[🌸] Admit It | Riren/Ereri AU

11 | don't tell Eren

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I've never been this glued to my phone before. Ever since sent Eren the message I've been biting my nails enough to leave stubs for fingers. Not literally.

"Excuse me," I say for what felt like the hundredth time. My steps are slow and uneven as I sipped through the school grounds on my way to the dorm.

More and more people begin to question what the hell I'm doing. It appears to others like I'm playing some sort of game, when in reality my emotions are what's being played with.

I continuously nibble on my bottom lip before I run into yet another wall. I curse at the wall as if they were the cause of your collision, but I know very well it was me who caused it.

"Fucking reply already, jeez."

I sound impatient, but that's because I am. How long does it take for someone reply with an 'of course I forgive you'? Isabel never explained to me that I had to wait for Eren to reply, I thought I just had to send the message and boom, problem solved. I guess it isn't that easy.

By the time I reach the dorms, I've managed to run into the entire human race. The hallways to the rooms were empty, leaving me with a less likely chance to run into more people. Reaching my room, I hesitate to open the door, in fear of Eren being inside.

I lean against the door, my ear pressing against the cold wood. I hear mumbling, so someone is definitely inside. A part of me wanted it to be Eren, then another hoped it wasn't.

If it was Eren, how would I face him? Do I pretend I never sent the text message? Do I avoid him? Do I act like everything's okay? What the hell and I supposed to do!?

I should have thought about this sooner because when I decided to sneak away and go to Farlan's room instead, a taller man that I have never seen before exits the room. He seems to be startled by my lurking, so I give him a glower to make it appear as if he was the one who was to blame for his own startle.

"Ah, I didn't know they let kids attend this school," says the male with golden brown eyes.

His undercut was similar to mine, but his hair was a lighter, more ash colored and it was longer than my undercut. It was colored differently too, the undercut was dark but the hair that sat in an unkempt fluff on top was ashy-brown. Strange.

Nonetheless he carried similar personality traits like Eren, but was less attractive and had a strange fave structure that resembled an animal more than an actual human. It took me a moment to realize that he had just insulted me for my height.

"And I didn't know they let animals on campus," I retort.

The other raises a hand, balling it into a fist. "Why I outta-"

"Jean, lay off will yah? You wouldn't want to get into problems at a school you don't go to," says Eren as he emerges from behind the other.

I can feel my heart skip a beat, though a part of me already expected Eren to be in the room. He glances at me, but doesn't gaze for long. He flicks the back of Jean's head and tells him that he had to be more considerate. Jean leaves with a huff and tells Eren he'd see him later on tonight. Eren waves the other off before looking at me with a hard expression.

"Hey," he says.

"Hey."

"Are you gonna come in or what?" He asks, his mood lighter than before. He gives me a smirk, something that only he understood at this moment.

I can feel my cheeks burn as i duck my head low, entering the room. He closes the door behind me and walks to his bed, plopping on it with a heavy sigh. He lays back while I take a seat on my own, but I lean forward. My arms rest upon my legs as I stare at Eren, waiting for him to comment.