WOW this is embarrassing, but for I don't know how long, I posted the wrong chapter -_-. This is chapter 4 of Market Town lol.
Eren's Moment
Ever since he started working here, Eren has worked his hardest to ensure the success of the Scouting Legion Market. His dream to become a manager has spurred him on to great lengths and quickly got himself the recognition of the store's leaders. Whether it's being on time or doing more than he is paid to do, he does it with great confidence. Of course, it wouldn't be enough if he just did everything, so he brings it upon himself to make sure others try their hardest as well.
"This milk is expired Bertholdt, you need to get rid of all this," said Eren as he walked away noticing more problems.
"Connie, these aisles need to be sparkling. You know how Levi gets…Christa, let me help you with those, I don't think you're strong enough to carry these boxes…Not like that, Sasha! You're supposed to separate the chicken from the beef. I don't care if there all the same, the customers won't be happy…Jean this shelf needs restocking."
"SHUTUP! I can see that, Jaeger," said Jean grilling his teeth.
"Jeez, relax man. I'm just making sure you're doing your job right."
"Speaking of that, shouldn't you be doing you're job right now?"
"I already finished helping out Levi, and I figured he wanted me to check the rest of the store out."
"Fine, whatever, just leave me alone and bug someone else."
Eren was beginning to walk away, until he noticed another issue, "You got a stain on your apron. You should clean that up, customers don't want to see a dirty employee."
"Get out of here already!" said Jean glaring at Eren who was walking away.
"Is Eren starting to bug you too?" said Connie approaching Jean from behind.
"He is always annoying to me. Today it seems like he is doing it on purpose."
Christa and Sasha overheard the two boys talking about Eren; also having the same issue with him. "I don't like someone ordering me around about how to handle my food," said Sasha.
"He is being a little tough today, but he means well. I think if we just talk to him and tell him to tone it down, he'll rethink about how he orders us around," said Christa.
"He made a mess with your flowers and he pretty much called you weak," said Connie.
"Okay, we will tell him to tone it down a lot."
"I think that's a good idea," said Bertholdt who caught everyone by surprise.
"Bertholdt, you were here this whole time?" said Jean. Bertholdt nodded shyly as the others soon realized how many people Eren was starting to affect. The group started to make their way to Eren to give them a piece of their minds; and when they found him, he was speaking to Mikasa.
"It's a hindrance if these crates are out here on the floor. The customers won't be able to move around, especially during the afternoon. If you're going to organize the inventory do it in the warehouse, Mikasa." Then he pointed at her hair, "and don't forget to tie your hair up, nobody wants to see loose hairs on their food.
Some of them, all of a sudden, got worried for Eren's sake. Except Jean, who was really looking forward for Mikasa to punch him in the face, "Come on Mikasa, punch him two times for me."
"I think we should do something, this might get bad, " said Christa.
They waited for Mikasa's reaction, and what they witnessed was something unexpected. "Y-Yeah, the crates will get in the way…and as for my hair, I left my hairpin in the car."
"I see, by the way, you said you were going get a haircut soon right?"
"I haven't found the time to, besides I'm not really sure how short I should cut it."
The others were still amazed to see that there was no sign of violence; afterall, they all saw how Mikasa acted when she first met Hanji. Mikasa is well known around the store to be a savage when the situation calls for it.
Meanwhile, Eren pondered Mikasa's hair problem as he looked intently at her black locks. She noticed this and shied away, letting her fingers move along the strands of her hair. Then, suddenly, he grabbed her shoulders and moved one of his hands up, "I think it should be around here."
Jean was gaping at the two of them, while the others mimicked his action afterward.
"O-Okay…I-I should start moving these crates, then," said Mikasa carrying three crates at once as she hurried back to the warehouse.
"I guess not everyone has an issue with Eren," said Sasha.
"Yeah, I mean, it's not like he does it every second," said Connie.
"Plus, he does kind of point out things we miss," agreed Christa.
"Mm, I almost missed the expiration date," nodded Bertholdt. As all of them began to separate and return to their jobs, Jean stopped them all, "Hey, we can't let him continue to act the way he is! We already have to deal with that crazy Hanji chick, and then there is Levi hounding us for being sparkling clean; you know what I'm talking about right, Connie?" The others faced Jean, listening to his speech, "The last thing any of us needs is to have Eren grind us about small issues."
"I don't think expired milk is a small issue, we might have killed someone," said Bertholdt.
"Well, then that would be your problem, Bertholdt. Anyways, you guys know what I'm talking about, right?"
"I suppose you have a point, the last thing we need is more stress," said Connie.
"Come on, the only person that can help us is that crazy chick. Man I wish Erwin was here," said Jean.
Hanji's Office (formerly Erwin's office)…
"Hm, so you all have concern over Eren's behavior?" said Hanji.
