The Prince(ss) & The Pauper (AOT/SNK/EreMin)

29: These Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

29: These Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures

Eren groaned to the sound of his alarm clock blaring on his nightstand. It was the day he used to be so excited for but now was dreading for the past week. It was the day of his wedding, the day he was going to be with Krista in matrimony for the rest of his life.

It won't be all bad. I still love her, Eren assured himself as he removed his covers and rose from his bed. Or at least I think I do.

"Eren! Are you up?" His mother yelled from the first floor.

"Yeah!" He replied. "Just gonna hop in the shower!"

"Make it quick!" She yelled before going back to cooking breakfast with her daughter. "Isn't this exciting? Your brother is getting married and soon you'll be getting married and having kids!"

Mikasa shrugged and thought back to Eren's rant about everything that happened at Sasha's party. You don't wanna know how we feel about this right now, Carla.

Mikasa had gotten home before Eren, hanging out with Jean in the living room when Eren arrived. She saw the scowl he was wearing and noticed that that bag of clothing from AllSaints wasn't in his hand. Before he could run upstairs, she beckoned him to the living room.

"Talk to me," she insisted.

Eren chewed on his bottom lip and looked away. "I feel so fucking embarrassed."

"Eren," Mikasa went for a hug but Eren stepped out of her reach. "Eren, c'mon. It isn't that serious."

"Bullshit," He growled.

"Hey, cut the tone," Jean stepped in. "I totally get where you're coming from in all this but this isn't Mikasa's fault."

"I can't trust you when you say that," Eren grimaced. "The one person I thought I could trust used me because she was too scared to come out to her parents, and then the other person within that circle was part of her whole fucking plan!"

"Keep it down, our parents are sleeping," Mikasa said in a hushed whisper.

"Fuck that!" Tears were forming in Eren's eyes as he desperately wiped them away. "The girl I thought I knew was really just the guy I was cheating on her with! I guess that fact doesn't matter now because she was apparently cheating on me with her girlfriend! I don't even understand how they kept it a secret from everyone for so long!"

Mikasa became quiet as she backed up behind Jean, and Eren noticed this. "Am I scaring you?" He asked.

Mikasa looked away. "I'm sorry."

"Why are you... Oh my God. You knew?!" Eren lunged for his sister but was held back by her boyfriend. "You knew and you didn't tell me?"

"She didn't make you happy!" Mikasa joined in on the yelling. "Armin made you happy! That's why I wanted to help him get with you!"

Eren gritted his teeth. "So you were too busy playing matchmaker to sit back and be happy for me then!"

"Eren, stop! Mikasa probably meant well!" Jean was trying his best to hold Eren back but was losing his grip on the angry teen quickly.

"I can't believe you thought encouraging their little charade was a good idea!" Eren continued. "What? Didn't have enough time on your hands so you get knocked up and fuck with my marriage?!"

Mikasa couldn't handle it anymore and threw her book at Eren, nailing him in the face. "I can't believe you're so blind to your own feelings!"