Chords [Ereri]

Déjà Vu

Playlist:

~ And along came the rain - Elba (Piano playing)

~ Step Away - Corey Gray

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I looked up and saw a familiar messy haired, excited person waving her arms in the air, talking to a tall blonde who was laughing. We were almost at the cafeteria, but I remembered Hanji wanted to talk to me so I told Armin I would catch up with them later. I'd rather be done with this conversation as quickly as possible. I walked up to them and flinched when Hanji almost slapped me in the face with her one arm waving forcefully around while she was talking.

"Hey," I said, raising my brow at her. She suddenly stopped, turning towards me quickly, her eyes widening. "Ereeen!" She shouted, making me wince at her loud voice. She pulled me in to a tight hug.

"You are finally back, I thought you died!" I groaned as she squeezed my already hurting body. She let go quickly and pushed me away, holding her hands on my shoulders.

"I told you I was sick didn't I?"

"Yes, but that was two days ago, who knows what could have happened in that time." I raised my brow at her. "You could have texted me if you were that worried?" She looked at me, blinking. "But how would you answer if you were dead?" Erwin tried to hide a laugh. I snorted, "sometimes I wonder how your brain works." She stared at me, confused.

"However, I came because you wanted to talk to me?" Her eyes widened. "Oh, yes!"

She started pulling me by the arm, away from the few people who were around us. Erwin followed us, but Hanji held up a hand towards him, "No boys allowed!" He stopped, raising his brow at her.

"Hanji, I'm still a guy." I said. She looked at me seriously, "you don't count." I stumbled after her, until she finally stopped where there were no other people.

I looked up at her, waiting for her to say something. She leaned close and whispered.

"I know your secret."

I moved a bit away, feeling uncomfortable with how close she got. "What secret?" I said, furrowing my brows. She smirked at me, "I found out who the guy was."

My eyes widened, "what, how?"

"I told you I have my ways." She said proudly. My heart started racing. "He told you didn't he?" I said, feeling embarassed. She shook her head. "Nope, but it wasn't that hard figuring out, seeing how you both reacted when seeing each other at the coffee shop." Hanji laughed. I felt my face heating up.

"Hey," she said, "it's nothing to be ashamed of, the guy is hot." I rolled my eyes, "yeah, well, he did kinda use me as a punching bag, so I don't know if that is a good enough reason."

She stopped smiling and looked at me seriously. "You know, he feels terrible for doing that to you." I looked up at her, "he told you that?" She sighed. "No.. but I know him. I've known him since we were kids, I've learned how to read him." She smiled. I nodded, looking down at my feet.

"Doesn't matter, he clearly don't want anything to do with me since he just left without saying shit." I shrugged. Hanji groaned and moved towards me, pulling me in for a hug. "You are too precious for this world, Eren. Guys are assholes, but he probably had a reason for bailing on a cute guy like you." I sighed, feeling the exhaustion creeping back in to my body.

"you know," she said, pulling back from the hug, "why don't you go talk to him?" I widened my eyes at her. "What?" Her face lit up, "yeah! He's in the music room again, I'm sure! I think you should just ask him why he left." She started getting excited, practically jumping up and down.

"Why are you so excited about this?" I raised my brow at her. She smirked, "because my OTP-o-meter is growing, it's like the force of nature wants it to happen. Well, I guess that force is me, but let's go!" She started dragging me down the hallway, ignoring my protests as I stumbled after her, my legs threatening to give out because of my exhaustion.

We got to the hallway where the music room was and she stopped, turning towards me.

"Why are there never people here?" I asked, looking around the dark hallway. "That's because this wing is only used on thursdays and fridays." I nodded slowly.

"I gotta go entertain the blonde giant, we got the rest of the day off!" She said excitedly, hugging me one last time before running off down the hallway, leaving me standing in the middle of it.

I walked slowly down the hall, the feeling of Déjà vu filling my mind. I took a deep breath and stopped when I was standing a bit away from the door. Once again I heard soft playing from inside the room, but this time I couldn't recognize the song.

The song had a gloomy feeling to it, creating an intense atmosphere, making my heart clench. I moved a bit closer, imagining his expression, his hands as they moved across the keys, all of his movements. Could I really interrupt that moment? It seemed so personal, so wrong to just walk in on.

I sighed, leaning myself on the wall next to the door, feeling the exhaustion taking over my body. I dropped myself to the floor slowly, pulling my knees up to my face, resting my face on them, closing my eyes and listening to his playing.

I felt myself relax to the sound of the piano, even though the atmosphere seemed sad and almost little depressing. The notes flowed all around me, filling my mind, pulling me in to a daze. How was his playing able to do that? I wondered. I felt my body giving in to all the exhaustion, my mind slipping slowly, and the only thing I could hear was his playing, sending me off in to the darkness.

**

"Oi!"

I woke with a start at the loud voice and opened my eyes suddenly.

"What?" I exclaimed, blinking in confusion. I looked up to my right, furrowing my brows, trying to focus my vision.

"Didn't I tell you to leave me alone? What are you doing here again?" Levi said, leaning against the doorframe, looking annoyed. I rubbed my eyes and tried to stand up, but started staggering since I rose too fast. I put my head in my hand and leaned agaist the wall, groaning at my sudden dizziness.

"I-uh.." I said, taking a deep breath, and lifted my head from my hand to look at him. "I wanted to talk to you." He raised his brow at me. "Then talk." I nodded, "just give me two seconds.." I said, holding my hand up, trying to clear my mind.

"Are you still sick?"

"No, or.. yeah, maybe. A bit." He sighed, "then don't come any closer." I looked down at him, "why would I?.." He didn't say anything.

I sighed, "listen, I'm sorry about what happened at the party.." I looked away from his face, embarassed. "A-And I'm sorry if I did something wrong, I didn't mean to offend you or anything.." I heard him sigh.

"You didn't, just forget about it." I looked towards him quickly. "What?" He raised his brows at me, "you didn't do anything wrong, and it didn't mean anything, we were both drunk." I blinked at him, taking in what he just told me. "N-No, of course not," I shook my head, but couldn't help looking a bit hurt. I scratched my neck, not sure what to do next.

"Don't you have class?" He said, boredly. I looked up at him, my eyes widening. "What's the time?" I fumbled for my phone, but before I could pull it out, he spoke up. "12.17" I closed my eyes.

"Fuck."

He snorted, "shouldn't fall asleep at school." I glared at him. "Well, if it hadn't been for your fucking playing, I wouldn't have," I blurted. He looked up at me, his eyes unreadable. "So you were listening?" My heart started racing.

"I-I.. Didn't want to interrupt.." I trailed off as he stood up straight and took a step towards me. He looked up at me, his eyes piercing in to mine. I couldn't look away and I couldn't move.

"This is the last time I'll be telling you this.. Leave. Me. Alone." He said, his voice slow. I gulped. "Okay.."
He looked away, then turned around and walked back in to the music room, closing the door behind him.