Chapter 13: I Refuse to Leave Eren Alone

After last night's attack and the long conversation with President Saitou, Ai spent most of the day with her children and the President. Miyako made delicious breakfast for everyone, a skill she got better in the past four years since she never cared much for cooking prior to helping Ai with the kids.

Ai made sure to maintain her motherly persona as much as possible, refusing to let the emotions from last night get to her while her children were near her. They needed to see that she was strong and in control of her emotions so that they could feel safe and secure in the house.

Ai's biggest fear was that they wouldn't feel safe anymore. Their home was meant to be seen as completely safe since they always had to hide when they went out into the public. She didn't want them to lose the feeling of safety that their home should give them.

After breakfast, Ai put on an anime show that Ruby would occasionally watch. She made sure it was age appropriate of course, but it was a magical girl anime, so Ai was confident that it was child friendly. Aqua wasn't very interested in it, but she kind of guessed since he was a boy and he showed that he was interested in boy things.

Though, it was always strange since he actually always preferred shows and books that you'd expect a grown man to like. Ai wondered if maybe he was just so much more mature for his age, or maybe he has an older soul like how a lot of older mythologies speak on reincarnation. Not that Ai ever believed in reincarnation.

At least he was safe, she would tell herself. The bruising on his neck was still very visible, but he had no issues in swallowing food or moving his neck. She'd notice him wince a few times, but he had full range of motion in his neck.

Ai wanted to go over to Eren's door and see if he was ok. He left without saying anything and Ai wondered if he was upset about what happened. She wasn't surprised. He was terrifying when he... hurt... Ryosuke. She didn't want to imagine what happened to him, she felt as if he didn't deserve it.

Maybe arrested, but not killed. Ai hated the thought of violence of any kind. It always brought up memories of her mother. But she also understood that even if he went too far, Eren defended them. How can she hate or even distrust him when he put his life on the line to protect her and her children?

Eren also seemed sad about what happened. If he was sad about what happened, it meant he was a good person, right? He seemed like he was strong, and adrenalin can do weird things to a person. So, he must be incredibly sad about killing someone.

She made up her mind. While Miyako and President Saitou weren't looking, she would step outside in order to knock on his door and invite him over. Eren didn't deserve to be left alone if he was going through the same emotions that she was. He needed to be around people and have his mind calmed. It would also give Miyako and the President the chance to see the real him.

While everyone was distracted, Ai put on a pair of slip-on shoes. She checked herself in the mirror really quick. She got a chance to bathe after breakfast and changed into a white shirt with yoga pants. She took a second to smooth out her hair before silently opening the door.

She stepped over to Eren's door and gave it a few knocks. She wondered if he was resting or even if he was home. She was a bit worried about waking him up, but she didn't want Eren to be alone right now.

"What is it?" Eren said as he opened the door, shocked for a moment when he saw Ai. "Ai?" Eren asked.

Eren was not expecting to see her. He honestly thought that Ai didn't want to see him right now, given what happened last night. He especially didn't expect to see her smiling and happy face when he opened the door, though he could tell she was doing that idol act of hers.

"Hey sleepy head." Ai greeted, laughing a bit at how messed up his hair was. He must have been woken up when she knocked.

"What are you doing here?" Eren asked.

"Well, I figured you probably have a lot on your mind since last night." She said. "I figured you could use some company, so my door is open for you to come over."

Eren raised an eyebrow. Given how scared she was of him last night, Eren expected her to be worried about him. However, Ai acted as if last night didn't even happen.

"I'll be fine." Eren dismissed, not interested in socializing with anyone right now.

"Oh come on." Ai pushed. "It's not healthy to just shut yourself off from the world after something like last night."

"I just want to be alone." Eren said.

"I know." Ai said. "I do sometimes too, but it's not good for the mind to just be alone and away from friends."

"We're friends now?" Eren asked dismissively.

"Well, I'm your friend at least." She said. "So, I have an invested interest in your wellbeing, so I'm not giving you any other choice but to come over for some delicious lunch." She flashed a peace sign while winking.

Eren sighed in annoyance. He almost would have preferred it if she didn't want to even see him again. Instead, here she was, once again forcing him out of his room.

"I didn't think you'd trust me after what happened." Eren said honestly.

"It was scary, that much is true." Ai agreed.

