chapter 12, season 1

"another day, another slay." you said as you and connie got out of your car and began walking to the school's doors. it had been about three days since you've last seen, or even heard from eren. you were beyond worried and he wasn't answering any of your calls or text messages.

the boys haven't heard from him either, but they didn't seem too phased. you weren't sure if it was because something like this has happened before, or if they genuinely just didn't care. you've asked connie at least a hundred times and he's given you the same response everytime. "it's not my story to tell."

you made it to your english class, which you had with eren and mila. you looked around the classroom hoping that eren might be there, but of course, he wasn't.

in order to keep yourself from crying, you put your airpods in and began listening to music. you put your head down as you waited for the lesson to start. you wanted to text eren one more time just to see if you'd get a response, but you weren't sure how you were going to take it if you didn't get a response.

"ah, what a pleasure to see you again mr.yeager!" you heard your teacher, ms.hange say. you immediately looked up and saw eren who looked just as drained as you felt. he slipped the teacher a note and just walked to his seat, which was next to you.

your desks were connected, so it would be pretty hard for eren to just blatantly ignore you. he sat down in his seat and just leaned his head on your shoulder. normally when eren did this, it was his way of telling you that somethings wrong or either somethings going on.

"i'm sorry, let's skip after this class." eren spoke softly. "whatever you want." you say bringing your hand up to caress his face.

timeskip

"can we go to your house?" eren asked as he pulled out of the schools parking lot. "yeah, my parents aren't home." you say to the brunette. as eren was driving, you took in his appearance. his hair was down, you really liked this look on him. he had on a random white t-shirt with a olive green hoodie on paired with some black sweats. you couldn't see his feet, but you were almost ninety percent sure that he was wearing the matching crocs you two bought a little while ago.

"wanna get some food first?" he asked curiously as he stopped at the red light. "yeah, let's get dunkin since it's only nine am."

eren nodded his head and kept driving to the new destination. something about him was making you feel nervous or maybe even nauseous. he's normally always talking about any and everything, but right now, he's as quite as a church mouse. it was making you sad. you wanted to get home as soon as possible so that you can figure out what happened.

after you two got your breakfast, you went into your house. you led eren to your room and it was unruly. "oh- i forgot about this. please excuse the mess." you say to him as you began kicking things out the way to clear a path for you two to walk through.

eren looked at the state of your room and felt his heart break. he knew him going no contact was going to hurt you, but he never knew it'd have such an effect on your mental health and physically health.

you sat down on your bed, and began eating your food. "so uh, how are you?" eren asked as he took a seat next to you. "i'm better now, how are you though? are you okay?" you asked as you brung both of your hands up to eren's face, caressing and cubbing his face.

this is what eren needed. your love and care. "i'm good now." he said with a small smile. you returned the expression. "i'm sorry for ignoring you these past few days, i just wasn't sure what to do, but i know that wasn't a good choice to make." he said trying to look at everything, but you.

"what was going on? i know it had to be something serious and i forgive you." you say to him in a comforting voice.

"as you know, my dad came back home and i don't get along with him. me and him got into a dumb argument and he kicked me out, but as you saw, you know the 'family' dynamic in my house, so my mom ain't help me." he said while still not looking at you.

"zeke tried to help me, but i told him to just not say anything else, cause i didn't want him to get kicked out either. i haven't heard from my mom in days and i'm really worried about her. i know my pops wouldn't hit her or anything, but i know he's emotionally abusive and i just hope she's okay." he said with a sigh.

it was quiet for awhile before you started to speak up. "where are you staying right now?" you asked.

"well, as of right now, i don't know. i was over my aunts house, but she lives so damn far and i can't keep driving back and forth."

"is this a normal thing for you? because i asked the boys if you've ever just randomly went ghost and they didn't seem to phased by your sudden disappearance." you told him honestly.

"this happens every time my dad comes back home. i wanna just move away and live on my own, but i can't just leave my mom there with him, you know?" he sighed as he leaned against your headboard.

"nah, i get that. however, at the end of the day, you have to do what's best for you. ms.carla seems like a wonderful person, but i'm sure she can handle her own. you have to put yourself first sometimes and it's okay to do that." you say before taking a bite out of your blueberry muffin.

before eren could respond, your room door open and revealed your mother. "mija, que estas haciendo aqui?" (my daughter, what are you doing here?) your mother asked as she looked around your room. "tienes que limpiar aqui." (you need to clean up in here) she sighed.

"mami, eren regreso, asi que decidi salir de la escuela temprano para que el y yo podamas hablar." (mommy, eren came back, so i decided to leave school early so me and him can talk) you told your mom as you finished your muffin. you watched as your moms eyes got wide and she stepped inside your room some more and saw eren sitting on your bed.

a sweet smile spread across her tan face. "hola, mijo." (hola, my son)

eren wasn't sure what was being said to him, but he smiled and waved.

"i'll leave you two alone, but y/n clean up this room." your mother said as she began walking out your room. "okay." you mumbled as you watched her shut your door.

"i didn't know you could speak spanish. well, speak it fluently." eren said as he looked at you. you shrugged your shoulders. "you never asked."

"do you normally speak spanish at home?" he asked. "only with my parents and marquis sometimes. i'm tryna help him get better at it cause he be looking dumb as hell when we go to puerto rico." you laughed thinking of all the times marquis has been spoken too in spanish and couldn't respond. "but me and connie only speak in english." eren nodded his head as he took in the information.

"oh, but i have a question." you say while finishing your food. eren looked at you to let you know that you had his undivided attention. "okay, so when we went to your parents house, you called me your girlfriend.." you paused as you watched eren's green eyes get wide.

"i'm not complaining or anything though." you say trying to calm down any of his negative thoughts.

"i'm going to ask you properly. i called you my girlfriend at that moment because it was easier to say. however, i will one hundred percent be asking you out properly." he said sternly. you couldn't help but smile at the boy. oh, how you've missed him.

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