Eren was forgotten. He sat outside an old abandoned Goodwill as he waited for someone, anyone, to come get him. The bench he sat on was in the middle of town, groups of people passed by him as his nose was buried in a book. At school he could be popular, but he had the tendency to drive people away. Well, after his emerald green eyes drew them in. Eren was what people call unique. With his jet black hair, green eyes, and skinny build, he was quite handsome and slightly stood out. Standing out was not quite his thing though. Ever since his mother passed away, and his father disappeared, he became a shy, quiet kid with a lot of anger issues. He now lived in a foster home with his sister Mikasa. Now, Mikasa was't his actual sister, she just lived with him before his mom died. Her parents had been murdered and robbed, right in front of her. Ever since then, she would follow Eren everywhere, protecting him from bullies, jerks, and anyone who aimed to hurt him. Well that was until Mikasa got into advanced college classes in school. Now Eren only saw her at home, but she was usually out with friends. As Eren got lost in his thought, the brief smell of bleach wafted by and as he looked up, he met the gray eyes of Levi. Levi was five years older than Eren and in college, but he was also one of Eren's closest friends.

'What are you doing here,' asked Levi quizzically,' didn't school get out like two hours ago?' Eren glanced at the sky, noticing the orange and pink clouds engulfing the sky.

'Oh, my foster parents forgot about me again.'

'I wish I could give you a ride home kiddo, but I live on the other side of town.'

'Someone will eventually realize I'm gone, thanks though.'

Eren sighed, marking his place in his book, and setting it in his backpack. Levi walked away, shaking his head disappointingly. After Levi was out of sight, Eren took out a dark blue binder out of his bag, the word 'Brightside' scrawled across the front of it. The story he was writing wasn't for others to read, so he often kept it hidden inside his backpack. What he was writing was a love story between two guys that both die in the end. Being gay was worse than being a rapist in this town though, so he kept all of his stuff hidden. Mikasa pulled up in her black SUV that their 'parents' bought her. Her black hair swirled around as she lowered the window to speak to him.

'Get in, Eren.' Mikasa glared at him with her cold, gray eyes. This made him shudder as he quietly hid his binder away.

'Seems as if someone finally realized I was missing.' Eren spoke with slight bitterness in his voice, letting her know how irritated he was.

'John and Elaine want you home ASAP, they're pissed.' Eren wanted to curl up and die just then, but he proceeded to be strong, not wanting to seem weak. The car ride home was silent, mostly because they both knew what was going to happen. Their foster father, John, would get a little too mad and knock him around a little. Elaine, their foster mother, would pretend not to see, and Mikasa would pretend not to even hear. Everyone thought they were the perfect family, but no. They weren't even close to it.

Mikasa broke the silence as they reached the long gravel driveway. 'If you would just stop getting into fights and talking back, then maybe, just maybe we could be a forever home.'

'Mikasa,' Eren became slightly irritated with her, 'just because you so easily replace your parents, doesn't mean I can replace mine.' Mikasa just sighed and stared ahead. When they arrived home, both parents were sitting on the front porch. Their house was a pastel green, three story, one forgotten basement, ten bedroom, five bathroom, basically all glass house. The only people who lived in the house were John, Elaine, Mikasa, and Eren, yet it could fit a football team and then some. The entrance to the basement was in Eren's room, and Eren got to claim it, but that will be explained later.

'Where have you been, Eren.' John, the foster dad, spat out.

'John, you forgot about him after school. He was in the usual waiting spot.' Mikasa said to him, hoping it would be enough to protect her brother. Surprisingly he just nodded and let Eren escape to his room.

'Thanks Mik,' Eren basically yelled as he ran to his bedroom. He threw his backpack onto the bed, grabbed his laptop, and ran down the stairs to the basement. On the plain cement walls, Eren had taped pictures of him, his friends, and his mother and father. He also had various posters of bands, TV shows, and video games that he enjoyed. He flopped onto a blue beanbag chair and opened his laptop, typing away to the story he wrote. Not much later, his phone vibrated, lighting up with a message. The message was from the class idiot, Conny. Conny was a friend of Eren's, but he was generally not smart. For the lack of knowledge, he held these awesome parties because his parents were always out.

