TO THE BONE | eren yeager

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3rd person.

𝘼𝙒𝙆𝙒𝘼𝙍𝘿. 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙁𝙀𝙇𝙏 𝘼𝙒𝙆𝙒𝘼𝙍𝘿. the girl had been invited over to eren's after practice. the only refusals were by annie and reiner, so now the rest of the in-pain members rested on couches, counters, and floors, regaining their needed warmth and breaths. y/n stayed close to sasha, but far enough from eren. she couldn't look in his direction, his tone and words sent her spiraling.

" i'm so tired of that fucking hill! " connie exclaimed as he stumbled across the tiled floor, his movements were sluggish, and the weeping of his bruised calves made him bottom out towards the floor.

" go tell that to levi. " jean said as he sighed out a response, he laid on the freezing tile, his eyes closed from exhaustion. the front of his shirt recked of grass and dirt, and the back side smudged itself with the condiments. the aroma filling the air was brutal, from sasha's eyes begging for eren to look her way and y/n's refusing the ladder, the tension grew by the seconds.

" can someone explain to me, why y/n is over there lookin' like a bandaged carrot? " oh ymir, why? eyes sprayed onto her as ymir asked the simple question, the eyes wondering over her sunken orbs and figure, the simple remark wasn't needed right now, especially because the culprit sat a few feet away from her.

" yeah, are you okay? " armin, like the kind soul he's always been asks, his body coming to sit next to hers. she was propped up against the wall dividing the living room and kitchen, her ribs ached each time she laid down and her back squeezed itself in whenever she moved to much. the pained smile she led on shot the others down, but her simple ' it's a minor injury. ' hadn't subside their concerns.

" damn, you can't lie. " ironic. ymir leaned against eren's comforter, her arms crossed and the slight tilt in her head filled with pure dismissal. the girl felt her eyes shut when armin's gaze stayed, he knew something was wrong, he could practically feel it. from eren keeping his needed distance from sasha and the girl, his mood was ruined, way more than it should have been.

" are you sure? " his whispers were low, unknowing to the other ears prying. he was so sweet, the attention wasn't needed, y/n hated how concern jean and connie looked with her injuries. it wasn't that bad, she repeated and gaslit herself into believing.

" yeah, all good. " she exclaimed and sent a calming smile towards the worried man, her head leaned against eren's clean walls, her doubt rising by the second. " don't push yourself. " were the last words armin said before heading towards the kitchen, grabbing a bottle of fresh water for himself.

don't push yourself. don't push yourself. don't push yourself.

pushing herself was the only solution, she needed her spot and quite frankly, eren needed a teammate. those who were given an opportunity to attend and compete were members levi, erwin and hange trusted to do their best, which meant there was no way he would have a partner unless they swapped someone out for him and that wasn't an option.

a hand placed onto her thigh broke the horrible trances she found herself in, sasha's slender hands slithered their way into her head. her eyes were low and the soft hum in her voice spoke more than she could fathom. they were on the same page, quite frankly on the same level. she needed to heal, and apologies needed to go around.

the time was a little pass ten, their bodies still stayed intact, but the lack of water and food made the teens lash out like bears. with sasha suggesting they go out, historia shoot it down quickly, saying ' her feet felt like wild anal sex, ' or whatever she said, they all agreed to stay in and order food to the campus. the movie on eren's flat screen was a classic scary movie, hereditary. the soft bass blasted from eren's installed speakers, and the loud knocks were ignored by everyone but sasha.