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Yuzuki


Yuzuki POV

"I'm sorry Armin, you had to take full responsibility of me." I sat on my bed looking down at my hands.

"It's not a problem, I'm not very helpful in combat anyway…I can only come up with strategies."

"Armin, even if you say that I won't believe you."

"Why is that?"

"A woman's intuition." A few minutes of silence passed by.

"Do you want to go somewhere?" He asked abruptly.

"Actually, I need to look for Eren. I have a debt that needs to be repaid." I replied in a somewhat bitter tone.


*Time Skip*

(Stables)

"I found you!" I said proudly.

Looking somewhat surprised he quickly walked over to where I was saddling Sora up, I gave him a pat on the neck before turning my attention back to Eren.

"Did you need me?"

"I'm keeping my promise." I handed Eren the reins to my horse.

"Seriously?" Eren's face lit up with excitement.

"Seriously…just be careful, Sora can be enormous…" I trailed off.

"A what?"

"I meant an enormous pain." I finished lamely.

Eren shrugged his shoulders, I glanced at him nervously before guiding Sora out of his stall.

"Sora, be good." I told him. "Eren do you need help getting up?" I didn't bother hiding my smirk.

"Yeah." How honest.

I guided Eren over to Sora's left side I had Sora kneel down as Eren slipped his foot in the stirrup I gestured for Sora to stand. I giggled when I saw how wide Eren's eyes were.

"Okay, just do a few laps around and come back, I don't want any harm done to my friend." Eren just rolled his eyes, I stuck my tongue out sitting down in the grass.

Gathering up the reins he walked Sora around to let him adjust before nudging him into a trot. I was pretending not notice as Sora ignored the cue and continued walking. I noticed Armin sitting next to me giving me a funny look.

"What? Did I do something?" I asked innocently.

"No, I was wondering, did you know this would happen?" He looked at me.

"I told you before right? I have a bond with Sora, he doesn't like to listen to other people. Besides it's safer this way."

"Safer?"

"Sora is a gentle giant, but the only one who has ever ridden him was me, until now. I told you his previous owner allowed me to have him because I helped train him. That was only partially true, the real reason I was allowed to take Sora is because the owner died the day we left." I averted my gaze from Armin's eyes.

"What was the cause?" He asked.

"A titan." I whispered, "That's how I came across Levi in the forest, because…I was running away." I pressed my lips into a thin line.

"Why didn't you…"

"Say so sooner? I was scared…and I didn't want to add more tension, if Jean is your leader, I think I would have been interrogated on the spot, in my own room." I huffed.

"…you're right."

"Armin, I promise I will tell you everything, I really want to know more about you guys first, it's easier to accept certain things about each other, equal information is important when gaining trust." Armin stared at me with his bright blue eyes, I averted my gaze to the ground. I played with a strand of my hair, wrapping it multiple times around my finger.

"The day we first met I have been wanting to ask you. Why did you want to touch my hair?" I felt my heart stop when Armin snapped me back to reality.

"I never saw hair like yours before. I'm sorry, I didn't ask you first." I admitted sheepishly.

"You just scared me."

"If I asked now? May I?" I stretched a hand out towards him.

"Hai!" He answered somewhat loudly.

"It's just me Armin." I smiled.

Inching closer I faced him, gently grabbing a small section that fell in front of his eyes I ran my fingers through the side almost cupping his cheek. I spun it around my finger, feeling the texture and admiring its golden color. I looked at Armin's face and pulled back.

"You were starting to look tense, was it really that bad?"

"N-n-no it felt great-I meant nice, I'm just bad with people." He told me while vigorously shaking his head.

"I'll take that as a good thing then." I smiled, as Armin turned his head away from me.

"You could say that."

"Are you embarrassed?" I teased.

"And if I am?" He looked at me with pink cheeks, but his voice was serious.

"I….…um…" It was my turn to look away as I felt my face heating up.

"Thanks for letting me ride your horse he was so lazy like you said!" I froze when I saw Eren's shadow looming over us. "Armin, Yuzuki? You guys look a bit flushed, was I out there for too long?" I could hear the concern in his voice.

"I didn't even notice, Eren can you put Sora away for me? I think I need a drink." I answered quickly standing up, I started to run back to headquarters.

"I'll go with you!" Armin called as he ran after me.

"Don't faint!" Eren yelled.

"Can't promise you anything, but we'll try not to."

My lungs started to burn, but I didn't care. I desperately needed a cup of water, and it was definitely not because of the weather.