8

❧ "Y/n, you can let go of me now," Eren gasped for air as he tapped your hands. You let go realizing that he made it to the parking lot of Michael's.

"Oops sorry," you stepped off the motorcycle and stood beside it, waiting for Eren to get off as well. Eren helped you take off the helmet carefully and placed it back on his motorcycle. Eren motioned his head towards the store, you following beside him.

"First time on a motorcycle?" Eren had his hands in his jacket pockets.

"Yeah..." you tugged your hoop earrings a bit. You felt bad for nearly wasting his breath by how tightly you were holding onto him. The music that played in the store grew louder as you walked closer to the automatic door. Since you were quick to know where all the supplies you'll need was at, you had Eren following behind you to that aisle.

"Niiiiiice," your voice cheerfully ringing in Eren's ear. You ambled through the aisle, looking at all the different fabrics, hoping you'll find the one you preferred, "Black, black, black, there you are," you mumbled to yourself. You stood on your tippy toes, reaching for the solid black roll of fabric.

"I'll get it y/n."

You froze up as Eren placed his hand behind your back reaching for the item you wanted with his other hand.

"Can I get another one...please," you took the roll from him, "Give me like one more," you raised up a finger to show him.

"Another? Isn't that roll big enough?"

"Yeah but having an extra ain't too bad," you shrugged. Eren whispered "uh huh" under his breath as he proceeded to grab another roll of fabric. You suggested on getting a shopping cart but Eren insisted on holding the items for you.

"Don't forget about the flowers y/n," Eren reminded you. He must really want those flowers on his shirt. You looked back at the aisle, tapping your fingers against the rolls.

"You want the whole shirt with flowers on it right?" you said without looking up.

"Yeah."

"Okaaaay I got some colors in mind that would look cute with the black," You stuck your fingers in the air as you listed the colors, "Gray.."

"That's it?"

"Yeah just gray," You bent down, already finding the fabric you were looking for.

"Eren, are you sure you can hold these? I mean it's not too late to take a shopping cart," you placed the roll into his arms.

"I'm chillin," was his only response. You slowly spun around and went back to the aisle looking for another roll of fabric for the pants but this time in the color dark gray. Eren watched you dance your way into every aisle, he thought it was cute.

You stopped dancing after you heard your phone ringing in your bag. Hakeem... was on the screen.

"Was goooood," you joked, picking up the phone.

"Where you at?"

"Oh yeaaaah I'm at Michaels, forgot to tell you." You held your phone with your shoulder, pulling out the roll of dark gray fabric.

"Mhmm is Eren with you right now?"

You sucked your teeth, "Hakeem you dumb as hell, did you not listen to anything I told you this morning?"

"Uhhhhh-"

"Wasn't you the one that gave me this idea of bringing Eren with me here?" you whispered into the speaker so Eren didn't hear you. You rolled your eyes after hearing Hakeem chuckle loudly on the other line.

"Oh shit, that was me."

"Also...I'm going over Eren's to work on my design, so i'll probably be home late."

"I- damn already?"

You moved the phone away from your ear and looked back at Eren, "We can go checkout now." You put the phone back to your ear, walking past Eren, "I know right, that's what I said." Eren watched you strut towards the checkout area. He honestly saw no flaws in you. No flaws in your walk or your talk. (bars)

"Nothing better happen ova there?"

You rolled your eyes, "Boy bye, why is that the first thing you think of?"

"Don't forget protection y/n!" Hakeem sounded so sarcastic.

"Hakeem that was so lo-"

"Protection?" Eren said in confusion as he walked closer behind you. You felt like dying from existence from that same spot. It was either Hakeem purposely being loud on the phone or it was just your phone being at a high volume.

"What?" you tried to play it off by acting clueless. Eren furrowed his eyebrows at your cluelessness, did you not hear what he said? Eren watched your rub your plump lips together, noticing your eyes slightly squinting at him.

Eren cleared his throat,"Can we, checkout now..." he mover his arms, trying not to drop the things.

"I'll call you back Hakeem," you hung up the phone and went into the line, waiting for your turn to be up next.

