Let's Dive! (Ereri/ Riren)

The Almost Discovery

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"Armin, I think I'm gonna tell them at lunch tomorrow." I said unsurely, over the phone.

"Okay. Do you want any help? I could do it if that makes you more comfortable." He offered and I politely declined, slightly shaking my head to myself.

"No, I think it's something I need to do." I said and I could hear a sigh from the other side.

"Alright. Let me know if you need anything else. And remember that you don't have to rush things if you don't want to, I'm sure Levi will understand."

"Okay. Thanks for the support, Armin. I should probably tell him now too, though." I was dreading the upcoming conversation.

"Okay," Armin understood and hung up the call while I dialed Levi's number.

"Hey, babe," he greeted as he answered.

"Oh, so we're at pet names now, huh?" I joked and I heard a 'tch' from the other line. I could just picture him rolling his eyes while he made that well-known Levi sound.

"Whatever, brat." He half-heartedly chuckled and I playfully roll my eyes.

"There's the Levi I know!"

"So what's up?" He asked while chuckling and I started to feel timid once again.

"Uh... well... actually..." dammit, why couldn't I just speak?

"Eren...?" Levi's voice was filled to max capacity with suspicion while I sighed.

"I've decided..." spit it out, Eren. "I'm gonna tell my friends tomorrow at lunch." I bit my lip as I heard him let out a long breath.

"Eren. I told you, you don't have to do that. You just told Armin on Thursday. If it's what you really want then go right ahead but if you're only doing it for me, please don't." He sounded regretful like some of it was his fault and I was quick to reassure him.

"No, no, this is what I want. I feel like I need to be more open, whether it be with a relationship or with anything else. I've always struggled with it and until you, I didn't have a reason to try and change that." I smiled a little, trying to convince myself more than I was Levi. Not that it was a lie, it was the truth.

"Okay..." his speech cut off and it sounded like he was losing himself in his thoughts. I couldn't blame him, I do the same thing quite often. If I'm not doing anything for an amount of time I start to get fidgety and impatient. Things like road trips would always be the death of me. My mom has always said that I have ADHD and not jokingly but seriously. I think she might be right. My thoughts always drifted unless there was something anchoring them down and even then, sometimes I would start to daydream. Lately, one particular guy would plague my thoughts whenever it started to happen and I didn't mind. I really liked having someone to think about and not just random things that would come to mind that made me even more bored.

"Unless you don't want me to," I suggested which he was quick to turn down.

"No, Eren, I'm fine with it. I don't really care if people know but I can't help but feel like you're doing this out of guilt." My eyes widened slightly as I came to a realization: maybe I was? Do I really want to tell my friends or am I just guilty? Ugh.

"Uh..." I thought, trying to come up with something to say. "Well, I don't know." I honestly answered. I bit the tip of my finger out of nervous habit and averted my eyes, looking all around my recently cleaned room. Levi hated when it was cluttered.