Ai was scared. Eren seemed like a rabid animal when he attacked Ryosuke, like something you'd hear about animal control having to put down. However, regardless of how scary it was, and how much it implied that he may have killed before, Ai couldn't look past the fact that he did protect her.

"But you saved my life." She said. "If you weren't there, I honestly don't even want to imagine what would happen."

"You looked very scared at the time." Eren said.

"Well, yea." Ai agreed. "It was kind of the first time that happened to me. I never actually was in a situation where someone tried to kill me. So, I was very scared. Especially when Aqua had a knife near his throat."

"He did?" Een asked.

"Right, you weren't there for that part." Ai said. Eren must have come in shortly after Aqua escaped Ryosuke's grasp. "Aqua bit his hand and he dropped him. Aqua still has a bruise on his neck from where he was... you know... strangled." She struggled to say.

"Yea, I didn't see that part." Eren said.

"So, yea, I was scared. Scared for myself, scared for my children, and honestly I was scared for you." She admitted.

"Me?" Eren asked.

"Ryosuke attacked me because he was mad at me." Ai said. "I was his target. I didn't want you to get hurt at all. You were defenseless and he had a knife. I didn't think you'd be able to fight him off."

"I'm hardly defenseless." Eren said. "The fool didn't even know how to use a knife."

"Yea, please don't say stuff like that around anyone else." Ai said, once again silencing the alarm bells in her head.

"It's the truth." Eren said.

"But the thing is, I was scared that he'd hurt you. So, if I could have bargained with him to let you escape with my kids, then I'd feel much better."

"Even at the cost of your own life." Eren said.

"Well, I'm a mama. It's my job." Ai smiled.

Ai reminded Eren nothing of his own mother. She looked nothing like his mother, nor did she act like his mother. But for a moment, he drew a few similarities from her. Both her and his own mother were women willing to give their lives if it meant the safety of their children. For Carla Yeager, she did give her life. For Ai, she was lucky that Eren was there to do what Hannes could not. Though to be fair, no one was prepared for that day.

"How do you think Aqua and Ruby would have felt?" Eren asked.

"Huh?" Ai asked. "What do you mean?"

"How do you think they would have felt, watching their mother die while a man carried them away to safety?"

"I-" Ai struggled to answer.

"They would have been devastated. They would have felt nothing but anger and rage at the world. They would have grown vengeful. If the man left, they would have dedicated their lives to finding the murderer and ending him. You'd save their lives but doom them to a cruel life of vengeance and hatred." Eren said.

Ai was stunned into silence as he said that. She didn't imagine what would have happened if she did die to Ryosuke and the last time her children would see her alive was running away with a strange man to safety while she died. She was so caught up in trying to preserve their lives, that she didn't consider that they would grow to be angry and hurt.

"Is that coming from experience?" Ai asked sadly.

Eren said nothing, confirming her question. She knew his mother was killed, which means that Eren likely saw his mother's murder. He said it happened when he was ten, meaning he'd probably vividly remember it.

Ai's heart broke when she imagined it. In her mind, she imagined a woman who had similar features to Eren, in much the same position she was in last night. cornered by a killer and pleading for her son to be spared. She imagined someone carrying Eren away as his mother was stabbed, imagined a small ten-year-old Eren crying as he saw his own mothers death.

And that's what almost happened to her, what almost happened to Ruby and Aqua. She looked Eren in the eyes and saw what Meimei meant when he reminded her of her ex. There was a darkness in his eyes, a kind of dark spark that told of a cruel and painful life. Eye's that wanted to see the world burn.

Even though her ex and Eren were polar opposites in how they acted, that same anger was there. However, Eren's eyes told more of pain than anger. Whatever anger that was there was fading, replaced with sorrow and a sense of loss.

She imagined Aqua having those same eyes. That anger and pain that Eren and her ex both had. What would have happened to him if she died? He already was a serious boy; would he go down whatever road Eren did? Would he have had those same thoughts that Eren has now? It broke her heart to imagine her sweet and innocent boy possessing those same eyes.

"Well, it didn't happen because you saved me." Ai tried to smile, hoping to keep her loving attitude so as to keep Eren from thinking about the past too much.

"I guess so." Eren dismissed.

"Which is why you're coming over now." Ai said with determination.

"Why?" Eren asked.

"Because you're too serious all the time. You need to laugh more." She smiled. "So, let's not think about what happened, either in the distant past or what happened last night. Instead, let's have a delicious lunch and talk about better things."

"I really don't want to." Eren said.

