Warning: there's a small smut scene :)

"Calm down, breath," Mikasa said placing her hands on your shoulder as you kept crying against her chest. "Now, explain again what happened, the only thing I could understand was that you want to live here for a while."

"I'm sorry." You sobbed, Eren and Armin looked at you worried, they had never seen you in that state. You were known for your way to handle things, always trying to find a way to move on with a smile, and now you were desperately trying not to look pathetic in front of them. "Something bad happened, I got kicked out."

"What?!" Eren frowned, he had had a bad feeling about the whole situation, but he decided not to mention it because you had looked so happy in the past few months. "What happened?"

You wiped away your tears. "Remember that person I was living with?" You asked and they all nodded. "Let's say... he was not a family friend, I said that because it was the easiest way to put it." You sighed sitting up, Mikasa rubbed her hand on your back trying to comfort you. "Long story short, we got into a fight so I moved out." You shrugged.

Armin felt pity for you, first, your father refused to help you, then your... whatever that guy was, dumped you as well so now you were basically homeless. "We can work this out." He tried to cheer you up. "You still have your job and you can stay with us until we figure out a better place for you to stay."

You bit the inside of your cheek. "Except I don't." You replied and they all looked at you in surprise. "I... I can't explain what happened, it's just too much." You hugged your knees and snorted. "I'm sorry guys, but I think I reached the bottom."

"What do you mean?"

You forced a smile. "It's time for me to call my dad and tell him I'm ready to work for him and go back home." You muttered.

"No!" Your best friend exclaimed getting up.

"Eren." Mikasa glared at him. "You're not helping."

"Y/n, you can't give up like this! That's exactly what your father wanted in the first place! You'd rather go and stay there your whole life instead of trying to live your life?" He asked angrily. He looked at you, and he couldn't see the girl he liked so much, you were weak and broken, he wanted the old bold you. He passed his hands through his long brown hair. "We can make it work."

"Eren." You said softly. "Thank you for trying to cheer me up, but it's useless at this point. Not everyone was born with a rich and caring family." You looked down at the blanket of the bed. "You guys are the only family I have left."

Mikasa hugged you. "We'll take care of you, in the meantime think about what do you want to do." She offered and you gulped.

"I won't be able to afford the rent."

"Who gives a shit, seriously?" Eren folded his arms on his chest. "You can stay here for free as long as you wish." He then smiled and pulled you in for a hug. "We won't leave you."

"Thank you." You sobbed.

You should've felt safe and protected, but the only thing that you could think about was how good it would've felt to be in Levi's strong arms as he brushed your hair to calm you down. The only thing you could do was to sink your head in Eren's chest trying to feel something.

Only one thing was certain, they were the only people you could trust with your life, fuck your father and Levi. Fuck your stupid decisions and irrationality.

**
Almost a week had passed since you decided to end things with Levi, it had been rather hard for you to do... almost anything. Your friends were very worried about your mental health as you stopped going to classes and rarely ate anything, that wasn't a behavior they used to see in you since you loved food almost more than people.

At night you would sleep on the couch in the living room while the others slept in their respective rooms. What they didn't know, is that you used that time to silently cry while watching all the pictures you had on the phone of your ex... sugar daddy? Oh yeah, that.

You had thought about deleting them, but then you would feel the urge to keep them and just stare at them all day.

Moving on was an option, you just decided to ignore it.

During the day, you would go in Mikasa's room and sleep there, with her consensual. You tried to keep your mind focused on your studies, but it seemed impossible. Your only coping mechanism was making fun of the situation and sleep.

At that moment you were laying on the floor of the living room, staring at the ceiling as you were thinking about that time Levi had taken you to an aquarium just out of the city, he had even bought you some delicious fish nuggets and a necklace with a dolphin pendant. "Ugh." You groaned trying to chase those memories again. "What if dad was right." You mumbled with your raspy voice, to no one in particular, you were just thinking out loud. "The world is cruel and I'm just a stupid little girl." You sighed reaching for your phone.

