I finally figured out how to wirte notes in chapters!
First of all, thanks to everyone who read and commented on this story, your feedback is greatly appreciated it.
Second of all, Im so sorry that i haven't updated in a while, i really have no excuse other than being lazy. I was trying to complete the prompts for #AnnieWeek but im still not done.I decided to take a break from it and write this chapter instead.
Enjoy :)
the next few days Annie didn't see Mikasa at all. Annie hadn't paid much attention to that, figured that the girl was probably just busy and opted to leave her alone for the time being.
mikasa was a busy girl, Annie knew that she participates in diffrent clubs and has advanced classes. her scedule must be pretty full.
it was only when Mikasa had been walking in the hallway, spotted Annie and immediately turned around and walked the other way, that Annie suspected that Mikasa was avoiding her.
but Annie was not going to let herself be avoided and ignored any longer. she was going to look for Mikasa and force her to explain herself.
x
it took a while to find Mikasa, the girl was pretty good at being sneaky. Annie would get a glimpse of her in a crowd but she would dissappear in a blink of an eye.
it honestly irritated Annie to no end, she thought about ignoring Mikasa back a few times to get back at her before calming down and brushing off the idea.
Annie sat in her seat forming her next plan to ambush Mikasa right when the bell rang but was cut out of her thoughts when she saw something that made her scowl in anger.
some guy Annie didn't know was leaning on Mikasa's desk and flirting with her, or at least attempting to. Mikasa was having none of that and was balantly ignoring his presence at her desk and instead writing down some notes.
Annie didn't know what possessed her to step out of her seat and walk behind Mikasa's to glare at the guy. she gave him her harshest glare without saying anything.
he visibly flinched but didn't attempt to stop his advances. Annie was having none of that however. "leave" she hissed in a low tone.
Mikasa stopped her scribbling when she heard and looked up at the guy, waiting to see his reaction.
"and if i don't?" he replied in a challenging tone. poor stupid guy, Annie didn't even hesitate to send her fist towards the guy's mouth and knocking him out.
Mikasa gasped and turned around to face Annie in shock.
she didn't get a chance to say anything though, as the teacher came hurriedly to check on Annie's victim.
"Ms Leonhardt this is not the kind of behaviour that will be tolerated in this class! go to the principles office this instant!"
Annie didn't argue, but instead she huffed and went to pick up her bag and left the classroom. she was aware of the many pairs of eyes following her movement, turning around at the door and locking her own with a dark grey pair, simply to say "we need to talk".
x
Mikasa bolted out of class the second the bell rang, she was jogging quickly in order to avoid the wild traffic of students that would come out any minute. she was stopped however, by none that Eren Jaeger coming at her in excitment.
"did you really see Annie punch some dude's lights out!" he basically had stars in his eyes.
"not now Eren, i gotta go" she rounded around him to leave but he grabbed her arm with a pout.
"come on! you can't really save a minute to tell me what happened?! im your brother, you should tell me!"
Mikasa rolled her eyes. he never actually acknowledges that they are siblings unless he wants something.
"not now, Eren" she said and pulled her arm back.
"well why the hell not!" he complained loudly.
"just because" she gritted her teeth. she really couldn't waste time.
"because what?!" he crossed his arms and glared at her.
"because i need to go find Annie, now leave me alone, Eren" she ordered and turned around to leave.
"I'm coming with you" he announced.
"no you aren't" she rolled her eyes once again.
"you can't stop me"
Mikasa simply sighed and continued walking, Annie would scare him off later if she wanted anyway.
they found Annie sitting at one of the chairs on outside the principal's office, arms crossed and a dark scowl on her face.
the guy she knocked out was probably inside talking to the principal and most likely adding too much untrue events to what happened. and Annie was not happy about it.
"Annie-" Mikasa started but was cut off by her companion who shoved past her to stand infront of Annie with a huge grin.
"Annie, i can't believe you punched him! that's so cool!"
Annie didn't reply and instead gave hime a snarl that clearly warned him to keep quiet and back off.
but Eren, as dense as he is, didn't understand and didn't seem too bothered by the blonde's expression. so he kept gushing about how he thought she was.
that was until Annie's paitence ran thin and kicked him harshly in the shin, making him crumble to the floor with a dramatic and pathetic wail.
