Can I Say 'I Love You'?

Chapter 3

~Time skip brought to you by: Jean's precious horseface~

[Mikasa's POV]
It was in the middle of the night, and I heard someone knocking on my door. I wanted to ask my roommate Sasha to open it, but she looked really tired so I decided to open it myself. "Who is it?" I ask as I open the door. "Eren? Armin? What're you doing in the middle of the-" I was cut off when Eren pulled me out of my room. "What're you doing?" I ask again. "Eren can't sleep so he thinks looking at the stars with us would be a good idea." Armin replied. I wanted to get back to my room, but I couldn't resist Eren's puppy face.
We creeped outside and laid down on the grass. "So why are we here again?" I asked. "I can't sleep, so I thought going out here with you guys would be great. We used to look at the stars together, right?" Eren replied nonchalantly. "Yeah." Armin and I said in unison. We laid on the grass and admired the stars. "That's the Ursa Minor. And there's the Ursa Major." Armin pointed, tracing the constellations. "Gorgeous." I said in awe. "Yeah, and beautiful, like you." I heard Eren mumble. "Eren, did you just?" Armin asked, surprised. "What? Nononono! Nothing, nothing!" Eren said, looking nervous. His ears turned red. It was obvious that he's lying. I couldn't help but blush. How embarrassing. "Ehem ehem..." Armin teased. "Armin can you NOT?!" Eren shouted. "Shush!" Armin hissed. "You'll wake EVERYONE up!" "Okay geez, I'm sorry." Eren mumbled. Then there was an awkward silence. I didn't say anything. I wasn't mad at Eren, I didn't know what I felt now. I just don't know what to say. For now, at least. "Should we be heading back? It's late..." I finally managed to say. The only thing I could think of. "Yeah, sure." Eren said and stood up. We quietly walked into our rooms.
I walked in my room and peeked at Sasha's bed (or more like a fort of blankets and pillows alongside with food). Still asleep... I said to myself. I slipped under my covers. I pondered over what Eren just said for a minute, but realized that it wouldn't do anything. I closed my eyes and doze off.

[Eren's POV]

I quietly walked into my room and tiptoed to my bed. I tried my best to not make a sound, but I tripped on my bag. I fell down, hitting my head on the wall. Shit... I cursed under my breath. I tried to get up, but my leg hurt and I fell down, again. I grabbed on the curtains but it wasn't strong enough so I just ended tangling myself. Just as if that weren't enough, Marco woke up.
"Eren? Is that you?" He said while rubbing his eyes. He turned the lights on and gasped. "Eren! What happened?!" He lend me a hand and I finally got up. "Nothing, really..." I murmured. I slipped under my covers and closed my eyes. "If it's nothing, then why were you tangled up by the curtains?" He asked. "I~'ll just talk about it tomorrow. Night!" I reached out to turn the lights off, but Marco's hand blocked me. "You're not sleeping unless you're gonna talk, Mister." He focused his gaze at me. "OKAY, MR CREEPY ASS." I shouted, completely pissed off. "Well... I went outside with Armin and Mikasa because I can't sleep. That's all." I explained shortly. "You're hiding something." He said. "I just know that you are. Tell me every detail, dude." Marco said again. "Well uh... I accidentally called Mikasa "beautiful and gorgeous". Dunno why." I shrugged. "Whoa whoa whoa... Wait until Jean hears this..." He teased. "Don't you even think about it." I stared at him, furrowing my eyebrows and puffing my cheeks. "Geez, you just can't take a joke." He huffed. He turned the lights off and slid under his covers. "Night." I replied a simple "Night." I dozed off.

~The next day~

"Morning Eren!" Armin greeted. "Morning Armin." Eren replied with a smile. "Where's Mikasa? You usually go together with her..." Armin asked, teasing about what happened the previous night. "Um... She's... Sick." Eren replied nervously. Right after he said that, the two of them felt a tap on the shoulder. "Hi guys." Mikasa greeted. Sasha was with her. "Heeey~!" "Hi! Sasha, Mikasa!" Armin greeted. "Hey guys." Eren said quietly, avoiding eye contact. "I thought you were sick, Mikasa." Armin said. Mikasa just gave a confused expression. "He said it." Armin said, pointing at Eren. "What?! No!" Eren replied, scratching his head. "You didn't even come to our room today..." Sasha whispered in Armin and Eren's ears, acting mysterious. The three of them looked at Eren. "Anyways... I should be heading back to my class now! Byeee!!!" He said and ran to his class, not looking where he was running to. He tripped on his shoelace and landed on his face. He quickly got up and ran to his class. "Sina-Rose-Maria, what's got into that Eren?" Sasha sighed. Armin shook his head and Mikasa just quietly stood.

~Time skip~

"Hey, Jäegar." Jean said, taking a seat next to Eren. "Hey Horsie. What brings?" Eren said, sitting straight. Jean mouthed a don't call me that before he continued. "Firstly, you know Valentines coming up, right?" Jean began, taking a seat near Eren. "Yeah, so what? I doubt any girl would even want to see your ugly horse face." Eren smirked. "It's not like you're no worse. Would be hard for a suicidal bastard like you to get a date cuz you'll die anyways." Jean raised his head. For a moment Eren swore he heard Connie scream "Get rekt m8!" from behind him. "I don't even want to get a date. There's an exam for fuck's sake. I take my scores seriously." Eren reluctantly replied. "I dare you to get a date before Valentines."
"Didn't I make myself clear that I didn't want to get a date?" Eren mumbled. "You're just scared huh? You know you'll never get a date." Jean pathetically sighed. "I won't say that I'm up to the challenge. I would never." Eren stated. Jean shrugged and walked away, unaware that Eren was middle fingering him furiously behind his back.
We'll see, Jäegar. Just because you're her childhood friend doesn't make me unable to date her.