"No, but you need to." Ai countered. "Besides, I don't think you saw the inside of my home yet."

"I did last night." Eren said.

"Ok, but I don't think you were admiring my decorations." She said in a deadpanned voice.

"Fair." Eren shrugged.

"Come on, let's just go." Ai grabbed Eren's hand and started to pull him away.

"Wait, can I at least put something on my feet?" Eren asked, giving a bit of resistence.

"Oh right." Ai laughed, noticing that he was barefoot. "Sorry, go ahead."

Ai expected him to put on some kind of flip flop since they were next to each other, but he went through the trouble of putting on boots. Did he only have that one pair of boots? She would need to get him some more things if he was going to be living there.

"Ai?" She heard from her room, only to see Miyako-San poking her head out.

When she saw Ai outside of Eren's room, her jaw almost hit the floor.

"Are you serious?" She asked, clearly annoyed. "You can't even wait for Ichigo and I to leave before going to see him? You know how Ichigo gets."

"How do I get?" The President walked out with his wife.

He looked at his wife as she scolded Ai, then towards his best idol, who was next to Eren's open door.

"Seriously?" He asked.

"Well, I didn't want Eren to be alone after last night." Ai shrugged, knowing that this was going to happen eventually.

"You couldn't have waited for us to leave?" The President said in annoyance.

"See?" Miyako pointed to her husband.

"Well, he was all alone, and you guys said you were going to stay here till late. So, I thought of inviting him over for lunch." Ai explained.

"What's going on?" Eren asked as he stepped outside of the house.

"Oh yea, Eren, you remember President Saitou and Miyako-San." Ai pointed to her boss.

Eren stared at her, waiting for Ai to realize her mistake again.

"Nani?" Ai asked.

"I'm assuming that's a question?" Eren asked.

"Oh, right." Ai hit herself. "Look, it's hard trying to switch back and forth when you know two languages. Sometimes I forget which one I'm speaking."

"I wouldn't know." Eren shrugged. The only people he ever met that knew more than one language were Hizuru.

"Well, until you try to learn more than one, then you can judge me." Ai crossed her arms in a joking manner, pretending to be offended.

However, Ai couldn't contain her composure as she started to giggle from the joke. Eren, although still didn't like her idol act, did find the interaction a bit amusing.

"I doubt I'd have trouble switching back and forth like you do." Eren laughed.

"Oh?" Ai shot back. "Well, why don't you learn Japanese and we'll see how easy it is for you."

Miyako and Ichigo watched the little interaction, knowing full well Ai had a crush on the young man. Worse yet, Eren had a smile now for the first time they've seen him. It was small and subtle, but there.

"They're bantering." Miyako said.

"I know." Ichigo sighed, worried about Ai's lack of common sense and annoyed at how easily she just waves off red flags.

"Come on in." Ai grabbed Eren's hand and dragged him into her home, right behind Miyako and the President.

She stopped in the doorway and quickly took off her slipped on shoes. She started walking into the main room before turning around and looking surprised at Eren.

"Hey, what are you doing?" She asked.

"Coming in?" Eren said in an unsure tone.

"With your boots on?" Ai asked.

"Yes?" Eren answered, still unsure.

Ai looked at him as if she was scolding one of her children, like Eren just did something that would deserve a light punishment from his mother.

"In a Japanese house, you leave your shoes at the door." Ai said. "It's polite."

"Oh, sorry." Eren said.

"It's ok." Ai giggled, slightly amused at Eren's behavior. "Normally I'd make you clean the floor, but since this is your second time I'll make an exception."

"Second time?" Eren asked.

"Well, yea. Yesterday." She joked.

"I don't think that counts." Eren said in annoyance.

"It does." Ai giggled, hoping to keep the mood light.

Eren sighed but smiled a bit again. She was a very strange girl. He almost found her strangeness to be appealing in a way. She would always just try to look at the bright side of things and go as far as to make light of bad things so as not to let anyone dwell on it.

"Miyako-San has prepared a delicious meal of us for lunch." Ai smiled.

"What is it?" Eren looked over towards the older woman.

"It's Budae-jjigae, it's a Korean dish that roughly translates to Army Base Stew." Miyako explained.

"Korean food is typically spicier than Japanese, but so delicious." Ai said.

"What is Army Base Stew?" Eren asked.

