Annie looked out the window at her and Eren's small, fenced in, yard. She wasn't aloud outside unless he was home, since that hardly anyone liked her now, and would try to purposely hurt her. Annie already was pelted with stones before. She was tempted to go outside, it was so beautiful out! Ever since Annie awoke from her crystal, everyone except Armin, Eren, Sasha, Reiner, Bertholdt, and Christa, hated her for what she has done. And she did admit it, she had harmed people, but it's not like she wanted to. When Annie was only a little girl she had to promise her father that she would treat the whole world as her enemy, so she did. The people that hated her most, was Levi and Mikasa. Mikasa hardly really liked anyone, and Annie had recklessly killed Levi's team. After Eren had saved her from death in court by explaining all he could, she lived with him. Annie was afraid of everyone now, she ended every name with '~San' except for Eren's, and also wasn't aloud to answer the door when she was home alone. Annie was kicked out of the military but was aloud to keep her uniform and one blade. Annie kept the blade and a badge from her jacket, but burned her uniform, she wanted to free herself from the memories. She didn't know why, but for some reason Eren never allowed her to look at or talk to Reiner and Bertholdt. Annie still watched outside, then decided that she would just sit on the porch and enjoy the warm, summer, sun until she could hear Eren coming home, he would never know she was outside. After standing outside for a while, she heard the door open, someone grabbed her arm, pulled her inside quickly, and closed the door. "W-welcome home." she murmured. "What the hell was that?!" Eren yelled at her. "I'm sorry, it was just so beautiful out and-" Eren cut Annie off. "You couldn't wait for me to get home! You just had to go out there, didn't you?!" he shouted. Annie felt tears roll down her face, she hated getting yelled at. "Ah gee Annie, I'm sorry." Eren apologized, hugging her. Annie hugged back. "I just really don't want you hurt." Eren murmured to her, resting his chin on her head and closing his eyes. "I understand." Annie said as he let go. She took a step back and looked down at the floor in silence. "So, I invited Armin over for dinner." Eren told her, breaking the silence. "Alright." she answered, still not looking up. "Come on now, I'm home. If you want to go out, I'll be in here if you need anything." Annie nodded, "Thank you." Annie stood outside. It was warm out. She was enjoying herself until two people from the military police started throwing rocks at her. Eren saw it, and ran outside with a pistol, he hugged Annie with one arm and pointed the gun at the two with his free hand. "Hey look at that, little Jaegar tying to protect that asshole we call Annie Leonhardt." one said, the other laughed. "Keep throwing rocks, I dare you." Eren challenged them from on the porch. "Is that a threat?" one asked. "Hell yeah it is." Eren answered. Both of the guys looked at eachother then ran. Eren put back his gun and let go of Annie. Annie looked up at him and ran inside the house. She sat on the couch and held her head in her hands, covering her eyes with the palm of her hands and cried. Eren sat next to her and pulled her onto his lap and hugged onto her. "I hate myself." she sobbed. "Don't." Eren murmured. Annie wiped her tears with the sleeve of her hoodie and rested her head on his chest. She turned her head and looked out a window through a crack in the blinds and saw two little boys play hop-scotch outside. "I love kids." she murmured, she had a faint smile from watching them play. "You'd make a great mother." Eren told her, kissing the side of her head. Eren and Annie sat there for a while in silence until there was a knock on the door. Eren lifted Annie off his lap and stood up, then answered the door. He stepped aside and Armin came in, they started talking and laughing. They went and sat at the table and Annie sat. "Boy, was the Commander ever crabby today, eh?" Armin commented to Eren. "Yeah, a real jerk." Eren answered. "Why was that Armin~san?" Annie asked. "Don't know, but someone must've shit on his pancakes for him to be so angry." Armin answered. "Well, what did he say?" Annie asked. "He was yelling at basically everyone. He made Hanji~san cry for peet sake! It's terrible seeing someone so happy like that cry, eh Armin?" Eren answered. Wow, that's real low to make Hanji cry. Annie thought. Armin looked over at Eren, "I heard he's been drinking, too. I also heard that's another reason Hanji's been so down. She really likes Erwin, and I think he likes her too." Eren shook his head, "That's a shame, she's just looking out for him." Armin nodded, "At least he's not violent when he's drunk, there'd be domestic violence evidence on Hanji~san, since they've been living together lately." Eren nodded and went back to eating. "Well if Erwin's going to be a jerk and yell at even Hanji, he can go fuck himself." Annie muttered. Eren and Armin looked up in shock at Annie. "It's rude to stare." she told them. When she was done eating she got up. "I'm gonna go sit outside." She told Eren. "Alright, just if anyone gives you a hard time, come in and get me." Annie nodded and shut the door behind her to the fenced in yard. After an hour Armin left and Annie got in her PJs, a tank-top and navy blue lounge-pants. She layed down in bed, tired. Annie layed on her side, staring at the wall. She got cold and pulled the blankets up over her shoulder. Eren layed next her and hugged her around the waist. He gave her a kiss on the back of her neck, then rested his head down above her's. "Goodnight baby." Eren murmured to Annie. "Goodnight." Annie said, closing her eyes and faintly smiling as she fell asleep.