Endlessly - Eren x Reader

Chapter 5 - I'm Sorry

"Woah." Annie states, her feet planted in place as she takes in the view before her.

"Fuck." Eren huffs under his breath as he pulls away, dropping his hands from your cheeks.

You don't say anything, you just watch the two exchange intense glances at one other, like they were communicating with each other through eye contact.

"We'll talk about this later, keep your mouth shut Annie." Erens entire demeanour shifts, suddenly his eyes are dark again, and his tone is shallow. "And you—"
He turns his attention back to you—still trying to catch up to the events that just transpired as fast as your hungover brain would let you—he glares, "You stay away from me for a while." He commands, but it sounded more like a plea.

You nod, unsure of what else to do... I mean, what else could you do?

Connie comes darting over not long after. "Hey man, what's the big deal?" He stares at Eren like a hawk.

"Don't worry about it." The brown haired boy dismisses, turning his entire body away from the three of you and looming away.

Annie shoots you a glare that spoke "don't talk about this." And you silently nod in understanding.

"Somethings up his ass today, maybe I'll get Armin to take him out for a drink or two." Connie frowns in Erens direction, but chuckles when he finishes his sentence. You're still trying to figure out what the fuck just happened.

"That actually might be a good idea." Annie chimes in quickly before also making her exit from the conversation.

You sigh a long, and needed sigh.

"Did he do anything or say anything to you?" Connie had a frantic tone but kept his body language calm. He was genuinely worried for you.

"No." You glance down at your feet and then back towards Connie. "He didn't say anything he hasn't already said before." You let out a sad smile and Connie's expression fades.

"I'm sorry." He says. "Let's go back."

You nod and follow.

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It was a terrible walk home, the silence engulfed you and Connie both, making it incredibly more awkward than it already was.

The rest of that day went by pretty awkwardly as well, Connie retreated back to his own dorm for the time being, it had been 2 days since you'd seen or heard from him.

Sasha--oblivious to the situation was the same as always, cracking jokes nobody was in the mood for, saying things that just made the uneasy feeling in your stomach feel even worse, and trying to make you laugh when you just wanted to crumble into a million pieces and cry.

"Okay... I look like an idiot." she says, unprompted. "clearly something Is wrong, for the last 2 days none of my nonsense is working, so please tell me how I can help you." she has both her hands on her hips stoically, but her expression looks utterly defeated.

"I just gotta take my mind off of all this drama Sash, focus on something that matters like..." you scan the room looking for an excuse. "Like my studies." you exclaim as you reach for your laptop.

Sasha lightly rolls her eyes. "Okay then." she quickly runs into her room and grabs her textbooks. "If you want too study then let's go to the willow and study."

You let out a bittersweet smile. "Thanks."

Both you and Sasha grab a few things like books, a blanket, and some snacks before making your way down to the willow tree on campus. Once there, you laid out the blanket to sit on while Sasha unloaded the snacks and prepared her notebooks.