You're an absolute nervous wreck. You walk up in the line alongside Levi and Petra as you're supposed to submit your entry and then they'll share all the art pieces at the end. The winner gets a scholarship and a free flight to Urvord University in the main land.

But you're not trying to win, you just want Eren to see your piece.

You refused to show Levi and Petra your painting because you also wanted to surprise them and also not get bombarded with questions about Eren.

You get to the front of the line. "Hello, you got your art work, hun?" the lady at the desk asked.

"Yes, here you go and this is the script I want you to say when it is presented." you said respectfully.

The lady eyed the painting up and down and then looked at the script and smiled. "This is so sweet. Will do. Good luck!" she said.

You then left the front desk with Levi, Petra, and Haven. "Hey, I'm going to go meet up with my friends. Is that okay?" you asked.

"Sure! Hey, Haven. Do you want to go play games and rides?" Petra asked.

"No." Haven responded emotionlessly and Petra frowned.

"Geez, Haven. Act like a child for once." you said.

Haven sighed in annoyance. "Fine, where do you wanna go, mom?" Haven asked.

"Let's go get cotton candy!" Petra beamed.

"I have to watch these two so you should go." Levi said.

"Okay! Cya! Bye, love you!" you said as you walked away.

"Love you!" they called out.

You then walked through the crowd as there were games, food stands, and merry go rounds. You pulled out the group chat to see where everyone was.

jackets are for the weak 🥶🔫‼️💯

Y/N
Where are you guys

Pieck
at the merry go round
liked by @y/nl/n 1:28pm

You made your way over to the visible merry go round that wasn't too far from you and saw Pieck, Annie, Armin, and Porco there doing who knows what.

"Hey, guys." you greeted.

"Heyy! Did you turn in your art piece?" Pieck asked.

"Mhm. Where's Eren?" you asked.

"He's not here yet but he texted me saying that he will be." Armin said and you felt yourself grow more nervous by the second.

"Aw, don't be shy, Y/N. He's gonna be here but in the meantime, I WANT FOOD." Pieck exclaimed and started running off towards food stands with Porco following her.

"Come on, let's go." Annie said as her and Armin walked towards them - Armin's arm over her shoulder.

You followed them as you played games, ate food, did the usual carnival stuff people did at festivals. It went on like this for an hour and soon it was time for the art competition so you all decided to settle in on a large plate of carne asada fries at a random table.

"Oh my gosh, this is so good." Armin said as he ate it.

"Mhm." Pieck hummed.

Carne asada fries are fries on a plate that is covered with cheese, guacamole, queso, chopped up vegetable toppings, and last but not least carne asada meat. It's absolutely amazing.

"Guys I'm so nervous." you said as you stress eat.

"Why? You'll be fine." Pieck said.

"Well not just that...about Eren. Is he here yet, Armin?" you asked.

"No. I don't see him."

"Did you text him?"

"Yeah but he hasn't responded." Armin said and you slumped in your chair.

"I will kill that dude if he bails on us and he better have a good reason to." Annie declared as she angerly munched on the fries. "But okay who got these fries this is so good."

"I did." Porco said. "I'm from Spain so I know some Mexican food."

"Oooo~ buenos dias, Porco." Pieck said in a very seductive spanish voice and Porco blushed harshly.

"Woah, your spanish sounds so good." you complimented.

"Thanks, I take spanish." Pieck said.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen. The art competition is starting in 15 minutes and we need everyone who submitted their work to head up in the back immediately. I repeat all who submitted their art work needs to be in the back immediately." a voice on the microphone announced.

"Go! Go!" Pieck said and you stood up talking some more carne asada fries and quickly munching them down before walking to the back stage.

There you saw all kinds of kids there waiting anxiously to see who's the winner.

You were extremely nervous that Eren wouldn't show up though. Maybe it was one of those cliche movie scenes where the love interest shows up last minute. All you could do was fiddle around with your fingers.

