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Chapter 18: Questions?

Mikasa's POV:

" Eren get your ass down here!" I shouted, my voice echoing throughout the house. I leaned against the wall and crossed my arms, out of agitation. Slowly, I began tapping my feet against the floor. " We have school!" I yelled once again. Ever since last night, Erens has been so slow. Generally, he's earlier than me when we go to school. Why the hell is his time schedule a mess all of a sudden!?

" I'm coming!" I heard him respond following by a loud groan. I groaned myself, at my brother's untimeliness. " Well can you get down here faster!" I shouted back. He didn't reply with anything. Instead, I heard large stomps emitting from the stairs from the impact of his feet coming in contact with the wooden stairs.

" Okay, okay, I'm here now! Are you finally satisfied!?" I rolled my eyes and grabbed his arm, which took him by surprise. But, I didn't give a care in the world about how he felt about the sudden gesture. I just needed to haul us to school or else we'll be tardy." Eren we're so late. Dad has already driven himself to school," I said while dragging him outside.

" Well, I'm sorry for being so slow... I just wanted to clear my head for a bit before I go to school..." I heard the brunette mumble from behind me. I sighed. He might still be a bit timid after his little argument with dad yesterday. Which only makes sense...  I would be timid too if me and father fought. Or could it be me... I mean I did give him quite the talk after him and dad had their roundabouts.

" Are you still stressed about last night?" I questioned. He didn't say anything in return. Now I was starting to feel slightly concerned. " What happened? Was it me? Was it dad?" He still kept his mouth shut. This made me irritated and worried at the same time. But still, I kept my composure and kept my tone nice and sweet.

"If you want Eren you can talk about it with me... I'm your step sister after all I'm supposed to look after you" Though I wish I could be more than just his sister. But my feelings don't matter currently... I shouldn't be thinking such a thing while my brothers clearly down.

"..."

I frowned at the silent treatment I was given and kept tugging on his hand so he can keep up his pace to school. " Eren, please. If there's anything in the world that's bothering you tell me. I'm your sister after all." I whispered. For a few moments, he still didn't utter a word.

" I know..." He finally spoke, which made my frown slightly disappear. " I just wanna keep to myself for now... That's all."

I looked over my shoulder. His face wore such a contorted expression. You could never tell what Eren's thinking. He used to be so easy to read. Now his emotions are all over the place.

Around his friends and me he's happy but, at home, he can show little emotion. But at least now he has friends that can take him off of our mother's incident... 

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I'm almost there. I chanted in my head as I ran down the hallway. The sound of my racing footsteps echoing down the halls. Me and Eren had luckily made it to school early. Which as surprising and lucky as that is Holy crap I am so late for art! To think Eren was the late one this morning but now I'm the one running on a different time scale.

This is what I get for reading in the library too long!

Art is the second to last period of the day. After art I'm just going to have to survive PE then I'm free. No more school and no more teachers. I finally got face to face with the art room door and slammed it open. Nearly the whole class looked up from their desk and looked at me. Some people didn't care.