"Yes, Miss Hanji, we just want Eren to relax and not worry about the little things," said Sasha.
Bertholdt chimed in, "Expired milk is not really a little issue."
Ignoring Bertholdt's statement, Hanji mulled over the situation until finally coming up with a solution, "I think we should let Eren become the head manager, just for today." The collected sounds of disbelief almost pushed Hanji out of her seat.
"Are you serious? That is a horrible idea," said Jean.
"That's like the exact opposite of a solution, Miss Hanji," said Sasha.
Hanji stood up from her seat as she tried to ease the group's doubts, "Calm down everyone, I have a plan and it'll work out, so trust me."
As each of them looked to each other out of concern, Levi, who overheard the conversation, spoke up from behind, "You guys don't need to worry. If Hanji's confident in the plan, then it'll work out."
"Oh, Levi!" said Hanji. Everyone figured that if Levi was okay with it, then it should be fine. One at a time, they exited the office hoping that everything would go smoothly.
"Thanks for that," said Hanji as she motioned towards Levi.
"I was just going to beat up Eren and make him learn some courtesy, but it's a good thing you thought of something," said Levi.
"Hah, that probably would have been a faster solution, but I'm sure Erwin wouldn't want that happening…I think." As Levi was walking away, Hanji stopped him, "By the way, let me know how Erwin is doing when you go see me."
"Shitty glasses, what makes you think I'm going to see him today?"
"Oh, not today then? Well, whenever you do," said Hanji smiling. Levi sighed and turned away from her, not giving her the satisfaction of her reaction.
The next day…
"Are you sure, Miss Hanji?" said Eren.
"Yes, just for today. It's a reward for your hard work at the Scouting Legion Market."
"Oh man, I can't believe I'm the head manager of the SLM! I got to tell Armin about this."
"I already know about it. Come on, everyone is waiting," Armin began pushing Eren towards the rest of the employees. Eren stood in front of everyone as all of them waited for an explanation.
Hanji cleared her throat as she said, "So, today, I've decided to let Eren here be a temporary manager. I know that might sound odd, but I think Eren has shown great hard work and determination, and this will be a great experience for him."
"I think I've been showing hard work and determination too, where's my reward?" said a random employee.
Hanji spoke hastily, "This is a specific matter, so please direct your concerns to Levi."
"Don't even think about it," said Levi.
"Anyways, Eren will be in charge, while I go and wonder off…Eren would you like to say something?"
"I will do my best and…continue making the SLM a success!" With that he saluted and waited for the other employees to do the same as tradition, but none of them did. As Eren was growing a little disheartened, someone amongst the employees spoke up. "Yes, manager!" It was Armin who saluted and was immediately followed by Mikasa next to him. One by one, each employee mimicked the other; and soon they all saluted, showing confidence in Eren. Even Jean who only did it, because he didn't want to stand out.
Hanji waved goodbye to Eren as she allowed him to do her job for the day. "I wonder what I should do now. I guess I'll pick a present for Erwin when he wakes up," pondered Hanji.
Several hours later…
"Oh man, that took a long time. Erwin better be grateful for this present, but I should show Levi first. I wonder if he'll laugh," said Hanji as she got out of her car and proceeded to walk into the Scouting Legion Market. "But first, I should see how Eren is doing." As Hanji entered the store, a naked Connie zipped right past her.
"Where…Where are my clothes!" Connie ran into the bathroom to conceal his nudity as other events caught Hanji's eye.
"Whose dog is this? He is eating everything! Everyone protect what you can! If you have a baby, use them as a shield!" Sasha was attempting to save the last bit of meat from the ravenous canine.
"This handsome young boy was helping me," said one very old customer. "No, he was helping me, tell her," said another very old customer. Marco was trying to seek help from anyone at this point.
"Come on, if I buy these flowers, will you go on a date with me?" "Hey I asked her first!" "No, I did," said a multiple number of customers towards Christa. "E-Excuse me, but, uh…" Ymir, suddenly, came in between them, "If you buy those flowers, you can go on a date with me." "Huh? No way," said one of the males. "I was hoping you'd say that," Ymir proceeded to fight them all, she almost looked like a monster doing it.
Hanji didn't show much reaction as she scanned towards her side, "Hmm, where's the security?" Her eyes drifted below as she saw Mike and his security men in the floor, drunk beyond hope.
"N-No mother, I won't wear that to school…I have my own clothes," said Mike turning to his side.
"Hmm…I better go find Eren," Hanji walked down the aisle, virtually ignoring the chaos around her.
"Reiner, thanks for the advice now can you let go of the oil, I'm trying to help the customer," said Jean in a tug of war match with Reiner.
"Help her? Looks like your just flirting with her. Besides I'm pretty sure I can teach her how to cook," said Reiner winking at the girl.