You took it and dealt his number with shaking hands, what were you doing? He left you when you most needed him! But that's just what everybody did, so why hold a grudge? He was your family and you needed him. "Hello?" His voice made you skip a beat.

You felt your eyes watering again, it had been almost 5 months since he had decided to close any contact with you. "Dad, hi." You muttered happily. "How are you?"

"I'm... fine. Something happened?" He asked worried, knowing his daughter would never call him if it wasn't very important after what had happened.

You took a deep breath before speaking. "You were right." You sobbed. "I tried to do something and it didn't work out, I thought I was fine on my own, but I'm not."

Your father remained silent on the other end, never in his entire life had he heard you talking like that. He had raised you proud of who you became, a girl who never gave up no matter what was the problem. "Do you want to come home?" He asked gently. "You're always welcome to come back, you know that, right?"

"I do." You wiped away your tears. "I'm sorry dad, for being so stubborn all the time."

"You wouldn't be my daughter if you weren't stubborn. Don't worry about it."

You gulped. "Now I'm trying to figure out what to do. But if I don't come up with something, I'll come home and I'll take the shop, just as you wanted." You really hoped that he would let it go, that he would ask what was wrong and offer to pay for the dormitory again, so everything could go back to normality. You could go back to living in the college and trying to graduate.

"Good, just let me know." Instead, his answer was the total opposite. "Your mother and I are very happy you're growing, call me when you'll know what to do, ok?"

"Sure. Bye." You ended the call and placed the phone down next to you, the floor was cold against your skin but you had no strength to move and sit on the couch.

You frowned when you heard the front door opening, but decided not to move since you were comfortable in that position. "Y/n?" Eren entered the room and looked at you with concern in his eyes. "What are you doing on the floor?"

You shrugged. "Why aren't you at school?"

"I thought you would've wanted to have lunch together." He showed the bag of McDonald's in his hand and you felt like dying inside. That was something Levi used to do, surprise you with food whenever he could. "Hey, have you been crying?" He placed the bag down and kneeled in front of you.

You looked straight into his green eyes. "No, have you?"

"There are tears on your cheeks."

"Oh shit." You tried to wipe them away. "You weren't supposed to come home so early."

"Yeah well, you aren't supposed to be so miserable right now, c'mon." He offered you his hand but you groaned. "The food will get cold."

"Whatever." You pouted. "I'm fine here." Eren sighed and placed one hand under your knees and another on your lower back, before you could realize what he was doing, he picked you up just like a princess and you surrounded his neck with your arms scared to fall down. "Eren!" You complained but stopped suddenly as you noticed how easily he was carrying you.

You gulped looking at his defined jaw and muscular neck, when did he grow up like that? You had always seen him as that kid you had met when you were both sixteen, with short hair and a lot of will to follow his dream. Now that kid was gone and was replaced by that beautiful man you hadn't even considered.

"Here." He placed you on a chair at the table in the kitchen. "That wasn't so difficult, was it?" He chuckled as he went to take the bag with food and you stared at his figure.

What were you thinking!? He was your best friend! Ugh, you were probably so overwhelmed by the fact that Levi hadn't even tried to reach out to you in the past week that you were starting to seek any kind of attention. Pathetic. "I talked to my dad." You said suddenly as he sat next to you.

Eren's body froze for a second, his jaw clenched at the thought of you crying because of that. "What did he say?" He asked starting to place the food before you on the table.

You shrugged. "That I can go home whenever I want, I'm always welcome back." You rolled your eyes in disappointment.

"Predictable." He commented offering you a chicken nugget that you took almost immediately, you hadn't had breakfast, to be fair you couldn't remember if you had had dinner the evening before. "Are you really thinking about going back?"

You sighed. "I don't have many choices, I tried calling my last boss but he said they found another employee so they don't need me." You explained enjoying the taste of the chicken. "And I gave up on all my savings."

"What do you mean?"

You stopped your movements and looked at him, how could you explain to him that you had transferred all the money you had been given from Levi right back to him. "It's a long story." You sighed at the end.

