YOOOOOO, guys! Hey! How is everyone? First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for the wonderful reviews and suggestions, and for all of the faves/follows; It really means a lot to know that someone is enjoying a story that you created. Thank you from the bottom of my kokoro c:!
Anyways, sorry I haven't updated, since the constant weather change, I was sick and just recently got over it, and I had a bunch of examinations and finals, so I didn't really have time to build on this story, but now I'm back :D! Also, I've recently watched Attack on Titan Abridged and it is seriously the best thing ever! If you haven't seen it, check it out! That is going to tie in a bit with this, but just because I feel as if it's needed to be mentioned xD
Hope your year is going great!
"You're so fucking cool Jean, holy shit!"
I walked into the office hearing quite an interesting statement. I saw everyone crowded around Hanji's work desk, laughing.
"It's funny because no one would ever think that if they knew our Jean, they would never say that", Sasha said, huddled in the group crowding the computer.
"Watch it, potato brain.", Jean retorted.
"It's true though, who on earth would call you a 'majestic stallion'?"Connie laughed.
I decided to join in on the ongoing festivity. "What goes on here?"
"Oh, hey Eren!", Hanji greeted, as usual. It seemed like everyone was watching a video; Hanji paused it. "Have you seen this cool new video about a parody of that cool new Anime Attack on Titan?", she questioned.
I shook my head, curiously; She frowned.
"Jeez, Eren! Get your head outta the gutters!", she pulled me into the group and continued the video.
"So, whatcha got there?", the video started. There was this burly commander guy who looks like torturing children is his day job, and probably dream job.
"A potato, sir!", this girl who resembled Sasha answered. Seeing the potato, Sasha's mouth seemed to water and her eyes glistened; I sure hope she doesn't begin gnawing at the computer...
"Potatoes have a lot of calories...you know a good way to burn calories?", the commander guy confronted the poor girl. Then, the scene cut to the girl desperately running laps, out of breath.
We all burst out laughing.
"Oh my gosh, this is hilarious!", I proclaimed.
"Not as hilarious as this morning's event.", Levi, popping out of nowhere, as usual, replied, behind our little huddle.
I froze.
"What is that supposed to mean?", Petra asked, confused.
"Ones who need know, know.", he said with amusement in his tone.
The room was quiet as everyone but I struggled to figure out the meaning of Levi's peculiar statement; The sound of his footsteps was the only noise in the entire room, and every step ricocheted in my head as I couldn't fathom what he dare-just announced.
"Anyways, your day to dilly-dally is tomorrow, there is still work to be done today." Levi broke the ever-present silence.
"Aww, c'mon Rivaille-Ravioli!", Hanji whined. "It's Saturday."
"Yes, I am well aware of the current day of the week, shitty glasses.", he remarked, "but it is another day of the week in which you get paid to make yourselves useful, and not by watching some aimless videos on the internet."
Hanji stuck her tongue out at Levi when he wasn't looking and we all retreated to our work desks.
"Alright, since it's Saturday, that means there'll be plenty of bratty teenagers in malls and such, a perfect opportunity to bring out the surveys for what readers would like to see in our next establishment.", Levi took out a file folder and handed out a booklet of papers to us; Well, it wasn't a booklet, it was just a whole bunch of the same papers clipped together. "Alright, we have 4 major hot spots: Ginza mall, Suki bookstore, The Loop, and Barnes & Noble.", Levi explained. "Given that there are eight of us, we'll need to split up in groups of two.
"Dibs on Mikasa!", Jean shouted.
"No.", Mikasa replied, deadpan. Jean looked as if all hope of humanity was wiped off his well-being.
"Eren, you wanna be partners?!", Hanji slung her arm over my shoulder, grinning. "It'll be fuuunn~"
"Yeah, definitely!", I answered. I'm really glad I wasn't leftover to be paired with Levi.
It turned out that Connie was partnered with Jean, who was sobbing at his rejection; Mikasa partnered with Sasha, and Petra with Levi; I feel sorry for Petra, she's such a sweet gal and had to be left with the biggest demon on the planet.
"Ooh~ look at all of these books!", Hanji ogled. We drew numbers and chose to do the survey at Suki Bookstore. This bookstore is HUGE. I'm unsure of it's dimensions, but I'm pretty sure it's the size of an average grocery store, with a second floor and mini coffee shop. Levi was right, this place was packed. From teenage girls, to golf dads, people of all sorts were here at their leisure.
Hanji must have caught me staring. "Now, Eren, I know there's plenty of lovely young ladies here, but we're here to interview them. You'll have plenty of time to hit some girls up tomorrow on the day off!", she winked.
Waving my hands in opposition, she just giggled and took off. "Meet back here in 3 hours!", she announced, running over to attract the attention of a couple of high schoolers.
