STAY♡ | Eren Yeager

A FRIEND

"I'm sorry, are you talking to yourself" you heard a low pitched voice.

You turned back suddenly, placing a hand on your chest out of fear.

"Wha- what are you saying," you said in a shaky voice.

"Don't worry I'm not here to rob you or anything, haha, and I didn't mean to scare you." the guy said.

He was tall, had spiky ash brown hair and small, intense light brown eyes reflecting the bright moonlight.

"Are you new in the neighbourhood?" he asked

You gathered yourself and replied "yes. No, I mean no."

He looked at you with a confused look on his face.

"I used to live here couple of years ago but I had to move away for some reason, do you live around here? You questioned.

"Yeah I moved here a year ago" he replied.

You were about to say something but were cut off by him

"Oh- I'm Jean by the way", he extended his hand for a handshake with a smile on his face.

"I'm f/n l/n," you said smiling back, shaking his hand.

"I'm sorry again if I freaked you out, I just hadn't seen you here before so I thought I should go and introduce myself"

"No it's alright, and yeah I was talking to myself"

"Well nice to meet you y/n. See you around"

"Likewise," you said.

He started walking away with his hands in his pocket and you headed for home as well. You realised you both were going in the same direction and you both looked at each other with an addled look.

"By any chance do you live at *your address*?" He asked loudly from the other end of the street.

"I do" you said.

"What are the odds? It's the house next to mine" he chuckled. You chuckled as well and didn't say anything because you didn't know what to say.

"Looks like I'm not going to be a loner after all" you thought to yourself and you both walked home.

After arriving, jean held the door to his house open as you were unlocking yours and looked at you like he was trying to read your face. You shot your eyes up at him as soon as you felt the gaze. He got awkward and said "Goodnight neighbour" with a nervous smile.

"Goodnight" you said and went inside.

Jean's Pov: Those beautiful E/C and such a cute smile. I don't think I've seen someone as pretty as her since I moved here. But she didn't look fine, she had this sad look on her face. I guess she just felt lonely. Maybe I should have asked her? No... It would've been weird.. I just met her.
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You scrolled through your social media for some time before you realised your college will be starting in two days. There they were again, the anxious thoughts. After your sister's death, you started experiencing a decline in your mental health and were diagnosed with anxiety. "I don't know if I'm going to be able to make friends, I just hope people there aren't assholes," you thought. You made yourself some chamomile tea to calm yourself down and went to sleep after a bit of struggle.

You spent the next day buying new clothes, college supplies and snacks. Travelling around the city left you with a bittersweet feeling.

You went to subway afterwards and had to admit that you felt really lonely because all you could see around were families and couples. It almost made you uncomfortable so you decided to take away instead.

Just as you were exiting you bumped into a man who was a bit shorter than you and his drink was now spilled all over your cloth and shoes.

"Tch. Watch it out", the man said in a weirdly calm voice.

"You watch it out shorty," you said in annoyance.

He turned around with a serious look on his face but before he could say anything you walked away and drove back home. Your eyes felt heavy from the tiredness so you changed and went straight to bed as soon as you arrived.

*Time skip*
10 am

Y/n's pov: I was standing at my balcony drinking coffee I just brewed when I noticed Jean was coming out of his house with a puppy, it looked like it was german spitz. He didn't notice me waving at him but I rushed outside to pet his dog.

"Can I pet him please?" you said in a high pitched voice.

"Of course you can," he said giggling. You bent to pet him.

"It's so cute, what's his name?" you asked smiling at jean.

"Milo," he said.

Jean's Pov: "You're cuter," I thought to myself. I really have not seen someone as adorable as her before. Who gets so excited to pet a dog? Her face was lit up like the fourth of July and I failed to get my eyes off of her.

After playing with the dog, you stood up. You felt a bit embarrassed after realising Jean was looking at you with an unwavering gaze. You were obsessed with dogs, always had been but you never really got a chance to adopt one. Your obsession was a bit childish but you couldn't help it. There was a brief silence until Jean finally spoke up.

"Let's take a walk?" he asked.

Since you didn't really have anything to do, you agreed. You both chatted a lot. You told him a bit about your childhood and he was the one talking more. He told you he moved here a year ago because he got a scholarship and that he doesn't have many friends yet. He told you about his college and you realised that he goes to the same college as you'll be going to. He also told you about the funny encounters he had with the townies and you both were laughing hard. You looked at him and realised you were actually liking his company.

"So why did you move to Japan?" He asked out of the blue and you were caught off guard.

"I-uh-i.." you started stuttering.

"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to" he said looking at your nervous face.

You took a sigh. "Something bad happened" that is all you said with your eyes towards the ground and changed the conversation altogether. You exchanged numbers and later walked back home.

"See you tomorrow at college then," he said before going inside.

Y/n's pov : Out of all the things he could've asked, he asked the worst question. I think I should have told him... No. I don't think I'm ready to bring up historia in any of my conversations yet. The only people I've talked to about it are the cops and my therapist and I burst out crying everytime.

Trying to block out the anxious thoughts, you started planning for your first day at college and spent the rest of the day doing basic day to day things. You went to bed early because you didn't want to be late for the next day.

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