Eren frowned and leaned towards you. "Seems like you have a lot of stories." He murmured, his voice getting down of a tone as he stared at you.

You suddenly felt your cheeks boiling, you gulped and raised your eyebrows. "Yeah..." you trailed off. "Things... are strange."

He lied his head on the palm of this hand and kept looking at you with such an intensity that you almost felt uncomfortable. "You know you can talk to me, right? I know you might feel scared of opening up to Mikasa or Armin, but we're more... intimate."

You swallowed hard at his choice of word. "Yeah, I guess you could say that." You murmured taking a sip of your coke. "But it's something kinda deep. I feel ashamed about it, to be honest." You lowered your head. "I'm afraid you won't look at me the same way once I'll tell you."

Eren grabbed your chin with his middle and index finger, raising your head so that you could look again at him. "I think I understood something, your hickey wasn't exactly easy not to notice." He chuckled and you widened your eyes, fuck, you thought you had covered it with enough makeup, but it was so fucking big and deep that it hadn't healed completely.

"Uh- oh, it's not what it looks like!" You tried to deny the obvious. "I mean, maybe a little, but don't think that I'm some kind of slut-"

"I would never think that." He shook his head slowly, some locks of his hair ended up on his forehead from his messy bun that he used to do to keep them in place. "I just want you to know that'll never leave you and that... I really do care about you, Y/n, I like you."

That, that was a surprise. Your jaw almost dropped, you had never thought that Eren, your best friend, had a crush on you. "But.. when?" You murmured surprised.

"Since a long time, to be honest." He leaned towards you so that your noses were almost touching each other. "But I never knew if you felt the same way."

"Eren, I..." you whispered in trance, you had never noticed his piercing eyes and his thin lips, why hadn't you seen how clear it was? He was just perfect and he had always been there for you whenever you needed a shoulder to cry on, or someone to comfort you. "I don't know what to say."

He smiled, it was clear where that was going. "Can I show you? Please?" He murmured at only inches from your lips, the sexual tension was tangible and your entire body was shaking in both excitement and fear, what would've happened if you gave yourself to him?

It had been just a week since Levi- no, there was no time for that. It was a closed chapter, you had to move on, what better way than giving Eren a chance? You licked your lips sighing frustrated. "Yes..."

And with that, he crashed his lips against yours, they were different from Levi's lips, warmer and way softer. It started as a simple kiss, lips touching a few times, melting against each other as you both looked in your eyes as if you couldn't do any different.

Suddenly, Eren took the lead and pulled you in for a more passionate, sloppy kiss. His tongue teased yours and you opened your mouth allowing him more access. Your mind was a mess, you somehow felt guilty for what you were doing, but still, it felt good considering that you had been sleeping for the past 7 days.

Eren's hands went on your waist, pulling you closer, with one arm he sustained you from your tights and helped you to get on his lap as you surrounded his neck with your arms, trying not to touch him since you had been eating those nuggets with your bare hands getting them dirty.

You moaned when you felt his fingers slightly squeezing your hips, his skin felt so hot against your cold one, probably because you had lied on the floor for so long that you hadn't realized how cold you got.

He grabbed one of your hands trying to place it on his face but you pulled away. Levi had a thing for cleaning, you had got used to that and the fact that you hadn't washed your hands made you feel uncomfortable. "Wait." You whispered as he leaned his forehead against yours. "My hands are all dirty from the chicken nuggets." You said.

He chuckled slowly as he took your hand and brought it to his lips kissing the knuckles, you kept quiet and stared at the way he pressed his lips gently on each finger, when he reached your index he stopped and looked up to you, then he opened his mouth and sucked your finger.

You widened your eyes at that sudden action, but you couldn't deny the fact that it was one of the sexiest things you had ever seen. You felt his tongue against your skin, cleaning you up, he slightly bit it making you gasp in surprise and he smirked letting it go. "I don't mind, as long as your hands are on me." He then muttered cupping your cheeks and kissing you again.

