His arms touched the cold marble counter and his body shivered. It was only five in the morning but his job was made of things like this. A cup of coffee, two spoons of sugar and a third cup of soy milk, that's all he ever drank in the morning. The toaster popped a warm slice of toasted bread that he ended up spreading with butter. The sweet smell of the toasted bread filled up the kitchen.
-Another day. – He said to himself while drinking his coffee and eating his toast. – Maybe I should get ready for work. – Jean was only wearing his pajama pants, showing off his toned torso and his muscled arms.
The apartment was awfully lonely and at time of the day it made Jean sad that he had nobody to pull him back to bed and say "Stay here…it's cold outside", he had it all planned in his head. He opened up the windows and the moon was still up, the stars shined bright and gave the apartment a beautiful yet scary look.
Jean got to his room and stared himself at the mirror. – I look awful today. Maybe I should shower first? – He looked at the clock and he still had 1 hour to work. – Yeah.
After a quick shower, Jean got out of his bathroom wearing only his towel which quickly dropped to the ground when he found himself some boxers to wear. He then opened up his closet and took out his firefighter uniform that consisted on a blue t-shirt, a pair of dark pants with golden details at the bottom, some red braces for his pants and a leather jacket that he would only use until he got to work.
With his wallet and keys on his pockets, he looked one final time to the clock. – Still have 30 minutes left, not bad Jean, not bad. – He caught the elevator to the underground park and got on his motorcycle and drove to the Maria Firefighter center, right in the middle of the city. It only took him 15 minutes to get there and it was almost empty.
-Good morning. – He said to Armin that appeared at the gate. Armin used to go to work by foot since he lived almost in front of the center.
-Morning. – The blonde said with a big smile. – Ready for today?
-You mean ready for another 10 hours of doing absolutely nothing and slowly dying while the sun burns me to death? No. – He responded with a smile.
Armin laughed but he knew that, if there wasn't a fire or someone almost dying, they would stay inside the center all day, doing nothing and just staring at the sun. – Is Eren here yet?
-I have no idea, I just got here too. – Armin nodded and entered the main building where he would be doing some important paperwork and Jean entered one of the side buildings.
No one was still there. There were still 10 minutes left until 6, the hour that they all should be there.
Jean spotted his normal chair and just sat there until anyone arrived. 5 minutes passed and the sound of heels started to echo through the building. It was one of his bosses for sure.
-How come no one's here yet? There's only 5 minutes left for them to arrive! – She looked around and spotted Jean. – You there. – She pointed. – Come here.
-Yes ma'am? – He was almost asleep and the sound of her heels made him stay awake so Jean was not very happy about it.
-Where's the rest?
-Armin's in the main building taking care of some paperwork and I don't really know about the rest. – He sighed. She was such a beautiful lady but with such a scary and weird personality.
-Well, when the rest of the group appears, tell them to go my office. We have some issues to care of. I'm going to tell Armin.
-Hanji! – Someone yelled. – Come downstairs, we've got things to do.
-Going! – She yelled back. – Don't forget.
-I won't ma'am.
When she walked away, Jean went to his chair to grab his leather jacket and took it to his locker on the first floor. There was a paper there that said that "From now on, you'll share this locker with the new trainee." and the signature was from the main boss, Levi Ackerman. – For fuck sake. – When he opened his locker, there were some stuff there already, a jacket, a book about the three main firefighters center and a handkerchief. – Oh c'mon, man. – He threw his jacket inside and slammed the door shut.
He heard a car drive in the main gates and saw that Mikasa, Eren and Sasha were inside; the only one left was Connie, he was always late so Jean already thought ahead and placed a stick-note on his locker.
Mikasa stopped the car right next to him and hopped off.
-Good Morning Jean. – She said, re-arranging her red scarf.
-Hi! – Sasha said, waving frantically. – I'm so ready for today.
-You guys are also late and Hanji asked us to go to her office. – He said to all. – And Good Morning.
-Oh, shut up Jean. We still have some time left. – Eren said looking at him while he straightened his clothes. – Why don't you go fuck with someone else and leave us alone?
-Listen here, you little fucker, our squad is being watched since the shit you did the last fire we had to put out remember? Remember the shit you did? – Everyone started to feel down and Eren was shocked. Sasha was faintly crying while holding on to Mikasa's hand and Mikasa was staring blankly at Jean. – Yeah…I thought so. So, shut the fuck up if you don't want to get fired and take your head out of your ass for one second. - Eren's hand started to trace the scar he had on his right arm and everyone was just quiet. – Let's go. I already left a note on Connie's locker.
The four of them walked to the main building where they got Armin and went upstairs and waited for Hanji to call them inside.
-What you did down there was fucked up, Jean. – Mikasa said. – You brought way too many memories that we agreed that wouldn't be brought up again.
-I'm sorry okay? – He said staring at the door of Hanji's office. – Your brother pisses me off and I just explode and you know he was way too fucking rude.
Hanji's door opened. – Come in. – She said and walked back to her chair. - There was a strange figure standing there. He was tall, had short black hair and was clearly out of place and nervous. – You may have asked yourselves why I asked you to come here, to my beautiful office. – Everyone just looked around and got a shiver over their bodies. The walls were painted with a strong black color and here and there were pictures of fires and images of Hanji fighting the fires. – Well, the Maria Center has the pleasure of presenting you with the new trainee who'll be working with you.
-Hi. I'm Marco – He said. He had freckles and a cute smile spread over his face. Sasha couldn't help but smile and wave back to him.
-He'll be working with you five….where's Connie?
-Late…again. – Sasha said.
Hanji wrote that down and continue talking. – Well, you have to show the newbie around and teach him how we do the things around here. – She said and everyone went silent. – Jean, Armin and Mikasa, you'll be in charge of teaching him all about the paperwork, our standard methods of fighting the fires and driving. – Jean, of course, was the one that had to teach him about the standard methods of saving. – Okay you may go now. – Everyone said their goodbyes, thanked and walked out of the room. – Oh and Jean! – Hanji said. – You'll have to….
-Yeah I already know about it. – He said and closed the door.
Outside the office everyone was presenting themselves to the trainee. Sasha was radiant about him, Armin was just being Armin which means he was being the nice guy, Eren was smiling and telling him some tips and Mikasa was normal, not a smile, nothing, she said her name and that she would teach him how to drive the trucks and nothing more.
-And you? – The trainee asked directly to Jean. – Who are you? I need to know your name since you're the one that's going to show me around and teach some shit.
Jean scoffed. – I'm Jean and you are?
-Marco. Marco Bodt. – He said smiling and combing his hair with his fingers.
-So…Trainee got it. For me, you'll be Trainee, so memorize it. – The smile upon Marco's face disappeared to give space for a confused face mixed with some angry feelings. – Come on, we have things to do, Trainee.