Forever Bitten (Ereri AU) [DISCONTINUED]

Require Circuits and Wires

*Song inspired chapter*

Word Count: 1424

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HE SAID no. But Mikasa made him say yes.

For the few minutes that they had been in the car, Eren had managed to become acquainted with Hanji and Levi...and make an enemy out of Jean. They would not stop arguing, and it was ticking everyone present in the doom buggy off.

"Will you two just shut the fuck up already?!" Levi yelled, pressing the gas pedal a little harder than necessary. The old, creaking car jerked a bit at the acceleration, and the two bickering teens finally managed to reach a middle ground that got them to shut their mouths curtly, their way of showing that they knew everyone was taking a certain amount of damage from their childishness.

Eren had initially refused to go with Mikasa back to whatever layer she was a resident in because of his...enormous trust issues. He had taught himself that he himself was the only person in the world that he could trust; that he could care for. Everything else was either dead or rabid, so there was no one else. He even made it a tradition every year, that on the day he lost his friends, that was the only day he would allow himself to wallow, to crumble apart and forget about everything except his failure to reunite with his family.

But now he was with a part of his family again, he was about to find the rest of it as well, and he didn't know how to feel. He didn't know how he was supposed to feel, either. What was it that he should do, exactly? Everything he came into contact with for the last few years of his life, were rotten and too far gone. Now, he was with other living humans that had emotions, flaws, and all that jazz. Just like him.

Eren was fucking scared, and so fucking confused.

"Alright you little shitheads, we're here, so grab your shit, and get out." Levi stuck his thumb out and pointed to the outside of the car, a neutral look crossing over his features.

Not wanting to sit in that stuffy, old car anymore, Eren held onto his duffel bag even harder, and adjusted the straps on his backpack that was squished against the car seats, waiting for Mikasa to get out of the car so he could, considering he was in the middle seat.

"Can't wait to see the world, outside of your little bitch seat, huh Eren?" Jean asked of the brown-haired teenager, anticipation for the outburst that would most certainly come pumping adrenaline throughout his bloodstream.

Hitting the cocky boy upside the head that sat to the right of him, Eren calmly got out of the doom buggy with indifference settling onto his face, trying to prepare himself for anything.

What he found was definitely not what he expected. A broken down shed that just barely kept standing was what met him, his stoic facade slowly morphing into one of confusion as Captain Levi nonchalantly walked over to the shed, his movements unfaltering.

"Uh...wh-what is-"

"This is the bunker, kid," Levi said, cutting Eren off before he could ask any questions. Levi opened the door to the shed, blocking the view of the inside, and then moved his hand in front of himself, silently telling Eren to enter first. Eren complied, but only because his curiosity was increasing by the second, and because he wanted to see where Mikasa had been staying all these years.

Three bags of soil all piled up against the wall was all that was in there.

"Um, excuse me sir, but there isn't-"