"It's a special kind of stew that has a lot of Asian and American foods boiled together. Like Spam, Hot Dogs, American Cheese, and Ramen noodles." She explained. "During the Korean War, a lot of Korean people settled around American Bases and combined American and Korean foods. Now-a-days, it's seen as a delicacy."

Eren kept quiet about asking about this war she was talking about. If he was alone with Ai he'd ask, but the others in the room already distrusted him so he kept quiet.

Eren sat down with everyone else at the small table. It was difficult for him to find a comfortable position since he was used to eating on chairs his whole life. Eren did on occasion eat on the ground on mission or during the Mid East campaign, but he still wasn't used to this weird small table.

Eren sat on the edge closest to the wall, with Ai opposite of him. Her children were on either side of her. Miyako and the President sat on the other sides of the table, both opposite of each other.

Eren saw as Ruby, Ai's daughter, whispered something into her mother's ear. Ai had a questioning look as she listened to her daughter, then gave a heartwarming smile when she was done.

"Ruby-Chan wanted to thank you for last night." Ai said.

"It's no problem." Eren waived off the gratitude from the small child.

"What about you Aqua-Chan, is there anything you want to say?" She turned to her son, who was slurping up a large bundle of noodles.

After he swallowed, Aqua turned towards his mother before looking at Eren. He looked directly at Eren and said something in Japanese, then looked to his mother to translate for him.

"Aqua-Chan says he is incredibly grateful and glad you saved us." Ai smiled.

Aside from the children, everyone began speaking to each other in English so as to include Eren in any conversations. Predictablly, Eren only answered simple questions and didn't contribute much of the conversation. It was mainly Ai talking about various things that happened that week, such as how tiring it was being in the meet the idol room when so many people would come through.

"Sorry to make it so difficult for you." Eren laughed a bit, not knowing based on her demeanor that day that she was exhausted.

"You were just one person in the line, hardly added any time." Ai giggled.

"You didn't look tired at all." Eren said.

"Well, I have to keep up appearances." Ai said. "Even though I got done a performance, I had to make sure that every fan has the right to see me at my best. After all, I see thousands of fans in an event, that'll be their first time seeing me. So, I need to always be perfect."

"You did take a while getting there." Eren said.

"Yea, I had to go back to redo my makeup and hair." She said.

"Really?" Eren asked.

"You can sweat a lot doing those shows and sometimes it can ruin the makeup. So, our stylists had to reapply it and fix my hair. Otherwise, I'd look like I'd just got out of bed." She giggled.

"Sometimes fans can get upset if an idol doesn't match their exact fantasies of them." Ichigo commented.

"I still don't get why they get upset." Eren said. "Everyone knows it's fake, right"

"Not everyone." Ichigo said. "A lot of people can be psychotic in their obsession. Like the guy from last night."

"Wait." Eren stopped him. "That man was a fan?"

"Yes." Ichigo answered.

"And he tried to kill Ai?" Eren asked.

"Unfortunately, yes." Ichigo answered again.

"That makes no sense." Eren said. "Why kill someone you like?"

"He felt betrayed that Ai had children." Ichigo said. "It's one of the reasons we go to such lengths to hide her identity, and why were so cautious around you." Ichigo answered honestly.

"That explains why you acted so weird around me." Eren said to himself. "Wait." Eren said. "He felt betrayed she had kids? Was he an ex-lover or something?"

"That's a strange way of putting it." Ichigo said, noticing how he said ex-lover. "But no, to my knowledge that was the first time they met." Ichigo turned to Ai.

"He did a meet the idol event a while back and gave me a present. But that was it." Ai said, not bothering to look at the trash where his present now was.

Ai threw it away the moment she had a chance to do so. It hurt to think about the poor man who let his obsession overcome him, that she didn't want to look at it again.

"But that makes no sense." Eren said. "How can he feel betrayed that you had kids when he didn't even know you?" Eren asked Ai.

"Well, it's my fault." Ai said sadly.

"Ai-" Ichigo said.

"It is." She said. "I created this lie and told all my fans I loved them, even when it's a lie. He probably wouldn't have done what he did if I didn't lie the way I did. If I was honest, maybe-"

"Bullshit!" Eren slammed his hand down on the table, causing Ai and Ruby to jump at the surprise while The President, Aqua, and Miyako widened their eyes at the display.

"Eren-" Ai tried to say.

"To hell with that bastard." Eren said angrily. "He tried to take a woman from her children out of his own selfish desires. He's nothing more than a rabid dog. How can you feel bad for him when you had every right to do what you did." Eren said to her.

