𝐄𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 a large bite out of the sandwich he had bought himself as you two sat on a blanket that covered the grass. He had taken you on the picnic he said he would. He always kept his word even if he was a bit late.
You took a bite of a strawberry, the strawberries were sweet today. It was a taste you loved a lot. It reminded you of summer days when you were a kid; your dad loved strawberries. He always had your mom make strawberry desserts. From strawberry cakes, donuts, and even jam. But you hadn't tasted any of the strawberry desserts she would make since your father passed; and you never seemed to want to ask her to.
"Geez why do you guys have such good food?" Eren spoke, his mouth full with food. Only stuffing his mouth with more. All you did was laugh at his words. You didn't even know how to respond to the question he had just asked. "Well maybe because we just are good cooks." You said with a smile. "I bet, the food at your shop is good." You couldn't help but softly smile at his words becoming flustered that he thought the baking at your shop was good.
Eren's mind couldn't help but linger to all the things other people have called him or tried to pull while he was here. But he thought why didn't you do or say those things? What made you so different from the rest of the people here for you not to do those things.
"Y/n tell me, why aren't you rude to me like everyone else?" Eren looked at you as he swallowed his food asking his question bluntly. You looked back at him into his emerald eyes, when you guys came here to get to know each other you weren't expecting these types of questions.
"Don't you love asking some heartfelt questions huh?" You snickered, "Well if I had to answer your question I'd say maybe because I wouldn't judge you based on everyone's word until I met you. I wouldn't want people to judge me off rumors you know?" Eren nodded at your words. Eren thought this was ironic; people in Marley were brainwashed right? So why weren't you spitting on the ground he walked on.
"Well people on my island don't really care about this devil stuff." Eren said, "Really?" "Yeah, we cared more about titans but we wiped them all out." "Really?" You asked, your eyes lighting up at his words. "Yeah, we don't have humanity's strongest soldier for nothing." He smiled, "Eren did you ever kill a titan?"
Eren paused for a second, he very much has killed a titan. Many in fact. But what he didn't want to say is how because it was mostly in his titan form. Captain Levi gave him strict orders to not tell anyone he was the founder and that if he did say, he wouldn't have an arm and a leg. Which Eren knew was an empty threat.
"Yeah I have many in fact, I am pretty good with ODM gear." "What was it like killing them?" You asked, your brain filled to the brim with questions about titans.
Eren thought about your question, his mind tracing back to him in his titan form killing titans in brutal ways. He has only ever killed a handful of titans in his own human body which was weird to him since he was working under Levi.
"It's very intense, the only thing on your mind is dodging their hits and trying to hit the nap of their neck as hard as you can." "I wonder if I could do that." You question, your finger being placed on your chin. "I bet you could." "Why so?" "I mean you have a heart of gold y/n, you look out for others which is a good thing to do while you're on the battlefield. I bet you have a pretty good swing too for swinging those knives."
You turned your head away from the emerald eyed boy as your cheeks began to heat up. "Geez Eren you really know how to fluster someone." You said, hearing a laugh from Eren. "I think you're just easy to fluster." You turned your head back to him, "What? Am not!" You said. "Oh really?" "Yeah really I think-"
You were cut off in a swift motion, your back laid flat on the blanket. Your hands fell above your head as both of Eren's knees fell next to your hips holding them gently but harshly in place making it so you couldn't move. The brown haired boy brought both his hands to the sides of your face as he looked at you from his position. The hair that hung loosely from his messy bun dangled over you.
Your face felt as if it was on fire, the feeling of Eren being so close yet so far from you was something you didn't know could ever possibly get you so worked up. Eren dropped one of his arms so he was propped up on his elbow and brought his other hand to your cheek, a grin plastered on his face as he watched your body language.
"Not easy to fluster right?" He purred, his voice seemed like a drug when he said it. Something about his tone made you even more flustered. "W-well when you do this it's hard not to." You said, your voice laced with embarrassment. Eren kept his eyes on you seeming as if he couldn't take them off you. You didn't mind though, if you could have anyone's eyes on you you're glad it was his eyes.
"How about we go back to learning about each other, yeah darling?"
"Yeah, ok."
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hello!! i hope you all are well! i haven't been in the best place mentally but hey at least for you guys one of my coping mechanisms is writing! but all stupid unfunny jokes aside i hope you enjoyed the short chapter! please vote and comment it helps more then you know! much love and stay safe <3