This Time

Chapter Six

There was a knock at the door, Mikasa opened her eyes.
Her head felt like a bowling ball, her eyes felt puffy.

But she noticed a strange presence beside her, turning over she was met face to face with a sleeping Eren. Looking at him then looking down at herself she found that she was naked, as was he.

Bile rose up in her throat, she heard another soft knock.

Quietly, so she wouldn't wake up Eren she stumbled to get dressed and opened the door.
She was met face to face with Sasha.

"Mikasa it's 6 a.m., I must have fallen asleep, we should probably get home...wait...," she tried to move past Mikasa, "is that Eren, wait did you guys." Sasha's eyes were as large as dinner plates.

"Just shut up, let's go my head is pounding," Mikasa shoved Sasha.

The ride to the Yeagers was very quiet.

But once the two girls made it into Mikasa's room, she could feel the bile reach her mouth.

It was her first hangover, and my gods it fucking sucked.

"I didn't drink much last night, but by the looks of it you did," she rubbed soothing circles and held Mikasa's hair back as she vomited into the toilet.

"You are lucky Mr. and Mrs. Yeager are gone on another conference, I'm sure you would be dead meat right now," Sasha spoke as she turned on the shower for Mikasa.

She helped Mikasa get up, "Once you're done in the shower, I'll find some pain meds, and you tell me everything," she closed the bathroom door.

It hit her all at once, I had sex with my best friend. My friend whom I'm sure is in love with another girl. A friend that she cared so deeply for, but she wouldn't tell anyone just how deep those feelings went.

The warm water soothed her aching head, which was running a million miles per minute.

I hope that he doesn't remember it as I did, her mind ran through the events of last night.

It made her sick again, she rushed out of the shower just in time. Mouth wash was gurgled and she entered the shower.

It was a mistake, it was a mistake is what she kept repeating, our friendship won't change and we will stay the same.

Stinging tears fell onto the shower floor. Her words from before were long forgotten.

A knock was heard on the bathroom door, "Hey, I found some Advil, so once your done I'll be out here, also Eren is back, he's passed out on the couch." She spoke through the door.

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Eren had woken up with a pounding headache. He tried to rub the sleep out of his eyes but it didn't work.

He had no recollection of how he had gotten here, he was naked alone in one of Jean's guest rooms. He glanced at his phone, it was 8:30.

God how much did he drink, and where did Mikasa and Sasha go, he drones them here, he thought.

He clumsily got dressed and make his way downstairs, Jean was cleaning the house.

"Have you seen Mikasa and Sasha?" He questioned Jean.

"Yeah, they left like two hours ago, took an Uber, Mikasa didn't look good though," he replied.

With that Eren took some pain meds offered by Jean and drove home.

Once he opened the door of his home, exhaustion hit him like a truck, the couch seemed like the perfect place to sleep, his head hit the soft pillow and his eyes closed.

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Mikasa laid curled up on her bed, Sasha sat on the edge.

"I will just pretend as nothing happened, if he doesn't bring it up it never happened. " her throat felt scratchy.

"Mikasa but it did happen, you can't just tiptoe around something like this, don't beat yourself up over this," she got up from the bed.

"It's like noon, I should probably go home and finish my homework, feel better," she was out the door after she spoke.

Mikasa was alone with her thoughts, that was until she heard her door open.

"Good morning sleepyhead, have a fun night," Eren stood at her door, he had large eye bags and his hair was sticking up at odd ends.

"Yeah, I'm fine just hungover how about you," she tried to hide the nervousness in her voice.

His face twisted, "Well I woke up naked, I probably slept with someone but I don't really remember, god how could've I let myself get that wasted," he spoke with sleepiness to his voice.

This was enough confirmation for Mikasa, the night they had would never be spoken of. If he didn't remember, she would also try to forget.

Try to forget the way his lips danced along with hers, the way he would stop and ask if everything was ok. She would have to make herself forget.

"I don't know I stayed with Sasha the whole night, it was probably just some random girl, I'm tired," she turned herself to face the wall, she hoped he got the hint.

He didn't.

"Are you ok, I'm feeling a little better, so ill make us some lunch ok, mom and dad will be back later tonight ok," he left her alone in her room.

He hadn't noticed how Mikasa had begun to cry.