[ now? when it was at its best? eren surely looks up with bewildered but crunched brows. ]
What do you mean? I got it back up. [ the word choice was awful for the situation, enough that one of their nearby classmates were turning purple to keep in how much they were laughing, now visible through the wheezing between their teeth. ] Now I’d just have to— What?
[ he’s had it with the funny bone over there, and gives mikasa the room in tending to the clay as he gets up and faces the offender. and the teacher and the other’s who seem to be laughing and why? his vase just needed a mouth and that was easy enough if he pushed his fingers down the top.
[Mikasa was also turning purple, for a different reason. She trembled a little as she ducked her head at the sound of giggling. Help, she is in pain.
But with Eren's head turned, her hands slowly crept towards the 'vase', intending to try and fix it. Make it...less. Only to freeze when Eren turns back. Her hands brushing the shaft of it.
She wasn't trying to sabotage it or anything. Honest! She innocent.]
[ maybe if he closes his eyes, he will not see his mistake. because now he does see it. being so focused in getting the attention for finally fixing something and instead ruining it— he just wants to hide. instead, while avoiding eye contact, eren sits down and drowns out the quiet chuckling with no easy short cut (which means he doesn’t really drown anything out). he can feel the color heating his neck already. ]
[QUICK WHILE HE SITS-! She just gives it a little shove, making it...wilt... Okay, never mind! Just going in with both hands to mush it as the laughter started anew. The peen was gone though, even if the blushing was not. It never would be.
Mikasa kept squishing the clay together until it was a fat disk spinning on the plate. Sitting down once that was done. Her shoulders falling as she resisted the urge to cover her face with her messy hands. A weak noise slipping out as she struggled for a word.]
-tried... [She swallowed, a frown forming on her face in a sulky near-pout.] Shouldn't you recognise more than me?
[He had one. He should know what it looked like, he saw it every day.]
[ in a heightened hush. it’s not like he looked at his penis with the utmost attention—! but either way, eren knew there was little to argue about, coupled with the fact that he didn’t want to talk about his penis viewing ways. maybe he was better off trying to make a vase again, with a new slab of clay. he almost seems to mope as he tries to trudge through his embarrassment to get started back in his own seat, and ends up saying quietly: ]
I just— wanted to fix the vase for you. Make something for you.
[His outburst about making something for her, only got more giggles from behind them. Terrible. Mikasa just closed her eyes, wincing, not looking at him. Dying inside as she slowly reached for her clay again, just kneading it for now. She wasn't even trying to make anything, just distracting herself.
She remained silent. Not to leave him stewing intentionally, she just needed a moment to collect herself.]
[ eren would refrain from saying more afterward. at most, he gestures an acknowledgement with a roll of his shoulders, but he’s already gathered more than enough attention to them as is. well, eren did.
he presses his lips together, ducks his head, and tries to for another vase— one that’s more plump and vase-like, by cupping his hand lightly around the spinning clay rather than trying to force it to stand high.
if anything, he can make a new one. a better one. ]
[With that and the laughter dying down. Mikasa gave a hum, her hands moving back to condition the slab of clay that was still spinning on her plate. Smoothing it out so that she could make something. It still looked a bit wrinkly where the layers had been folded on top of each other.
But it was now in one piece enough to be shaped into something. Even if that something was just a shallow dish. Mikasa not wanting to extrude the edges too much.]
[ to complete the dish, eren has come up with something of his own. giving up or playing it safe had never been in his agenda, and it wouldn't be now, after the horrible embarrassment, that he'd want to be remembered as the guy who made a dick statue on his first try. with labored effort that seemed to take far longer than any of the others working on their pottery, eren belatedly finishes, possibly last, on his own piece.
he hands it over to mikasa after the proper treatment, right on top of her dish: it's a little vase, obviously far from professional and rivaling the creative proficiency of a child. but it's a vase, a usable one, and one made for her with the utmost care. ]
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What do you mean? I got it back up. [ the word choice was awful for the situation, enough that one of their nearby classmates were turning purple to keep in how much they were laughing, now visible through the wheezing between their teeth. ] Now I’d just have to— What?
[ he’s had it with the funny bone over there, and gives mikasa the room in tending to the clay as he gets up and faces the offender. and the teacher and the other’s who seem to be laughing and why? his vase just needed a mouth and that was easy enough if he pushed his fingers down the top.
wait a minute— ]
does this need a nsfw tag??
But with Eren's head turned, her hands slowly crept towards the 'vase', intending to try and fix it. Make it...less. Only to freeze when Eren turns back. Her hands brushing the shaft of it.
She wasn't trying to sabotage it or anything. Honest! She innocent.]
cw: penis shaped objects
Why didn’t you tell me—?!
cw: innuendo
Mikasa kept squishing the clay together until it was a fat disk spinning on the plate. Sitting down once that was done. Her shoulders falling as she resisted the urge to cover her face with her messy hands. A weak noise slipping out as she struggled for a word.]
-tried... [She swallowed, a frown forming on her face in a sulky near-pout.] Shouldn't you recognise more than me?
[He had one. He should know what it looked like, he saw it every day.]
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I wasn’t focused on that!
[ in a heightened hush. it’s not like he looked at his penis with the utmost attention—! but either way, eren knew there was little to argue about, coupled with the fact that he didn’t want to talk about his penis viewing ways. maybe he was better off trying to make a vase again, with a new slab of clay. he almost seems to mope as he tries to trudge through his embarrassment to get started back in his own seat, and ends up saying quietly: ]
I just— wanted to fix the vase for you. Make something for you.
[ tunnel vision did not help him, sadly. ]
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She remained silent. Not to leave him stewing intentionally, she just needed a moment to collect herself.]
...Thank you. [For trying.] Sorry...
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he presses his lips together, ducks his head, and tries to for another vase— one that’s more plump and vase-like, by cupping his hand lightly around the spinning clay rather than trying to force it to stand high.
if anything, he can make a new one. a better one. ]
I think this ones almost done?
But it was now in one piece enough to be shaped into something. Even if that something was just a shallow dish. Mikasa not wanting to extrude the edges too much.]
i think so!
he hands it over to mikasa after the proper treatment, right on top of her dish: it's a little vase, obviously far from professional and rivaling the creative proficiency of a child. but it's a vase, a usable one, and one made for her with the utmost care. ]
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