ASSIMILATE

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The class ended and you left quickly so you could sit outside the library and eat your breakfast for lunch. You put your bag on the space on the wooden bench next to you and started eating the cupcake first while watching people pass by.

After you finished the cupcake you opened the ziplock bag and started eating the French toast Mikasa made.

"How was the cupcake?" Eren asked as he sat down next to you on the bench with two bookbags.

"Horrible. It tasted too bad it made me throw up,"

"Aw, that's too bad. Anyway, here are your books," he plopped the book bag in front of your feet.

"Thanks. And thanks for the cupcake-"

"Yo Eren!" A voice shouted loudly from behind you both.

Eren turned his head and then back around when the guy decided to stand in front of you and Eren.

"Thanks for showing up last night! Especially with Ashley, honestly wasn't expecting that since Jean's supposedly dating her-"

"I'm not dating Ashley," he cut off as you glanced at them both.

"Oh- then why was she clinging onto all last night? Ohhhh wait...is it one of "those" relationships?" The guy insinuated with a little playful smirk.

"No. It's nothing at all, I didn't sleep with her," he denied again.

"Sureeeee, whatever you say Eren! Come by my dorm later I've got some free basketball and football game tickets!" The guy announced with a sarcastic tone as he walked off the other way.

Eren looked at you as if he was waiting for you to say something. You just took a bite of your French toast in a now awkward silence as he looked at you.

"I didn't sleep with her," he blurts as he adjusts his hands into the pockets of his jacket.

"Okay. You don't have to clear your name or anything-"

"Oh please, if I did sleep with her you would get all awkward and shit so might as well clear my name to you,"

"I don't get awkward," you protested before chewing.

He titled his head and squinted his head as he stared at you after what you said. He chuckled and shook his head while looking down before he stood up.

"Sure you don't. Let's go," he started walking toward the library that was to the left.

You grabbed your stuff and caught up with him as you walked to the library together. You didn't talk on your way there but he just looked around as you walked in and found a table to sit out.

He walked off the other way and grabbed a book off the shelf as you were sitting down, he sat across from you and slid the book over to you.

"You'll need page 103 to complete the assignment," he informed as he pulled his phone out.

"What about you?"

"What about me?"

"Uh...do you not have work?" You asked while pulling up your assignment on your laptop.

"I do all my work two weeks before it's due," he responded as his eyes were glued to his phone.

You nodded and focused back on your work while the both of you sat in a silence. He didn't bother you while you were working and you focused your attention on your screen.

"How come you always wear shirts that cover your tattoos?" You asked abruptly.

"You ask a lot of questions,"