My Other Half

Compassion

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Chapter 9: Compassion

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Eren's POV

Have you ever had a smile on your face for so long it hurt, whether you best friend said a stupid joke or your first kiss with someone you really like just happened? That butterfly stomach, the heart flutters and the sweat palmed excitement you'd get seeing that person? Everything would blur out, as your view focuses on them, that zit on your forehead is way out of the view, because all you're hoping is that the person you love will turn to say hello.

⠀⠀Late night texting would be something that you keep in your memory, wanting it or not. Messages would randomly play through your head. The rush of adrenaline when they tell you they love you for the first time, the strong urge to hug them, soft kisses on their chapped lips would leave a sweet taste lingering for what seems forever, the energy you get every time you touch hands, or imagining small scenarios of the two of you on a beach, or a late night picnic.

⠀⠀Everyone has a different meaning of love, but you know it's love when you feel it. Deep down in your gut, you know this it isn't just liking someone.

⠀⠀Love is the 3AM talks about your feelings, beliefs, or saying the most random things, but you laugh because you're high on the feeling. Love is not caring about the stickiness of the syrup left on your lips after pancakes, love is the little arguments you get into every now and then, love is trusting your other with your darkest secrets.

⠀⠀My phone dinged, breaking my train of thought. Clicking the home button, I see a bright green square and a text next to it.

Levi-chan :)
⠀⠀I was thinking sometime this week we could go out? xx

Reply to Levi-chan :)
⠀⠀Sounds gr8 m8 8/8

Delivered.

⠀⠀Clicking it off, I continued colouring. A mixture of pinks and blues and teals and reds displayed itself on a mosaic design. It was apart of an anxiety and stress relief colouring book, tracing and filling in the patterns made me relaxed, even tired.

⠀⠀Deciding to go on my phone, I pulled up my "twenty one pilots" station. The first song was Car Radio. I clicked my phone back off and listened while filling in the empty spaces.

⠀⠀"Sometimes quiet is violent. I find it hard to hide it. My pride is no longer inside, it's on my sleeve, my skin will scream reminding me ..." I thought the next lyrics as I scribbled. What always annoyed me about colouring was going outside of the lines, accidentally. After tracing for a while, your hand gives up and your grip slips and BAM! A small part that will now bother you whenever you examine your drawing.

⠀⠀We had two weeks left of school, and a lot of studying. Man, I loved the end of the year. The excitement buzzed off of everyone, and they were all happy, still judgmental, but happy.

⠀⠀"Eren!"

⠀⠀"Coming!" Damn it all!

⠀⠀"After school's finished, I was planning a vacation. Just the two of us. And you can take a friend. Or even better, this Levi guy you like a lot!" I blushed when she mentioned my boyfriend, my cheeks were surely pink.

⠀⠀"Where to?"

⠀⠀"There's a few places, like water parks with hotels or somewhere by a beach. Maybe an amusement park, or places tourists would go."