Xenogenic Dyad
-The Awakening-
It was a simple enough mission.
Subject 1EN4841 and subject 1EVI841 were assigned to track down the faulty eotneas. Make sure they remember nothing of the goverment that disbanded them.
They were discharged to the country of Maria, the city-state Zhiganshina. Their job was also one of simplicity. Befriend subjects 4RMIN865 and 3R3N865; now known as Armin Arlert and Eren Jaeger. It would have been a breeze since they were all at the impressionable age of six, where their career of schooling began and all children wanted to befriend someone for the first time. Becoming Armin's friend was a tedious task, the boy always being the one to be bullied even in this life, but earning his trust wasn't to hard to gain. In fact, her role slowly changed from gathering information about Armin, to protecting him fiercly. No one would so much as lay a finger on him so long as she was around.
Eren and her brother, on the other hand, were always at odds with each other. Her twin decided to start a rivalry by kicking Eren hard for messing up his orderly color of crayons. Since then they were always bickering, but Lena had a feeling they just loved to argue with each other. During recess Eren would share his snack with Levi and Levi would accept so long as Eren brought hand sanitizer.
As they grew older they were transitioning from the schoolhouse to the three diffrent upper-classmen schools they had in the three countries of Clementia. Their last year in the schoolhouse resided in the state of Trost in the country of Rose.
There are four major countries that the world was split into once the ancestors defeated the titans. Three were on the same turns and one went rogue. In short, they named the countries that were united after the walls that kept humanity under a life of fear for so long. Two thirds of the world belonged to the goverment called Clementia. One of the countries was Maria, the nation that made Clementia's military weapons and what was the citizens main source for herbs for medicinal uses.
Rose, the middle class country, held two schools in which one; the average human atended for a basic education and where the other, that this year's kids were here for a year, transitioning. It is at this school everyone will figure out what is their purpose in life and what country they shall be departed to. If they are to stay in Rose they are to handle the capital affairs of tax goverment and live a basic normal life. It is also where they train their upcoming soldiers.
The final country, Sina, is the nobility residence. Only the ones with a high intelligence or a strong and loyal physique to guard can enter here if they are not of royal or high ranking status. It is here that luxurious items are made to distribute to the other two countries and where war veterans are granted to live. It is here that Levi and Lena were birthed. Though that was from the 'underground'.
"Lena! We're having a meeting in the principal's office."
Turning towards the entryway, Lena's grey orbs are met with the ocean blue eyes of the one she is tracking, Armin Arlert. His barely shoulder length blonde hair is wild, as if he ran to find her, and his pale skin is dusted with a tinge of pink. Lena imagines that the placater this time of his distress is the annoying Jean Keirstien, who hails from this direct city-state. Either he or Connie Springer, a modern day village-joker.
Closing the current book she was reading, her attention immediately goes to Armin. "Are you hurt? Or in trouble?"
A slight blush discovers his cheeks and he shakes his head, gold locks everywhere before settling back down. "I'm fine! Really. Eren and Levi got into another fight though," Armin clicked his tongue before continuing, "Something about Eren destroying Levi's new jacket."
Her eyes could not stop themselves from rolling into the back of her head. That jacket was not new, to the public eye it appeared to be. Levi would not even get upset about a tear in his jacket if it was an accident. Knowing Eren, it was. The child doesn't have the guts to purposely walk up to her brother and start a climatic verbal war. That was just Levi's way of keeping in touch with Eren; by beating the living hell out of him. Even so, the two boys still ate lunch with each other.
Getting up and dusting off her skirt, Lena grabbed her room key and headed with Armin down to Principal Shadis office. As Lena and Armin walked side by side, Lena couldn't help but to notice that the blonde boy kept glancing at her.
"Is there something on my face, perhaps, Armin?" she questioned, placing delicate fingers on her cheek. Usually ink got there after filling out her reports. Swiping her cheeks a bit, she hadn't notice Armin's blush returning and he forcefully looked away.
He shook his head, "N-No. Your fine. I was just being weird." he gave a nervous laugh that made Lena frowned.