Mikasa shook her head and stepped over him to get to the blonde. she took a seat next to her and looked at her warily, not wanting to accidentally get on the girl's nerves.
"wanna tell me what was that all about?"
Annie grunted and looked away, avoiding Mikasa's eyes. her stony expression falling slightly. she wasn't about to tell Mikasa she did all of that because she was jealous.
"he just pissed me off" she mumbled after a few minutes.
"who? Eren or that guy?" Mikasa asked.
"both"
"what the hell was that all about Annie?!" Eren's voice cut through to their ears and Annie immediately snapped her head in his directon to glare at hime again.
"Jaeger, leave. before i break your ankle this time" she threatened.
he snorted and shakily stood up. "whatever" he turned around grumpily and limped away.
"did you really have to do that?" Mikasa asked with a small smile.
"yes"
"so what is your punishment?"
"he gave me a warning and a strike and is currently calling my legal guardian" Annie shrugged.
"so your parents are coming?" Mikasa asked.
"i.. guess?"
Annie never really talked to Hanji and Levi about what she should be referring to them as when asked about guardians. they didn't really fit into the parents disruption and she didn't know what to call them.
the two stayed quiet for a while, neither knowing what to say. excited chatter broke the awkward tension though.
it seemed like the students loitering in the hallway were all staring at one thing that was making it's way through.
Annie didn't really care, but Mikasa was curious and sat at the edge of her seat in hope to get a glimpse.
it only took 3 minutes to walk in her range of sight and Mikasa was slightly confused.
there was a blond man in a military suit walking towards the two girls. his head held high and it was seemingly attracting so much stares from the students. the girls in particular.
he spotted the two and stopped right infront of Annie, looking down at her with a frown.
Annie looked down and avoided his gaze.
"let's go in, shall we?" Erwin spoke, his voice seemed deeper than usual and it slightly unnerved Annie.
she just nodded and stood from her seat to follow him inside. casting one last glance at Mikasa who was looking at her in concern.
x
Annie and Erwin didn't stay inside with the principal for long, it was quite a short meeting. mostly went by with the principal station how Annie had been showing violent behaviour and a slacking attitude.
Erwin had few responses and Annie just tuned them both out by the first five minutes.
they were free to go after thirty minutes. Annie was about to ditch Erwin and go loiter around before her next class but her plans were not going to happen.
"Levi is picking you up later, the three of us will have a chat with you tonight" he said.
"can't you just take me with you instead?" she raised an eyebrow.
"no, i have to attend to a few things back at work"
"ok."
"and Annie, i don't want to be called in here for another meeting about your behaviour, you understand" he said sharply.
"why were you called in here instead of Hanji and Levi anyway? i thought you were too busy to be attending to things like these" Annie asked.
"i am, but i am the one who is mainly responsible for you. so it would make sense for me to come"
"i see.."
"Anyway, I'll be off now. I'll see you tonight" he said.
"yeah.. see you" Annie said awkwardly.
geez, speaking with Erwin alone was so weird.
x
deciding on skipping the next class, Annie sat outside behind the school building. she didn't really have anything to do, but as she leaned on the wall, she could feel a faint buzzing on her hip.
she furrowed her brows and zipped her bag open to look for the source. it was her phone. oh.
she forgot all about this thing. haven't used it since a few days after she got it. the battery percentage was at 25%. but apparently poeple were still attempting to contact her.
she had plenty of unread messages that she just ignored and skipped over. mostly from Eren trying to start a conversation and ask her to hang out with him, Armin and Mikasa. or asking her to teach him how to fight.
she was willing to teach the old Eren some moves, but this one was just too annoying to be around.
there was also a few messages from Armin saying hi and asking how she is. they were from a week ago. at least he knew that he should stop if he didn't get a response.
Annie skipped through the messages of thr group just messaging her who they were. she should probably reply later. she knew she wouldn't though.
how did they even get her number in the first place? she kept slowly scrolling, there was nothing intresting.
"hey there, whatcha doin there?"
Annie looked up to see Hitch. she gave her a blank stare then looked back down at the screen in her hand.
"oi don't ignore me!"
Annie kept ignoring her.
"Annieee" Hitch whined and moved to plop beside her on the ground. "don't ignore meee"
"leave me alone, Hitch" Annie frowned.
"oo what you got there?!" Hitch exclaimed and swiped the phone out of Annie's hands.
