Daddy!Eren x Mommy!Reader MORE THAN LOVE...

Part 29 The Past

Guess who's back!!!!
....Again

*Jr's PoV*

It was nighttime. I don't know the exact time because I can't read a clock yet,but the sun is completely gone. I was lying on my bed with Emerson next to me. The bed is big enough for the both of us,but right now I'm just having a moment to myself. Think. Just thinking.

Interrupting my thoughts,I see light appear from the door. As I lift my head up a bit I see mom staring at me,and I stare back.

"Are you okay? Do you need something?" She whispers to me walking towards the bed.

I lay my head back down for a second before getting out of bed careful not to wake Emerson.

"You want to go to the bathroom?" She asks me watching me struggle to touch the floor. I was a bit short for my age.

Even though I'm wondering why she's up so late I nod my head walking towards her. I didn't really need to go to the bathroom I was just bored.

She stretches her hand for mine. I grab hers and we walk down the hall. Her hands feel a bit sweaty,but I ignore it. Maybe she just had a bad dream. She waits outside,and when I come back out instead of grabbing her hand I ask her a question.

"Mom?" I stop in front of her.

"Hmm? Are you okay?" She asks me dropping her hand to her sides.

"Yeah...but what if you have a friend that wants to be your friend,and you do too,but it would be better off with not being together at all. What do you do?"

She looked at me. Not understanding the question at first. Then after a minute she spoke up.

"If it were me then I wouldn't know what to do. When I was 5 all my problems were getting my parents to get me a toy."

I knew every parent liked saying that,but I'd never thought mom would pull the 'When I was your age...' card.

"Okay...then pretend I'm your age." I told her,and again she thought.

"Then I wouldn't be their friend anymore...I can always make more friends...so I guess it's better that I'm safe and okay then to be their friend and be thinking something bad...right?"

That 'I can always make more' thing caught me off guard. I thought mom was more thoughtful than that.

"Yeah,you can make more friends,but they're not the same. People are different and someone else won't make me just forget about him..."

"...Well...maybe they can...you just have to keep your head up. Keep trying. Good people and bad people alike there's always someone who can make you forget about ANYTHING."

The way she put emphasis on the 'anything' word made her almost believable. ALMOST.

I grabbed her hand,and it still felt sweaty,as I walked to my room.

-5 years later-

*(F/n)'s PoV*

I smiled watching Jr and Saluna playing with their friends. Today marked the day of their 10th birthday and they laughed,smiled,and played with their presents along with their friends. Eren was sitting with them as well playing. He seemed a bit sad just sitting there.

'Maybe he's just sad that they're 'growing up so fast'....'

There's also a kid with them I've never seen. At least I don't think he's ever hanged out with them...?

*Jr's PoV*

It's been 5 years since the conversation I had with mom. I'm still wondering if that's true.

'Maybe this new kid is the person she was talking about.'

I looked at the boy sitting next to Saluna and Emerson - Cadence. This birthday party was pretty small consisting of me,Saluna,Emerson,Mabel,and Cadence. If you couldn't tell already there are two people missing. Daxton and Josh....

'I wonder how Josh is doing...'

Was a thought that crossed my mind often. Daxton on the other hand I'm not sure what's been happening to him. He usually ignores us and everyone else. Although occasionally he does come up to me to say a simple 'hello' or 'how are you?' I always answer the same with a 'fine' and 'hi' and he just walks away. Which leads me to ponder why does he only talk to me..?

'That kid is truly a mystery...kind of reminds me of Levi,though.'

I've stopped talking to Josh since the talk with mom...maybe she's right.... I've befriended this kid named Cadence in hope that her words were true. Even though I met him about 3 days ago I still invited him hoping to play and get to know him. He seems pretty...weird,I guess?

He's shorter than me - which is really short - with really light golden/honey brown eye color and a really light brown shade of hair. You could almost consider his hair color a dirty blonde. I guess he's matching...? He usually wears button up shirts with brown khaki shorts. Which I know sounds kind of weird,but doesn't really look that bad. He combs his hair back like they would in the 80's. He sits there fiddling with his hands staring at me.

"What...?" I ask him slowly.

He doesn't say anything responding with a sudden twitch in his neck. I stared at him confused. I felt dad stand up next to me,and my confused stare turned to him. He walked over to mom who was sitting at the table smiling. Which I have no idea why since this party isn't exactly energetic,but nonetheless I smile back at her,and as soon as dad approaches her the smiles gone. They talk and I look back towards everybody else.

We were all quiet except for Emerson and Saluna who were non-stop talking. I wish I had somebody to talk to like that,but Mina moved away last year. I've been really sad lately,and so has Mabel since Raider's been in the hospital for a few days because of a car crash he was in with his dad.

Raider was sitting in the front seat so it hit him pretty hard. His dad got hurt too but since he's older it wasn't as much damage. Mabel's worried he might not make it,but I'm sure he will.

I watch Emerson and Saluna and I keep thinking of Mina.

'I probably won't ever see her again...'

The thought keeps running through my head,and I feel like crying. She was a great friend not to mention she was very pretty,but now she's gone.

I look over to mom and dad trying to hold back my tears,and mom looks mad. Dad sits there with his head in his hands as mom starts crying.

'I guess mom's words were all lies...'