the end of one's life is tragic. tears and emotions that get thrown around. people grieving over their loved one. all the memories that they had collected were now the only thing they still had.
death isn't something to take kindly. people get hurt. but it also isn't very proper to bring up someone's death. not while someone is still recovering from it.
that's just brutal, but so are you.
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what a daze of lost hope. you couldn't do anything but lay there and think. the sky was pitch-black just like the ink from a pen. the only thing that outshined the dark color was the stars. they blinked brightly and at times you could see a couple fall into nothing as the bright light disappeared. but it soon came back again as if it was teasing your brain.
the nighttime was amazing, it always had been. nothing but silence left you at peace and of course the males soft breaths as he laid on top of your body.
your hand was still placed in his hair as you couldn't help but mess with it. it had been maybe almost an hour. you weren't good with time and putting your palm up to the sky to tell the time like some people did, didn't exactly work.
it looked easier watching people do it.
removing your hand from the mess of his hair you placed it on his back just for a small resting time. your fingers started to become tired as they were drained from moving so much.
you instantly regretted your action as you felt him shift his head. his eyes squinted as he became unfamiliar with where he was. a small groan left his mouth as he lifted his head. and while looking around his sights landed on you.
tilting your head to the side your eyes scanned over his features. he looked better, the dejected look on his face had finally faded away. his hands retreated from the grass as they moved onto the side of your hips. blinking he laid his head back down on your stomach.
now it was his turn to stargaze. to look at the twinkling dots that held different meanings. some say stars symbolize divine guidance and protection. but that was just a theory because if the tiny light you've seen for years did, maybe your life would have strayed a different way.
lifting your pointer finger you gently tapped the male on his shoulder "i think it's time we get going."
you didn't want to leave. you didn't want to move from the position you were in. it was warm and comfortable, secure as he gave off more protection than the stars could.
but the night was only getting deeper as people started to drift off to sleep. you both had an hour drive ahead of you. and if you wanted to make it back to paradise safely then you should probably get going. trying to drive while your eyelids forcing themselves closed isn't always exciting.
eren let out a small sigh as he savored the moment for a couple more seconds. moving his hands away from your body he set it on top of the damp grass, pushing himself up. and as he did you felt the warmth you once felt be replaced by an aching coldness. it ran over your skin washing away the feeling.
sitting up you looked around on the ground searching for your phone. once you found the device you got up dusting yourself off, just in case you had grass on your clothing.
grabbing onto your keys you enlaced your finger into the metal object. and when you did the clanking sound stopped and the air became still again as the silence surrounded you both.
the night sky was becoming darker by the second as it towered over the world. it's dark color ran across each street and house providing no light. and in hopes to see out their window people turned on porch lights.
looking over at the male who scanned the ground for any objects he left, you gently jingled your keys. removing his gaze from the grass he nodded his head stepping forward to follow you back to the car. small yawns emitted from his mouth as sleep was still washed over his body. it begged his eyelids to shut and let his mind drift off into dreaming.
you took notice smiling at the small faces he would make "you can sleep on the way back, i'm pretty sure i have a blanket in my car."
squinting his eyes at the car headlights that flashed on for a second, he rushed over to the door. pulling it open and soon pulling it closed he looked at you waiting for the blanket.
turning your body to face the backseat you lifted yourself up reaching at a fuzzy black blanket that sat on a seat. once you took a hold of it you tossed it into eren's lap watching as he unfolded it laying it across his chest. his hands grasped at the edges as he brought it up to the side of his face snuggling with the soft fabric.
it wasn't long before he fell asleep. with the help of a seat heater he was long gone dozing off. coming to a stop at a red light you grabbed onto your phone getting directions to his house. starting the route the red light changed as the green color blinked on, shining on your face.
easing your foot on the gas pedal you drove off onto the long drive that was ahead of you.
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parking the car in front of a house you took your hand off the wheel. moving your body you leaned over and gently shook the male. this time he woke up not trying to hold onto the five more minutes he could get. looking out the window he noticed he was home and sighed.
smiling he averted his eyes from the house "thank you y/n." before you could say 'your welcome'. eren leaned over the console wrapping his arms around you.
at the feeling you lifted your hands placing them onto his back. the moment was short as your body couldn't stand to be awake anymore "alright now get out, i'm tired."
chuckling, the male took the blanket from his lap tossing it onto your head, while slipping out the car door. jogging up to his front door he unlocked it stepping in. right as you watched it close you started to drive.
a ding rang in your ears and you knew exactly who it was. it reminded you of what you had to do now. picking up the device you clicked the call button, on the second ring he answered.
"took you long enough."
raising a brow you picked up the speed letting the streetlights run over your car. each second you were met with a dim light to a bright one.
"i wouldn't be talking, you took five hours to respond to my message."
"unlike you, i'm busy."
"don't lie, if you hadn't noticed i keep track of what you do."
"how comforting that is."
"we'll meet tomorrow to talk things through. 3:30 at the cafe."
"can i suggest something?"
"no."