"Because I-" She was cut off again.

"You're better than that Ai." He said. "It's a damn act that you do to make money and support yourself. He's some psychotic bastard that couldn't see that and had no right to attack you."

Ai was left speechless as Eren defended her. Even Miyako and the President were speechless. They ever imagined that Eren would defend her so much after hearing what he did.

Aqua was glad he heard Eren say those things. As much as he still wasn't sure about Eren's past, he was glad that Eren was at least normal in that regard. Knowing the difference between enjoying a cute idol and her act versus getting obsessed to the point of violence.

Ruby just looked around the table, completely unsure of what was going on due to her lack of English.

"Thank you Eren." Ai said with a smile. "I'm glad you said that."

Aqua knew that Ai was always hard on herself and had her own insecurities, but it was nice to see her hear the words from someone that wasn't either her children or her boss.

"So, he got bit by a bug, and now he has spider powers?" Eren asked as they watched a superhero movie.

"I think so." Ai said as they watched.

"Of course. Haven't you been watching?" Ichigo said in annoyance as they watched the movie. "Just pay attention."

Aqua wanted to watch another western superhero movie, so Ai decided to have a little afternoon movie time with everyone. Eren was very surprised at how amazing the quality looked. I looked even more real than the modern pictures he saw in his world. He sat on one of the chairs while Ai sat on the couch with her kids on each side. Miyako decided to do all the cleaning while the President worked on his computer on the table, though he did keep his attention partially on the movie.

The plot was simple, and thankfully it was in English with Japanese letters on the bottom for the ones who can't speak English, mainly Ai's children. It was odd, but in hindsight it wasn't too crazy compared to his own powers.

"Hey, Eren." Ai called over in a bit of a whisper.

"What?" He asked, turning to her.

"Ruby-Chan said your hair is a bit of a mess." She said.

"Ok?" Eren said.

"She wanted to know if she could fix it for you." Ai said.

Eren looked at the little girl as she sat next to her mother. She had a worried but determined expression on her face when Ai asked that.

"Sure, I guess." Eren said, seeing no reason why he couldn't let the four-year-old mess with his hair.

"Let me go get my brush." Ai said as she stood up and went over to her room.

After a moment, she returned with a brush and some hair ties before handing it to her daughter. Ruby looked excited at getting to mess with Eren's hair.

"She actually does her side ponytail herself sometimes." Ai said.

"Well, please don't give me that." Eren said, causing Ai to giggle.

"No, I mean she's very good with styling hair. She does it every chance she can get." Ai explained.

Eren sat at the floor in front of where Ruby sat on the couch. Ruby took the brush and started lightly brushing Eren's hair, removing the few nots that was in his straight hair. Eren didn't feel all that comfortable letting her mess with his hair, but he figured it would be fun for the kid, so he let her work on him.

Ruby eventually managed to get his hair straight enough and decided to pull it back so that his hair on his scalp was almost flush with his head. She took a hair tire and tied hit into a tight ponytail that was low on his head. Then Ruby started the braid the ponytail before tying it off at the bottom, creating a single long braid on the back of his head.

"It looks amazing Ruby-Chan!" Ai screamed at her daughter. "Take a look Eren." She said, handing him a mirror.

Eren took the mirror and looked at himself. It looked ok, but Eren never had his hair styled like this before. It was weird for him, but it looked ok. He wondered if this was a girls type of hairstyle since he wasn't familiar with Japanese hairstyles. Even his improvised bun didn't make his hair that flush on his head.

Ai laughed with her daughter in a very loving way as she commented on Eren's new hairdo. Eren had no intention of keeping it this way, but he'd at least let them have this for now.

As he saw the mother on the couch with her children, he couldn't help but see his own family in their place.

He saw his own mother as she laughed along with his dumb antics, always keeping that loving personality of hers even when she was sad. He saw a bit of himself in Aqua, never really showing her love or affection because of his own pathetic and childish pride. Mikasa, although nothing like Ruby, still acted like a kind of considerate daughter when she was adopted by the Yeager's.

If Eren wasn't here last night, this loving family wouldn't be here. Best case scenario, the children lived while the mother died. He had no doubt that Aqua would follow a similar path to him and grow angry and vengeful against the world. Ruby would no doubt grow that way as well, probably following in her brothers footsteps as he chose a life of vengeance and violence to avenge his mother.