"I do not find you strange, Armin. If you wish to stare, let it be. It is your sight. You may look wherever you please," her voice was strangely robotic and there was not an ounce of emotion in her voice. Though Armin knew Lena. When she sung and dance (a secret pastime that she threatned to kill him for if he told) there was plenty emotion in every beautiful feature that outlined her. Her strange dark purple hair would shine and her pale skin would glow.
Armin smiled shyly, "I-I keep looking at you because... y-your really pretty!"
Lena blinked in shock and rose a brow. "Pretty...?" she questioned but before she could recieve an answer, they were inside of the office.
Levi and Eren glanced up and Armin immediately went over to check over his friend. Lena sighed and walked over to Levi in perfect graceful strides. She looked very much like a a soldier that had seen to much to ever un-see. Her face was completely blank, void of any emotion. Her amythest eyes glanced down at grey ones and they locked in a stare down.
'Do you have to fight him?'
'Leave me alone.'
Lena just sighed and sat down next to her brother. Armin and Eren were whispering about what had happened and she could hear every single word.
"Jesus, it was a drop of paint! And it's water color, it'll wash out. I even offered to do it for him. Just proves to show that he hates my guts," Eren pouted quietly, holding a bag of ice to his jaw to calm a raging bruise.
Armin patted his back comfortingly. "It'll be alright. He is just a brash person."
The four fourteen year olds were called inside Principal Shadis's office and it was there where Levi admits that he started the fight. Eren tried to loosen the situation up a bit but Levi just tells him to save it and takes the brunt of the punishment, even though Eren still partook in the fight.
After a few moments of silence, the principal speaks.
"You really should have a tighter leash on him, Lena."
Huffing slightly, Levi looks out the window and crosses his arms. A slight scowl adorns his pasty pale face. Her poor twin brother, only a minute older than herself, was smitten over the one he was tracking. His short black hair, which was usually shaped neatly, was less than above his cheeks and the gleam in his dead gray eyes proved that Eren always caused him to act up.
"Yes. I apologize for Levi's actions. I can not promise that it will not happen again, though. I will say in short; my bad."
Shadis sighs and rubs the bridge of his nose. "Thank you for your brute honesty." He let out a breath and sat up in his chair, dark skin graying with age. He looks at the sibling duo before dismissing Eren and Armin.
Lena believed what she said made Eren groan in disbelief. With her heightened hearing she could hear him ask his best friend, "What did I do? I tried calling it even, but he wouldn't give in. Damn pride," Lena caught Levi glance a bit worridely at the door before settling back in his cold mask.
"You two are going to get caught and I REALLY don't want to hear Erwin's mouth," Kieth Shadis starts when they are positive no one can hear them. He stands up and struts in front of his desk, hands behind his back in a proper stance. The twins stand and salute.
"Eyebrows won't do anything. He knows we're the only ones who have a chance to enter Sina with the targets," Levi dismisses easily, crossing his arms once more after the salute. His shirt was battered in paint (after tackling Eren into some cans) so he had removed it during the meeting. He rose to about 5'3 and a tatoo rests on his left pectoral muscle. The Wings of Freedom. Instead of the original white and navy blue, these are green and gold. Lena has one on her hip that is the same color.
Keith rolls his eyes and hands them both a file. "Kids these days. Dismissed."
Saluting once more, Levi and Lena begin their trek back down to they're dorm. They are the only boy and girl at this academy that could share one thanks to their...positions.
"How are you even getting information from Jaeger, Levi?"
"Hn."
"*Sigh*"
Eren never really understood Levi.
Listning to the radio, the turquoise eyed teen thought about where he stood with the stoic peer.
They grew up together along with his twin sister and Eren's best friend. He remembered the day meeting them so clearly.
-F14shB4cK-
Eren and Armin played with each other at the abandoned park down the street from their house. It became a normal routine since he moved in. Eren had been living with Armin and his grandfather for a year since the death of his single mother, Carla. His father had ran off two years prior, so Eren had to rely on Armin's charity.
