STAY♡ | Eren Yeager

Getting closer

Noon, your place.

You came home to dead silence which was exactly what you needed, or atleast thought you did. Images of eren walking into the class looking at you, him shaking your hand, pieck sitting close to him kept replaying in your head.

You were surprised by how much he had changed, from hating the idea of dating and hooking up, to this. It was almost as if he was an entirely different person now, this was making you hate him even more. The thought of him being with a person like pieck was what was messing with your head the most. You went to take a long bath, tried ordering in your favourite food, tried listening to music but none of it was working.

You remembered that there was a lake an hour away from your home where you used to go whenever you felt overwhelmed so you decided to go there, since nothing else seemed to help you. You grabbed your car keys and drove to that place. 

LAKESIDE, 5 PM.

It felt so peaceful being there, the sound of water and your bare feet against the soft grass seemed to calm you down. You closed your eyes trying to breathing in the fresh smell of nature when flashbacks started to flood your mind. The time when eren used to spend hours with you there, talking about anything and everything, planning about future like you could control it .

"It'll never be the same again" you said under your breath and just sat there with closed eyes trying to relive those moments. Few moments later you heard footsteps approaching you from behind, bringing you back from the depth of your thoughts. You turned back to see a face which looked so much like the person you used to know.

"Don't flatter yourself. I'm not stalking you. I come here when I want to be alone and I didn't think anyone would be here. So, where the hell did you come from?" Eren questioned walking up to the place where you were sitting.

"I don't know if your brain is all scattered from dating that unbearably mean girl but I used to come here whenever I wanted to avoid everyone" you responded.

"so did I, what a coincidence" he scoffed.

"Also, I don't remember asking your opinion of my girlfriend" he said still avoiding any sort of eye contact.

His words were making you more furious by the minute.

"There's a difference between an opinion and a fact." You shrugged and stood up.

"Alright, I'm leaving. Being next to you is damaging my brain cells" you said out of anger and started to walk to your car.

"By the way, nice act you put up there" you said before getting in your car and leaving. You had no idea why eren was acting the way he had been but you were glad he did'nt bring up your past infront of everyone.

Eren's pov:

Same old y/n, talking to herself all the time. Ofcourse I remember when I used to come here with her every weekend, it's where I first met her. I waited for so long for her to come back, to text me, to call me but she did'nt and now that I'm finally moving ahead in life, she's here. I had no choice but to put up that act in front of everyone. I don't think I'll ever be able to talk to anyone about everything that happened. But no matter what, I'm not going to let her ruin this for me, not this time. Not when I'm finally getting better.

*Time skip*

As you reached back home you saw jean standing in your front lawn.

"Hey jean" you called.

"Hey, I saw the door was locked so I was going back." he said.

"I was going to ask you if you'd come like to come over, was going to make steak and would hate to it eat it alone" he said looking at you.

"Yes sure! I love steak!" you answered.

You both started walking towards his house.

You were now sitting on a couch at his place. The kitchen was next to the living room so you could easily see him cooking. His dog milo came up to you wagging his tail.

"He probably remembered you from the last time" he said from the kitchen. He then ran up to jean, running around him trying to catch his attention.

You asked Jean if he needed some help many times but he declined.

"You know y/n my mom is great at cooking. She taught me to make this so I'm sure you'll love it"

He brought the food to the table and sat down to eat with you.

"Oh my god, I love it. Its perfectly cooked" you said as you took the first bite.

"yay! I'm glad you like it" a gigantic grin spread across his face

"It's been a while since I ate something this delicious. Thanks jean"

You saw that he blushed a little but you didn't pay much attention to it and continued eating. He sure was talkative around you because he just won't stop talking like the time when you went on a walk with him. He told you how he misses having omelette made by his mom and whatnot.

After you were done eating you insisted on washing the dishes because he had done enough cooking. It was still just 8.30 so you both decided to watch a movie.

He chose to watch a movie of a genre you didn't really feel like watching but you agreed to watch it anyway, since he was super excited about it.

He sat down next to you and turned on the television. The movie started but your mind seemed to be elsewhere. Jean was laughing and talking in between but your attention was neither on the movie nor on jean. There was only one person you could think about and it was eren. It was really annoying you because you knew he doesn't give two fucks about you now and yet you were sitting here thinking about him when you're supposed to be enjoying a movie. You were getting sleepy by the minute and it was getting difficult for you to keep your eyes open. After few minutes you fell asleep with your head on jean's shoulder.

Jean's pov: clearly y/n was worried about something, it was written all over her face. I could try and ask her but she'll give me the same damn reply as always "NOTHING, I'M OKAY".

"Hey it's late don't you wanna go back?" I asked asked her in a low voice when the movie ended but I realized she had fallen asleep on my arm. WHAT DO I DO NOW. I definitely don't want to wake her up.

He put the arm on which you were asleep around you and stood up carefully and laid you down on the couch. He thought you'd wake up but you were in a really deep sleep. Just when he was about to go, You mumbled something in sleep and held his hand.

"WHA- why am I feeling butterflies in my stomach. God damn it, she looks so beautiful while sleeping... and her hair...its so soft" he thought to himself removing few strands of hair from your face and tucking it behind your ear. He kept looking at you for some time.

"I really should go now, this feels wrong." He stood up, letting go of your hand and headed towards his room. He brought a blanket and put it around you before going to bed.

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