you looked at yourself in the bathroom mirror, twisting and turning to see if the scrubs you wore fit. the only downfall of being in the nursing program was the requirement to wear scrubs to class. sure they were comfortable, kinda, but it also made you feel like you were wearing pajamas. the bathroom door swung open and you let out a squeal.

sasha looked at you and blinked. "y/n, i'm about to kiss you right now. you look so cute!"

"um... thanks." you felt your face redden at her words.

"when i get old and grey, i'm only allowing you to be my nurse. cute nurses for me only!"

"sasha, when you're old and grey, i will be too. i might even get ugly and wrinkly." you laugh.

"nonsense! but if you don't mind leaving so i can shower..."

"oh right." you quickly gather up your belongings and leave out the door that connects to your room.

before shutting the door, sasha pokes her head out. "what time will you be done today?"

"hmm, i believe 2."

"do you work?"

"no, i'm off today."

sasha grins. "perfect. i only have one class today and i'm borrowing mikasa's car to go grocery shopping since her and annie will be in class all afternoon. you're coming with."

you wanted to protest because you just wanted to come home and unwind after class. but you also were aware that you had no food in the dorm. in fact, all of you guys had only been surviving on the meals that you could purchase at the dining hall, and truth be told, the meals weren't that great. last night, after your guys successful thrift adventures, you ate dinner there before mikasa dropped you off at work. sasha cried through her meal due to the bland taste.

"yeah that's fine." you smile at her. she does a small fist pump before closing the door. you hear the sound of the water starting, indicating that she is about to shower.

you quickly finish getting ready, realizing how little time you had left to get to class. and there was also the factor that you had no idea where it was. after finishing, you quickly ran out of your dorm, looking at the school map on your phone.

"ok, if i'm here then it should be..."

"y/n!" you looked over in the direction of which your name was being called to see hitch. she was also sporting scrubs and you perked up at the fact that she was more than likely going to the same place you were.

"hitch, good morning! are you...?"

"up, heading there now. you looked a little lost so i'll guide you there." hitch nods her head, as a gesture to follow her.

"i didn't know you were in the nursing program as well."

"well you didn't ask." hitch teases.

"sorry!"

"don't apologize. i was only teasing. besides, it's rare for freshman like us to even get into the program. i took some college courses in high school to help me out. what about you?"

"same, actually. my senior year is all a blur considering how swamped i was in assignments. i don't even think i was able to go to prom or anything like that." you laugh.

"you missed your prom? damn."

you scrunch your nose up. "well, school events such as prom weren't really my thing."

"fair enough. i barely remember mine if i'm being honest."

you continue casual conversation as you approach the classroom. you looked at the clock on the wall and realized that you still had time to spare. walking and talking with hitch sure put you at ease. you enjoyed her company. hitch just gave off this confident yet laid back aura.

you followed hitch over to a couple of desks in the middle of the room, next to a small blone and taller brunette. they looked up at hitch and grinned widely.

"hitch! congratulations on being a fellow freshie in the nursing program!" the blonde cheered as she went in for a hug.

"historia!" hitch smiled. "looks like the four of us are the only freshie in here, considering the looks being tossed our way." hitch finished her sentence in a hushed whisper. you turned your head and did notice some small looks and glared being tossed your way.

historia pulled back from hitch, looking at her with furrowed eyebrows. "four?"

"ah, where are my manners? historia, ymir, this is y/n."

"hi." you wave sheepishly.

"oh! you're sasha's roommate, right? i'm glad we finally got to meet!" ymir smiles.

"y/n! sit next to me." historia says.

"but i'm sitting next to you." ymir pouts.

historia playfully rolls her eyes. "i'll sit in front of you, silly."

"oh? even better so i can look at you all day."

historia's cheeks flush as ymir smirks. hitch playfully gags but laughs as the professor makes her way in. you shuffled into your seat next to historia and gathered your materials.

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after your class ended, you waved goodbye to the three girls. ymir and historia had other classes to tend to meanwhile hitch was scheduled to work. you met up with sasha outside of the building your class was being held. she was sipping on a smoothie, twirling mikasa's car keys around her finger while scrolling through her phone. she looked up at you with wide eyes when you approached.

"i feel like i've died and gone to heaven every time i see you in scrubs."

"sasha, could it be that you're flirting with me?" you laugh.

"it's a possibility. gotta have a back up plan in case things don't work out with the guy i'm talking to." she confesses as you head towards the student parking lot.

"so there's a guy? tell me about him." you toss your book bag in the back seat before settling down in the passenger seat. you buckle up and turn to sasha.

she fiddles with the seatbelt before starting the car. "his name is niccolo. we've been friends since he transferred in our senior year. he's actually from marley and can cook well."

"does he go to school here too?"

"yeah, the culinary courses offered here are some of the best. i signed up for one just for an elective which is the class i had today so i was able to see him." she smiles.

a sudden thud is heard against your side of the car, on the window. you jump and look over to see connie pressing his face against the glass. sasha scoffs and rolls down the window.

"mikasa is gonna kill you if you get your slobber on her window."

"she'll live. where are you guys going and why wasn't i invited?" he whines.

"grocery shopping, connie. being responsible and running errands."

"can i go? please? marco and jean are in class and armin has work. plus you're my best friend so by default you have to hang out with me."

sasha sticks her tongue out at him. "fine! but don't make a mess in the car. and you have to behave in the store!"

"you're telling me to behave in the grocery store when you're like a kid in a candy shop in there."

you laugh at the two bickering as sasha finally begins to drive to the nearest grocery store. their banter continues throughout most of the drive and even as you enter the store.

"why do we have two separate carts again?" you ask sasha.

