Eren's Happily Ever After

CH 2

The Life of the Step Family

Years passed by for Eren and it got worse as he was now the servant of his own house that his parents build with their hands and love, and now it's become a true hell hole for this young man who was now eighteen years old. The years of trying to please his stepmother was impossible and don't get started with his crazy stepbrothers.

"EREN…" yelled his stepmother Annie.

"Yes stepmother, what is it now?" he said.

"God how long do I have to yell in order for you to come dammit?" I don't know why I even married his father in the first place. This kid is really pissing me off, if he keeps acting like a slow fucking snail I'll have to send him with two weeks with nothing to eat but the crumps on our plates. She thought.

"Since you made me yell, I need you to fix the squeaking noise on this chair, do the laundry, wax the floors, scrub all the surfaces of the house rooms and go to the damn market because some little or should I say big pest ate the last of the food we had."

Eren said, "Sorry stepmother but I'm really hungry, if I don't eat then I'll starve to death."

"Well that shouldn't be a problem now would it? One less insect I would have to worry about." She huffed.

By the time went by Eren was free to go to the market and buy what little money he had to get food for his stepfamily. All the villagers around free to be themselves and don't have to take orders from a Cruella Devil and her crazy annoying sons. "Eren, Eren." A voice yelled. Eren looked around and saw his best friend Armin and his new friends he made throughout his miserable childhood; Sasha, Historia, Marco, Thomas, and Mina. Eren ran and gave his friends a big group hug because it has been some time that he was allowed to even see them due to his stepmother's rules.

"Eren you look so thin. Have you been eating enough?" Marco said.

All Eren could do was stare at him with a look of no in a week.

"I'll take that as a no right?" Armin added.

"This is crazy Eren you need to eat, you can't not just go without eating anything. Look at me, I'm carrying apples and potatoes; mostly potatoes because they taste so good but anyway, you need to be fed like now." Sasha implied.

Eren's POV

They're right. I can't just go around without eating anything and knowing that I've haven't eating anything in a week due to my stepmother Annie and stepbrothers Reiner and Jean, I'm looking like a walking skeleton. Maybe I should ask if I could have something to eat or even snack on so I won't feel so weak when making dinner tonight.

"Eren let me get you something to eat so you won't look a human skeleton ok?" Mina said.

"And I'll go get you something to drink as well. You look parched." Said Thomas.

"Eren I'll stay with you and help you shop for food for your…stepfamily." Armin murmured.

Looking at his friends, Eren is surely grateful to have by his side when he's in the worst of times. He hasn't had this much love since his parents passed away of their illnesses. But in return he has to do something for helping him get food.

End of POV

Meanwhile, Armin and Eren got most at least a good portion of food for Eren to cook dinner for his stepfamily and a secret stash for Eren to hide from them so he won't go hungry again. After that, his other friends brought him some food to eat and something to drink from the market. Eren was eating like a starving animal who hasn't seen food in years, his friends are relived that he is able to have something to calm his hunger. After finishing his meal, Eren has to get one last thing before heading home to his stepfamily, he needs some fresh cherries.

"Hey Armin..." Eren said.

"Yes Eren, what is it?"

"I need some fresh cherries, do you know where I can get some?" asked Eren.

Armin said, "Well my mom has got some cherries but I don't know if they're fresh, why you ask?"

"I was going to make my mother's cherry pie in return of my friends giving me food so I wouldn't starve."

Armin, Marco, Thomas, Sasha, and Mina looked at Eren with nothing but an act of kindness coming from such a sweet person. Eren is defiantly an angel sent from heaven and that his parents would be so proud of him and yet scared knowing how awfully he's been treated in his own household by his stepfamily.

"I'll bring the cherries tomorrow to your house Eren. I'll come to the back of the house on the door step and try not to get caught by your stepfamily ok." Armin said.

"Thank you Armin and to all of you for the food, now I must be off and I'll see you soon hopefully." Eren said sadly.

"You will and I know you will Eren." Mina said.

A big group hug goodbye and Eren was walking back to his house with the food from the market. Once he got into the house he can hear his stepbrothers bickering at one another and his stepmother trying to teach her sons how to be proper gentlemen when wanting to be married one day but that's not happening anytime in the future.

"Finally your back from the market you little roach pest. There are a lot of chores to be done for tonight because I'm inviting one of my friends from a different part of the town for a matchmaking for my two adoring handsome sons." Annie said.

"Mother Reiner is getting on my nerves again." Jean said.

"Oh please." Said Reiner, "I'm your big brother, I should be able to annoy you if I wanted to so deal with it horse face."

"Will you stop calling me horse face asshole." Jean remarked.

"Boys Boys, that's enough bickering at each other for god's sake and let's get back to your training." Annie said.

Looking at his stepfamily really brings him to shame but it always brings laughter too. The first time in years Eren has laughed was when someone always runs away from his father of getting a shot because they are afraid of needles, or even think that they might bleed to death. Ha-ha, good times.

"What the fuck are you smiling about Eren? Go clean and get the damn dinner started before the guest get here, got it jackass." Annie replied.

"Yeah get going you piece of shit." Reiner laughed.

"More like dirty shit because of the cinders on his face." Laughed Jean.

Soon enough the house was clean and the dinner was prepared for Annie's guest. Eren didn't even sit with his with the guest and not even sit at the same table as them, he was only allowed to sit in the kitchen next to the fireplace of the cinders. Eren did feel lonely, but he always had his mouse friends and the little black kitten. While eating Eren had an idea, he got out a blank sheet of paper, paint, and pencils; pictured the image of the mice and the black kitten and began to draw then he would paint it at the end. Painting and drawing always keeps him calm.

Eren hopes one day he can find his happiness with someone and be rid of his stepfamily and have a real family that loves him. Soon everyone was gone, his stepbrothers were not too happy and neither was their mother. The house was quiet and everyone went to sleep but Eren had to clean up the dinner mess.