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Chapter 20

Y/N'S POV

Today was friday, and I was just done with my work. Eren and I still didn't talk, not like I wanted to anyway. If he blames me for not being able to control his emotions, which now that I thought of it more, sounds so stupid and childish, then we might as well stop seeing each other. Still, I felt sad, because I really did feel so good when we were together. I was so happy, but I guess good things don't last long.
I didn't want to talk to Armin as well, it was kind of awkward now, although he tried to start small talks when we ran into each other. I had no other friends, at least for now. I'm waiting for college to start so I can hopefully meet someone. That reminded me, I had to go shopping for some new clothes.

On my way home, I noticed another nice looking, small cafe, so I decided I stop here to get something to eat. I sat down on the table and ordered myself a muffin and coffee. I was scrolling through my phone, when someone called out my name. I look up and noticed Jean, walking towards me.

"Y/N, I was hoping I would run into you." He says and without asking, sits down on a chair on the other side of the small table. I hide the confusion that grew on the inside as I respond.

"Hi..." I hesitated, remembering what Eren said about him. I wasn't afraid, of course.

"Where's your lover boy? You know he isn't the most loyal person I know, so you have to be careful." He winked and leaned closer to me. I gulp, feeling slightly uncomfortable. Jean probably noticed, as he cleared his throat and spoke again.

"Sorry, I forgot you don't know my sense of humor... Anyway, I hope us two are good? Whatever shit Eren said about me, don't take it to the heart, he still has some personal issues with me, apparently." He rubbed the back of his neck and I give him a light smile and a nodd.

"Let's just act as if we met this moment." I say, and when he actually started introducing himself again, I couldn't hold back my laughter. So, we talked as if didn't know each other before, and I must say, it felt great to have a light conversation with practically a stranger. We sat in that cafe for about two hours, and then decided we would go to the shopping mall, since I mentioned I had to get new clothes.

He drove us to the mall I was at last time, and then we started wandering around, looking for an decent outfit for me.

"What about this?" He held a flowery dress in the air. It was very pretty, a little longer than I would like but I still tried it on with few other pieces. Everytime I put on something new, I would come out of the changing cabin to show it to Jean. He was not really helpful, because for everything I tried on he said it was great on me. After walking around different stores, I decided I would buy an outfit that was more of my style, and after that we sat there at Starbucks.

"You girls can really be here for hours and hours, huh?" He sighted tired, and I chuckled. He looked as if he ran a marathon, and he had to order water in a cup separately.

"Oh come on, my brother takes longer than me to shop! I'm not that bad" I say in defense and drink my second coffee of the day.

"Yeah, yeah, excuses." We both laugh and enjoy our drinks, talking about random things. When he wasn't around Eren, Jean seemed like actually a good guy. He was more talkative than Eren, and he definitely knew how to flirt. I was more comfortable in his company now, and I think he noticed that.

I check my phone for time and it showed 7:30 PM. Wow, times goes by when you have fun. We both stand up and make our way to the exit and to the car. Jean was holding my shopping bags, on what he insisted so hard I didn't even get a chance to refuse and say no.

We were driving for some time, sky was jus beginning to get dark. I noticed we weren't going in the direction I told him to go, so I turn my head to him and speak.