Chapter XVII- 𝐴𝑟𝑔𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡

Mikasa POV

I was walking home thinking about the fall dance and Floch. He didn't seem like a bad guy its just everyone depicted him to be. Maybe this dance wouldn't be so bad. I was in a good mood despite the fact Eren had been steering clear of me for some reason but I knew I shouldn't ponder too much about it.

As I walked home in silence, I could hear the 'crunch' sound as I stepped on the dried up leaves that had descended from their trees. We we're a few weeks into fall and in the beginning of November, would it start to snow. Most people hate snow but I personally love it despite all the shoveling you bave to do. Winter was also my dad's favourite season. We would always construct snowmans in our backyard and mom would help with the buttons, carrots and gloves for the snowman. I guess I'll be constructing snowmans with my mom instead. Not that I mind, I don't, but it was always a 'Father and daughter' thing for me.

I walked to the end of the sidewalk and without looking both ways, I crossed the road. I never really check for cars for some reason even though its what you're supposed to do but I have good hearing, I'm pretty sure I'll know when a car is driving by.

I arrived at my house and unlocked the entrance door, and to my surprise, my mom wasn't watching K-drama but anime. I remember I did suggest Horimiya to my mom before, I didn't think she would actually try it out. I greeted my mom and went upstairs. I set foot into my room and tossed my school bag on my unmade bed. I was so exhausted that I didn't even bother to change into comfortable clothes. I plopped down on my bed and wrapped the covers around my body and fell asleep._______________________________

Eren POV

It was the next day and I walked to school attempting to avoid Mikasa once again. These feelings would not go away whatsoever, I spoke to Zeke about it and he just laughed at me and called me dense and immature.

𝑀𝑒? 𝐷𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒?

𝐼𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒?

𝑌𝑒𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡- 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡

I arrived at the entrance of Paradis High and walked in with my hands in my pockets. My outfit consisted of a white hoodie with no zipper, black joggers, Nike sneakers and my hair pulled back into a manbun. I didn't see Ymir and Armin by the lockers which didn't seem odd at all, they we're most likely at the vending machine buying snacks. I approached my locker and unlocked it and placed my school bag in there and grabbed my ICT textbook and notes and locked my locker.

I haven't seen Mikasa which was odd but I shrugged it off and made my way to ICT class, the moment I set foot in class, in the corner of my eye I could see Mikasa talking to Floch for some reason. I was a bit annoyed with it but its not like she likes him. Also who am I to tell her who she can and can't talk to?

I sat at my usual seat, at the back of the class near the window. I could feel Mikasa's eyes on me but I dared not to look back at her. In the corner of my eye, I saw Mikasa pull out a chair and sat in it which was four seats away from me. I guess she's mad but I don't know how else to deal with it.Mrs. Nanaba walked in and class had commenced._____________________________

The bell for lunch has rang, and I packed up my stuff and left the classroom. I went to the locker area and opened up my locker, I placed my textbooks inside my locker. I was making my way to the cafeteria and then my eye caught something luminous. It was a banner for the Fall dance.

𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝐼 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑀𝑖𝑘𝑎𝑠𝑎 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒- 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡

What the hell. I did not just think that, I restrained myself from hitting my own head since there we're people around. I shook the thought of my head and entered the cafeteria. I could see my friends sitting at the table we normally sit at and it seemed Armin got me a tray of food. I sat down and thanked him and started eating. Thats when Mikasa came along wearing a stoic expression and sat next to Sasha who was infront of me on the other side of the table. We avoided eye contact and the table was quiet until Connie spoke up.

"𝐖𝐡𝐨'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞?"-Connie asked

"𝐈 𝐚𝐦, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞."-Armin said and I could see the faintest bit of blush on Annie's face.

"𝐘𝐞𝐚."-Annie added with her stoic expression.

Sasha said she was also going aswell, along with Ymir, Historia, Jean and the rest but then Mikasa spoke up.

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭."-She said and shrugged

I don't know what came over me, its like my mouth just started speaking on its own.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞?"-I asked her and immediately regretted the words that fell from my mouth.

She looked up at me and sent me a glare but then cocked her eyebrow.

"𝐎𝐡 𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞?"-She asked with a bit of sass in her tone.

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥, 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐝."- I said and Ymir has stomped on my right foot and glared at me.

Anger rose in Mikasa's eyes and then I realised what I said.

"𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞."-Mikasa said angrily through gritted teeth.

She packed up her stuff and started walking away from the table, she had walked a few steps but abruplty stopped and turned on her heels and faced me. She walked up to me and said.

"𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐬."-And with that Mikasa left the cafeteria.

Jean and Connie stiffled a laugh and Sasha and Ymir just stared at me. Armin awkwardly patted me on the back but I shrugged his hand off. The rest of lunch went by in awkward silence._________________________________

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Sorry for the short chapter and any grammatical errors, Ja ne.