~Introverted~ An Eremika Story (High School AU)

~Chapter Six~

Authors Note: I apolagize for the almost three week delay. I got my computer taken and didn't get to write until a little bit ago. Now I write on my school chromebook and upload on my phone. Schedule will go back to usual. Im so sorry

Eren's POV

I would never in a million years expect any of that to happen, he thought as he entered his house, after waving goodbye to the girl. His heartbeat was fast, but he didn't know why. That encounter wasn't too outside of his comfort zone. Was he nervous, or is something else going on? He looked at his hand, the hand he used to hold her hand. He laughed to himself a bit. We held hands and walked home, he thought, and I didn't even get her name. The butterflies in his stomach immediately went away when his mother interrupted, looking unhappy.

"And where the hell have you been?" she asked, making him look up from his hand. "Did you hurt your hand, Eren?"

"No, mom, I didn't."

"Alright, then, where were you?"

"I told you, on a walk."

"I said be back by midnight, Eren. Check the time for me, why don't you." He promptly checked his watch.

"12:01, mom. Really?"

"Hey, I said 12, didn't I?" she said, smugly.

"I cannot believe you devoted time to stay up past 12, and I know you did because you always go to bed at 10, just to fuck with me."

"Don't say fuck around me, Eren."

"Sorry, sorry. Goodnight!" he said as he rushed upstairs to his room, yawning. He closed his door behind him, and turned on his LEDs. He brushed his teeth, washed his face, and changed; taking off his arm sleeves, and swapping his normal sized Slipknot shirt with a slightly oversized gray t-shirt and red plaid sweatpants. He jumped into bed, turned off the lights, and tried going to sleep. Tried.

Hours later, he was still moving around under his covers, trying to sleep. He wasn't too cold, or too warm. He was just thinking about so much all at once. He turns over to his battered and beaten alarm clock. 1:10. Goddammit, he thinks to himself. I wish my brain would just shut up. He then decides to check in on Armin instead. He whips out his phone and opens messages. He might not even be up now, he thought. He sent a wake up text anyways.

E: U up?

A: PAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

E: What?

A: I COULDN'T TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY IM SORRY

E: So you are?

A: What do you think?

E: Right

A: What do you need? I wasn't awake on my own, y'know.

E: Call me.

A: But my grandpa😭

E: It's fine, I'll tell him it was me keeping you up

A: Fine. No cameras thiufgj

"He spelled it wrong," Eren said as he laughed. He then promptly called Armin.

"What's up?" Armin answered

"You'll never believe what happened, dude."

"Let me guess, you looked at a woman."

"Well.... Remember what I was talking about earlier?"

"The actual concern here, the two guys staring at you like they're gonna jump you in the middle of the night?"

"No, the girl."

"Of course. Of course it's the girl! Are you in love or something, dude?"

"Bro, of course not. I've known her for less than a day."

"I know, you wouldn't shut up about her."

"Okay okay, unstupid for a second," Eren said. Usually he'd be fine with the teasing, but right now he was tired. "I walked to the park after getting home last night, and I saw the girl. She was just laying there." There were a few seconds of silence before Armin finally spoke up. Did I share too much? Eren thought. I'm not even finished, but still... He started to get nervous.

"And you just left, right?"Armin said. There continued to be silence, both of them only hearing the low quality background noises. Their voices yet to be heard. This went on for a while.

"Of course I didn't leave. But the most amazing thing happened."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAC-" Armin was promptly cut off.

"No, you don't get it. It was the best decision I made today. I'll tell you tomorrow though, I'm tired."

"WHAT, REALLY?! A cliffhanger like that? That's just evil.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: How ironic.