This love has taken a toll on me. She said goodbye, too many times before.

Eren generally had more important things to do. Being in survey corps meant constantly risking your life for the sake of humanity—who continued to complain and judge— plus being a titan shifter, which meant another weight on his shoulders. Eren didn't have time for this whole love life thing the books so drawly say to be the most beautiful yet consuming thing ever.

Eren did have love, a love for killing Titans, and proving Jean wrong—but now he thinks about it it seems more of a passion.

But you? He didn't even know if it was love, hate, or a mix of both. He wasn't sure. He had never been the ladies' man, so he had little to no experience at all.

It started out as any ordinary love fairytale puppy love book. Meeting as trainees, sneaking out late at night to talk, first kiss, all the cliche things.

Then, one day, you just stopped. Stopped the touching, kissing, flirting, acted like all that never happened, leaving Eren so very confused. He didn't have a lot of time to process it as he figured out his titan abilities later on.

Then you started being all flirty again, then stopped yet again— the cycle continued, leaving Eren confused and wanting more every time. He couldn't just push you away or trust him. He's tried, but his poor heart just can't stay away.

Mikasa and Armin were so utterly done with his rants.

This week was yet another start of the situationship, the subtle yet obvious enough hints you've been giving Eren started again— and Eren let himself foolishly indulge.

Again.

Maybe this time it'll be different? Maybe this time you'll finally straighten out what you two were? Maybe this time you won't treat him like a plaything.

His thoughts were interrupted when Mikasa hit him in the back of his head harshly. "Oww, what was that for?" Eren groaned, rubbing the spot Mikasa had hit. His brows furrowed when Mikasa scolded him for staring at you for what must've been the 5th time this dinner.

Armin gave him a sigh, already knowing where this was going. Eren was hopeless.