~Y/N~

I had just gotten done with my practicing. It had been a year since I joined the scouts with Eren. I was with him through it all, when he transformed for the first time. I saw him emerge from the titan that devoured him. When he went to court and got the shit beat outta him. I was with him through it all, I knew him before he met Mikasa or Armin. He was my best friend.

I make my way to my bedroom which was right next door to Erens. I unlock my door and step in. I close the door then walk over to my bed as I pull off my jacket. I sit on my bed and pull out my sketch pad. I flip through the pages that had the little doodles that to someone else would probably look really good. I guess. I go to a blank page and start drawing. I always drew Eren because to me he was the perfect model even though I never had him model for me. I remembered the details of his face. His blueish-green eyes and brown hair.

I had been in love with him since the start but kept it to myself feeling he'd reject me. I felt like he saw me as his sister and not friend which made it harder for me to confess. We were both 15 and in Levi's squad. Well, what was left of it anyway. I sat there drawing his face and neck doing all the finishing touches before the door opened and he walked in. "Hey (Y/N)." he says as he closes the door. I shove the sketch pad in my drawer quickly. I turn to see him looking a little confused.

"Hey... Eren." I say.

He walked over and sat on the bed with me. "I'm going to be out on an expedition tomorrow and Levi said you will be here with him cleaning the place," he says.

"O-okay," I answer.

I hated it when he went out on expeditions without me. But whenever I'd get ready for one of my own he always talks captain Levi out of it and I end up staying behind. "Is that all then?" I ask.

"I also wanted to spend the night, it's cold in my room and you know how my window doesn't shut," he says.

"Okay... well, I need to take a shower so make yourself comfortable," I say. Being smart I sneakily grab my sketchbook so he wouldn't snoop around and find my doodles of him with hearts around it or our names written on the back with a big heart around it. I would be mortified if he found these. I walk into the bathroom and set it down on the sink and undress. I step into the shower and wash myself.

After my shower, I walk out and see Eren already sleeping. I go over to my desk and decided to draw some more. This time I could use Eren as an actual model. I'm such a creep... drawing people while they're asleep... I brush off the thought and do it anyway. I sit at the desk and pull out a pencil and look back seeing Eren's peaceful face.

I start sketching the main big things like the shape of his head and where the feature would be placed. I started working on the yes then the nose and so on. I turn to find he wasn't in bed anymore. I felt a tap on my shoulder and jolt back. "What are you doing up so late?" he asks in a groggy tone.

"Uh... nothing," I say as I close the sketchbook. I hold it behind my back nervously.

"What are you hiding?" he asks as his arm wraps around and grabs the book. I grab it out of his grasp and run for it.

"Nothing..." I say. I rush over and sit on the bed.

"Okay... Well then go to sleep." he says walking around the bed. I shove it in a chest under my bed and lock it. I cover myself up and face away from him as he got back in bed where we both fell asleep.

~Next Day~

I wake up to the sound of the door opening. I look to see that Eren was no longer by my side and I was all alone. I sit up and pull the chest out from under my bed. I open it and find my sketchbook inside. I pull it out and open it to my unfinished sketch of Eren sleeping. I sit there on my bed finishing the sketch from memory.

After finishing the drawing I set the sketchbook down on my nightstand and get up to get dressed. I make my way down to the training area and train on the dummies. I see Eren talking to Jean probably fighting about something. He looked over at me and smiled, completely forgetting about Jean. He waved. "(Y/N)!" he calls.

I make my way over to him seeing Jean looking at me. His attention turns to Mikasa walking by. "Hey Mikasa wait up," he calls as he runs over to her.

"He is such a dog," I say as I watch him trying to flirt with her. I roll my eyes and turn my attention back on Eren.

"So you want to tell me what you were drawing last night?" he asks.

"Uh... no... it's just doodles." I answer.

"Okay," he says giving me a suspicious look.

I playfully punch his arm. "Get to training, I'll see you later." I chuckle. I walk away back over to the dummy and start punching it. I felt hands on my waist. I go to elbow them in the gut but they were gone. I turn to find Eren smirking.

