I want to thank everyone who has followed me and this story, and I want to thank LuReves for reviewing, when I checked my mail (2/20/15) I was surprised to see an actual review I thought my eyes were dorked up, but when I read it, it made my day. Thank you so much for reviewing and I'm glad that you like my character so far.

As a small note, I'm going to try to separate Yuzuki's explanation into smaller paragraphs so it doesn't kill your eyeballs, I'm going to label her explanation with an asterisk, and end it with an asterisk in underline it looks like this *. I'm also putting extra quotation marks because it looks less complicated (you'll know it when you see it lol).

Yuzuki's thoughts

Armin's thoughts

Jean's thoughts

*Time Skip*

(End of Eren and Mikasa's shift)

Sundown came and there was a knock at the door. Levi walked in taking a quick survey around the room.

"Ackerman and Jäger, swap with Arlert and Kirstein." Levi ordered.

He motioned towards the open door, after giving a quick nod, Eren and Mikasa stood up and left the room. Yuzuki slouched against side of her bed, her one leg outstretched on the floor while the other was propped up. She tapped her fingers on the side her leg waiting patiently. Jean stepped carefully into the room trying not to laugh as he watched Armin's stiff unnatural movements.

"I'll come again at dawn, Kirstein and Arlert, figure out who sleeps first." With his final instruction Levi shut the door behind him.

I feel like the tension is worse than before, it's weird.

"Feel free to sit." Yuzuki patted space beside her on the floor.

"T-t-t-thanks." Armin, awkwardly sat down in next to Yuzuki keeping a noticeable distance.

"Jean, would you prefer the chair?" Yuzuki pointed to the vacant seat.

"Thank you." Jean's voice was raised about an octave too high.

Why the nightshift? I've never roomed with a girl, let alone guard one! Armin squeaked in his head.

I should say something, but what if make a fool of myself? What if Jaeger said something to make her dislike me? Jean's expression contorted into one similar to being constipated.

"Jean, are you okay? You look…uncomfortable." Yuzuki asked with concern.

Jean simply nodded, feeling his ears heat up he turned his head towards the window.

"That's good then," Yuzuki moved her attention towards the petite blonde, "Armin, you look like you're going to cry, am I really that much trouble? I know you worked really hard to find me this room." She looked at him with a slightly hurt expression.

"N-n-n-no, you're fine, I-I-I'm not used to p-people in general." I'm an idiot!

*"I can relate. When I lived underground, I was in one of the worst parts, the slum. Life was awful, but we still got the above ground updates surprisingly. People would steal food to live, gamble for money for food to live, do illegal jobs for money for food to live, kill for food, must I go on? If you weren't careful you would be arrested for attempting any one of those crimes. It was dangerous, there were shady people lurking in dark corners, you always had to be on guard."

"My mom had me when she was twenty. We stayed together in a rundown home…I was happy with her, but she died protecting me from some men, they tried to…uh…they um, attempted to…rape me. I was only ten years old…she easily killed one of them with the knife she had. She told me to run, and I did. When the whole thing was over and I returned, I found her…thrown into a pit piled on top the other c-c-c-corpses. Somehow she managed win, but her life was taken in the process."

Yuzuki took a long pause keeping her emotions in check before continuing.

"I vowed to become stronger, I had very few belongings and over the course of three years I ended up stealing a few uniforms plus the 3DMG…I might have stolen a couple horses along the way. I made the bullwhip and I self-trained myself in horseback riding, the 3DMG and hand-to-hand combat. I guess I became the definition of always looking for a fight."

"I was almost thirteen when I finally left the underground, the light was blinding, but it was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. I could be free. I found work as a blacksmith's apprentice; it was far outside of the walls that supposedly shield us from the titans."

"I stumbled upon Sora, when he was only three years old. I eventually helped train him and I asked if I could have him; my master claimed he was too much horse for a girl like me, but in the end he wasn't. I understood Sora and he understood me. My master gave in eventually, and let me have Sora after I turned fifteen."

"I only had a three year apprenticeship, but basic blacksmithing skills still come in handy. I left the forge and wandered around a forest. Somehow I caught sight of the man my mother kept drawing, she was very talented, having the ability to draw anything with great precision."

"When I had asked who he was she told me his name was Levi Ackerman and I was his daughter. I ended up following the small group of horses to your stable a few days ago, and here I am now."*

The room was silent as Yuzuki finished, Armin glanced over at Jean who was slumped down in his chair. Armin moved closer to Yuzuki.

"You okay?" He asked.

"I will be, I just feel like crying." Her voice was thick with emotion.

"It's okay if you do, you must have been holding it in for a long time." Yuzuki shook her head, feeling hot tears start to stream down her face.

"I feel so helpless." She cried.

Suddenly she felt herself being pulled against Armin's small frame, his fingers tenderly brushed through her hair. Clutching his shirt she put her head on his shoulder trembling with silent sobs. Armin could only partially relate, always being cared for by Eren and Mikasa made him feel weak; but Yuzuki was alone fighting her own battles and becoming stronger all on her own.

Something in him snapped, there was a familiar sensation when he had made a speech after Eren was about to be killed on sight. A few hours passed and Yuzuki finally calmed down, keeping her head on Armin's drenched shoulder. Breathe in remember to exhale slowly. I have to pull myself together.

"I'm pretty pathetic, using your shirt to soak up my tears, I'm sorry." Yuzuki's voice was weak.

"Don't be sorry, you have people to count on now. Please try to depend on us." Armin said soothingly as he ran his fingers through her hair once more.

She's amazing.

She's been through so much, and yet she's so strong, much stronger, than all of us.

I want to protect her, but I don't know if I can.

Thank you Armin.

(The next morning)

Yuzuki awoke to a soft light coming in through the window, it was very early in the morning, smiling when she felt something warm wrapped around her. Jean must have put a blanket there after I fell asleep. Rubbing her eyes Yuzuki attempted to sit up only to feel something in the crook of her neck. Letting her eyes adjust to the dim light she saw an arm draped over her body, there was a comforting warmth on her back. Carefully moving her hand towards the side of her neck she felt soft medium length hair.

"Armin?" She felt her cheeks heating up feeling him tighten his hold on her.

Yuzuki smiled as she, placing one of her hands onto Armin's securing arm. She closed her eyes again

Might as well get some more sleep.