It was 10 now, so we'd meet here at 1. Still in awe, I was glancing around at the store and it's lovely bookshelves; Everything here is so sparkly and fancy, all of the wood seems to be pure cherry oak, either that or this is damn good imitation. Walking over to a bookshelf, I glided my fingers on the spines of a row of books. "One day, my name will be on one of these shelves.", I said to myself.
"Oh, you like to write?", a calm voice asked. Looking up to see the articulator, it was a young teenage girl. She had curly brown hair to her shoulders and wide hazel green eyes.
"O-oh, yeah...I hope to get published one day, but you know, dreams are dreams.", I smiled, awkwardly.
"Well, never give up on your dreams.", The girl returned a smile.
"Yeah...thanks.", I replied. "Hey, do you like reading manga?", I asked her, remembering my reason for being here.
"Oh, yeah, definitely! I especially love DokiDaisuke Corp publishings!", she seemed elated to answer my question.
"That's great! You see, I'm with the publishing company-"
"Oh my gosh! No friggin' way! That's so stellar!", she seemed like she was about to explode with joy. "I love your new manga that was released Friday! I waited at the midnight pre-order and stood up all night indulging in it!"
Wow, fangirling is kind of scary.
"Well, that's great!", my voice wavered a bit in fear of this girl's enthusiasm, but I was here to complete my job. "You see, I'm doing a survey to see what readers like you would like to see more of in our next issue!"
After a ton of fangirling, I finally got the data I needed from this girl.
One down, 49 more to go.
Girl after girl, I filled out more and more surveys, and my ears were about to bleed from the constant squeals and constant babbling.
"U-um..e-excuse me?", someone approached me as I was leaning against a bookshelf and massaging my temples. "I-I heard that you were here with DokiDaisuke Corp filling out a Survey for your new manga?"
The voice belonged to a young boy, He was taller than I and slender. He had straight dark brown hair in a kind of typical-type skater boy hairstyle.
"I fixed my posture. "Yup, that's me!", I replied, smiling. The boy seemed nervous and uneasy.
"U-um, are boys allowed to fill out the survey as well?", he asked in a low voice, he looked down and was fiddling with his thumbs.
"Definitely! This survey is for ALL the readers; no gender discrimination.", I reassured him, handing him over a clipboard and pen. The boy's face lit up.
"R-really? Thanks! I really like the story-line, and I love reading it with my girlfriend. The art style seems to have changed a little in one part on the manga, but I actually really liked it. It feels refreshed.", the boy filled out the survey while speaking with me.
"Well, glad we could make you and your girlfriend happy!", I said. He handed me over the clipboard with the newly-filled out paper.
"Thanks a lot!", he smiled.
Luckily, that was my last survey. I looked at the time and it was 12:59, right on time.
"Well look at you~!", a very familiar arm slung around my shoulder. "Not only are you picking up girls, but boys too?", Hanji suggestively winked at me,
"N-no! No way!", I spazzed.
"You're blushing~!", she teased, pulling me over to the doorway of the bookstore.
"Am not!", I retorted, looking away from her.
"Why so defensive?", her taunts were relentless as we walked out of the bookstore.
"So, I assume everyone collected their required data?", Levi asked, shuffling the collected surveys on his desk."
"Yup", everyone answered in unison.
"And some of us got more data than we came for~!", Hanji announced, smirking at me; Gosh, smirking and torturing me was Levi's job, I don't need more than one of him in my life, let alone in the same workspace.
I shot up from my desk. "Hanji.", I warned.
"Some special data of some certain people", Hanji's tone rose in amusement.
"Hanji!", I yelled.
"Did you receive some certain girl's number, Eren?", Petra laughed; Oh gosh, not you too. I knew leaving you with Levi would corrupt you.
"No!", I defended, running over to Hanji.
"Not only some girl-", Hanji began but I covered her mouth.
"Hanji not another word or I swear I'll find and burn your BL", I threatened.
We struggled but eventually Hanji won in the end. My hand slipped off and: "Eren's seduced a teenage boy as well!"
Everyone gasped.
"All right, Jaeger Bombastic!", Connie cheered. "Reel 'em in!"
"N-no! It's totally not like that, AT ALL.", I defended, clutching my head in desperation.
"I can't wait to base my next fanfiction on you two!", Hanji squealed.
"He was just nervous about being part of the survey due to being a guy! I swear! Nothing more!", I pleaded in my defense, which was 100% true.
"So, Eren, you can't get enough, can you?", Levi joined in on the "Let's torture Eren until he jumps out the nearest window" festivity.
"So, Eren...one more thing...", Hanji, asked, still amused.
I groaned in response.
"Are you seme, or uke?"
