Just A Touch | Eren Jeager x Reader

Chapter 7: Risk

It was the next morning and you had been woken up by the sound of girls talking in the living room. You looked at your phone and it was 8am. You figured that you wouldn't be able to go back to sleep since the others were being noisy, so you got up for the day. You remembered that you and Armin had an incident the night before and that you needed to find out why he was so mad and fix the situation so that you could at least enjoy the rest of the trip a little bit. That was your only goal for the day.

Once everyone in your house was gathered in the living room, the teacher announced that she would be making pancakes for everyone and that you needed to get ready for the beach in the meantime.

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Once the bathroom was open, you went to your suitcase and pulled out a red two piece swimsuit and your bathroom products. You showered and got ready to go to the beach.

Your chest still felt heavy from the day before, so you weren't in a very cheerful mood and didn't feel like socializing at all. You went into the kitchen and grabbed a plate and put a few pancakes on it and went outside to eat on the deck. There were a few girls out there eating, but you sat alone and just went on your phone while you ate.

You still didn't want to open Eren's snap yet. You just wanted to wait until you were in a better mood, so you ignored it again even though you felt a little bad about it.

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You finished eating and it was good timing because everyone was getting their towels and things ready to go out on the beach. You went inside and put your plate in the sink and grabbed your towel.

The boys were already set up outside and as you got closer, you noticed that Armin's towel was close to the group instead of where it was yesterday. You realized that he did that because he didn't want to sit with you, so you laid your towel out where it had been the day before. You sighed as you laid down and closed your eyes. You didn't know how to even try to fix this.

As you laid there, you were quickly reminded of the  Eren situation because you heard him and his friends playing football and laughing a little ways down the almost empty beach. You lifted your head to look at him and his group and he noticed and waved at you. You subtly waved back. You watched as he threw the ball back to a boy with short hair and then started jogging over to you. Shit what's Armin gonna think?

"Hey, y/n! What's up?" Eren said as he sat down in the sand beside you. He was wearing gray shorts without a shirt. His skin was shining in the sun because it looked like he had recently been in the ocean.

"Ah not much..." you said as you looked at him with a slightly pained expression on your face.

"Did you get into a fight with your friend or something? You're not sitting together today." Eren said as he looked at all of the umbrellas and chairs set up where your group was.

"Oh yeah... something like that. I'm not really sure why he's mad but at some point today I want to try to talk to him about it."

"Ah good luck with that. Also, I think you left me on delivered." he said as he laughed a little and looked at you.

"Oh I'm really sorry about that. I just wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone because of what happened with Armin." you said in a gentle voice.

"No, no it's cool I totally understand. But I'll tell you what it said. I was asking if you wanted to hang out sometime soon. Like maybe tonight or something since more of my friends came over to the house." he said as he kept his eyes on you. You had to admit that his constant eye contact and his mannerisms were really attractive. He seemed so naturally charming.

"That does sound cool but I'm not allowed to leave my group and do stuff on my own. But I think that there is a way that I'd be able to meet up with you and your friends. I could sneak out of the house at night. I'm pretty experienced at sneaking out but this might be kinda hard since there's so many people in one house."

You were kind of excited that he actually invited you out, but before you went anywhere with him or snuck out to see him, you wanted to meet his friends that were with him at the beach so that you could be sure that it was safe. Whenever you would look at his group, you could see a kind looking girl with his friends and that made you feel a little more open to hanging out with them.

"Are you sure you would be okay with doing that? I don't want to pressure you into anything. I want you to be comfortable and enjoy yourself without worrying." he said in a genuine tone. You were really surprised that he seemed so respectful with everything he said and did.

"What's life without any risks? I'll be fine. But first, I want to meet your friends over there." you said as you nodded in their direction.

"Alright sounds good with me. Are you allowed to just get up and walk over there though?" he said with an excited look. You could tell that he was happy that you agreed to actually hang out with him instead of just messing around in a bathroom stall.

"No I don't think I'd be allowed to go over there to talk because the teachers are overly cautious. Actually, they're probably eyeing us right now." you said, making you both laugh a bit.

"How about I go back over there alone and in a little bit I will 'accidentally' throw the ball too far and it lands over here and you pick it up and bring it over to us. That might give you an excuse to come over and talk to my friends for a minute." he said as he started to stand up.

"Sounds like a plan." you said, smiling at him as he walked away.

You were a little excited and nervous to sneak out that night. One thing you promised yourself is that if you met his friends and you get a bad impression or if anything seemed off, you wouldn't meet with them. You wanted to make sure that you would be safe.