WE WERE BEST FRIENDS // EreRi

Chapter 11

"Mrs and Mr. Jaeger! welcome!" Mikasa's dad welcomed us with his usual warmth smile.

"is that Eren?" I heard Armin yelled from the other room. Then I hear foot steps coming to the front door where my family and I were standing.

"it is Eren," Mikasa smiled.

"Eren!" Armin ran to me as he hugged me made the both of us fell to the ground. " I miss you, I miss you, I miss you so much!"

My mom giggled at the sight of us acting like kids. My family went inside first with Mikasa's dad, leaving the three of us alone at the front door. We both let out a laugh before hugging each other on the ground and me on the bottom.

"it's good to have us again!" I exclaimed. "and, Armin! your hair!"

"it's good, right?" he asked with a big smile spread on his face that haven't changed at all.

"it is," I said with a chuckle. "and Mikasa,"

"she cut her hair yesterday," Armin said as he turn to Mikasa. "but she's still as pretty as she is,"

She fondly smile at us. "thank you, Armin,"

We all get up from the ground and get inside the house. I was greeted by Armin's parents and Mikasa's mom, saying how taller I get and I just chuckled. Really, it's the part of growing up. Then, we didn't waste anymore time as we all walk to the back yard where Mikasa's dad getting ready with the barbecue.

Mikasa tell her dad that Armin and I wanted to do the cooking. He hesitates at first but then he shrugged and let us cook. He have every right to be concern, we're bunch of teenagers anyway. I grab the apron with the letter 'E' on it. Oh, I remembered this! We used to play cooking when we were younger and we had our own aprons!

"how's Mikasa's school?" I heard my dad started the conversation.

"Mikasa is looking great in the school, Grisha," Mikasa's dad said. "what about Armin?"

"Armin in High School Six been doing great," Armin's dad said with a chuckle.

"so, Eren, are you still fighting for the pilot?" Mikasa's mother asking me.

Before I could answer, my mom started talking. "oh, please, he keeps playing around in the class. being a pilot is only a dream,"

Everyone started to laugh at my mom statement and that made me blushed in embarassment. I can't belive my own mom just told them that, even Armin and Mikasa laughed too. This is very humaliting.

"that's- that's not true!" I said with a blushed.

"of course it isn't true, Eren. calm down," Grisha chuckled. "I've been thinking about moving my son to California for the pilot test,"

"what!?" I said in surprised. "are you serious, dad?"

My mom looked at me with a smile and then nodded. "yes, Eren. you better start having good grades,"

I smiled widely before nodding at them. I can't believe it. My dad approved it that I'll be a pilot. My childhood dreams! I can finally see it!

"congrats, Eren," Armin said to me. "make sure to call me when you finally able to fly the plane,"

"don't worry, I will," I said with a chuckle.

Something isn't right, I didn't sense any happiness. It was all fake. I tried to be as happy as I could when I heard what my dad told me. Pilot have been my dreams, but why don't I feel any excitement?

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"why do you call?" I answered my phone while driving to my tennis court, which took me 30 minutes to get there by car.

"I don't know, I'm bored," Levi said from the other line. "entertain me, Jaeger,"

"I'm not your hooker. beside, I don't even get paid for that," I joked.

"how much, Jaeger," I laughed when he asked me that. Levi has a weird sense of humor, but I guess that's why I'm his best friend.

"I was just joking, Levi! come on," I chuckled.

"didn't seems like it," he said with a monotone.

"uh huh. you always take my gay-joke too serious. sometimes I wonder if you're gay," I said with a low chuckle.

He didn't say anything after what I said. I narrowed my eyebrows and started to think if I did something wrong. Was it something because of the 'gay' joke? Oh shit. Is the famous Levi Ackerman is gay? It did sounded funny, but I feel like I broke his heart somehow.

"I'm sorry, Levi-,"

"what are you doing now?" he asked, changing the topic which made me sigh in relief somehow.

I wanted to know.

"I'm going to tennis, by the way," I said.

"oh, Jaeger do sport?"

"what makes you think that? I have my hidden four pack here behind these clothes," I said, again with another joke of mine.

"yeah, whatever," he said with an unimpressed voice. "do you even play tennis? like, tennis competition and all?"

"yes, I do play tennis and won couple of thropies," I said.

"oh," he stopped for a minute. "been on the first place before?"

"sadly, I haven't," I said and that made me sad for a second.

"will you ever go to another tennis competition?" he asked.

"uhh... yes, I will. it'll be on June 10th. why you ask?" I asked him back.

"will you win the first place if I come to your competition?" he asked me that.

I stopped the car right in front of the tennis court and looked at my phone who had Levi's picture on it. Did... Did he just say that he wanted to come to the tennis competition? I'm speechless. I don't know what to say.

"I... I can't answer that," I said while lowering my head to the wheel.

"that's a bummer," he suddenly said. "you sounded like you don't want me to come to one of your shitty competition,"

I rest my forehead to the wheel while looking to the phone on my lap. I stared at Levi's picture. I took the picture when Levi was eating in the cafeteria and he was looking stunning under sun light, then I decided to took the picture of him and put it as his contact picture.

"I... I do! I mean, I do want you to come. it's just that... I was shocked," I said while closing my eyes, hearing the soft voice of Levi.

Is it normal for me to say that his voice is my favorite fantasy?

"and why is that?" he asks.

I sighed before turning the car off. "because this is the first time that someone wanted to come to the competition to watch me,"

"huh," he said with a low soft chuckle. "you shouldn't be surprised, Jaeger. I'm full of surprises, I thought you noticed it since we're friends,"

I smiled at him. He is my favorite get away, my favorite place to visit, my favorite bed to rest, my favorite shoulder to lean on. My favorite person to love with. It was him, and it'll always be him.

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