Goodbye | EreMika

Chapter 17

Eren's Point of view.

The night has come. The night we've all been waiting for. We worked hard for this and we cannot mess up.
Our hands are getting sweaty, our heartbeats getting faster and faster. Thoughts of failing filled our heads. This is the frist time we will play infront of a huge crowd.

"You guys ready?" I asked them and they all nodded.

"Okay then let's go." I said and we walked towards the stage where people are watching us. I saw Mikasa froze as she saw the crowed. I grabbed her hand and looked at her in the eyes.

"It's okay we can do this. Ignore the crowed and play." I said. She smiled and squeezed my hand and let go.

"One...two...three...Go!" She signaled and we started to play. At we were not doing well. We sounded weird. We weren't connecting with each other. The pressure is too much we had forgotten the most important thing. Connecting.

The crowed wasn't phased with our performance. I knew I had to do something. In the middle part of the performance. I started to sing with Mikasa and played my guitar with passion.

The others started to get it too. They must have realized it now. Don't let the pressure get on us. Don't let the eyes pierce us into small coward beings.

"Don't let it pressure you. Act like we are practicing. Ignore them and just play. Play with all you've got. Play like you're not gonna play anymore. Show them you love for music!" I quietly said. They looked at me and smiled. With that we all started to play like how we used too. Our friends and family who are supporting us cheered.

"Go! Don't let the pressure get into you!" I heard Armin yell from the crowd. We smiled at him.

Seeing our friends cheered for us made it less scary to perform. The judgement of people is scary bit we shall not let that get in to us. We shall not let them stop us from doing what we love. We must keep on playing and show them what we can do.

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In the end we did pretty well. The crowd cheered for us. They liked out performance. We left the stage and headed to the backstage. We broke down in tears as we hugged each other. We did it we were able to get the pressure of ourselves and have a good time.

"You guys were great! I could tell you were pressured at first but it was great to see you guys come back in the middle!" The others greeted us. My mother, father and Zeke went backstage and hugged me.

"Eren my sweet boy! You were amazing!" My father said. They turned and praised my friends as well.

Mikasa's Point of view

We were at the backstage being praised by our friends. We thanked them for their support. Their families came and hugged them. I'm not gonna lie but I do feel left out. I wish they were here too.

"Mikasa!" I turned and saw Levi and Hanji. They were smiling, proud of me. Levi won't show it to others bit this time he smiled proudly. Hanji ran to me, hugging me. After a while Levi joined us.

"You did great there. I never thought you'd sing infront of others." He said and tried to pat my head. I leaned down to his height so he can pat ny hair properly. Hanji laughed at this. Levi could only roll his eyes.