Better Off This Way: Eren Jaeger x Reader [MODERN]

~Chapter 28~

Colossal, One Eye, and the fourth gun man lay dead on the ground, along with a couple of other minions who had attempted to continue fighting.
As for the rest, they retreated on their bikes.
Erwin walked over to Belly Thrasher who appeared to still be half alive.
"Alright Belly Thrasher, here's how things are going to play out." Erwin says walking over and placing his boot over Belly Thrasher's body, causing him to grunt in pain.
"Colossal and One Eye are dead amongst most of the other minions, to keep it short, everyone is gone. The Titans are over. So, I'll give you some morphine in order for you to go out painlessly in exchange for some answers, Eren here would like to know what happened to his father... Why Mr. Jaeger never came home." Erwin demanded.
Belly Thrasher chuckled weakly. "Alright Eren, you wanna know what happened to your daddy?..." He coughed out.
Eren nodded with an emotionless expression upon his face.
"He agreed upon us killin him in order to save yours and Mikasa's bratty asses. To keep it short, he offered his life for yours." Belly Thrasher chuckled.
Eren's facial expression didn't change however tears were beginning to form in his eyes.
"Boy, did it sure feel good to do it myself. I was far from his biggest fan." He adds.
Just then, Eren cocks a gun and holds it to Belly Thrashers head.
"Hey hot head, Smith and I made a deal fair and square. Don't be a bitch." Belly Thrasher choked out, smirking.
"This is your fucking morphine." With that, Eren pulled the trigger.
Without Colossal and One Eye, it was obvious that the Titans were done for.
Peace had once again been restored to K-town.
"Did I... just kill someone?" I ask, glancing down at Bones' lifeless body.
"No dude, you totally missed." Mikasa snorted.
"I got him for you."
"Yeah! You almost shot me." Eren smirked, playfully punching my arm.
"Guns were never her strength. Hand to hand combat? Not too bad." Levi says bluntly.
Everyone walks towards General Smith with cheerful greets.
"General, you should be in bed!" Hange says.
"You really think this old man would miss one last good battle before facing the inevitable?" He replies.
"You quite literally just saved our asses." I add.
Everyone cheered. "Ohhh enough, enough. It was all for selfish reasons, I wanted to die victorious." Erwin chuckles.
Just then, he pulls out a cigar and lights it.
"Are you freaking kidding me General?!" Hange snapped.
"You really think this is gonna make a difference?" Erwin smirked, handing her one as well.
"I guess not..." Hange sighed sadly, accepting the offer as he passed more out to the rest of us.
"Now who wants to go to the bar? We should be celebrating for God's sake, we just kicked the Titans asses! Drinks on me." Erwin smirked.
"General, you need to rest!" Levi ordered.
"I've had too much rest!" The General snapped. "Life is for living, I don't want to die before I've been dead. Now let's go have some experiences." He adds.
"Here ye!" Sasha, Hange and I cheered.
"My three W's." Mikasa chuckled.
We all cheered, walking towards our cars.

We all gather at Pulp, the bar Eren and I went to for our first date.
I see the window has been fixed!
"Hi! Im Henry, the manager of this place! Um- Is there going to be anymore Titans throwing rocks trough the windows because you guys are here?" Henry asks.
"I don't think there's going to be anymore Titans throwing any rocks trough any windows." Armin smiled.
The group all laughs.
"Oh.... Kay? Didn't quite get that joke..." Henry quickly walks away.
"Wait! Speaking of which- isn't there- gonna be an investigation? I mean- aren't they going to find the bodies?" I ask.
"There's a cleaning crew on it as we speak. By the time they're done there will be no evidence left that so much as a chess match took place there." Levi replies flatly.
"I still have a few connections in the military." Erwin raises his glass.

"Interesting place... you guys really geek out together don't you?" Mikasa looked at Eren and I.
"I like it here." Erwin replied, glancing at an old paper back book.
"They have stories here that I haven't seen since I was a child."
"They have Space Invaders!" Sasha laughed, dragging Connie towards the arcade.
Suddenly, St. James infirmary the Louis Armstrong version began to play.
"I love this song! Levi, wanna dance?" Hange smiled.
"HAH- LEVI?! DANCE?!" I laugh.
I swig back my drink. "Oh man, this is gonna be good. I gotta be drunk for this."
They begin smooth jazz dancing flawlessly.
Just then, Levi twirls Hange. I spit out my drink.
"Excuse the fuck out of me? Where in the HELL did you learn to dance?!" I exclaim.
"By having a life, other than just looking after your sorry ass." Levi retorted.
"OOOOOOOOO!" Jean and Eren say and unison.
"So the only time you two get along is when Levi is fucking with me?" I chuckle.
Jean snickers and Eren shrugs.
"Hey- do you wanna dance?" Eren asks.
"How the hell do you dance to this?!" I ask, beginning to do the running man.
"No no no. Not like that." Eren laughs.
"Let me show you, just follow my lead." He says, beginning to dance.
"Hubba hubba." I chuckle, impressed by the movement of his feet.
Mikasa and General Erwin begin to dance.
"What the fuck?! H-how do you all know how to do this?!" I ask, utterly confused.
"It was basic military training for us." Mikasa giggles. "We had to learn a variety of dancing, so we could infiltrate different groups."
"Touché." I reply.
Everyone else joined in. Ymir and Historia looking especially adorable while dancing.
"This is- very- complicating." I huff, fumbling my feet around.
Eren pulls me closer.
"Just- here. Feel my body movements." He chuckles softly.
"Okay." I shrug and smile.
"So- what are your plans for after college?" Eren asks.
"I don't even know what my plans for next Tuesday are." I reply.
"Yeah, I know. But- you know, ever wonder what it would be like to just- settle into a life? You know, like a normal life? Or as close to normal as you and I could ever get?" Eren says.
Suddenly, my eyes widen.
"Oh! Do you mean like- infiltrating the normal lifestyle and mimicking the behaviour of its inhabitants?" I question.
Eren chuckles. "Yeah. You know, like- pretending to be normal by enjoying normal things. Just for a laugh."
"That'd be like... an exciting adventure! We should have a room of secrets though. Where you and I can... be ourselves. A room that no one else knows except for you and me." I attempt to wink my eye.
"Of course we're gonna do that! We can't not have a room of secrets." Eren replies. We both laugh and Eren lowers his head to rest on top of mine.
"Still though, it'd be fun, ya know? Being a couple in a suburban neighbourhood, with a white picket fence and a dog." Eren adds.
"And.... Leo?" I ask.
"Yeah, of course Leo. But we'd have to keep the dog away from Leo. Unless we get a retarded dog." Eren says.
"Then they can have retard adventures together!" I smile.
Eren and I both laugh.
"I could so do that with you." He looks into my eyes intently.
"Really?" My eyes feel like they're gleaming.
"Really." Eren replies.
"Really really?" I ask.
"Really really."
"........ Really really really-"
"Shut up." Eren rolled his eyes and chuckled.
There was a moment of silence as we both smiled at each other.
"I love you." Eren said softly.
My heart literally just fucking skipped a beat.
Excuse me?
"HAH! You were the first one to say it! I thought I was gonna be the first one to say it! You beat me to it you sucker!" I laugh.
"So- does that mean-"
"You're stupid..... I love you." I say, hugging Eren.