Eren was at the local food court, where Sasha "worked" and Connie frequently browsed. "...and they have this burn book where they write mean things about people." "What does it say about me?" Sasha looked up from underneath the bread counter.
"Sasha Braus is a binge-eating freak.
"You're not in it." The ponytail-wearing girl gave an exaggerated gasp. In the background, Connie held up a bottle of herbal tea. "Will this make me grow hair?" "No. Eren, you need to steal that book. Then we could publish it and show everyone what an ax-wound he really is." Eren was torn yet again. "N-no way!" "Eren, there are two types of evil people in this world. Those who do evil-CONNIE, THAT'S FOR YOUR BRAIN- and those who see evil being done but don't do anything about it." (Connie immediately drank the tea.) He stepped out of the shadows and whispered not-so-discreetly "Does that mean I'm morally obligated to burn that woman's outfit?"
He pointed to a freckled woman who was wearing an outlandish ensemble while picking out stinky pastries from a box. Sasha silently snickered and motioned to the boys. "Oh my god, that's Ms. Langnar! I love seeing teachers outside of school. It's like watching bears juggle." The teacher soon noticed the trio and grinned politely. "Hey, I didn't know you worked here!" Sasha popped up from underneath the counter with a croissant in her mouth while Ilse mentally put two and two together. Not trying to ruin his relationship with the teacher even more, Eren asked an extremely obvious question while trying to remove the angst from his tone. "So, you doing some shopping?" The short (but not as short as Levi) woman smiled and said "No, I'm here with my boyfriend." The croissant flew out of Sasha's mouth and the boys involuntarily dropped their jaws. The smile was wiped off of Ilse's face.
"Joking. I'm joking because sometimes older people...do...that. I'm just here to purchase some pastries for abnormal greyhound behavior research. Eren, you should really join the Titans. Freida-I mean, Miss Reiss recommended you for the team, and so did Arlert. He has uncanny intuition when it comes to stuff like this." The angsty teen smiled at his teacher even though he was internally imagining her fondness for the boy go down 20%. "I think I'm going to do it." Connie groaned loudly. "You can't join the Titans, that's social suicide." The smile was wiped off of Ilse's face...again. "I won't tell Freida you said that. Well, this has been sufficiently awkward. I'll see you in homeroom tomorrow." Once the teacher left the station, Recon infiltration was brought back. "So, when are you gonna see Levi and the guys again?" Eren groaned quietly, despite his angsty state. "I can't spy on him anymore. It's weird." Sasha and Connie shared the same Cheshire-like grins. "Nobody's gonna find out. It'll be our little secret."
In the middle of the night, Eren's phone began to ring. He picked up and to his horror, the caller was none other than Levi, but the connection wasn't that good. "H-hello?" Eren could practically hear Levi's smirk across the phone. "I know your secret." Oh god, busted. Oh god, oh god, I'm so dead. Is there still time to move back to Maria? Ok, just start apologizing, crying, and praying. Or should I just play it cool? "What secret?" "Auruo told me you like Mikasa. That's totally okay with me, I mean, you can do whatever you want with her. But let me tell you something about her: she only cares about her family and friends. Like, she REALLY cares." "Is that bad or-" "-but if you like her, whatever. I could probably talk to her or something for you." Eren grinned widely even though nobody could see it. "Really? You would do that? But nothing embarrassing, right?" Levi chuckled.
"Oi, no way. I know exactly how to play it. But wait-aren't you super mad at Auruo for telling me? That was a dick thing to do, right?" Eren's shrug was masked. "Well, it was kind of...dick-like, but I think he just wants attention." Levi pressed a button and the two-colored haired boy was now on the phone. "See, Auruo? Eren could never be mad at you." "I can't believe you think I want attention!" They both hung up. The angsty teen (who was sweating more than Bertholdt on a daily basis) took a long breath. He had just survived his first three-way calling attack.
With Levi's blessing, I began to talk to Mikasa even more. On October 3rd, she asked me what day it was. "It's October 3rd." Two weeks later, we spoke again. "It's raining." "Heh, yeah. I guess it is. I mean, it is!" But I wanted things to move forward, so I followed my instincts. Eren tapped his hopefully soul mate on the shoulder. "Hey, can you help me with this? I'm really lost." But I wasn't lost. Mikasa smiled a perfect half-quarter-smile. "Sure." I understood everything Ms Reiss was talking about. "It's not an abnormal, which means you need to take it on yourself," Wrong. Eren smiled and continued to prod the scarf-clad girl. "Is that how you really mimic animals?" "Yeah, just about." Wrong again. She was so wrong. "Thanks. I think I get it now."
Just as the students began to file out the door, Mikasa turned to Eren. He momentarily forgot how to breathe until he realized that guys who pass out on the floor turning blue probably aren't what turns girls on. "Hey, so we're going to a halloween party at Nifa's. You wanna come?" The angsty teen's angst overflowed in his eyeballs as they bulged. "Oh my gosh, totally! I-I mean, yeah. Sure." Mikasa's quarter smile turned into a half. "Great. Here's where it is. It's a costume party, and people always get pretty intense over it." She gave a little chuckle, and Eren got a little boner. "The flier admits one person only, so don't bring some random dude with you." "Grool."The silence between the two was deafening. "I-I meant to say great and then I meant to say cool." Luckily, Mikasa seemed to understand. "Okay, grool. I'll see you tonight."
Armin soon slid over to Eren, who was still daydreaming about a certain scarf girl. "Hey, Maria boy? Earth to Maria? Are you staying for the Titans meeting tonight?" Still in a daze, the angsty boy dreamily floated out the door. "Yeah, totally. I'll...I'll be right back."
That was a total lie, but hey! I had to work on my costume.Combat World is sort of like Girl World, where Halloween is the one day a year where a girl can dress like a total slut and nobody can criticize. The only exception is that in combat world, you definitely criticize.
Levi and Hanji were currently in the latter's bedroom, both in different costumes. Hanji was a standard witch, except a dress was replaced with a striped purple leotard complete with elbow length long fingerless gloves and fishnet tights. The gleam in her eyes was switched out for yellow contacts. Levi was currently shirtless, his abs laughing at the greyhound obsessed girl. He had on floppy dog ears and tight black jeans. Hanji reckoned she could have fell for the short boy if they weren't already such close friends. The tight "collar" he wore wasn't helping things, though.
"Ooh, you look hot!" "Good. Why don't you? Oh, wait- you'll never be hot." "Come on, Levi. Everyone knows that I'll never be hot-COMPARED TO YOU! Ha! I'm still a Recon, and I'm gonna snag me a test subject tonight!" "That's nasty, shitty glasses." "As nasty as it is, I'm your ride there." "...whatever."
Petra and Auruo soon arrived at Erwin's house. Petra was an angel (white lace top and extremely short shorts, wings included) and Auruo was a devil (ripped rep tank top and fake loincloth, horns included). Erwin opened the door and he was wearing...nothing. He wasn't wearing anything except for a fireman's hat on his head. Auruo snorted. "And what are you supposed to be?" Eyebrows-um, Erwin responded with a cheerful "I'm a firefighter. Duh." He pointed to the hat and the duo rolled their eyes. "Let's just go."
AN: Ooh, cliffhanger! Not really if you saw the movie. Describing sexy Halloween costumes was really awkward, by the way. Until next time!