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Curiosity
Chapter 11
He knew immediately when the little human woke up. It was well past high moon and the darkness was starting to recoil with the coming of the son, taking the glimmering stars with it. It was breathtaking. How they moved through the sky, twinkling and sparkling with light as they dance through the darkness. Sadly he could not watch for long. For sleep's call grew stronger every time he opened his eyes. Only after the moon hung low in the sky and the stars began to dim, did he start to feel the cloud of sleep began to lift. That is when the little human stirred.
It was a small movement, just a slight shift to the side but the gasp that the little human release told him that it was awake. It remained still for some moments before slowly rolling over and getting up onto its hands and knees. He felt it moving slowly towards the edge of his palm and he became concerned that the human was trying to run away. He knows that humans running from his kind is a normal occurrence but if the little human was to leave now it would surely die. Mustering up what little energy he had left, he forced his eyes open to see what the little human was doing.
It was leaning over the edge of his palm gazing at the ground and the surrounding trees. It must be trying to find a way to get down. This is strangely a bit of a relief to him. The little human was no longer closed off and still but moving an active. This is something that he would expect from a human. He let out a breath in relief at the thought, somehow knowing that the little human would be okay.
The little human tense at the sound of his breath hissing through his teeth, its body became rigid and he heard it let out a small gasp of surprise. Very slowly it turned its head to gaze back at him. Its face was still pale but not as much as before. The dark flaking smear on its face seem to make its sky colored eyes more pronounced. They seem much larger than what they really were and looked like they were going to fallout of its sockets. Its eyes roamed over his features, never staying in one place for too long. When its eyes met his he could see the sheer terror in the little human's eyes. Its eyes looked like those of the larger humans that he saw been eaten by others of his kind. He didn't like it. Deciding that he had enough of seeing that terror he slowly moved his gaze upwards towards the dimming stars. He regarded them for a moment and determined that the sun would be returning to the sky before too long. He moved his gaze back down to the little human but when his eyes landed on the little human once more it reacted with a jerk.
It happened quickly, he didn't have time to think of what he should do; he just did. When the little human jerked, it lost its balance on the edge of his palm and it began to fall backwards towards the ground. He shot out his other hand on pure reflex and only realized that he caught the little human when he felt the small thwack of its body hitting his palm. He let out a slow quiet breath willing his heart to return to a normal pace. For a moment he thought that the little human was going to die and all his efforts would have been for naught.
He brought the little human closer to check it over for any injuries. The little human tried to push itself away from him when he brought him closer but quickly stopped in cringed in pain. Its hands quickly wrapped around its lower leg. Is it hurt? He doesn't see any injuries or smell any fresh blood, so why is it in pain? Maybe the injury was hidden under its… clothes was it? When the little human places leg flat on his Palm and removed its hands, he carefully brought his index finger to the human's leg to try to move the cloth covering it. When the little human tents and begin to shake he paused in his actions not wanting to scare it even more. He pulled away when he heard the little human say something very quietly that he almost didn't catch. It said, "Pull it together, Armin. A Titan is a Titan. Mankind's enemy." His chest tightened at the words and the fear that was written across its face. He knows that all humans fear his kind but how can he show this human that he doesn't want to hurt it?
He thought back to the times he would watch the other humans interact with each other. He remembered that when some of the humans were acting oddly, lashing out and yelling at the other humans, they would call out to them using those words that they used to refer to themselves. They would also sometimes lash back at them but he thinks that that would only scare the little human more, if not injure it. Maybe he should try calling out to the little human to trying calm it.
Hmm… What did the little human say… A… ni… No… A…
"A…"
His voice was loud in gritty to his ears any almost flinched like the little human did. He tried to lower his voice but he didn't think there was much of a difference. He tried again.
"N…"
These sounds are hard to do. They made him flexes tongue in a way he had never had to do before and his vocal cords tightened in an almost painful way. But he still tried.
"A… n…"
That one sound, the…mmm… Sound he can't seem to get right. He remembers trying to say human words before and that was one sound he could never get right.
"A…"
"Nin…"
"Ar…"
"Nin…"
He's getting closer but he has to get the sounds closer together.
"A-nin."
