brooklyn baby

vingt-quatre

You were frantically tapping the table with your nail. Your cup of coffee next to you with a sandwich that accompanied you, without having taken a bite of it yet.

It was quiet in the restaurant. A few people here and there, but scattered. You had chosen the bottom table to hide from everyone, but also to keep the secret about where you were sitting.

The sound of the ding was dim. Someone had entered the shop and his hard boot with steel crampons rattled on the floor as his steps became stronger.

"I thought you were sitting here." His voice resounded, his hands in his pockets, staring at you.

You gave him a slight smile before tilting your head towards the seat in front of you, telling him to sit down.

"So... why did you send me a message? You miss me already?" Eren teased you by placing his hands on the table. His rings slammed on it, reminding you of their cold sensation on your body.

"No. We never had the opportunity to hang out outside the library so why not eat together. "You drank a sip of your coffee, without ever breaking eye contact with Eren.

Eren hummed while breaking eye contact when he saw a waitress approaching him.

"What can I serve you to drink, sir?" She asked. He answered as you took out your phone to check your social networks while he was ordering.

You felt that your phone was being torn out of your hands, your ass lifted from the seat to catch it. "You know it's rude to be on your phone when you're with someone?" He says while putting your phone in his pocket.

"Do you know how rude it is to snatch the phone from someone's hands?" You made fun of him by falling back to the bottom of your seat.

"Ok? Do I seem to care?"

"Asshole. You know that I was on my phone while waiting for you to finish ordering." You crossed your arms on your chest and you leaned against your armchair.

"So? In any case... did you have fun last night?" Asked Eren about the party.

"Mmm," you hummed. "Of course. It was good. I just hung out with everyone and talked." You answer by taking a bite of your sandwich.

"Just talk? I saw you play beer pong with Jean. I didn't know you were an expert in this field." He let out a little laugh by leaning on the table to hold your wrists, bringing the sandwich in your hands to his mouth, and took a bite of it before falling back into his seat.

Your eyes widened as you quickly swallowed your food. "Hey, what the fuck was that? Next time, ask before taking a bite of my food." You took a look at your sandwich to see the size of the bite he had taken. "You almost bit half of my sandwich!" You say strongly by pointing to the bitten part.

"It looked good," Eren said for his defense before laughing. He looked up to see his meal arrive. While he was lying on the table, you saw the waitress slip something on his side.

You raised an eyebrow when she left.

"Curious?" Eren looked up from his food to see your face light up with curiosity about what she gave him. You didn't need to answer for Eren to lift a piece of folded paper that he undoes to reveal a phone number.

"Oh. Are you going to call her? She's rather pretty." You grabbed your hot coffee and put it in your hand.

Eren smiled by crumping the piece of paper in his palm and throwing it. "She's not my type." He said, immersing himself in his food.

"Let me have a bite." You say then that he was eating his hamburger. He looked at you strangely and made fun of him while swallowing his dish.

"Fuck no." He let out another giggle before going back to eat another bite. Your face turned into an annoyed face before imitating Eren's actions when he stole a bite of your food.

You took a bite as big as him and sat on your seat, chewing the food and staring at it with a victorious face.

"Dirty asshole."

"Karma is a bitch." You say after swallowing the burger.

"I have a question," says Eren, which made you nod your head, signaling him to continue.

"Who kisses best? Me or Mikasa?" He asked.

You put a finger on your chin and think about it, reflecting and remembering the kisses they had given you. "Mikasa has soft lips, but you are more passionate, but Mikasa.... I'm going to choose Mikasa because I love her more." You giggled, forcing Eren to kick your chair under the table because of your answer.

"No, seriously. Who?" He asked once again with a small growing humorous smile.

"You. There. Happy?" You rolled your eyes, making Eren's smile enlarge.

"Yes. Very."

"Well, it's my turn to ask a question. What do you do during the holidays? Are you going home or...?" You asked.

"I'm going home to see my family. I miss them, especially my mother since she got sick some time ago." He said, making you smile.

"Awh. Mother's boy?" You teased him by giving him a blow on the chest.

Eren grabbed your hand to stop you because you were pushing him a little too hard.

"Shut up. I'm just oriented towards the family." He kept your hand in his while he was talking.

"But you still prefer your mother, don't you?" You kept teasing him, which pushed him to push your arm, and you crashed on the table, spreading your coffee everywhere.

You instantly got up and picked up the cup. "Asshole. Look at what you've done." You yelled at him by catching napkins that you already had to prevent the coffee from spreading.

While you were doing this, Eren laughed, holding his stomach to stop the cramps he felt.

"You should have seen the face you made." He Says.

You brandished the wet towel soaked in coffee and threw it on Eren. He instantly got up from his seat to remove it himself. "Bitch, what the fuck is this." He said to himself, grabbing the towel and holding it in the air, looking at the light brown spot on his white sweater.

His eyes widen as he looks at you, who remained motionless, his hand hitting your mouth, trying to stifle your laughter.

"Karma is a bitch, whore."

"Who do you call a whore?"

"You you idiot."

"Dirty-" Before Eren could finish his insult, the same waitress who gave him his number approached both of you.

"I'm sorry but you're disturbing other customers. I'm going to have to ask you both to leave." She said while her eyes passed from the two of you to the messy table.

You quickly took out your wallet and threw money on the dry part of the table, the same for Eren before he grabbed your wrist and dragged you out of the shop. "Sorry!" You tell the waitress who just nodded her head and watched you leave.

While you and Eren went out in front of your cars, he always seemed to laugh. His laughter was meant to be communicative. "Shut up. You made us leave." You pushed his shoulder slightly enough to push him back.

"You have to admit that it was rather hilarious when you spilled your coffee."

"Not funny. I'm all sticky now." You felt your fingers stick to each other when you closed your hand in a fist and released it.

Eren giggled before pulling on the key necklace to kiss you tenderly on the lips. "Take this as an excuse." You felt him smile during the kiss.

"What happened to the "unattached"?" You also smiled on his lips.

"It's just an innocent kiss," he said. "Send me a message when you get home safe and sound to your dormitory."

"I can't do that if you still have my phone." You put your palm flat, waiting for him to go get it in his pocket.

"Good." He giggled, grabbed it and put it in your hand. "Bye, idiot." He added before he started walking towards his car.

You did the same.

Once inside, you leaned on the seat and sighed.

"There is no way I can continue without a tie..."

-elena