"Sasha, I don't know. I have no where to live, I have no clothes, and I don't want to move back in with my parents." I said and I looked down. She's right, what is the plan? We go home in 3 days, I can't just couch surf forever.

"You can stay with Connie and I for as long as you need." She said as she grabbed my hand and squeezed it.

"I know Sash but I don't think staying in our home town is what's best for me anymore." I turned my head the other way because I didn't even want to look at her face to see her reaction.

"Okay, well I go where you go. We're in this together." she smiled.

I flipped my head around shocked that she just said that to me. I never think she'd actually want to up and leave with me, especially on such short notice.

"Why don't you live on the island with us for the time being?" Armin cut into the conversation, "You all can if you're looking to move that is."

"What about Jaeger? It's his house." Sasha asked.

"Oh, he wouldn't mind. The house is so big, we have so many extra rooms." he gave all of us a reassuring smile.

"Hell yeah, I'm down! I'm sure Annie wouldn't mind living with her new boyfriend anyway!!" Connie was getting loud from excitement.

Annie turned red and Armin along with her, "I mean, I wouldn't mind moving to a new place for a little." Annie replied shyly while looking down at her lap.

"Then I guess we're moving!" Sasha excitedly added.

I was all happening so fast, my mind was going a thousand miles a second. "N-no!" Is all I could manage to get out.

"No?! What do you mean?" Connie glared at me.

"What do I mean? I mean, I just met everyone! You guys can't just make a huge decision like that for me. AND it's not like Eren and I get along that well. I'm sorry Armin, I don't mean to sound rude and I appreciate the offer but I can't." I stood up from my seat, "Excuse me, I need to get some air."

"Wait! Y/n, I'm sorry!" Sasha yelled at me as I was walking away. She quickly excused herself, gave Armin her food order and bolted after me.

"Y/n! Hey! Slow down!"

"Sasha, please stop yelling." I sat down on the bench they had outside of the restaurant, my head was spinning after everything that just happened.

"Y/n, please think about this. It's not permanent and we all love it here, even you. This doesn't happen often." Sasha was begging me to listen to her at this point.

"Sash, it doesn't feel right. We don't know them." My head was resting in my palms, elbows on my thighs.

"Yeah, maybe you're right. You...well, we have 3 days to make this decision, to get to know all of them better yanno? Maybe something will change?" She replied quietly, she was definitely upset with me.

"C'mon, let's go back inside. Maybe our food is ready?" Sasha looked at me and I raised my eyebrow, "I didn't even order anything?" I said back to her.

"Ohhh, yeah. I just got you what I'm getting!"

I laughed, "So the whole menu?"

"No, but I was pretty damn close to getting everything! It all looked so delicious!" her eyes lit up as she was talking about the food, then she looked back down at me. "Ya comin?"

"Yeah. I'll be in, in a sec." I looked up at her and gave her a half smile.

"Okay, try not to be too long. You don't want your food getting cold!"

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