"Ar-nin."
He knew he had it, or at least something close enough, when the little human's face change from one of fright to one of surprise and shock. Its muscles relaxed, its sky colored eyes widening and its jaw went slack. It even stopped shaking.
"Ar-nin"
The little human stared at him for a long while, before it closed its mouth and stared intensely at him. It really looked at him. Just not the fleeting glances filled with fear that it gave him before, but lookedat him. Its eyebrows were knitted together in his eyes were sharper and clearer than he ever seen before. Actually, it is making him feel strange. He felt like he needed to move and the muscles in his upper back were tents.
He shifted to try and loosen his muscles but when he did, the little human tensed up again in gained a weary look in its eyes. He stopped his movements and became still. Slowly, it relaxed and continued to watch him with that same intense look. He was going to be here for a while.
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A/N: MY COMPUTER DIED ON ME! T_T I LOST EVERYTHING! TWICE! Including my fanfiction chapters. I was halfway done with this chapter when it died. T_T You have no idea how long it took me to redo this. When my computer her side I went and bought a new one but it didn't have the power I needed for my homework. So I had to return it. It took me about 2 weeks to get a computer that actually worked for me.*Sigh*but the good thing as I think this chapter is better than what I had before.
And to top it off all my professors are trying to kill me! In the first 2 weeks alone, I had 15 homework's, 5 quizzes, a test, and a history project presentation. And since then I have debated about dropping my classes is quarter. I really just want to tear my hair out. So if it takes me a lot longer than usual to get the next chapter out it is because I am fighting to stay alive.
Anyways, I know this chapter was just a rehash of the last one but I think it's important to know what was going on through the Titans head during the scene. This is his first real interaction with a human and it kind of sets it up to how he's going to be interacting and thinking of humans in the future. So… it will make more sense later on.
So… It's October! Do you know what that means? It means I finally get to post up that one shot idea I have had planned for months. It is going to be a ghost story starring Ymir and Kristin. It should be up no later than Halloween. I love how it's turning out so far. Now I'm just debating if I should post it in this story as a Halloween special or post it up as its own individual story. What do you think I should do?
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SeaOfScales: Thank you for the review! I always love hearing from my readers. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. Again I am sorry for how late this is but like I said my computer died and there was nothing I could do. Thanks for reading! :)
Grz: I can't tell you how Eren becomes human (if he does) because that would be spoilers. And as for Levi knowing what happened in the storm, keep in mind that a lot of stuff was going on and it was hard to see. That and he was too focused on trying to help Isabel to really stop and think about what was going on. Thank you for reviewing and I am sorry for the lateness.
Rainwolf024: Am sooooo sorry for how long this took me! And there wasn't too much in the way of story development but it's been almost a month and I want to get something out soon. But thank you for reading and I hope you like this chapter.
Basia Orci: He is going to be confused for a while. And I just came up with the idea of the Titan trying to talk to Armin. I almost screamed when I thought about it because I loved sooo much. Again I am sorry how late this is. I hope you understand.
KhaalidaNyx: Thank you for saying that! So many questions. Two of them, Eren being human and the Coordinate one, I can't answer because don't know where it is going to end up at this moment so I don't have the answer. But for all the others, PM me and I will answer them (if they don't go into too much spoilers). I don't what to answer them here because if someone else reads them they might be 'Ahh man! That was a spoiler I didn't want to know!' So PM me. Thank you for reviewing and I'm sorry for how long this took.
Tatopatato: I'm sorry you didn't like that part…but it was setting up things for later on in the story. That is how I view every chapter. I am setting things up for things to come. And yes that is Eren's Titan. Thank you for reviewing and again sorry for how late this is.
RygatAnime: YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THAT MEANS TO ME! *cries in joy* I feel that way with my favorite authors too! I am soooooooooo sorry that this is soooo late but like I said before my computer died when I was halfway through the chapter and the thing with the school and… I'm sorry! T_T Anyways, I'm glad you caught that. I actually restricted my lips from moving to figure out how he would say that. I was so glad I was alone when I did that because everyone would have been looking at me funny. Thank you soooooo much for reviewing. It means so much.
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Until next time!
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