“Ma’am!” Eren halted his attempts to shake the non-existent key from his shirt, and peered wide-eyed at his superior. Not good. He shifted uncomfortably from foot to foot for a moment, and smoothed out the wrinkles of his shirt, “My key’s gone. I thought I dropped it in the bathroom, but I checked, and…”
He lifted the jacket from the floor and checked the inner pocket again, just to be sure.
Never would she get used to the notion that he addressed her as something other than her name. Sure, she was his superior, but in hindsight she was maybe a few years older than he was at most. Thoughts were snapped out of as soon as he mentioned the key, golden eyes widening ever so slightly before entering his room.