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❧ "And that'll be $74.80," the cashier tapped the screen. (don't even think abt doing the math, i just chose a random price LMAO).

You started to zip open your bag but Eren already beat you to it, "I gotchu princess," Eren waited for the screen to give its go to swipe.

"Thank you," you zipped your bag closed. You weren't use to having someone paying for you other than your mom.

"Are you two a couple?" The cashier asked as she waited for Eren to finishing swiping the card.

"Oh uh.." you looked up at Eren, his eyes already meeting yours. You looked away, "No actually...we're friends," you laughed nervously.

"Aw you two look so good together."

"Appreciate it," Eren giving the cashier a nod. You felt Eren's eyes on you as he backed away, putting his card back into his wallet.

"Thanks for shopping at Michael's," the cashier handed you two bags of the things you bought. Eren put his wallet back into his pocket, walking towards the automatic door.

"It's raining," Eren said quietly, turning back to you, "Uh stay here, i'll go get my motorcycle." You nodded, watching Eren throw his hoodie over his head and running in the rain.

Pulling up to you, he took the bags from your hands and hung them up at the handles. Just like before, he carefully helped you put on the helmet.

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❧ "Watch your step," Eren held your hand, helping you walk up the steps. You were soaking wet and shivering because of how hard the rain was coming. Only thing you were worried about was your hair. Getting your hair wet was the last thing you wanted to happen, especially at how hard it is to maintain it at the same time.

"Whew," you panted quietly, "That's a lot of stairs."

"Yeah I know."

"Dont you have an elevator or something?" your back leaned against the wall, looking at Eren's side profile as he shook his keys in his hand. Eren placed the bags in front of the door, inserting the key into the door lock, "Yup."

"Eren," you playfully shoved his shoulder, "You had an elevator this whole time and you made me walk up all those stairs?"

"Uh huh," Eren nodded, "Agh i'm sorry," Eren flinched as you raised your hand in the air. You pouted, crossing your arms. He opened the door, letting you go inside first.

"Well damn," you said out loud.

Eren laughed at your reaction, taking off his sneakers. You also took your boots off and placed them next to Eren's shoes before spinning back around to look at the interior of his apartment.

"Are you wearing mix matched socks?"

You looked down at your feet and wiggled your toes that were in your socks, "yeaaaah," you smiled, "I couldn't find their matching pair this morning." You slowly walked further in his apartment, looking around. It was dark, really dark, you weren't surprised that his home looked like this.

"This uh...this a nice apartment you have here," you slowly nodded your head as you looked around at everything.

"Thanks," Eren walked into the kitchen. You heard his fridge open, "Want anything to drink?"

"No thanks," you kindly declined.

You watched him take out milk from the fridge and approached him in the kitchen,"You're a menace to society," you leaned your back against the counter.

Eren poured milk into the glass and placed the glass to his lips before sipping, "How exactly?"Eren questioned you. You watched his adam's apple bob after swallowing, slowly licking his lips after sipping his glass of milk and setting it down beside you on the counter.

"Drinking plain milk should be a crime."

Eren shook his head and rinsed his glass, "It's good though."

"Nahhh," you turned your head to the side, waving him off. Eren caught a glimpse of you shivering a bit, he assumed you were cold just by how drenched your clothing was.

"Come on, you gotta get these off of you," Eren touched your shoulder.

"Woah you tryna take me to your secret laboratory or sum?" you made police siren noises, "Mayday Mayday."

"Nooooo," Eren closed his eyes and exhaled softly, laughing a bit, "You're gonna get sick, if you keep these on."

You followed Eren down his hallway until you reached what seemed like his bedroom door. The whiff of cologne caught your attention as you walked in. His room was neat, way neater compared to your room.

"This is good enough," Eren handed you his white t shirt. You took the shirt and unfolded it, putting the shirt over your body to see what it would look like. You held the shirt in front of you, "Can I use your bathroom...please."

Eren nodded, "Yeah its over there," Eren pointed to a gray door that matched the color paint of his walls. You walked to where he pointed and entered his bathroom.