"Hey, at least I'm doing it with subtleness. You're just making it obvious. Now, go back to the warehouse where you belong!"
"What the—, alright, now I'm getting to punch you."
"Bring it on, gorilla."
Hanji reached the end of the aisle, not paying much attention to Bertholdt who was sobbing on the floor in the fetal position, "T-This is a nightmare. W-Who…Who mixes soda and milk? T-That's not supposed to happen, there not supposed to be next to each other! That goes against everything I've learned! It's all sticky…"
As Hanji entered the back office, sounds from the intercom could be heard, "Connie! This is Mina I found your clothes; if you can hear me, I'll meet you in the bathroom. Please cover yourself when I'm there…Here Thomas you can use it now…Will the owner of a red camry come out front, you parked in two spaces and another customer got mad and…threw stuff on it. Let's just say it's not red anymore."
Finally, Hanji reached her office where Eren was in sitting in his chair hiding his face in shame. As she closed the door behind her, she also noticed Levi sitting on the nearby couch, "About time you came back. You know, I thought you would be the one who would make a mess of the store, but this little shit beat you to it."
"Now, Now, its not that bad," said Hanji as she approached Eren.
"Oh, yeah? Eren, tell her what happened to Armin."
Eren brought his head up, not able to face her, "H-He broke his leg…when I tripped him on accident. His shin landed on the concrete, scraping his knee."
"I-I see—"
"And then, I lost my balance trying to help him up…and I landed on his arm. Mikasa took him to the hospital."
"Well, what about the rest of the store?"
"Too many things happened at once. I was a little shocked and for a second, I was handling it. But it was just too much. A customer wanted to bring a dog in, and I said it was okay. The dog got loose and peed on Connie's pants. He took his pants off to dry in the bathroom. Then Reiner went in with some soda and accidently spilled it on his shirt and underpants. Connie hid in the stalls to take his clothes out and waited for them to dry. Reiner apologized and took his soda to the milk aisle and left it there because it was empty at the time. Reiner noticed that Jean was hitting on a girl, and the girl was cute so he went towards them, leaving the soda behind. Sasha was taking over Mikasa's spot moving the inventory, and noticed the soda there. So she moved all the soda cans in the milk aisle, but she then she realized it was the milk aisle, so she just put the milk next to the soda. Sasha then noticed that the dog was eating the meat, so she left, dropping the soda cans that spilled onto the milk. Then, Connie just started running around naked screaming 'someone took my clothes!' Turns out, it was Mike who took it when he was drunk from a game with his security team. He mistook Connie's shirt for a blanket and he thought the underpants was his."
"Wow, and you saw all that?" said Hanji.
"No, Levi did, he told me about it."
Hanji turned towards Levi who said, "I'm a sales manager, I was making sure no one was stealing and that we were making money. Which we were for a while."
Hanji breathed a heavy sigh as she brought Eren to his feet, "Don't worry we will fix this right away. Levi, close the place down for today."
Levi stood up, walked out the office, and went to close the store with his band of cashiers.
Later on…
"I'm really, really sorry, everyone. I guess I'm not cut out for this," said Eren as he bent down in front of his co-workers.
Hanji walked up to Eren as he revealed to him the real reason why she gave him this opportunity. "Eren, some of your co-workers were a little irritated when you bossed them around. So, I wanted you to see how a boss's job is really like. It's not easy trying to do everything yourself, so don't expect others to do that as well."
Eren was a little surprised to hear that,"Oh, I see…was it Jean?"
"Yes, it was."
"Hey it wasn't just me!" said Jean as he looked at the others.
"Anyways, sorry about making you do this. I understand if you hate me."
"N-No, not all. I was happy that I got to know what it felt like to be in charge."
Levi spoke up, "We were still selling, and there were some things you did right."
"Y-Yeah, Eren, you still showed compassion to the customers and your idea to move some of the products around was great!" said Marco.
"Definitely. Yeah. I probably would of made it worse," said most of the employees.
"See, it wasn't a total loss. You just need more experience," Hanji slapped Eren's back as everyone showed his or her gratitude.
The next day…
"Mikasa…I'm glad you remembered your hairpin, but don't start getting sweat on the produce…and you're starting to sweat a lot more all of a sudden," said Eren.
"He is still bossy and Mikasa is still not punching him," said Jean.
"Well, not that much, he has toned it down since then," said Connie.
"It seems like he does it more with Mikasa though," said Christa.
"Probably because she can take it, so he figured he wasn't gonna change that," said Sasha.
"Yeah," said Bertholdt.
Jean drifted his eyes toward Bertholdt, "How long have you been standing there?"
I could not stop writing when I did this one; it was so funny in my mind ha. Then again I'm just weird like that. There not all going to be long like this one, they will all vary lol. Thanks for reading, hope you liked it and leave a review. Oh and sorry for publishing the wrong chapter.
