You can't explain how free you feel when your flying through the air, its as if your memories of the past fade away for a split second, but soon you are snapped out of your trance as someone calls your name out. "(y/n)! Will you pay attention for once!" You swing down towards the ground as you unhook the grappling hook of your 3D from a tree, you landed roughly onto the ground below as you watch your fellow comrades zip past you looking down at you with confused expressions as to why you stopped. It was because you weren't one to be bossed around and as soon as those loud angry words hit your ear drums your short temper snapped instantly, and sadly you knew who had shouted it. Eren Yeager, the hotheaded and stubborn guy who was in your training squad . You instantly spot him zip over your head. "What are you doing!? You almost hit a tree!" You launch your hooks forward of him taking back off into the air as they sunk into a tree trunk, you line yourself up next to him glaring at him from the corner of your eyes. "Nobody asked you to watch out for them Eren." You hiss out these words making him twitch with frustration. "Fine! When we face a titan I won't save your ass!" You switch your hooks to a different tree before he does giving you an added boost of speed ahead of him. "You'll be watching my ass a lot because I'll be ahead of you!" You looked back at his shocked expression as he took that come back right in face. "I...I don't even look at your ass!" He said it with a nervous tone that made you chuckle softly. There it was, his shy side that rarely glinted through that hard shell he had made. You and Eren would have arguments like these all the time, it was normal for you to make a better come back than him leaving him speechless and dumbfounded.
As your group reached the training grounds for the trainee's everybody tried to make a cool landing that would show how good they were with the 3D's. Most were okay, others chose not to try to land epically for lack of skill, then there were the highly skilled people who showed off the most. You had fallen behind everybody again even Eren so you could think quietly without noises preying into your brain. You watch as Eren tries to pull off a highly skilled landing but messes it up as he misses one vital movement causing him to slam into the ground with a loud thud. You weren't one to show off so you shot out your last grapple to fling yourself up into the air, you release the hooks as they spring back into the equipment you twirled forward a couple times until you land next to Eren stumbling forward slightly as your try to slow down. "Eren you okay?" You compose yourself slightly as you kneel down to lock your (e/c) eyes with his, he had sat up with a frustrated look on his face. "Yeah I'm perfectly fine, I just embarrassed myself in front of everybody." You could hear the acid in his tone as his expression twisted into one of total disappointment in himself. You rolled your eyes at him as you lightly punched his shoulder. "Suck it up...You'll be making a lot of more mistakes, but you'll learn from them all." You gave him one of your sweet smiles that was rare to see form across your soft lips, Eren loosened up once he saw that smile, returning his own smile to you. You stood up slowly as you hear Mikasa and Armin running over to check on their beloved childhood friend, this was your signal to leave...You felt uncomfortable being around Eren well his two friends crowded him. You knew you'd never fit into their little friend group...All because of one simple issue holding you back...Your past. You walk away slowly glancing back to see Eren's smile fading away at the sight of you just walking away after cheering him up. His head whips around as he hears Mikasa call out to him asking if he was alright, which he returned with a humorous yes as he slowly turned his head to watch you walk off.
Later the night as everybody laughed at the dinner tables, you slipped away back to where you slept, needing to wash up but refusing to risk the chance of others walking in on you, you slowly strip off your uniform as the water pours out of the shower head, steam begins to build up in the shower room fogging up the windows, you look back at a mirror before it fogged over to spot the hideous scars that line your porcelain skin, reminders of what kind of past still clung to your mind...Your past before the titan's destroyed everything. You weren't ready to open up about what your life was before the titan's crumbled the very first wall, but you longed for at least one person to know your story...Before you headed out to fight the killers who roam what was once your home. You step into the shower allowing the water to wash away the dirt and grim from training, the cold water brought a much needed relief to your burning muscles, lately you had been pushing yourself harder and harder. But you felt no progress in your training thus-far.
As you finished your shower, you could feel the aching muscles burn once more under your pale skin, you gave a defeated sigh as you dried off your body, if only it was easier for you to train. Sadly you were more fragile and weak then some others, though Armin would argue your stronger then him...You were much shorter then him though that was for sure. You thought back to how Eren had failed showing off during 3D practice, this brought a small smile to your lips along with a gentle laugh that echoed through the shower room. "What a total idiot...What was he thinking anyway." You slip on your night clothing to get ready for some rest, you dry off your (h/l) (h/c) hair enough that it wasn't dripping water onto the floor, you snatch up your uniform folding it neatly then carrying it with you out into the bedroom area. You set it down on the chest at the end of your bed that held most of your equipment and belongings, flopped yourself onto your bed as sleep called out to you, the gentle feeling of resting made your muscles ache less allowing you to relax just enough to drift off into sleep. Because tomorrow was more training, and your body would need the rest.