"What now?" I ask.

"Your stance sucks," he says.

"Really?" I ask. I turn back and try and fix my stance. His hands go back on my waist putting me in a proper position.

I started punching the dummy while he held my waist while I continued to punch as hard as I could. I couldn't help but blush at the close contact. "Oi Eren, come here," Levi says. I stop and watch as Eren lets go of my waist and walks over to him. Levi had a bag in his hand. Levi leaned in and whispered something and handed the bag to him.

Levi looked at me and smirked before leaving. I wonder what he gave Eren. Eren looked in the bag and blushed before closing it and looking at me. "What your boyfriend buy you lunch and something sexy?" I ask behind a laugh.

"No... And he's not my boyfriend," he says.

"What did he get you then to make you blush?" I ask.

"Nothing just a book," he answers.

"Really? You blushed over a book? What did he whisper in your ear?" I ask.

"Sweet nothings," Eren says.

I couldn't help but laugh. Eren smiled but looked away looking a bit embarrassed so I stopped. "It's okay if you like boys Eren... I support it." I say even though deep down it kind of hurt. The thought of him only liking men. I sigh and return back to punching the dummies.

~Later That Day~

~Eren~

I went to my room and locked the door. Levi had given me (Y/N)'s sketchbook and said it had some things I should see. I don't know why Levi was in her room... maybe looking for me and found it laying out. He mentioned that I was in it. Even though it was an invasion of privacy I had the right to see if it had things about me in it. I pull the sketchbook out of the bag and flip through the pages finding different sketches of me. They were amazing, each one amazingly detailed. I saw some little doodles of me with hearts around it.

I flip to her last drawing of the one of me asleep. This must be from last night... that must be what she was working on. (Y/N) was very talented I'll give her that... she was infatuated with me and I hadn't known... I wonder why she never said anything? Does she actually think I am interested in Levi? How long has she felt this way? I close the book and set it back in the bag. I set it on my nightstand and make my way to see (Y/N) I had to talk to her about this.

I unlock the door and open it. I walk down the hall over to (Y/N)'s door. It sounded like she was moving stuff. I open the door finding her looking frantically. I'm guessing for her sketch pad. "Where is it?" she asks.

"Where is what?" I ask.

"My sketchbook... it's missing," she says.

"Oh... uh yeah... actually that's what I wanted to talk to you about." I say as I rub the back of my head. She looks back at me.

"You know where it is?" she asks.

"Yeah, I actually have it... that's what Levi gave me...." I say.

Her eyes widen in shock. Embarrassment was written all over her face. "No... this can't be happening... now you know... I knew I should have put it back." she says as she paces the floor.

"Did I mention you are a talented artist." I compliment.

"That doesn't matter... this is so embarrassing... I must seem like a stalker now," she says.

"I didn't think that when I looked at them... I was wondering why you never told me... is it because you thought I had something with Levi?" I ask.

"It doesn't matter, I just need my sketchbook back," she says holding her hand out.

"You're not even going to talk about the fact you're in love with me?" I ask.

She sighs and looks down at her feet. "How could I tell you? You're always focused on killing titans and building yourself up... sure we may be really good friends but... you're so busy with all this, I drew those pictures so because I... I fear you will die and those pictures will be the only way I'd see your face again." she says.

"I'm not going to die... and yes I am busy but I will make time for you..." I answer as I take her hand in mine.

~Y/N~

He took my hand and got closer. "So you don't think I'm some creepy stalker who draws pictures of her crush?" I ask.

"Not at all," he answers.

I smile while he leans in and presses his lips into mine for a passionate kiss. I wrap my arms around his neck as he slightly lifts me off the ground. I pull away for air. "Now, since you like drawing so much, why not do a nude drawing of me."

I punch his arm feeling my face heat up. "How bout no," I say.

"Okay okay... then just stick to the normal stuff." he chuckles.

I laugh and resume my former position with my arms wrapped around his neck. "Dummy shut up and kiss me," I say. He smiles and leans down kissing me again. Who knew my so-called doodles helped me confess to him.