That was totally new to you, you didn't hate it but you weren't sure you liked it that much either. It was definitely arousing, but the fact that you wished his eyes were grey instead of green made you want to punch yourself.

You passed your hand through his messy hair, you tugged at some locks of it making him moan in your mouth. You smiled proud of the effect you were having over him, his hands moved on your hips again, this time he lifted you and placed you on the table as he stood up in between your legs. His mouth started to trace your jaw with small, quick kisses until he found your previous hickey and groaned jealous of the previous guy that had been able to mark you.

"Don't touch it." You whined and he decided to move up to your neck. You felt bad for Eren, he didn't know what you did and why, and even after the biggest heartbreak you had experienced, you still wished Levi was there instead of him. That hickey was the last trace of him you had on your body, you kinda felt attached to it.

Eren's fingers moved from your bare knee to the hem of your shorts, stopping right before he could touch your most intimate part. "Can I help you to feel good, huh?" He whispered at your ear, lips brushing against it and sending shivers to your spine. "Yes or no?"

Did you want him? Deep down you knew you didn't, you wanted the grumpy black-haired man to take you, to make you feel his again. But that was not possible anymore, Eren was right there and he had his eyes full of lust just for you.

You bit your lip feeling your center pulsing in need, but then again, it wasn't fair. The man in front of you was no hookup guy you could leave on read the next day if you felt like it, once you said yes there was no way back.

That thought hit you like a train as you came up to your senses and grabbed his wrist. "Wait." You sat up and blinked scared. "I- I don't want to look desperate or something, I don't want to hurt you or your feelings." You started not knowing how to decline his offer in the best way possible.

He was taken aback by your words but nodded moving his hands from your body. "Of course, I don't want to force you into something you don't want to do. Maybe I've taken things a little too fast." He scratched the back of his neck feeling a little embarrassed.

You offered a gentle smile. "Thank you, Eren." He helped you get down from the table. "I just need a little time, I know it sounds selfish but-"

"You can take all the time you need, I'll always be here for you." He reminded you and leaned down to press his lips on your forehead. You had forgotten how tall he was until that moment. He then checked his watch. "I have to be at practice soon anyway."

You nodded. "I should probably go to school as well and take some of my books so I can start to study what I've missed these days." You said shrugging. "Could you give me a ride?" You asked cleaning up the mess you had made on the table.

"Sure, just be ready and ten so we can leave." He told you as he stared at you while you were cleaning. He couldn't believe what had just happened, he had finally told you how he felt and you had a make-out session that made him feel like the luckiest guy on the planet.

So 20 minutes later you had arrived at school, the ride had been... rather awkward. You kept staring at your legs, your mind running wild as you kept thinking. What was Levi doing? Did he find another sugar baby already? Maybe he was getting his dick sucked right at that moment and you didn't know... was he thinking about you? You hoped so.

Even when Eren placed his hand over your knee, you couldn't help it compare it to the usual hand that would sit either there or on your tights, pinching your skin from time to time. You had sighed, what was wrong with you? That man broke your heart and the only thing you could think of was him.

Once you had arrived, you got out of the car and looked at the building, you had almost forgotten what it felt like. "I have to hurry or I'll be late, my practice will take 2 hours," Eren explained as he walked up to you.

"Alright, I'll take my books and go study in the library." You shrugged leaning back on his car.

"I'll see you here in about two hours then?" He asked and you nodded with a small smile, he gulped nervously and leaned towards you to peck on your lips one more time before walking away towards the gym.

Your smile faded once he was out of your sight and looked down at the ground, could you be happy with Eren? It was worth a shot, he looked happy. "Y/n." You turned and watched the man approaching you in surprise. "You didn't call me, so I figured I should've come here."

You folded your arms on your chest. "I didn't call for a reason." To be honest you had thought about it countless times, telling yourself that it was the only way you could check on Levi without actually doing it. "What do you want Erwin?" You asked confused.

He sighed. "We need to talk."