Conny: What r u up 2? Movie with Sasha and me?

Eren took a moment to reply, thinking this over. If Sasha was there that meant Crysta would be there. Which meant Ymir is there. Since Ymir is there, Annie would be sulking around. Annie always brings Reiner and Bertholdt. If bertle the turtle is there, Marco and his boyfriend Jean would be there. It took awhile for Eren to think about it because well, Annie, Reiner, and Jean were all assholes in his opinion.

Eren: Mikasa there? Or maybe Levi?

A small smile tugged at his lips as Levi came to mind. He grabbed the picture of Levi and himself from when they went camping together. Eren was making a stupid face as Levi stared at the camera with those stern gray eyes. Mikasa took that picture a month ago.

Conny: Mik already here. IDK about Levi.

Bummer. His heart tugged a bit, but if Mik was there, he was going to be. He ran upstairs and yelled at Elaine, 'going to Conny's, I'll be back tomorrow afternoon.' Not that it mattered if she heard him or not, they didn't really care. He ran outside and grabbed his bike since Conny only lived a block away. When he arrived, Conny met him at the door with a drink in hand. Sasha was on the couch, eating a family size bag of potato chips by herself. She ate so much, didn't play sports, but managed to stay super fit. It didn't make sense to him at all. Crysta and Ymir were playing a card game with Annie and Reiner. Eren instinctively scanned the room for Jean, or maybe he was hoping it was Levi. He saw Bertholdt nervously sipping on a fluid, her presumed it was beer. Soon, Eren heard the braying laughter of Jean. Jean was a tall, dirty blonde, horse-faced junior that had a huge crush on Mikasa. It was obvious that Mikasa gave a rats ass about him, but he was stubborn and ignorant.

Marco, Jeans boyfriend, didn't seem to care about his attempts to get into Mik's pants. Marco was a junior as well, shorter than jean, and he had black hair and a splash of freckles across his face. He was in honors with Mikasa, and people called him 'Freckled Jesus'. Everyone knew him, and everyone loved him, even if he was gay. People say that Marco is God's acceptation to a gay person, so he doesn't get picked on or anything. 'How's the Levi hunt going for you, Eren?' Marco smiled and ruffled Eren's hair playfully. Eren's face turned a bright shade of red as he continued looking. Marco was the one of the few who knew Eren was gay. Being an oddball, Eren didn't need to be bullied, and Marco understood that.

'Oh, uh, well'

'Say no more,' whispered Marco. As if on cue, Levi walked by obliviously through the door. Even though Levi was in college, he still like to hang around high school parties and highschoolers. Eren's heart skipped a beat as soon as he noticed Levi.

'M-Marco,' stuttered Eren, 'was this your idea?'

Marco just smiled and ran off to go find Jean. Levi saw Eren and gave him a small smile.

'So I see you got a ride home, kid.'

'Yeah, thanks to my knight in shining armor, Mikasa.' Eren sighed, not only because Mikasa saved him, but because Levi seemed slightly tipsy.

'Anything good to drink?' Levi said as he grinned giddily. Eren thought his behavior was odd. Levi came to parties, but he hadn't taken a drink since his fiance, Petra, died. Petra was a beautiful auburn hair girl, who had these large hazel eyes, and was kind to everyone. She and Levi went to a graduation party, but she has a family emergency. Levi drove even though he was completely drunk. The car found it's way into a tree, the impact broke Petra's neck. After the incident, Levi became more moody than usual, stayed sober, and cleaned just about everything.

Armin, Eren's best friend since before his mom died, was never at parties, so when he showed up Eren was quite surprised. As soon as Armin entered the house, Eren ran to him.

'What are you doing here, Armin?'

'I got invited too, so why not?'

'It's just weird, okay?'

'So, where's the juice?'

Eren laughed to himself quietly and grabbed Armin by the arm, basically dragging him into the kitchen. He grabbed Armin a drink, making sure it wasn't to pungent for his first time. He left Armin in the kitchen to go find Levi. During his search he ran into Marco, Jean glaring at him from a corner.

'Hey Marco, have you seen Levi?'

'He trailed upstairs to the bathroom I think.'

'Ah, thanks.'