"Y/N!" someone whispered-shouted. You looked up to see Levi, Petra, and Haven sticking their heads through the curtains "Good luck!" they said.

You gave them a smile and mouthed, thank you.

What felt like hours which were only 15 minutes, the art competition was happening and everyone got numbers and went in order based on what piece is getting presented first.

You could here talking on the microphone and then cheers and claps from outside the building. You were hoping that when you present your piece, Eren will be out there astonished.

#51. As you got closer to the front of the line your breathing got heavier and heavier and harder and harder.

Then, you were second in line. The girl in front of you stepped on the stage and you saw a glimpse of it.

It was huge and filled with a huge bodies of crowd. After awhile, there were loud cheers.

"Next up, we have contestant number fifty-one, Y/N L/N!" the person holding the microphone said. You exhaled and stepped up confidently onto the stage.

You looked out and saw many people in front of you.

A person then came up and put your art piece on an easel and a camera came up close to it so that so that the projector behind you got the audience a close up at your painting.

"Y/N over here calls her art piece "Beyond The Bright Sea." It is an art piece about someone who taught her how to live. Someone who yearned to know what it was like on the main land."

Audience gasp as they look at the art work and you smiled as you tried to look for Eren in the crowd.

But he wasn't there. He was no where.

"Well, thank you, Miss Y/N for that amazing art piece."

And with that cheers erupted and you looked sorrowfully one last time at the crowd before walking off.

As soon as you did, you ran into the crowd wondering where Eren is. You ran through bodies and people trying to find him.

Then you saw a tall brown haired boy's back facing you and you immediately ran to him.

"Eren where were you-" you said as you turned him around only to be met with someone who wasn't Eren. "Oh sorry, I got the wrong person."

"It's okay." the guy said and walked off.

You just stood there feeling stupid. Maybe he was in the crowd or somewhere but he wasn't.

"Y/N!" you turned around and saw Pieck, Annie, Porco, and Armin running towards you. "Y/N! You did so well!" Pieck said.

"Where's Eren?" you asked immediately.

The group frowned and stayed quiet. "We...don't know." Armin said.

Sadness and anger boiled up in you as you stomped off feeling frustrated tears run down your cheeks. All this reminded you of Jean. You know you shouldn't judge so quickly about why Eren isn't here but you were just so frustrated.

When you exited the festival and called Levi.

"Hello?" Levi asked.

"Hey, me and my friends are going somewhere, is it okay if I go and you guys take my painting?" you lied.

"Fine but come back at 8:00pm or Hannah will call the cops on me if I don't drop you off." Levi said.

"Okay, cya." you said and Levi hung up.

You exhaled and walked down the street towards the bus stop.

-

After the bus dropped you off at Shiganshina Neighborhood you tried telling yourself just to go back to your mom's house and not go to Eren's but your emotions got the best of you.

You angerly walked over to Eren's house and saw his front yard. You go up to her door and knock on the door prepared for it to be Eren and yell at him. But the door opened to a man with glasses and blonde hair and a beard.

"Hello?" the man asked.

You utterly confused to who this man even is. "Who are you?" you asked.

"Who are you?" the man said back.

"I'm Eren's friend. Now who are you?" you asked.

"I'm Eren's half brother. What do you want?" the man said.

"Where is he...? Eren." you asked.

The man stayed quiet for a moment as he looked down in sadness. "He's not here right now." he said.

"Where is he?" you asked.

The man but his bottom lip as he held back the urge to lash out. "He's at Marvin Grey Hospital." he answered.

Your blood runs cold and you freeze up with your widen eyes and lips parted. "Why is he there...?" you asked.

"GOSH, LADY, YOU ASK WAY TOO MANY DAMN QUESTION DON'T YOU KNOW HOW TO BE SENSITIVE TO PEOPLE?!" the man outbursts and slams the door in your face.

Your eyes were still wide as you stood there frozen.

What was even happening?