Complications Throughout Generations

Chapter 61

Eren's POV:

2 years later

We're in 7th grade now. A lot has changed since elementary school. The biggest change? Levi. He decided to come to public school once we all came to middle school last year. What we all thought was going to be a great idea...was not. The only person he will talk to besides Mikasa, is this crazy girl in 8th grade. Mikasa told me her name is Hange Zoe. They met in the library. Hange apparently comes over a lot. I was shocked to hear he actually made a friend. Why? Well there's one major detail about him. He bullies me. That short, angry boy is my bully. Does Mikasa know? No. Every chance he gets when she's not around, he takes it. Now all those memories where he was so mean to me make sense.

I was walking down the hallway next to Jean with our gym bags held next to our hips. We were actually on our way to after school basketball practice. We figured with his height and my newfound temper, we'd be a great addition. Luckily, Coach Woermann agreed.

"You know Winter Wonderland is coming up, right?"

Winter Wonderland. The stupid middle school dance. We all went last year. It seemed like everyone loved it, except for me and Jean. But we played it off. Next time, I'm gonna ask my mom not to part my hair to the side and stick a clip on bow toe to the front of my shirt like last year. I'll probably feel better without it. Jean on the other hand is just a party pooper. But knowing him, if I'm having fun, he'll have fun. Although I'm as close as ever with Mikasa and Armin, Jean and I have grown close. We annoy each other to the maximum level every day but we know 'it's out of brotherly love' as we like to put it.

"Don't remind me." I groan, opening the door to the boys locker room.

"Are you gonna bring a date this time?"

That's another thing that's changed. Puberty. Voice cracks, hair in weird places, acne, and the desire of having a girlfriend. I'd be lying if I said Jean and I weren't the heartthrobs of the grade. Actually...I am lying. It's actually stupid, mean, emo Levi. But we try our best. Close 2nd place is what we are. It was last summer where we had a night with just me, Jean, Armin, and Connie. We decided to play Truth or Dare. Which quickly turned into 'tell me who your crush is'. Connie's was Sasha as it has been. Armin shockingly said Annie. Jean unsurprisingly said Mikasa. And me? I don't have one. I feel like there's something wrong with me. Not because I don't have a crush. But it's because I'm finding boys just as attractive as girls. I need to figure out what that's about because it's incredibly confusing.

"Probably not." I shrugged. "Are you?"

"I was gonna ask Mikasa if she wanted to be my official date." We started to change into shorts and t-shirts. I threw my sneakers on the ground and sat on the bench.

"Do you even think she likes you?"

"I mean, why wouldn't you?" He smirked.

"Because you look like a horse."

"Shut up." He threw his shirt from earlier at my face. I pulled it down and threw it back at him and he caught it. "I'm serious, Eren. You know how long I've liked her. I can't blow this."

"You will."

"You are an awful friend."

"I am honest." I smiled. "How about this, let's make a deal."

"All of your deals either end up getting me in trouble or in tears."

"Well, you whiny baby brat, listen to this one." He nodded and sighed. "I will ask Mikasa if she likes you..."

"But..."

"But...you'll need to wear white to the dance." I smirked with an evil twitch in my eye.

"Not white." He whined. I remember I once said that if I had a dollar for every time Jean whined, I'd be a millionaire...well now I'd be a billionaire.

"You'll look like a pretty snowflake." I batted my eyelashes then laughed. He smacked his forehead and continued to whine.

"Fine." He zipped our bags closed and made our way out to the gym.