[It's 70-odd hours delayed, but it's an answer. The one she gets back is not quite immediate, but it's close. And predictable. This is what you get for encouraging him.]
[That's not what he wanted to hear and you know it. Come on, Annie, he doesn't have the patience to do this over text, can you not be difficult just this once.]
[She's not wrong to. He's already set to trudge through the snow to try and get a fix on her while she's still answering him. Like he'll have better luck now that he's got proof that she's here.]
[Excuses. It's pretty typical. At the same time, he's mostly sure it's complete horseshit.]
like id be able to make you do any of it anyway
[If Annie wants to slack, she slacks. He doesn't particularly approve, but she could flip him onto his back in the snow and be gone before he could even try to set her straight. So.]
[Look, there's a reason he's not Red Team. Subterfuge has just never been one of Eren's strong points. It's not in his nature. He's rarely needed it, so he doesn't really bother.]
i wouldn't have to be good at it if you'd stop avoiding me
[But (of course) she doesn't stop just because he asks her to. Because it can't ever be that easy. And when later comes and goes with no more luck in tracking her down and no more signs of a response, he tries again. Because if text is really all he can get for now, then that's what he'll take.]
Day 3, morning
Eventually. ]
there's nothing to talk about.
never was.
no subject
bullshit
where are you
no subject
no subject
[That's not what he wanted to hear and you know it. Come on, Annie, he doesn't have the patience to do this over text, can you not be difficult just this once.]
youre still at the rendezvous right
[He's not letting this go.]
no subject
yeah.
no subject
i havent seen you around
[Because she's avoiding him.]
no subject
there's a lot of work to be done. if I was around, I'd have to do it.
no subject
like id be able to make you do any of it anyway
[If Annie wants to slack, she slacks. He doesn't particularly approve, but she could flip him onto his back in the snow and be gone before he could even try to set her straight. So.]
are you by the rovers
[Still trying.]
no subject
you're bad at this.
[ You're not supposed to tell the person you're hunting down where you're going to be looking. ]
maybe I'll tell you later
no subject
i wouldn't have to be good at it if you'd stop avoiding me
[And that's what she's doing. He's not stupid.]
and some time later
annie you still there?