It was a blissful year with her. Eren knew he didn't have long after their wedding before the raid in Liberio, so he wanted to enjoy every moment he could when with her.
Secretly, Eren had hoped they could start a family before the raid. He had clung to the hope that one-day Y/n would show up at his door, tell him she was pregnant, and they would run away together living out the last of his 4 years raising their child.
Sadly, that never came to be, and as the raid got closer Eren had to give up on his hope that him and Y/n could run away from it all.
The Survey Corps had decided to take a trip to Marley. Actually, to sneak in to the nation under the care of the Azumbito. Paradise wanted to see for themselves what the life in Marley was like, what they were up against.
Eren knew this trip was going to mean. He knew the moment Hange said they were leaving the island what was going to come.
It wouldn't be long till they arrived in Liberio that Eren would disappear from the group. He was going off to meet his half-brother in person.
Eren knew this was what was going to be.
He knew worried about Y/n's wellbeing. He worried that Zeke and Yelena would find out about her. His mind was plagued with thoughts and possibilities that they would hurt Y/n. Use her as bait. Yelena was ruthless, and would kill to satisfy her own desires. Eren knew this. He also knew that after the raid, the Survey Corps were not going to fully trust Eren, and Y/n would end up stepping in to defend him. It would put her in more peril.
That was why, after days pondering back and forth in his head...he knew he had to do it.
He had to use the Founding titan...
To wipe away the memory of him from her mind.
(Rewritten from Ch2)
"Eren wait!" The h/c girl yells running after her husband who suddenly left the rally. "Eren, please!" she shouts again.
Eren stops turning around to face his wife.
"What is it Y/n", he said monotone.
Y/n was out of breath after catching up to him. "What-", she takes a breath, "are you doing?" She looks up at her husband who towers over her, meeting his teal eyes with her e/c ones.
"I'm leaving Y/n. I can't bring you with me." Eren states.
"Why not?", Y/n says defensively. "Tell me what is going on. You've been acting strange the last couple of days. Like you are waiting for something. Even when we had sex last night I could feel the anxiety pouring out of you!"
Eren smirks at the remark. "I guess I wanted to savor the moment before I disappeared from you." If Y/n was standing next to right right now, she'd give him a light punch to the shoulder at the remark.
It was true, she had been puzzled with him since last night. He kept holding her close, kissing her on every inch of her body, whispering into her ear about how much he loves her, putting in and releasing himself in her multiple times as if it was going to be the last. Not that it bothered her in the slightest, in fact it made her feel even more close to him...but it still worried her.
Y/n grabs her husband's hand intertwining with her own while her other hand moves to gently cup his face. "Tell me. You know you can trust me. What is bothering you, Eren?"
Eren melts into the contact of her skin on his own. It almost soothes all his frustrations and worries away. It was one of the many reasons he fell in love with her.
