Attack on Titan One-Shots

I'm Coming Out (Of My Cage)

I'm Coming Out (Of My Cage)

Rating: PG-13

Genre: HE'S GAY

Pairing: jean is so sososos so g gay + eren

World: AU.

A/N: some self negativity towards being gay if you're sensitive abt that kind of stuff i just want you to know there's some of that in here ily also it may be a lil ooc idk please tell me if it was probs not one fo the best tbh

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Jean had been thinking of different ways he could go about telling Eren that he was - well, wasn't straight. He kept telling himself sixteen is still too early to know what gender he likes, that he would make a fool of himself in front of the brunet.

All of math class was spent devising elaborate and painfully stereotypical ways of coming out to him. He thought through almost everything, baking a cake with the message iced onto the top, sending a card, start wearing rainbow patterned clothes until Eren asked about it. In the back of his math notebook he wrote the ideas down in very small print, hunched over the paper and glancing around him making sure everyone's eyes were where they were supposed to be.

What if Eren hated him? What if Eren hated him and told all of their friends and the whole school found out - the entire student body would hate him. He'd be the class queer - girls would ask him to go shopping with them, he'd be forced to change in the stalls of the locker room by the other guys. Eren

The bell rang, and Jean jumped violently in his chair, turning and looking at the clock, confirming that it was time for lunch. After shutting his notebook and gathering his books, we walked to his locker and down the the lunch line alone. He didn't like waiting for the others who loitered around the hallways. Jean liked lunch, and he liked it as soon as possible.

The line was short, and he got in and out of it quickly, walking towards his friend group's table. The circular safe haven was sparsely filled; Armin and Marco on one side of the table, already working on the homework they'd been assigned earlier in the day, and Eren opposite, twisting the stem off of an apple.

Walking quickly, he placed his tray down next to Eren's as he reached the table, sitting down quickly and slid into his chair. He laced his fingers together and looked down at them, breathing deeply and evenly.

"Jean?" Eren turned toward the taller boy, eyebrows tilted and mouth pursed slightly. "What's wrong?"

"Eren," Jean took a deep breath, head still angled towards the table, and then lowered his voice. "Eren, I'm gay,"

He peeked up at Eren through his shaggy hair, to see Eren's face, to see a look of confusion and amusement. Eren laughed and shook his head, turning back towards his lunch, picking up his grilled cheese and taking a bite of it.

"Hey!" Jean sat up straight, leaning towards Eren, who locked eyes with him. Raising his voice slightly, he enunciated each syllable of the sentence again. "I am gay."

Eren's shoulders dropped and he sighed, looking over towards Marco and Armin, who had stopped looking at the textbooks and focused themselves on the scene that was going on in front of them.

"Jean, you're an idiot. I know you're gay,"

The amber eyed boy pulled away from Eren. "Wait, you knew?"

Eren rolled his eyes and sighed. "Jean you are so dumb, of course you're gay, we've been dating for months. I mean you and me are -"

"What! You knew I was gay and you didn't tell me-"

"It didn't need to be said! You're a guy," Eren raised one hand, "dating another guy," And raised the other one to accompany it. "Bam! Gay!" He exclaimed, clapping his hands together.

"Wait, so you're gay too?" Jean raised his eyebrows, cocking his head.

Eren shook his head in disbelief and leaned over, kissing Jean on the cheek briefly. "Duh,"