Complications Throughout Generations

Chapter 58

Eren's POV:

Reiner, Bertolt, and I listened to Annie and Mikasa's entire conversation with our ears pressed to the door. Mikasa knows everything? Why didn't she tell me?

The door opened and the 3 of us fell on the ground on top of each other.

"Eren." Mikasa gasped. I could see the guilt in her eyes. But that's not enough. I thought she was my best friend! I got off of Reiner and Bertolt and walked over to Armin. "Eren, wait." I turned around and crossed my arms.

"Can someone please tell me what I did that was so horrible?" Whatever I did was probably terrible to a 10 year old, there's no way I did something so awful that 4 people won't tell me.

"Eren, it's really something you need to wait on." Annie said.

"But I don't wanna wait!" I shouted.

Then an adult walked over to us.

"Is everything okay?" The man asked with a smile. I felt sick to my stomach from the memory that came full speed in my head. I was underground somewhere with crystals and Historia was there too. I was chained up with my arms high. I remember the man on ground licking something up which turned him into a Titan and making the place collapse. And what he did turn into was absolutely horrifying. He looked at me, "You must be Eren Jaeger. I'm Mr. Reiss, Historia's dad."

"N-nice to meet you, Mr. Reiss." I stuttered.

"We're okay, sir." Reiner said, trying to get Mr. Reiss away from me. He nodded with a smile and walked away. "See anything new?"

"A few things." My voice was shaky and I was zoning out.

"This is why we think you need to take this day by day." Annie said. "So what did you see?"

"I was chained up in a cave with crystals." I counted on my finger. "Historia was there." Then added a second. "And I saw Mr. Reiss turn into a Titan." Then a third. "Probably the most disgusting thing I've ever seen in my life." Reiner bit his lip and looked left to right in a suspicious manner. "What now?" I whined. "What, did I look worse than that or something?"

"At least you had hair." Reiner shrugged, trying to make me feel better.

"Great." I roll my eyes. "Wait, does this mean Historia doesn't like me?"

"Historia likes everyone." Bertolt says. "Plus, she remembers you for you and the friendship you guys had. Her family is just weird." I just nod.

"Let's all agree on this." Annie began. "We're going to move on from this. We know what we know, it stays between us."

"And Historia." Reiner added.

"And Armin." I also added.

"Armin isn't like us." Bertolt said. Then Mikasa and Reiner gave each other the same suspicious look. Wait, does something happen to Armin? I don't know how long I can wait for all of this.

"Armin is fine." Annie said. "But no one else unless we're certain." We all nodded and joined the party.

I have a feeling that after tonight, this group of ours is about to get a little bigger. I looked at Jean and he was talking to a skinny kid with black hair. Only a small shock came to my brain. Connie and Sasha were eating donuts from a container. And Armin was talking to a taller girl with brown hair and freckles. Everyone seemed to be getting along. Except I was still secretly mad at Mikasa. She seemed to get the hint once I didn't talk to her.

"Eren." She sighed.

"I don't wanna talk to you right now, Mikasa."

"Please Eren, listen." I just ignored her and looked away. "I didn't tell you...because there were things that happened between us."

"Like what?" Her eyes started to get glossy. She was going to cry. I felt bad making her cry. So I held her hand. She looked up and gasped. "Please Mikasa, could you at least tell me this one thing?"

She sighed. "Do you think we would ever hate each other?"

"What?!" I gasped. "Hate each other? No! You're my best friend."

"Well...you told me you hated me once." She lowered her head again so I squeezed her hand.

"Why would I say that?"

"Because you were trying to protect me." She put her lips into a straight line.

"That sounds more like me." I nod. "I'll always protect you, Mikasa. I don't care if we're 10, 20, or 40. Or even 1,000 years ago. If I said I hated you, then I was stupid. Wait...how old was I?"

"19."

I rolled my eyes. "Good to know I'm an idiot when I'm a teenager." She laughed a little which made me feel better. "Well I got 9 years to make sure something like that never happens. Just because we know our past doesn't mean history needs to repeat itself."

"You're right. I'm sorry."

"Me too." We pulled each other in for a hug. "BFF's forever."

"Forever."