"Get out of my house you damn hoodlum." The man who spoke these words reached for a knife. "Don't bring that trouble into my house!" The boy ran from the house with tears in his eyes.

/

"Reiner, snap out of it man!" Reiner looked up from his plate of pancakes and turned his gaze to his freckled face roommate.

" I'm sorry Marco, I was just thinking about something." Reiner got up and put his plate in the sink. Should he see the old man today or his mother, a small voice in his head said why not both but he quickly shook the voice away. There was a loud knock on the apartment door followed by a loud voice.

"Marco open up!" Marco got up from the table and opened the door for his partner, who upon entering the apartment immediately sat down on the couch in the living room. Reiner sat on the other end and turned on the TV to watch the news. The current story was about a recent murder where the body was found completely cut in half. The female reporter repeating the words from the info graphic displayed at the bottom of the screen.

"The Butcher of Shiganshina District strikes again. A month since the last incident occurred, Sergent Hannes from the Garrison Bureau stated that due to the connected cases he is handing all evedince and leads to Captain Smith of the Wings of Justice Department." Reiner shut off the TV and ran a hand through his short blonde hair.

Marco, on his way to the bathroom stopped and looked towards Reiner. " Didn't the captain put Eren and Mikasa on that case yesterday?" Reiner nodded his head.

"Yup, even said for them to take it slow and not rush into any leads incase the butcher sets a trap."

The other male on the couch got up and walked towards the door. "Ha, as if Jaeger can take shit slow. That damn hot head. Marco you ready? We have to check out that lead and I don't want to be late." Marco walked out of the rest room dressed in his usual work attire and started following the other man out the door.

"Ya Jean I'm coming." He looked back at Reiner " Be careful Braun and enjoy your day off." Marco smiled "Happy Birthday also." Reiner smiled back.

"You and horse face be careful." Jean mutter a fuck you while Marco closed the door. Reiner got up from the couch and headed towards his room. He grabbed his phone and saw a little envelope notification. It was a message from Annie.

Annie: Hey

Reiner: What's up

Annie: Happy bday

Reiner: Thanks

Annie: Can I ask you something?

Reiner: Sure what's up?

Annie: How do you know if you love someone?

Reiner looked up from the little bright screen. Annie loving some one was some thing Reiner couldn't wrap around his head. He was about to reply when a voice interrupted his thoughts.

"As if any of you deserve love." Reiner turned around quickly to see a short kid with with blonde hair and torn up clothes. An arm band with a capital T wrapped around his left arm. Reiner shut his eyes and covererd his ears. "You derserve to be in hell for the things you've done. Look at you, pretending to live a life your proud of. Thinking that talking to some shrink and taking pills can help drown me out. You have blood on your hands, so much blood." Reiner opened his eyes.

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" Reiner looked at his hands and fell back when he saw them covered in blood. He looked up and saw that mans body, all twisted and cut up. Reiner started crying and ran out of his room to the bathroom. He looked in the mirror at his reflection, his face was pale. The voice returned.

"Look at those eyes, the eyes of a killer." Reiner punched the mirror, blood starting to trickle over his knuckles. Reiner took a deep breath.

"No. The eyes of a officer." A bing noise caught Reiner's attention. He went back into his room and looked at his phone.

Annie: You know what, just forget it.

Reiner: You know you love someone when your willing to give up everything for them, even your life.

Annie: Oh. Have you ever loved anyone Reiner?

Reiner blinked, then thought of the last words that girl with the head band told him. How even though she was bleeding in his arms she still had the nerve to tell him. " Don't blame yourself, he didn't give us much of a choice but at least we were together in the end. I love you so much." Reiner typed one last response and went to clean up the bathroom and his hand.

Reiner: No, and no one ever loved me. But you should give love a shot, if anyone deserves it its you.

/

Bertolt was taking a drink from his sweet tea when he noticed Reiner hadn't touched his food. Bertolt sighed.

"Everything alright Reiner? Reiner looked up from his plate towards Bertolt.

"Yeah of course. Just enjoying my day off and 19th birthday all wrapped in one. Have you thought about how to proceed with our case since the wife wont talk and there was no other witness? I just cant believe a mother can let her husband do that to their children and just watch." Bertolt shrugged his shoulder's.

"That's the MRs problem now. I'm sure with torture they'll get answears." Hearing Bertolt mention torture made Reiner grimace.

"I wish the Military Regiment didn't use torture, even if people are shit heads." Bertolt smirked.

"Ha, your one to talk, you used to be all about torture." There was a loud crack as Reiner broke his plate with his knife, the piece of meat on his fork completey forgotten.

Reiner's eyes narrowed at Bertolt." What the hell did you say?" Bertolt eyes dilated for a second then returned to normal." What the hell did you say?"

"You heard me, and don't think for a second you can hide who you-" Reiner stood up so quick he knocked over the table, Before Bertolt could react Reiner already started walking away.

"Shut the hell up! You don't know jack shit!" Reiner kept walking even as people began staring at the now flipped table. Bertolt just sighed and went to go pay the bill.

Authors Note: Hope you are all enjoying the story so far. I'm not too good at writing so please excuse bad grammar. Thank yall and if there are any questions don't feel afraid to ask.