Wherever I Go

Chapter Ten

Eren's POV

"Do we have to?" I asked and sighed as I followed behind Mikasa down the sidewalk. It was almost evening and there were many cars passing by on the street, and the sun was beginning to set. Its also a bit cold outside today, along with it being slightly windy. Its almost spring, but its still a bit cold out.

"Well, if I go, you kind of have to." Mikasa smirked, then slowly hugged herself, seeming to try to warm herself. That reminded me of something.

"Here..." I said, taking my scarf from my neck, then I caught up to her, and when she turned around I wrapped it around her.

"Huh..?" she asked, looking down at it and feeling the red fabric.

"I meant to give it to you at the party, because you were cold." I informed her, "But I kinda couldn't because of the turn of events, so now you can have it."

"Oh..." she said, then looked up at me and gave me a smile, "Thank you, Eren."

"No problem." I replied. She was getting me some food to fill my cabinets so this is kind of a 'thank you' present. We continued to walk in silence as we started approaching a store.

I got a cart and pushed it, while Mikasa loaded it some foods she thought I would like. She picked out microwavable dinners, a few fruits that I disagreed with but she got them anyways, she also got some juice and things to make meals with. After she thought it was enough, we went and checked out. The cashier bagged our groceries and we headed back home.

"I'll make something for your dinner, if you want." Mikasa offered as we walked back.

"Sure." I said, taking her offer. When I glanced at her, she was blushing. Cute, I thought to myself.

We arrived back at my place and I started putting up groceries, while Mikasa began cooking dinner. While she cooked, I waited and sat on the couch, watching TV. I would help her, but I have no idea how to cook and would probably mess things up anyways.

After a while, Mikasa announced from the kitchen, "Done!"

Then, I hopped to my feet and walked towards the kitchen, which wasn't far at all, it was right near the living room. Then, she handed me a plate with dinner on it. On the plate was beef stroganoff and a few vegetables.

"We can sit in the living room, if you want." I said, receiving a nod from her. Then we both sat on the couch, beginning to eat our meals. After eyeing my vegetables, I decided to go ahead and get it over with, then ate them. "Wow, that was good..."

"Thanks." she thanked me and flashed me a smile. Then she took my plate and put the dishes in the sink. After that, she came back and sat on the couch. The next few moments were quiet.

Now that I think about it, she's the only person besides Armin who's been in my place. I also began to think about how lonely it is here. As I thought about that, I started feeling a bit sad.

"You okay...?" Mikasa asked, pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Huh?" I blinked, "Oh, yeah."

"Oh, okay, you just seemed kind of distant." she responded, then looked down.

"I'm fine." I forced a smile.

"You sure?" she asked, looking back up at me.

"Yeah." I replied. I wonder why she cares about me so much, I wondered. I have lots of friends, and they're all nice people, with the exception of Jean sometimes, but they don't know me very well.

"So... what do you want to talk about?" she asked, putting her hands in her lap.

"I don't know," I responded, "What about you?"

Mikasa's POV

I didn't know what to talk about either. "We could ask each other questions?" I suggested. That way, we could get to know each other a bit better.

he seemed to hesitate at first, but the responded, "Okay."

"Okay, so what do you do for fun?" I asked, "Well, before you had to be my bodyguard."

"Well... I sometimes hang out with Armin and the others, I like playing games, and I sometimes visit the daycare down the street."

"Oh, that's nice." I replied.

"Okay, my turn to ask a question." he said, then took a few seconds to think of a question, "How was your old town like?"

"It wasn't as fun as this one," I answered, "It was boring and small."

"Oh..." he responded. I just nodded and thought of a question to ask in return.

"What was your favorite childhood memory?" I decided to ask. Eren didn't tell me much about his childhood, so I thought it might be a good thing to ask. But, I was beginning to regret asking it. Eren looked down for a moment, in thought. Oh no... was that a bad question...?

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked-" I started, but he cut me off.

"My mother..." he answered, looking back up at me with a forced smile, "She's my favorite memory... even if I don't remember much of her..." he added. I didn't know what he meant by not remembering much of her, but I decided to leave it alone and not ask too much.

"Oh..." I replied, "I'm sorry I asked that."

"It's fine." he insisted, "My turn."

"Okay..." I said, ready for his question. We spent the rest of the time asking and answering random questions, until Levi informed me he was home.

"Well, I guess I'll be going." I said and stood up from the couch.

"Oh okay," she said and followed me to the door, "Bye Mikasa."

"Bye Eren." I responded and grabbed my things, then left his place and went next door to mine. I put my things up and walked back out, to see Levi who was watching TV.

"Where'd you go?" I decided to ask him and sat on the couch beside him.

He glanced over at me, "I went out to look for a job." he answered.

"Find anything?"

"Not much, I'll have to look later." he replied.

"Oh, okay." I said then looked up at the clock, which read 8:45, "Well I'm gonna to take a shower."

"Alright." Levi replied. I nodded and headed for the bathroom, to take a shower.

After I took a shower and brushed my teeth while I was in the bathroom, I went to my room and got ready for bed.

I came out and saw that Levi must have already gone to bed, since I didn't see him anywhere and his bedroom door was shut. I decided to go to bed as well. I headed back to my room and plopped on the bed, then pulled the covers over me and got comfortable.

Eren's not so bad... I thought to myself, thinking about today and our situation.

I could get used to this.