"great! so i was thinking.. we should put explosives in coras underwear. what do you think?"
as soon as the idea entered your ears, you picked up your hand ending the call. the phone screen went blank as the contact had disappeared and went out of sight. dropping it back into the cup holder you focused on the road.
many things were soon to come. cora had obviously crossed a line, but it was expected. she was the one to take things too far. and floch was a bystander who knew what you were talking about. he witnessed it first hand.
back in high school the two of them used to date. it went on for about a year. cora was the possessive type, she refused to let anyone look at the redhead. which wasn't hard for people considering no one wanted to look his way anyways.
floch had broken the unspoken rule of talking to other girls. supposedly he wasn't allowed to ask a girl when the class was over. it was so horrific that the brunette who had sat behind him was livid. an hour passes and cora got her greedy stubby hands on flochs scholarship he was getting.
and as the male gripped onto the paper in excitement she towered over him, doubling down in laughter. the image of the blonde girl ran around in her head as her fingers came into contact with the white paper. forcefully ripping the scholarship out of his hands she told off schools, telling lies.
and it worked. floch wasn't allowed in any college because of the things he did and said. but the best part was watching the two argue in the hallway. cora hopelessly trying to defended herself in the heated conversation. it honestly hurt to watch at times as she made no valid points.
asking a girl when class was over, was just unremarkable now.
your hand slid over the wheel as the car turned into the driveway. the black tires rolled over the concrete picking up loose gravel and storing it in the grooves of the rubber.
your body slowly started to droop as the familiar house came into view. at last you were only a couple steps away from entering your room and going to sleep.
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the new talk of the town was videos. how could it not be? everyone got one but they quickly deleted the message in case a friend went snooping in their phone.
looking around the hallway you smiled finding just the person you wanted to speak to. she had a pair of black straight baggy jeans covering her legs paired with a red long sleeve shirt. gold jewelry was accompanied as it sat all over her fingers and neck.
"hitch!"
at the sound of her name being called the curious female turned around. she went searching for a second before she noticed it was you. a bright smile etched onto her face as she rushed over to you in excitement.
stopping in front of you she waved her hands around not even knowing where to start. but you did. you had it all figured out.
raising a brow you lifted your hand to point at a pair of two girls in the corner. one was brunette and the other was a dirty blonde. they were offley familiar as you three had a little conversation in the bathroom at one time.
before you could even spit out your question, hitch interrupted. her brows scrunched together just looking at the two girls "mina caroline and louise?"
you obviously knew who the two girls were. how couldn't you? for starters they were the top girls in the school, and when cora moved here she instantly was befriended by them. you had only had one interaction with them that didn't end so nicely.
after that day you went to find out who the two females were. there had to be some significance for cora to blindly follow their possy. and you got some information.
mina coralina was a black-haired female but soon dyed her hair to brown. ever since then she kept it that way liking how it looked on her. despite her hair she had problems. you had overheard many people talk about her and it wasn't highly.
she was a prissy girl. the one who flashed off her newly bought clothes or jewelry. some even said she was worse than historia which is saying something. mina always had her hair in the same hairstyle which was two low pigtails on either side of her head. it was a wonder if her hair would stay like that once the hair tie was pulled out.
although she always kept up with the trends and jewelry that would come out at insane prices, she had her secrets just like everyone else. and it wasn't so hard to find. a drug addict who also egged the principal's house in retaliation for her not being allowed to wear a hat.
she wasn't alone in her actions as she always had somebody standing right next to her. the dirty blonde who's name was louise. she was way different from mina as she didn't care about new items that came out in a store's catalog. she was a cruel person, always wanting it to be her way. she was talented in only one thing and that was stealing things.
so as she watched a teacher leave their classroom she couldn't help but go in and snoop. in doing so she found the test answers and shared them with the school. not even the next day she shattered her ex-boyfriends car. to this day they're still looking for the person and you wouldn't mind giving the information they needed.
hitch puckered her lips examining the two "their such bitches you know!"
smiling at the new information about to leave her lips you listened closely to each word that fell from her mouth.
"mina doesn't even know the difference between right and left. get this! once there was this girl and she put her drugs in her locker. the next day that poor girl got expelled."
a pout was placed on her face remembering the girl who had only spent a week at this school. she was nice and would never hurt a fly but of course mina had to ruin it.
changing the look she scoffed moving onto the next girl who stood close to the brunette "louise, she steals things." letting out a short laugh hitch brought her hand to lightly slap her thigh "she stole from mikasa, you should have seen that day, holy shit it was good!"
creasing your brows you looked away from the two females "that's interesting. anyways, do you want to get lunch with me after school?"
clapping her hand the female smiled at your offer "of course! we have a lot to catch up on anyways."
you began to walk with her as you talked about random things. ranging from how the assistant principal has weird looking eyebrows to how the gym needed to be renovated. while walking down the hallway you noticed three people walking down on the other side.
two females and one male. the blonde and raven-haired seemed bored as they listened to the girl talk. but they signed up to do this so there's no going back.
smiling, you looked away and continued to talk to hitch.
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the most common thing said to you is 'it's not going to work.' but how could it not? how could this one school not work out in your favor. you've done it from time to time before, this shouldn't be different.
and it won't.
you had one simple solution and that was pouring out every single drop of boiling water out of the pot. you wanted it to drip onto her skin running down as she felt the pain. the flesh tearing back as her body tried to repair it.
to strike somebody right you have to start from the outside. and that's what mina and louise were, the outside. once they were gone it was just her, and that part was already figured out.
you want to be confident in your answer as this would strap her to the ground, but you couldn't be too sure.
your fingers trapped in a rhythm on the table. it was a way for your brain to process things as you patiently waited for mikasa and armin. the longer they took the more you wondered if cora could persuade them.
but you couldn't give the female that much credit, she wasn't that smart.
persuade, what a funny word.