Author's Notes: Hey everyone! I promised it wouldn't be long before my next update and I've delivered haha! Sorry, I'm sort of happy it's been less than two weeks between updates. Anyway, thank you so much to the 5 favorites and 8 followers for this story, I wasn't expecting to have this really gain any follows and favorites for a while. This chapter is the first meeting between Ymir and Krista, so hopefully you will all enjoy! And as a heads up, this chapter does contain smoking which is a behavior I do not condone. Please let me know what you think and follow/favorite if you enjoy the story!


Ymir: Tear Me Down

I've never been one to enjoy parties. Most are shit, and school-sanctioned ones are especially shit. Stupid Reiner had to drag us all to the party, and I could tell Bertholdt and Annie were enjoying this as much as I was. The party was in the athletic center of the school, and the people who planned this clearly hadn't thought it through. The environment was barely controlled chaos. People were making out, some people were grinding on each other, and the food wasn't great.

"Think anyone would notice if I had a smoke?" I asked Annie.

She shrugged. "Dunno."

I dug around in my pocket for my pack and my lighter. I pulled them out and removed a cigarette, then put it in my mouth.

"Want one?" I offered.

Annie looked away then sighed heavily. "What the hell..." she said as she took a cigarette.

"Bert, Reiner, want one?" I asked.

"Oh," Bertholdt said, looking down. "I don't smoke, thank you though."

"I'm good, got my own back in our dorm. Besides, I'm trying to cut back, it interferes with your athletic abilities," Reiner replied.

"Didn't stop you in high school. You smoked a pack a day at least," Annie scoffed.

"Yeah well I didn't have a sports scholarship to maintain then!" Reiner growled.

"Guys, please don't start this," Bertholdt said quietly.

I stood by awkwardly as Annie and Reiner glared at each other. Screw this, I thought as I started heading toward the door. I'd rather not get in trouble before classes even started and I desperately needed a smoke.

Once outside I found a place along the wall and lit up. God, Annie's friends suck. I better not be stuck with them. I pulled out my iPod and connected to the building Wi-Fi. I pulled up YikYak and started typing a yak about the party: this "party" is so fucking lame, this is why I don't go out. Venting to the anonymous users of the app felt good, and I took another drag of my cigarette.

I heard the door to the athletic center open again and a short blonde exited. She flopped against the wall and sighed loudly.

"Why did I even come to this?" she asked herself.

"Ha, I'm asking myself the same thing," I chuckled.

She flinched and looked up. "Oh, sorry, I didn't realize someone was out here...I'll just go..."

"You can stay, I don't really care," I replied.

"Are you sure?" she asked. "I'm...parties aren't really my thing..."

"Then why'd you come?" I replied.

"My roommate made me come. She said it would be a good way to meet people," she said quietly.

"Ah, yeah, my roommate's friend made us come. Fuck him," I scoffed, tossing my cigarette on the ground and stomping it out. "You move in today?"

"Mmhm. Did you?" she asked, looking up.

"Yeah. Can't say I'm too thrilled to be here but at least it's some change," I sighed.

"I understand. It's something different from home," she agreed. "Hopefully that'll end up being something positive."

I shrugged. "Whatever happens happens."

"I suppose. I'm just sort of used to other people dictating my life," she sighed, looking away.

I chuckled. "It's cool. I've sort of had the opposite problem, but it'll be nice to have some stability for once."

She giggled. "I guess we do have opposite problems! What's your name?"

"Ymir," I answered. "You?"

"I'm Krista Lenz," she smiled, offering her hand to me. "Nice to meet you Ymir!"

"Likewise," I replied, shaking her hand and smiling. "What dorm are you in?"

"Maria Hall," Krista answered.

"Same, maybe we'll see each other around sometime," I suggested.

"I hope we do," Krista said, looking up at me and smiling.

I smiled back. Wow, I've managed to not alienate everyone yet. Maybe I'll actually have friends. Ha no, not gonna happen.

"Do you want to exchange contact information?" Krista asked, catching me off-guard.

"Oh, uh sure I guess," I said, caught off-guard. "Can I just do it myself?"

"Of course," Krista said, handing me her phone.

I looked myself up on Facebook and Snapchat then added my phone number. I was surprised someone actually wanted to get to know me better, I was so used to people stepping on me or ignoring me.

"Just text me sometime and let me know who you are, I'll add your number then," I replied. "By the way, I still have a dumb phone so I might not see your text right away."

"Really?" she asked, amused. "I'm sorry, I just don't know anyone who still has one other than my grandparents."

"I haven't exactly had the chance to upgrade my phone," I grumbled. "So what's your major?"

"Psychology," she said quietly. "I know, it's a useless major but I felt I should to it. People tell me I'm a good listener. What about you?"

"Undeclared. I have no idea what the fuck I'm gonna end up doing with my life," I laughed.

Krista sighed and looked away. "Sorry, I'm not used to people swearing like that."

"Huh, okay. Went to a conservative school?" I asked.

"Yep. St. Sina's Academy. Plus my grandparents don't like me doing it, and I honestly don't either. My mother swore a lot," she said quietly.

"Ah," I said before pulling out my pack of cigarettes. "Want one?"

"Oh, no thanks. I don't smoke," she sighed. "You can if you want, I don't mind if you do."

We were both silent for a moment as I lit up and took a long drag on my cigarette. She seems pretty chill. Wouldn't think someone from St. Sina's would be, they all act like they have sticks up their asses. I exhaled loudly and looked over at her. She was smiling, it seemed like she was actually enjoying my company. She's got a cute smile...

"You wanna hang out sometime?" I asked her finally.

"Oh, sure! I'd love to meet new people and get to know you better!" she replied excitedly. "I didn't really have friends in high school, so it'll be nice to finally have some."

"You didn't have friends? How could a person like you not have friends?" I asked, surprised. She seemed so bubbly and happy, like the type of person that usually has a lot of friends.

"People just avoided me a lot. I didn't mind, it gave me more time to focus on school," she sighed.

"I get it, people tend to avoid me too," I sighed. "I'm used to it though."

"Well, college will be a fresh start for both of us then," she said, smiling at me.

I smiled back at her and moved a little closer. "Yeah, I guess so."

And right on cue to ruin the moment was the door to the athletic center being shoved open. A brown-haired girl came skipping out with a carton of popcorn in one hand and a confused-looking guy with a buzz cut in the other.

"Oh, that's my roommate Sasha. Don't mind her," Krista whispered to me.

"Krista! I was wondering where you went! This is my new friend Connie, he's gonna hang with us for a little while tonight!" Sasha said loudly when she spotted Krista. "Who's your friend?"

"Ymir," she said, introducing me. "She and I were just talking, the party was getting too overwhelming for me."

"Oh, okay. Well, Connie and I are gonna go hang, you're welcome to come back to the dorm with us!" Sasha said.

"I probably should head back now. It was nice to meet you, Ymir. I hope we get to see each other again soon," she said, shaking my hand.

"Likewise, see you around," I said as she began to walk off with the other two.

I guess this party wasn't a complete bust, she seems pretty cool. I sighed and put out my cigarette, then headed back in to look for my group.