They started heading back towards the house since it had been getting dark. The six year olds were contemplating their role in this world when they saw a moving van leave from the house across the street from theirs. As they kept walking, engaging into idle chit chat, they heard a little girl singing.
Looking up as they were about to cross the street, they saw a boy and a girl sitting on the porch. The girl stared off into the distance, singing in another language. Her posture was as straight as a rod and her hands were cupped together in front of her abdomen. Her face looked dead. The dress she was wearing was nicely sewn, falling to her knees. Though she isn't who caught intrest.
The boy sitting beside her held a piece of paper, appearently following along to the words she was singing. He would correct her on pronounciation and she would go back to singing. The boy wore nice clothes as well. A white buttondown, cravat, and tidy khakis. They both wore boots that seemed fit for training.
Before Eren knew it, he was walking over. "Hey!" he greeted easily, Armin nervously behind him. "You two must be new? I'm Eren and this is my brother, Armin!" Armin waved shyly from behind him and blushed when the girl's cold eyes landed on him.
The girl stood and dusted off her dress. Levi continued to stare down at the paper, ignoring Eren's introduction. "I am Lena, and this is my brother, Levi. Very well to make your acquaintance," she curtsied, dark purple hair falling over her shoulder. Armin seemed dazzled by the grace and usage of her words.
"The pleasure is ours."
Levi continued to stare at the paper and Eren stepped up to him. He looked over his shoulder and peeked about. "What'cha readin', Levi?"
Levi glared up at Eren and his frown deepened. "Why do you have to know if ya' can't read anyway?" he bit back and Eren took a step away before smiling like an idiot and shrugging.
"Doesn't help that I'm curious."
Levi spotted a stain on Eren's pants. "Were you raised in an alley? Your filthy," he spit and Eren blinked in surprise and confusion. He then smiled and pointed to the house he and Armin resided in across the street.
"No? I was raised back there!"
The very next day, the four kids walked to the schoolhouse together. Mrs. Ral was their first and favorite teacher ever.
-3nd F14shb4ck-
Eren sighed as he glanced at his artwork. He had drew a picture of Levi in art class as discreetly as possible and he had a feeling that's why Levi went beserk. Sure he was a neat freak beyond compare, but he never really fought him over it. A smack to the back of the head? Absolutely! But a full on attack? That wasn't Levi.
A knock on his door interrupted his train of thoughts. Sighing, he stood and opened it to reveal Levi's sister.
"L-Lena..."
"May I come in?"
Eren sighed and moved out of the way to let the girl in. Lena was intimidating at the least, terrifying at the highest peak. What people seemed to forget was, was that Levi actually had facial expressions. Pissed and extremely pissed. Pissed was just his face, how he looked on a day-to-day basis. Extremely pissed was how he looked when he attacked Eren, or when he got in a fight regardless. Extremely pissed is when someone messed with his sister. On the other hand, Lena either looked bored or blank. How someone looked blank was beyond the brunette. Although he feared Levi, Lena creeped him out.
Eren sat on the bed and watched as Lena looked around his room robotically. "Sorry. It's a bit messy."
"No. This is your room. Do not apologize for your living arrangements. It is I that should be apologizing. My brother's actions were out of line," Lena said quietly, smoothing out her skirt once more.
Eren patted his bed, inviting her to sit. He grabed the white remote and turned off the radio. Appearently listning to Lady Antebellum was not fitting for this conversation. Eren sighed and looked down at the floor.
"Do you know what school Levi is going to?" Eren asked quietly, even though they both knew the answer.
Lena blinked and stared at the wall in front of her. "M.P. High with you, correct?"
Eren sighed and shook his head. "Levi is going to M.P. High. I've decided to attend Recon Tech. That way we could seperate and I wouldn't be a nuiscance to him anymore."
Eren had tried for years to appease Levi but nothing he said or did eased the anger of the other boy. Instead, Levi had always seemed even more angry. Not everyone can be friends, Eren knew, but that hadn't meant Eren wouldn't fight to be. In the run Eren had fought for too long and it was time to throw in the towel. Levi simply hated him. Didn't need a reason why. That brought unbelievable sadness to the brunette but he knew it was better that way.
