To the Moon and Back (A modern Eremika fanfic)

Chapter 2: Lost Voice (Rewritten)

Mikasa's POV:

Eren Jaeger, I thought to myself

Armin: "Hi everyone, glad to be a part of the advance chorus," He said while smiling.

He then looked over to see Eren looking away

Armin: "uhhh... w-well this is Eren. We've been best friends for years and both of us have moved from New England. He currently lost his voice after a little go away concert we had, so he sadly won't be singing or talking for a while" 

Eren gave a little wave while still looking away. I was kinda disappointed that I won't be hearing him sing or at the very least hear his voice. 

Mr. Ness: "Well thank you for the very nice introduction. Armin, take any seat you want." 

Armin processed to take the empty seat next to Annie, with Eren right behind him till Mr. Ness stopped him.

Mr. Ness: "Oh Eren! You have a special seat, right next to Mikasa."

I felt tiny butterflies entering my stomach and start to widen my eyes. Sasha took notice and gave me a little bump

Sasha: "Ooooo Mikasa has a crush on the new boy," She whispered.

I responded with my death glare that frightened her.

Mr. Ness: "Eren this is Mikasa," he said while pointing to me, "she is your duet partner."

Duet partner! I yelled in my head. 

That sentence made my stomach drop. I didn't know if I was nervous or competitive or what, but I started to worry.

Mikasa: "Duet partner sir?"

Mr. Ness: "Yes Mikasa. Eren's audition was so good, even though he didn't audition for principal soloist, I thought he had the chops for it. I didn't want to kick you out of your spot, so I compromise and made you two into a duet. Don't worry, you two will still get at least one solo per concert."

If he was that good, why didn't he audition for principal? I took a deep breath and started to accept and realize this may be an awesome pairing. Hopefully.

Mr. Ness: "I would love to show the class your audition tape Eren. Give me o-" 

Before Mr. Ness can move, Eren grabbed his arm and shook his head. In the process, he turns his head to where I can see his face. He had beautiful emerald eyes and brunette hair from what I can see. Though through his emerald eyes I can see him pleading. Why didn't he want us to see the tape?

Mr. Ness: "O-oh... That's ok Eren, I was scared to show my chorus class my audition tape when I was in high school. Just go and sit with Mikasa. Everyone, since our class is the same, apart from Armin and Eren, we'll do our small introduction tomorrow. Just turn to your nearest peer and talk about your summer."

Eren walked up to the seat next to me while the class erupted into conversation. I turn to see Eren looking down at his feet. I noticed he had very old and beat-up converse.

Mikasa: "Well Hi Eren, I'm Mikasa like Mr. Ness said," I chuckled trying to lighten the mood. Only silence from the boy.

Mikasa: "U-um... I guess I'll go first."

I then started to talk about everything I did that summer, from going to the boardwalk with the group to fighting with Sasha for the last shaved ice at the Shaved ice stand in town. I was slightly hurt that he wasn't paying attention but thought to just keep talking. I told him a story about a little get-together the chorus class had and he seemed to be in a little distress as if he was uncomfortable. Before I can check on him, the bell rang.

Mikasa: "Well it was nice meeting you Eren. Hopefully we ca-," before I can finish he go up and left immediately, "be friends,"  I muttered to myself

I proceed to go to my next couple of periods without anything interesting. Even though I just met him, Eren would sneak up in my thoughts once in and while. Who is this boy?

It was finally lunch and headed for the cafeteria. Once I got there, I bought my lunch and walked over to the group's usual lunch spot. I sat next to Sasha and gave her my cookie like always. She'd always respond looking at me as if I was a goddess, but that's reserved for Historia, speaking of...

Historia: "So Mikasa, how's Eren? What is he like?"

That caught the entire group's attention.

Reiner: "Ya, he a baritone or tenor? God knows we need more of them."

Bert: "What was so special about his audition that he didn't want us to see it?"

Ymir: "Is he mute?" Historia punched Ymir because of that comment, "What?! He can't talk, I was just asking." Historia just rolled her eyes

Before I can respond to the handful of questions attacking me, Armin came up to the group.

Armin: "Hey guys can I sit next to you?"

We all nodded and Armin proceeded not to take the closest empty seat next to me, but the seat on the other side next to Annie.

Annie: "H-Hey Armin. Uhh... Where's Eren? You said you two were friends, why is he not with you?"

Armin: "He's over there," Pointing to Eren sitting alone at a table in the end corner, "I asked if he wanted to sit with him and he said he doesn't care. Then I asked if he wanted to come with me over to you guys, bbbuuuttt he said no."

Marco: "Is he afraid or intimidated by us?"

Armin: "No. Let's just say he is umm... shy."

Marco: "Then let's go and say hi to make him feel welcome. Come on gu-" When Marco started to stand up, Armin pulled him back down.

Armin: "I-I don't think it's best to do that now. He just wants to be alone at the moment, trust me."

Marco nodded and we all asked Armin about himself and his old school.

Sasha: "So how did you and Eren meet?"

Armin: "Well our parents wer- I mean are good friends. So when Eren's mom was pregnant, my parents helped them out and vice versa. So you can imagine we would always see each other and play all the time. When we were in middle school, he convinced me to join the chorus, so that's how I got my interest in singing. Although I had to skip a year due to credits. He's also my bodyguard if you will haha. I'll admit that I let people walk over me, but anytime Eren found out, he would make them pay."

Everyone was pretty surprised by what they were hearing. The Eren Armin is describing is far different from the Eren I met this morning.

Reiner: "Why the drastic change? Or is that too personal right now?"

Armin: "Ya. I-I guess I'd rather have him say it rather than me."

Everyone got the message and stopped asking Eren-related questions. After an hour of talking, the bell rang signaling that lunch had ended. The rest of the day went uneventful like I was predicting however after hearing Armin talk about Eren, all I could think about was who Eren is. The final bell rang and I walked out of the class and started looking for Sasha since I promised her to help with her math homework. We both started walking towards my house when we noticed that Eren and Armin were walking right in front of us.

Sasha: "EREN! ARMIN! BEHIND YOU!" Sasha shouted

It looked like Armin was about to turn his head, Eren grabbed his arm and looked at him. Armin turned around and continued walking as if he didn't hear us.

Sasha: "Sigh... I would say that was rude, but maybe they need to get somewhere."

We continued towards my house, but during the walk, Eren wouldn't get out of my head.