𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 | 𝘦. 𝘫𝘢𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘹 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳

fifteen

You awoke the next morning to the sound of a camera's shutter. You opened your eyes to see Ari, Mikasa, and Armin standing above you and Eren, who was still curled into you asleep. The three of them were trying to contain their laughter and Ari was the culprit behind the camera.

You rolled your eyes at her and moved to stand up, making a swipe for her phone. In doing so, you knocked Eren off the couch. He awoke as he smacked the ground, letting out a groan as his head bumped the floor.

Your hands moved to your mouth in shock, "Shit, sorry!" you hopped off the couch and crouched down next to him. "Are you okay?"

"Kiss it better?" he smirked, still half asleep.

The three watching you made fake gagging noises while you rolled your eyes. "Y'all are fuckin disgusting." Ari scrunched her face in disgust.

"Literally." Mikasa agreed, still fake gagging,  "Now come eat."

Everyone made their way to the kitchen island. You weren't sure who had cooked, but the breakfast on the table looked great. You grabbed a waffle and some fruit before slipping into an empty stool.

You watched as Eren piled his plate high with food with wide eyes, covering his waffles in a variety of different syrups.

"His metabolism is like, a thousand miles an hour." Armin explained to your confused face, "He eats like a horse when he's not in public."

"You're just mad your mom compliments my appetite." Eren retorted, his mouth full of food.

"Chew and swallow please, babe." you patted him on the shoulder playfully.

"Do we get a thanks for working hard to cook for you, Ms. y/n?" Ari asked jokingly after a bit had passed.

"You can't cook, Ariana." you deadpanned, "Thanks Armin and Mikasa."

"In her defense, she did help prep." Armin chimed in with a chuckle.

"Thank you! Someone around here appreciates me." she crossed her arms while you rolled her eyes.

As the five of you continued to eat, you noticed Armin staring at his phone with concern. "Eren, why are you trending on Twitter?"

"I'm trending on Twitter?" Eren asked, equally confused.

"And we're the subtopics..."Mikasa added in her own confusion, having pulled out her phone to see it.

"I'm scared to click." Eren laughed humorlessly. "I'm not the media's favorite."

You were taken aback by his statement, having assumed with his personality he was most likely loved by the public. Before you could ponder it too long, Ari interjected.

"One of my friends from back home sent me this." she turned her phone to the rest of the group. On her screen was a screenshot of a series of Paparazzi photos of the five of you in the hot tub. You recalled the eerie feeling you'd felt back then, realizing it was probably from you being watched.

"Do they just not give a fuck that this is private property?" Mikasa snapped, face scrunched in irratatiom at the screen.

It had been a long time since you'd seen the steelier side of her personality come out, so you were shocked momentarily. "It can't be that bad-" you cut yourself off as you scrolled through the comments. The amount of people saying rude or downright disgusting things about you made your heart drop.

"Don't read that bullshit." Eren said as he reached over to turn off your phone screen. "Let's all just go back to eating and enjoy our da-" he was cut off my the ringing of his phone.