Besides, Eren wasn't a huge acedemic like Armin and Lena. Even Levi had the smarts for M.P. High. The only reason he got in was because of his art skills. He would just be used to make propaganda for the goverment like all artists.
He jumped a bit when he felt cold fingers on his hand. Looking down at his own, he saw Lena's rubbing a thumb up and down his tanned skin. Her face was still blank. "Levi has a peculiar way of showing his emotions," she started, still staring at nothing.
'Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!' Eren shrieked in his mind. Did Lena even have emotions?! He bit back his response as he glanced over her profile. Her grey eyes stared at nothing and her pale skin seemed to get colder with every passing second. Like her hand was sucking the heat from his body. Her lips gave the smallest of smirks Eren Jaeger has ever seen, but it looks pretty.
"You must really love my brother if your giving up an easy upbringing just to make him comfortable," she mused quietly, turning her dead gaze to Eren's vibrant eyes.
The tanned teen coughed and spluttered, his darker skin raising in heat. When he looked back to deny, he froze in his tracks. Was it his imagination, or were Lena's eyes coming to life? Warming up with the rising blush of his cheeks? Eren had no time to ponder, however; because when his blood calmed down, so did her eyes. Her hair also seemed to gain little tips of red, but you had to look very closely.
Bizzare.
"Levi and I are just classmates! Geez, don't play around, Lena!"
In response the girl stood and nodded. "Very well then. Farewell, Eren. See you later." Anyone could tell Lena had trouble saying that. A common phrase sounded very weird on her lips. Many people called her the 'Victorian Doll' simply because of her speech and her short stature. Hearing her say 'see you later' was more than akward.
Eren accepted it though and went to grab her wrist and pull her back. Lena had not been expecting it though, and her footing slipped. A very rare sight! She fell backwards and was about to do something very stupid when Eren caught her. His arms wrapped tightly around her waist and he pulled her back up. "You ok?"
"Yes, thank you. Eren I wanted to ask before I forget."
Lena, without really thinking, turned in his arms so that her sight was facing his chest. She looked up, not at all embarrased about her height. Eren, too, had not been reading the situation, his arms unraveling loose and his hands on her hips. "Yea, what's up?"
Lena looked down and Eren noticed she was shaking. "The graduation ball that we are all to attend." She started, twiddling her fingers.
Whoa. What? Back up. Lena; strong, fearless, abrasive Lena, was nervous?! What was she doing?! Please let her NOT be asking him to this dance! Eren was freaking out, but on the outside he was calm. Lena could hear his heartbeat quicken, though, and she furrowed her brows in confusion. Why was he suddenly afraid?
Again, the heat that rushed through Eren felt like it was being drawn away. Why?
Lena looked away and continued. "Armin. Does he... have a..companion to squire with?"
Now Eren was sighing internally with relief. Oh thank goodness! She wanted to take Armin! Then his brains went into over drive, a whirlwind of excitement gathering in his bones. Lena wanted to go with Armin! The blonde would be so joyous and overwhelmed that he wouldn't even know what to do with himself! He would be a stuttering fool, a blushing mess at the most, but he would also treat Lena, in all of his non-exsistant power, like a queen. Eren was so happy, he picked Lena up and twirled her around.
"What are you doing Eren?!" She gasped in confusion and a bit of fear.
"Yeah, what ARE you doing, Eren?!"
The two heads snapped to the door to see Armin and Levi staring at the two. Armin looked beyond hurt. Eren immediately dropped the girl and she landed on her feet gracefully.
Eren shook his head, "Armin. It's not what you think—!"
The blonde took off without uttering a simple word. Levi grit his teeth and grabbed his sister's hand. "We. Need. To. Talk." He growled with each step. Lena walked behind him with a blank face, but confusion was dead set in her grey orbs. She looked back into Eren's room in time to see him grab his phone and start calling his best friend back to their dorm.
