꧁ JUNIOR YEAR ꧂ Throughout the duration of college, your friend group had established a small home together near the campus, where today they came together to celebrate Sasha Braus’s birthday—right in the middle of the kitchen.

The lights over the room were dimmed to set the mood for Sasha as everyone impatiently waited around the marble island for her to blow out her candles that had been illuminating the space.

Eren leans against the kitchen island, his upper arms flexing as he supports his weight with his hands. After Sasha blows out her candles and everyone begins to slice the cake, you watch him push away from the island, pulling a small, wadded plastic bag from his pocket as he heads out of the room.