𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐔𝐒

21

"Get some rest, It's been a long day." Eren suggested as his tone softened sightly. "You can freshen up if you want to, the bathroom is over there." He pointed to a door that was connected to the bedroom, leading to an attached bathroom. "Care to explain all the details leading up-to whatever is happening to me now?" You confronted Eren, catching him right when he decided to be vulnerable.

Eren sighed deeply before closing the door behind him, leaning his back against it. "Do you really want to do this now?" Eren questioned as he slid one of his hands in his pocket. "What choice do we have?" You replied as a mixture of exhaustion and anxiety gathered up in your tone. Eren gazed upon your eyes before finally giving in. "Fine, I'll tell you what happened." Eren finally giving you an explanation for his actions. "The reason why I asked to stay at your place for a bit, is to find a place to be safe since Jean found out where I was. I'm sure you know that the two of us don't get along very well." Eren said as his eyes locked into yours.

"Why don't you two have the best relationship?" You questioned Eren, the question that was the root to the problem. Eren's gaze flickered, and let out a smirk. "I can't tell you that one." Eren smirkingly said as he slightly leaned his face towards you. "He's after you because of the tracking device that was attached to my computer, linked to your dorm-room. It gave him a headlight that you were helping me." Eren admitted before leaking back to the door. You raised an eyebrow as you tried your best to remain calm and collected. "How does he know where I live?" You questioned Eren, waiting for an answer. "Connie told him. He went behind my back and told Jean my plan to everything." Eren admitted as his eyes linked towards the ground now, not maintaining the strong eye contact that he usually has with you.

"Why would Connie tell him? Let me text him right now—"

"Woah, there is no need for that." Eren snatched your phone away from you, preventing you from messaging Connie anything. "It will give away everything that we have been trying to conceal, and your safety will be invaded." Eren said as he handed you back your phone hesitantly. You rolled your eyes as you slid your phone back into your pocket. "I just don't understand why Connie would do that to me." You worried as to so many of your questions were being answered, and trying to connect the dots to everything that seemed to be making some type of sense to your mind.

"Anymore questions?" Eren wondered as whether you needed more answers due to how determined you were about it since the start. "Why me?" Out of the blue, you asked Eren the question that had been lingering your mind for a while. Eren sighed before giving an answer that wouldn't give out too much information about his history. "Because you're the only one I can trust with at the moment." Eren said as if he didn't say this already. "Define trust." You firmly said, placing your hands onto your waist.

Eren took a moment to think about your reply, choosing what word seemed right for his response to the question you asked. "Trust as in you are discreet and quiet. I didn't suspect anything wrong with you, like snitching on me or something." Eren said as he tried his best to word the 'definition' of trust to you. You glistened your eyes into his, taking in every moment of the short time the two of you had together. Something didn't feel right, but when you felt wrong with Eren, it almost felt right and perfect. Everything he said made some type of sense, but something was still missing but you couldn't put your finger on it. "Everything will be fine, just relax and go to sleep." Eren reassured you, as if he was reading your mind. You gave him a quick smile before taking off your shoes, and placing it onto the nearby shoe rack.

"Goodnight."
"Yeah, sleep well."

Next Morning

The soft sunlight streamed upon the room through the window, gently urging you to wake up early from your slumber. As you slowly emerged from your sleep and sat up in the bed, the cool touch of the floor sent a shiver down your feet, quickly waking you up from your drowsy sleep.

You then headed to the connected bathroom that was attached to your room, and tried to find a toothpaste and toothbrush since Eren never told you to bring one. Looking around your surroundings, you notice a medicine cabinet that was connected to the window that was above the sink. Gently pulling it, you saw a toothbrush and toothpaste lying in front of you. Taking them out, and applying your toothpaste onto the brush and started to brush them throughly. As you were brushing your teeth, you closed the cabinet after putting back your toothpaste in it. You looked at the mirror to see a glimpse of Eren's reflection in the mirror. Startled, you turned your head to find him standing behind you, casually  leaning against the wall with a subtle smirk playing at the corners of his lips. 

You jumped sightly at Eren's sudden appearance, the sight of him leaning against the wall caught you off guard. "What are you doing? You scared the fuck out of me." You gasped, with the toothbrush still in your mouth. Eren chuckled at your reaction, and crossed his arms across his chest. "I just came to check up on you." Eren confirmed as he gazed at your eyes, looking you up and down. "Yeah, I'm sure there are other ways to check up on someone." You said as you turned around to face the sink, and spat out the remaining toothpaste in your mouth.

Eren smirked as he scratched the back of his head, walking away to your room. "I just wanted to tell you that I'm going to work. If you need anything, ask Lucas. He'll be outside your room at all times. And for college work, you can use this laptop that I placed on your bed. And don't worry, there is no trackers since it's brand new." Eren declared as he pointed over to your bed, that contained the brand new computer which looked incredibly expensive and a better model than whatever he had. As you observed the computer, you couldn't help but feel flustered and curious. "Why are you doing all this for me?" You questioned him as you sat on the bed, unboxing the new computer.

Eren's smirk softened into a more serious expression than before as he leaned against the bed railings. "Because I can." Eren declared firmly as he softly watched you unboxing the laptop, his gaze fixated on your every move. "Someone's got to watch over you." Eren sarcastically said as he walked over to the door. "I can take care of myself, thanks." You firmly said as you opened up the computer that was on your lap. "Can you though?" Eren smirked as those words slipped out of his mouth as he exited your room before you could talk back to him.