Breaking down walls (Ereri / Riren) fanfic 💖

Chapter "19"

Eren had been locked in that cage for a week now. Grisha would sometimes come talk to him, asking for the key. But as usual, Eren would refuse. Eren could tell that Grisha was getting tired, and soon he may not be so 'kind'.

Luckily, Grisha hadn't leant of Eren's bite mark yet. Eren had been careful about not letting him see it, but it would only last for a while.

If he didn't get out of this place, he would have to experience his heat. But his mother told him that once he was mated, the heats would go only if the mate did. Levi wasn't around, so the heats wouldn't be either. And Grisha would get suspicious.

"What's wrong with your neck, Eren?" asked Helen. Eren broke out of his daze and realised that he had been covering his scar. He removed his hand and sat back a bit, acting like she didn't ask the question. "You okay?" she tried asking. Eren shrugged his shoulders.

"As best as I'm going to be in this shitty place," he replied. Helen pulled a sad smiled, before nudging a bit closer to the bars of her cage.

"I won't tell anyone," she whispered. Eren frowned.

"About what?" he asked. She smiled.

"I saw that look on your face and the way you were touching your neck. You have a mate, don't you?" she asked, still whispering.

Eren looked around, making sure that there was no one, other than the other Omegas. He faced her again.

"Please, Helen, don't tell anyone. If Grisha knew, he would...I don't know," Eren said.

"Eren, I already said that I wouldn't tell. Besides, everyone has a mate here," Helen said. Eren became very confused.

"What? Why are they taking mated Omegas? Wait, you have a mate? Since when?" Eren asked. Helen sat back a bit and blushed.

"Since a month ago. After the ball, after we found out that Rivaille hadn't chosen anyone, I felt really upset. I went outside and this Alpha came up to me, saying that he was sorry that I wasn't chosen. I'm guessing he was just saying that to make me feel better. I found out that he comes from Trost and we started to get to know each other. He loves me, Eren. He doesn't treat me like crap, like Rivaille probably would have done. I've found him," she said. Eren smiled.

"I'm happy for you," he said. Helen nodded, before reaching her hand through both their bars.

"Truce?" she suggested.

Eren could always remember how Helen used to pick on him when he was younger and bring him down. She was the type of person to side with Jean. But everything had changed. They had grown up a bit and they would probably keep on growing until they were free from this place.

Eren nodded and took Helen's hand, shaking it.

"Truce," he agreed.

Helen withdrew her hand, before biting her lip.

"So...who's your mate?" she asked. Eren found it a little difficult to answer that question. Helen thought that Rivaille, or Levi, was the type of person that didn't care, just like Eren thought. She was once after him and Eren had indeed taken him, even though he didn't plan to.

Eren took a deep breath.

"You know that Alpha that I was hanging around with at the ball?" he asked. Helen nodded. "Well, he's...actually...Rivaille," Eren said slowly and somewhat innocently.

Everything went silent. No, really silent. There was no clanging of metal and no moaning of hunger or pain. Every Omega in that room was listening and every Omega had to have gone to that ball. Helen's eyes were wide and she looked dumbfounded.