the sweetest revenge (eren x reader)

open mic poetry night

*AUTHOR'S NOTE; sorry this took a while for me to publish. this is the first chapter that was actually very hard for me to write, so much so that i needed to include eren's pov in the next chapter, which is something i was thinking about doing anyways so you could understand the way i have made his character in the previous chapters, since his emotions go crazy all of the time & it's hard to understand how i'm writing his character if u aren't me lol. angst warning & talks of suicide, depression, and self harm (reader does NOT self harm in this chapter, there are talks about her unhealed marks though). however, i've added more poems since you guys seem to like them so much! you guys ALSO didn't tell me the texts were on the same side (rude). on my Mac they are, but on my phone they aren't. I'm gonna keep it like that in the last chapter, but it should be on the right sides now. enjoy, brats :)*

"Yeah. My house." you say back.
"Aw, c'mon! Wanna watch a movie or something? It's still pretty early in the night." Eren says.
"No, not really. Home is fine." you reply. Even though you feel like you shouldn't be letting it bother you, the fact that Eren completed ditched you on the date HE asked to take you on is still upsetting you.
"Am I being dramatic about this? I mean... him, Mikasa and Armin are childhood friends, just like Jean said. But... it was supposed to be our date, and he spent it with them. He spent it with Mikasa."
"Okay, what's wrong. Don't say nothing, cuz I can tell something's up." Eren says, keeping his eyes on the road. You stay silent.
"Did Jean say something to you?"
"No." you blankly reply.
"Then what is it?" Eren asks again. You continue to ignore him.

Eren pulls up to your house. You unbuckle your seat belt and you take off his jacket, throwing it in his backseat.
"There." you say, going to open the passenger door. It's locked.
"Hey, door's still locked." you say to Eren, turning your head to look at him.
"I know." Eren replies.
"What? Open it."
"No. Not until you tell me what's wrong." Eren says, turning his head to make eye contact with you.
"I already told you it's nothing." you say.
"MEHHHHH!" Eren shouts, imitating the sound of a buzzer.
"Wrong an-" DING! Eren's phone goes off. He picks it up, reading whatever the notification says. His eyes widen a bit as he reads, and you wonder what it says.
"Sorry... one sec." he says as he starts to type. You wait a couple of minutes, watching Eren's face. It's an expression you haven't seen on him before.
"He looks... scared?"
"K, I'm leaving." you finally say. Eren shoots his head up to look at you.
"NO! Wrong answer, try again." Eren says back. An immense amount of anxiety hits you. You've been getting better at not panicking all of the time, even at not picking at your fingers. But it's almost like all of that is going down the drain right now. You feel uneasy.
"What the fuck do you want me to say, Eren?" you ask him.
"The truth." Eren says.
"And don't try saying you aren't lying. I can tell."
"You can't tell shit. You don't know me, Jaeger." you say.
"Well, I'd like to. And I'd like to know what's bothering you." Eren says.
DING! Eren looks down at his phone again, furrowing his brows as he reads.
"Let me out of the fucking car. Now."

Eren finally unlocks the doors. You open it and walk out. Eren does the same.
"What are you doing?" you ask him as you start walking to your front door.
"Coming in." he replies.
"No you aren't."
"Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention I'm not leaving till I get an answer. So, yeah I am. Or not, I'll sit in your driveway all night." Eren says, smirking. You let out a loud sigh. You walk to your door, unlocking it. You feel Eren's breath on the back of your neck.
"You're seriously coming in?" you ask as you walk into your house.
"Yeah." Eren responds, following you.
"You still haven't told me what's wrong." he adds. You walk into your living room, placing your keys on a coffee table.
"Should I tell him? What if I'm just overreacting? Maybe I'm just overthinking the situation. Then again... it was our date. I watched for the entire time, minus the few minutes I skated with Jean." you think to yourself.
"Soooo, are you just gonna stand there?" Eren asks, walking into your living room with you. Eren's words cause a ball of anger to spike in your chest.
"You didn't seem to have any problem with me just sitting on a bench for almost two hours while you skated with someone else on our date." you snap. Eren laughs.
"Is this seriously why you're upset?"