Dead.
"Everything's dead," the turquoise eyed boy whispered, sniffling, wiping his eyes with his hands that were caked in mud, "so many people...
dead.."
The oriental girl stared at the boy helplessly as he continued to sob, body trembling as the boat rocked gently against the waves, crowded with people who managed to flee from the grasps of death itself.
The titans.
Kids were crying, adults whispering amongst themselves, others staring at the sight of the naked giants running around their homes as screams were filled through the air.
Mikasa looked down at her hands that were cleaned just a while ago, they were now caked with dirt and streaks of blood, the crimson liquid dripping. They were trembling. She realised that, scrunched up next to Eren, she was trembling and hadn't stopped ever since Hanness picked them up telling them to run.
"Our home, our wall Maria..taken away.." Those words seemed to circulate the boat over and over again. Mikasa blinked slowly as it finally sets.
They didn't have a home anymore.
A piece, a vital part of their family, was gone, never to return again. She could feel her eyes close slowly, burying her head into the scarf, the scarf that Eren had given her a year ago the one she always wore.
Now she could cry.
tears just kept flowing, the scarf soon becoming damp. Not again, not again, another family member taken away from her..
Why...
"I'm going to join the Survey Corps," the blonde haired boy said suddenly, his eyes glistening with tears, face damp. Mikasa looks up, grey eyes wide, Eren faces the blue eyed boy too.
"Armin..." Eren said, turquoise eyes that still glistened with tears were wide. Their shy friend wanting to join something like the Survey Corps.
"We've always been locked inside the walls," Armin said, arms hugging his knees, "always, but just because it feels safe here doesn't mean it will always be safe...just once..I want to see the outside world...I want to know how it feels like..I want to experience things that were ever only written in books!"
"I'll join the Survey Corps too," Eren said, his normally loud voice muffled from the sleeve of his shirt. Mikasa could feel panic build up within her, not him too!
"Eren! You're not serious!" Mikasa said voice desperate, she couldn't let two of her friends go to the Survey Corps..they'll get killed for sure!
"I've always been telling you Mikasa, and mum..and dad.." Eren could feel tears streaming down his face, "I've always wanted to join the survey corps..to take those titans down..to experience how the world actually is..to eradicate the titans!"
Eren turned to the black haired girl, eyes reflected with utter serious and determination along with agony.
"Armin and I will join the Survey Corps," he said in a definite voice to which Armin nodded
Mikasa pulled her gaze away from Eren. She couldn't let this happen, she knew how Eren was, he was stubborn and persistent, it didn't matter if she begged and begged, he will never change his mind..and Armin..she looked at the blue eyed boy who was expecting her answer, someone like him..wanting to join something like the Survey corps, he was going to back down either.
"I'll join the Survey Crops too," Mikasa said softly, her sentence trailing at the end, "to take care of you, Eren" adding the last part of her sentence in a whisper to which none of the boys heard.
And that was the start of their journey.
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