØLIKEāØIāVEšāØBEEN SAYING! ~~~~Ė.āŗā¹ āØāØšøš« and also Enjolras spent 30 minutes talking about Rās hands yesterday
Combeferre: yes also that
Itās also important to me that Enjolras is at least a little aware that heās slightly insane about Grantaire whether heās self aware enough to realize itās love or not
(*being fair to R, I imagine the full quote would be like āin comparison to the violence of revolution, to the common man, the monarchy isnāt that badā)