Souls Of Sorrow || Eren Jaeger X Reader

Chapter 12 - You

I haven't written an author's note since like chapter 5 so I feel like I should say something. I'm grateful for all of you who read this story and all your comments, y'all make me laugh. Even the ones so horny it's worrisome. You know who you are.

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A loud crash startles me abruptly awake. My eyes fly open and I almost fall to the floor as quickly as I sit up, accidentally throwing Azula off the bed.

She turns her nose up at me and goes to curl up in the corner.
"Not my fault you decided to sleep there." I grumble as I push myself up, rubbing the sleep from my eyes.

It's way too early to be woken up. I grab my uniform and head out the door, hurrying down the stairs. Other Scouts are also coming out of their rooms to check what the noise was, no doubt interrupted from their sleep as well.

"Whoops, sorry about that everyone!" Hange's voice calls cheerily. "Some stuff exploded in the lab but Moblit and I are on it!"

I pause in my tracks and run a hand over my face. I groan and fold my arms over the bottom of the railing, dropping my head to rest between my elbows.

"Hey." a familiar voice says from the top of the staircase. I look up for my gaze to be met with Eren's smiling face. I wave at him tiredly.
"Hey."

To my pleasant surprise he looks to have completely healed from yesterday's beating already. I'm not sure why but the sight of him immediately makes me feel better.

"It's good to see you." I tell him.

He lowers his head. "Really, you don't hate me or anything?" he asks in a low tone as he fidgets with his hands.

I tilt my head at the question, "why would I hate you?"
Eren swallows nervously. "Well, I kinda turned into a titan...and tried to kill you."

"Don't worry about it, past is past." I say, waving him off.

"Still, I'm really sorry. Honestly if there's anything I can do to make it up to you, I'll do it."

"How about we forget about it, and we just be friends?" I offer. He smiles and nods, "that sounds great."

"So, are you coming with us?" he asks. I nod in response. "Sure am."
Eren breaks into a grin. "That's great! It will be so much better with you there." he tells me, his eyes shining brightly in the early morning sunlight.

I grin, "thanks, ready for me to kick your ass in training?"
Eren rolls his eyes. "Like you do every time? Yeah, I'm really looking forward to it."

I flash him a smile and beckon him down the stairs. "Come on, we should probably get ready to leave." I tell him. He nods and holds up a finger, telling me he'll be down in a minute before quickly heading to his room.

I walk over to a chair in the corner of the hallway, dropping into it. I prop my arm up and rest my head on my fist, closing my eyes. Man, what I wouldn't give for a few more hours of sleep.

I hear the sound of my dad's office door closing and quiet footsteps. Sure enough a few seconds later I'm greeted with a 'hey kiddo' and a ruffle of my hair.

"Hey, dad." I murmur back, not even bothering to fix it.

"Are you alright?" he asks. I blink a few times, trying to figure out what he's talking about.
"Yesterday, Jaeger attacked you." he says.

"Right, that. I'm okay." I wave him off, leaning back in my chair. He regards me warily. "Y/n."
I tilt my head up. "Yeah?"

"Are you injured?"