The PBC

Chapter 27

Everything was good Monday when Eren went to school. The day was a little above average, until he walked into the club room. What happened was something simple. He walked into the room and someone was crying. He half expected it to be Marco because of Jean, Sasha because someone had taken her food, or Armin because someone had somehow managed to find the blond when Eren and Mikasa weren't around to keep them away.

The person crying, however, was Bert. The tall brunet was shy, but he didn't cry unless it was something serious.

"Bert, what happened?" Mikasa asked, her motherly instincts kicking in. Bert let out a small sob.

"I-I saw Reiner making out with someone else." The room was instantly silenced, the only noise being the junior crying in the middle of his friends.

"W-What?" Armin had asked. "But I thought he said he loved you." Bert cried a little harder as Armin went to his desk to grab all the documents they had on Reiner and his progress. "B-But this makes no sense. He was making progress. They usually never slip back that far at this stage." Armin said, and Bert just cried a little harder.

"Not helping." Marco said, a little irritation in his voice.

"Is there anything you can tell us Bert? Anything the last few days that seemed off?" Petra asked, allowing her mother instincts to kick in as well. Bert had shaken his head.

"N-No. He was acting normal this weekend when we went out."

"What happened exactly?" Hanji asked as she sat on the desk next to the distressed boy. Bert took a deep breath.

"I-It was after my chemistry class. Reiner usually waits by my locker after class so that we can head to our English class together. He wasn't there, but I wasn't worried because sometimes he stops by the bathroom and just meets me in class. So I got my books and started for class, but I saw something out of the corner of my eye, under the stairs. When I looked, Reiner was holding onto someone's shoulders as their hands were through his hair and they were kissing..." Bert fell into another small fit of tears.

"Could you tell who it was with?" Hanji asked. She seemed irritated, like everyone else. Bert nodded slowly, looking towards Marco.

"It was Jean." Marco's eyes widened as he began to tear up.

"Wh-What?" He asked, obviously upset by the information. And while everyone went to calm down the two distraught brunet boys, no one even noticed that Eren had left the room.

Eren was pissed. Absolutely livid. The last person to cheat on one of his friends was Levi. Yeah, that pissed him off, but it was also expected at the stages everyone was in at the time. Reiner was a completely different story. At this point in the game, that asshole shouldn't even have a cell in him that wanted to cheat or play. And with what he had said to Bert only last week, it only fueled Eren's rage.

Eren stalked through the halls, most of them empty, except for the students who also had club activities that day. Eren saw the back of a familiar blond head and growled, loudly.

"REINER!" Eren yelled. The muscled blond turned to see Eren. He had one of his playful smiles on his face, until he saw the look on Eren's.

"Whoa dude, what's up?" Eren didn't miss a fucking beat once he got up to Reiner, his fist colliding with the older boys face, making it snap to the side.

"HOW FUCKING DARE YOU!?" Eren nearly roared, sending another punch to the large males face. By this time, there was a crowd of students in the hall. Reiner turned to Eren, rubbing his sore jaw.

"The fuck Jaeger! What the actual fuck are you-" Eren sent another fist, only to have it get caught by Reiner.

"YOU MOTHER FUCKER! HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO BERT?!" Reiner's expression only faltered for a second before Eren sent a kick for his side, only to have it blocked.