As the morning sun began to rise over the mountains, you stood outside in your uniform waiting for the morning horns to blast, just before they blare their loud screechs you stuck your fingers in your ears just in time before the loud horns went off to wake up the late sleepers, you wince slightly when you hear some of your roommates spazz out of bed onto the floor with loud thuds and groans. When the horns finished with one finally screech from how worn down they were from use and weather you finally were able to take your fingers out of your ears only to hear the sound of running feet coming towards you. "Eh-AHH!" You're tackled over by Eren who seemed to have woken up just before the horns for once, you roll around for a while until you get your right foot on his chest, you slam your left down into the ground as you shove him off with your foot. "Eren your insane! What was that for anyway!?" He tumbles back a couple times then lays still on his back as he begins to chuckle. "I just wanted to scare the shit out of you." He gave you a sly grin as you huffed loudly at him. "It wasn't funny, you could have hurt me!" You stood up slowly, groaning as your muscles cried out from the harsh treatment you just received. "I think you did hurt me..." He stood up slowly as his expression changed to one showing how sorry he now felt, but you laugh it off waving your hand at him. "I'm fine! Don't worry about me." He stood up as he walked over to you gripping your shoulders." How many times do I have to say this...I've gotta look out for you, Mikasa, and Armin...Your all my friends, it's my job after all." He gave you a beaming smile as you felt your cheeks turn a soft pink. 'he thinks me as a friend? Really?...But he has Mikasa and Armin, why would he need me to be his friend?' you thought about this in your head for a couple minutes until you heard your roommates open the door, you look back as they just kinda stare with expressions of pure smiles as they think Eren was about to hug you. "Awwww look how cute they are!" You shove Eren off as your face turned bright red, stamping your foot as you turned to them your head lowered, they all begin to panic and scatter off from fear of what you may do to them. Eren chuckled softly watching them run away from you. "Wow...You have the same effect on people like Mikasa, you turn dark and they run for the hills! Ahaha!" You turned your head around giving him an expression of pure rage and the look of homicidal thoughts burned in your eyes, he slowly stops laughing as he realizes he should do the same and run. "EREN!" He turns on his hills and takes off like a rocket as you chase after him with the intent to inflict some heavy bruising.
It was hand-to-hand combat training today, as such you knew you would end up being beaten by a skilled fighter since you weren't to good at the whole hand-to-hand combat thing, but to your surprise you were paired up with Eren first, who wasn't the brightest in hand-to-hand...At least he knew some. You get into the stance as he takes his, you both weren't to fond of fighting each-other without a purpose to it, mostly you two were seeing who would give up first and agree with the other, but now you would have to put your all into this. Eren tries to throw the first punch with his right fist but you dodge enough to miss a clean hit and swiftly move in for an upper-cut to the abdomen with your right hand, but he blocks that as he brings his right elbow down to your neck, you counter that fast enough to back up before he hits you. You pant slightly as you both take up your stances again. You locked eyes witch each-other trying to read the others mind fast enough from body language and eye movement, you spot Eren's eyes glance at your feet and you know what he was going for, he moves in towards your feet for a split second but switches to a punch to the gut, you saw this come and counter it by grabbing his arm twisting it slighty, he yelped in pain but couldn't compose himself fast enough to dodge your arms wrapping around his neck, you use all your strength to lift him up, with enough momentum you manage to flip him over your head and back slamming him down onto the hard ground, you hear the wind knocked out of his lungs, you release him then place your hands on the ground to flip yourself back, your knee's land on his shoulders as you pin him down between your thighs bringing your hand up in a fist, knowing that this will show that you won. You keep him pinned like that for a bit as you both pant, but you didn't realize people were staring at both you and Eren...Not because you just kicked his ass, but because the position you were in was rather...Kinky. Your face turned bright red as you realized that Eren was a crimson shade brighter then yours, he gulped slowly trying not to look at what was in front of his face right now, which unfortunately for you was your crotch, you swiftly roll off him then stand up with ease, you held your hand out to Eren to help him up from the ground, he grabbed your hand tightly as you pulled him up onto his feet. "Thanks...Um good match." He rubbed the back of his head feeling slightly embarrassed by what just happened, you punched him in the shoulder then turned walking off towards who you were suppose to fight next. He stared at you as you walked away, his eyes slowly trailed down to your ass for split second then he brought them right back up as he heard Armin walk up behind him to check on him. "You okay Eren?" He turned his head back around with a wide grin to his friend. "Yeah! Couldn't be better!" That event had just made his day, and he'll never forget how strong you looked. It was amazing to see how far you've come, and you were able to see his bluff that fast...But he didn't expect that last move to be your finisher, though he didn't mind the view all to much, he knew you would have been fuming had he stared at your wonderful legs that his head had been stuck between.
You got to the eating halls for lunch break, grabbing some well needed food you sat down alone feeling your back muscles ache...Which instantly reminded you why your back was weak. You begin to eat when you feel two people sit down next to you, Eren was on your right well Armin softly seated himself to your left, Mikasa took a seat on the other side of the table. All three gave you smiles as they rested their trays down, your expression must have been priceless because Eren began to laugh it off as Armin chuckled softly, Mikasa gave you a small smirk but focused more on eating her lunch, you were speechless for half a minute until it all clicked. "Why are you sitting with me?" Eren wrapped an arm around your shoulders with a beaming grin. "Because your our friend...Well at least mine...Armin and Mikasa want to get too know the one who beat me up at training!" You looked down at your plate of food poking your potato with your fork as your cheeks flushed pink. "T-Thank you...It would be nice to have some company." Eren grinned more after hearing that, Mikasa noticed you move your body in a way to loosen up your back muscles. "Does your back hurt, (y/n)?" this took you by surprise that she noticed your tiny movement. "Just a little sore...I'm fine." Eren took his arm off your shoulders feeling guilty that he may be causing you pain. "You should go see the nurse if it is bothering you...Coul-" You snapped slightly at her ."I'm fine!...Oh...Sorry I didn't mean to be that harsh in my tone." Mikasa got a stern expression as she realized you were hiding something from the whole squad you were training with. Mikasa's suspicion was now going to set off a chain of long events in the coming days that would break down your defenses an get you to spill your secrets like they were coming out of your mouth like a statue fountain, but for now all you knew in the present time is that these three were picking you as their new friend, and that brought a calming feeling to your damaged soul.