At least Eren spared a family from going through what he went through. That was one thing that made him glad. Ai would stay safe to raise her children and show them all the love and affection that Eren was robbed. They would grow to maybe follow in her footsteps or maybe do something else with their lives.

The only thing missing from their lives was a father, which Eren was unsure of why exactly he wasn't here.

"Hey Ai." Eren got her attention.

"Yes?" Ai asked, calming down from her play session with Ruby.

"Did you have a husband?" Eren asked.

He remembered Sergei saying she was single and could guess that whoever got her pregnant was no longer around. He was unsure if Ai had a husband who died.

Ai though... didn't take it like that.

"W-what?" She flushed. "I- uh..."

Ai wondered if Eren was asking if she was single. After all, if he brought up any relationship with a man in her life, maybe he wanted to know so he could ask her out.

Of course, though, Ai would never entertain the notion. After all, she was so busy with her work, and she had her kids who took up most of her free time. She could barely get any time to herself, let alone go out on dates. So it was impossible for her to even consider that Eren may be asking if she was single. She couldn't ever date him in a million years until she became rich and was able to afford the time to go out on a date with him and hopefully actually have the time-

"Ai?" Eren asked.

"Oh no, I have never been married." Ai blushed.

"I see." Eren said.

"Hey, we should do something next weekend." Ai said.

"Do what?" Eren asked.

"We should just do something this Saturday. It'll be my day off and we can go out and have fun. What do you say?" She asked.

"Will you force me to go regardless?" Eren asked.

"Yup!" Ai flashed a peace sign at him.

Eren put his head into his hand, clearly unable to escape the small womans grasp.

"Fine." Eren relented. "Where will you drag me this time?" He asked.

"Well, anywhere you want to go?" She asked him.

Eren thought for a moment. When was the last time he saw the Sea? It was always his favorite place to go when they had to go to the docks after they reclaimed wall Maria. He actually missed it a lot while being here, and he wondered just how big and beautiful the Sea was in this world. He wondered if it was the same salty water from his world or maybe the Sea was fresh in this world.

"How about the Sea." Eren recommended.

"The Sea?" Ai asked. "You mean the beach?"

"Sure." Eren said, actually kind of excited about seeing this worlds version of the Sea.

Ai on the other hand, interpreted it differently.

She remembered the picture she signed for him after the concert. It was when she did that modeling job for a swimsuit company. It was the most revealing she ever was in the public image and the thought of him looking at that picture filled her with a sense of embarressment but also a bit of pride.

And he wanted to go to a beach, where she would be in a swimsuit, in the flesh, in real life, in front of him, and basically mostly naked.

"You ok?" Eren asked.

"Y-yea. That sounds great." Ai smiled, hiding her blush at the thought.

Ichigo was wondering why Ai was struggling to talk to Eren. After all, it was just a beach. What is so scary about that? Of course, that meant a headache for him because he knew Ai was going to request it, meaning he would have to rent out a private spot since he didn't want her spotted with a strange man. He already knew he was going to need to organize everything for Ai and request production to allow "Recreational Funding" to purchase the private spot, so he'd probably have to invite all the girls on this trip.

Miyako only shook her head. She remembered going to the beach with guys, mainly as an excuse to show off her swimsuit for the boy so she'd have an easier time getting his attention. No doubt Ai was thinking the same. She could tell her dense blockhead of a husband couldn't figure that out. He never did fully understand a woman's heart.

Aqua thought this would be a perfect opportunity for them to get close. It would ensure at least a friendship, though he could tell that Ai was getting nervous. He figured that it would be good for Ai, not only for her safety, but also to spend a fun day with someone her own age. He still just wished Eren had less red flags.

Ruby had no idea what was going on.

"I'll make sure President Saitou sets everything up." Ai smiled.

And there it is, Ichigo thought.

"We'll make it really fun. Though you have to promise to bring sunscreen." Ai told Eren.

"Sunscreen?" He asked on habit.

"Yea, it's a lotion that protects your skin from the sun." Ai said automatically, already used to Eren's lack of general knowledge.

'How uneducated is this guy!?' Aqua, Miyako, and Ichigo thought.

I'm actually a little unsure of this chapter honestly. I wanted to avoid the trope of "Bad thing happen, so characters don't talk to each other for a while", and instead make it something a bit more wholesome and funnier. Let me know if this actually ended up working lol.