"because this is my cart for my things. i'm not gonna be able to put yours, mikasa's and annie's groceries in my cart. it would overflow."

you peered into her half full cart. "good point." mikasa and annie had sent you a list of things they wanted and you had just gathered the last of their items before doing a second lap around the store for your things.

"connie look! the oreo's are on sale!" sasha tugged her best friend with her as he dragged his own cart along.

another chuckle escaped your lips as you continued your shopping. you ended up in the cereal aisle, weighing your options on which cereal you wanted to get. you felt your phone buzz and pulled it out to see a text from emi.

the girl had been going on and on the last couple days about the guy she was now seeing. you asked her multiple times who it was but she kept insisting that you didn't know him. all you knew was that he was the guy she lost her virginity to.

since you, emi and kris were all friends and the two were attending the same college, you asked her if she had seen or heard from kris. she always denied seeing him and would change the topic back to her and her soon to be boyfriend. a sigh escaped your lips are you opened the chat with kris to see that the messages had still not been delivered.

"trouble in paradise?" a voice speaks from behind, startling you. "sorry didn't mean to scare you."

you turned to see eren smirking at you. you gave a small glare but took this time to check him out as well. he sported a plain white t-shirt, gray sweats and his hair was pulled back into a messy bun. he was leaning against his grocery cart, arms flexed a bit from the weight being put on them. he looked quite attractive.

"you know, scrubs suit you. wanna play nurse at my place?"

and with that the attraction you felt for him for just a second was gone.

"gross." you mumble.

"so what are you doing here, standing and staring at your phone in the middle of the cereal aisle?"

"trying to figure out if i want fruity or cocoa pebbles." you deadpan

eren raises an eyebrow. "well, while you were spaced out, i reached over to grab a box and saw your texts. peculiar that your messages aren't sending to the boyfriend, isn't it?"

"you looked at my messages? that's a total invasion of privacy."

"you have your phone on display for everyone."

"why do you care so much about my relationship?" you ask.

"because by the looks of it, you're losing sleep over it."

you wanted to laugh in his face. the only reason you were losing sleep over it now was because of the ideas he put in your head the other day at work. if he hadn't said those things, maybe you would get some sleep. of course, there were many other things you lost sleep over.

"i lose sleep over other things." you mumble. instead of looking back at him, you look for the box of cereal you were looking for only to find the shelf empty and out of stock. even the other option is gone. you groan and look at eren's cart to see that he had the last two boxes.

"what?" he asked.

"can i maybe... have the fruity pebbles?"

eren blinks at you and then the fruity pebbles. "it's the last box."

"i know that's why i'm asking. i would've got cocoa pebbles as back up but..."

"maybe if you weren't so engrossed with your phone, i wouldn't have gotten both huh." and there he goes smirking again.

you roll your eyes. "forget i asked, i'll get something else."

"y/n wait." he quickly reaches out to grab your wrist. "you can have them on one condition."

"it better not be anything unpleasant."

he grabs his chest, feigning hurt. "i'm offended you'd even accuse me of something like that."

"well what is it?"

"i'll give you the fruity pebbles in exchange for a phone call."

"huh?" you say as he placed the box of fruity pebbles down in your cart.

he begins to walk towards the end of the aisle, "i'll call you later and you better answer."

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later that evening, you lay in bed staring at the ceiling. when you finished grocery shopping, you and sasha dropped connie off at his dorm before returning to yours. sasha bought a cart full of food for herself and you managed to get everything on mikasa, annie and your list. you then decided to go ahead and make some spaghetti for everyone which they were grateful for after the long day of classes and shopping.

when everyone finished eating, you all cleaned up and watched a movie together before deciding it was time for bed. it was around 11pm and you couldn't help but wonder when eren was supposedly gonna call you. maybe he forgot, you thought to yourself.

and that was when your phone rang and his horrible contact name appeared. you answered with a simple. "hello?"

"what's up?" he asked casually. there was something about hearing his voice over the phone right in your ear that made you feel... weird. the only person you ever called was emi, your dad and brothers and kris on rare occasions.

"um, just laying in bed, staring at the ceiling." you told him honestly.

"me too. what did you do after grocery shopping?"

the casual talk was weird to you. why was he doing this? why did he call you? in all honesty, you were a bit anxious.

"i made spaghetti and then watched a movie with my roommates."

"you room with sasha, annie and mikasa, right?"

"yeah."

"that's cool." the call fell silent after that, just the sounds of one another breathing on the other line.

you chewed on the bottom of your lip, not really sure of what to say. until you blurted out, "eren, why did you want to call me?"

the silence continues for a few more seconds before he finally answers. "i know you don't sleep. and no i didn't hear it from mikasa or anything but anyone with eyes can tell. so i thought maybe talking to you until you fell asleep might help. talking or listening to others makes me fall asleep."

"jaeger, anything makes you fall asleep." you tease, feeling a little more at ease and a bit flattered.

he laughed on the other end of the line. "yeah, i guess you're right."

"so what do we talk about?"

"anything."

and so you did. you talked about your favorite movies and tv shows. how classes were so far, what class you were dreading to continue and what you were excited for.

you found out that he was also studying in the medical field, to be a doctor like his father. you learned that him, armin and mikasa were best friends since diapers. how the others in the friend group came to be and how they all stayed so close.

you told him about your brothers and emi. about the small town you came from and how much you wanted to leave it. you didn't want to talk about the things that pained or worried you, such as your relationship with kris, or the things you subconsciously blocked out and couldn't remember.

you talked for hours and saw that the time was around 2:55 am. you felt your eyelids get heavy as eren let out a yawn. despite all this, you guys continued to talk until you finally felt yourself fall asleep. who would've thought that this wouldn't have happened all because of a box of fruity pebbles.

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not proofread. kind of a filler. next couple chapters should be a bit more climatic?? please lmk how you guys like it so far!