Trapped with Your Ex {Eren Yeager x Reader}

III- Catching Up

After all those years you had finally been able to see how he felt after everything. You both knew each other's sides of the story and apologized. Not that all the tension was completely gone, but like Eren said, you could move on now.

Soon you had finally calmed down and Eren released you from his hold. You reached into your bag and pulled out a small handheld mirror. You looked into your reflection and saw that your makeup was now smudged and your hair was even more messed up.

"Oh god, I look like a mess," you said frowning.

"What? No, you don't."

"Don't lie to me, Yeager." you glared at him.

"It's not that bad. Here, just turn around," he instructed.

You did so, your back now facing him. He then took out the hair clips and hair tie that held up the remaining of your hair.

"Do you have a brush?" he asked you while handing you the clips.

"Oh, uh yeah," you said, a bit flustered at his actions.

You searched through your bag and once you found it you handed it to him. He then gently brushed through your hair making sure not to tug on it. You couldn't help but think back to when you were younger and when Eren would love playing around with your hair, putting it into various hairstyles and whatnot.

As Eren continued to work with your hair you found a makeup wipe to remove the remainder of your makeup that hadn't smeared off.

Once you were both done with what you were doing you turned around to face him again.

"There we go!" he said triumphantly. "Perfect."

You laughed. "Thanks, Eren." 

You looked at his lips. They looked so inviting... Wait, no, no, no. You two settled things so you could move on, not get back together again. He probably didn't even feel the same way anymore. Maybe he even had a new girlfriend... Not that it mattered.

"So uh, you're applying for one of the writing positions as well, huh?" you asked. "I never thought that you'd be into journalism."

"Yeah I am." he rubbed the back of his neck. "I finally found what interested me. I just really think I would enjoy finding all kinds of stories and writing about them."

"Me too." You began absentmindedly playing with your hair. "Although eventually, I'd like to write about my own. Maybe even publish my own novel."

"Oh yeah, I remember you'd always write stories in your free time." he smiled at you. "I guess you actually kinda inspired me."

You looked up to him and smiled bashfully. You were surprised that your silly stories could inspire anyone.

"So Eren, tell me." you started, deciding to change the subject. "Armin and Sasha are really the only ones I kept in contact with, so how is everyone? How are you?"

Eren then told you about how all your old friends were doing. You learned that Ymir and Historia were still together and that they actually had gotten engaged just over a month ago. This didn't really shock you though considering how the two never seemed to leave each other's sides in highschool.

Something that did shock you, however, was the fact that Jean and Mikasa were together. Jean of course always had seemed to have a giant crush on Mikasa. But you always had this theory that it was a cover-up for his true feelings and that he and Marco were secretly gay for each other. Apparently, you were wrong. Eren said that at first he was pissed off at the fact that 'Horseface' was now dating his sister, but he soon learned to tolerate it since they are both very happy with each other.

Levi and Hange, who were 2 grades above you all back in high school, now ran a local tea shop together, which was so far quite successful. Your other old friend, Erwin, now just recently started working as a professor at the nearby Trost University.

It was weird how almost everyone seemed to stay around here. Ymir and Historia lived and went to school in some tropical place for a couple of years, and eventually moved back. Reiner took about a year after graduation to visit family out of the country, but eventually, he moved back. Everyone else who had decided to go to college had attended either Trost or Shiganshina University. It was almost as if there was some force that was keeping everyone here and it had finally grabbed you again.

"Damn," you said looking straight ahead, at nothing in particular. "A lot has happened."

"Sure has." he sighed. "So how was Marley?"

"It was really great actually..."

You then proceeded to tell Eren about how fun college was overseas. You told him about your roommate, Peick, who you became best friends with and others you met over there. There were often festivals you'd go to with her and you'd always enjoyed spending time together. You would definitely have to visit each other from time to time if you were moving back permanently. You told him about all the cool classes you took and some of your professors. There were beautiful sights there so you showed him a few photos on your phone.

When you both had talked about just about everything, you knew that you were leaving out a few details. You both wondered the dreaded question of if the other was seeing anyone. You had decided to be the one to ask first.

"So, are you.. seeing anyone?" you asked hesitantly. "Just curious of course."

"No, I'm not. I haven't really gotten into any serious relationships" he looked to you. "How about you?"

"I'm not, not now." you paused. "I was."

Eren stayed silent, so you took it as a signal that he wanted to know more.

"The only serious relationship I was in was for about a year and a half. His name was Porco. He was a nice guy, but just too damn serious. I never felt like I could be myself around him."

"Sorry that things didn't work out."

"Oh, no trust me, I'm glad things didn't." you shook your head. "I would probably go crazy if I was with him for any longer."

Eren seemed to be lost in thought for a bit before making eye contact with you again. "Remember how carefree we used to be?"

"Yeah of course I do." you laughed. "Like that first time, we snuck out at night, when we were 15."