"hey give that back!"
"wow this is soo boring, you don't even have any apps on this thing"
"shut up" Annie rolled her eyes.
"i can't let his happen, Annie. you need to be in contact with the world" Hitch said seriously.
"i don't want to"
"you don't have a choice" Hitch stated loudly and Annie had to shush her so they wouldn't attract any attention.
"I'll install all social media apps for you, and you'll love them! just give me a second" Hitch smiled.
"seriously Hitch, i don't want to have that kind of thing" Annie sighed.
"ah! one is done, let's make you an instagram account" Hitch was being strangely giddy about this.
Annie just sat back and let her do what she wanted, she didn't want to bother. but a flash startled her. she looked at Hitch suspiously.
"what the hell did you do?!" Annie glared.
"took a picture of you for your profile, duh." Hitch said simply as she worked on editing the lighting on the picture.
"Now this is finished! look at your cool account!" Hitch showed Annie an empty profile, the name was a simple 'Annie.L" and the picture looked pretty good with how Hitch made it.
"um, cool?"
"this is still pretty empty though, you'll need to start posting pictures of stuff and posting them to get followers, likes and comments" Hitch explained.
"o.. k"
"here! I'll start it off for you!"
Hitch threw her arm around Annie's shoulders and pulled her in close too fast, making Annie stumble and fall a little too close to Hitch's breasts for Annie's liking.
the picture was taken at that moment and Annie blushed lightly. she face palmed as Hitch was squealing at the picture happily.
"i posted it and tagged myself, now people who know me will know you too!"
"thanks, i guess."
"no problem, now on to the next app!"
Annie closed her eyes and groaned, she didn't know if she could handle much of Hitch rambling about stuff she didn't know any longer.
they spent about an hour just going through the apps, Hitch saying too much and causing Annie to zone out while she talked. eventually, Annie officially had an account every popular social media, which she was pretty sure were going to die soon.
"Annie there's someone called Levi calling you" Hitch pointed out.
she answered and got a simple "im at the front of the school, don't make me wait"
"sorry Hitch, gotta go" Annie said and stood up.
"that's okay, text me tonight, alright?!"
"sure."
Annie walked away and headed for the car parked at the side of the road. she got in and raised an eyebrow at the face Levi was making.
"heard you got into a fight"
"yeah, kinda. so?"
"did you win?"
"yeah"
"good."
x
when they arrived at home, Annie went to her room to wait until Erwin came by. she decided to plug in the charger to her phone for the first time and laid down on the bed with it.
she saw the new apps that had been installed today all had notification bubbles, seeing them irritated Annie slightly for some reason. so she went in each one to make them go away.
she was a few seconds into instagram when one notification grabbed her attention.
Mikasaackerman is now following you.
the name spiked her intrest. what was Mikasa doing in her own account? maybe Annie could get some ideas for when she decided to do something with her own. maybe she'd get to see cool pictures of Mikasa?
the girl had over 10K followers despite the account being private! Annie pressed the follow button and went to go pick out some clothes for a shower.
going back to the phone, her request had already been accepted. Annie's shower was temporarily forgotten and the girl sat down to look at the many beautiful pictures presented.
"wow" Annie muttered.
half an hour later, Annie reached the bottome of the account. she didn't put a like on any single picture because she was honestly too embarrassed to do so. but she did drop in a comment on the most recent post.
Annie sat still for a moment, her eyes just aimlessly looking around the room. they fell onto her desk, where her old military police uniform laid on the chair.
she missed it, missed her old life. even though this one was probably ten times better than before. but she didn't belong here. she didn't fit in.
Annie grabbed the jacket and put it on. it still fit the same, hugging her figure nicely against the hoodie she was wearing. she almost looked the same as before. she looked like the Annie she knew herself to be. Annie the 4th in her cadet corps. Annie the military police recruit.
Annie the warrior.
it was almost sad, she was never getting that life back again.
her phone buzzed in the background. and Annie picked it up. instead of checking the notification however, she took a picture of herself in her uniform.
it looked pretty decent, nowhere near the quality of the pictures Hitch or Mikasa took, but still decent.
she posted it in her account with the caption.
"i just want the weak, who do get swept along with the flow, to be considered human too."
This chapter was also a filler, but i wanted to give Annie a short break before getting into the main parts again.
If you have any ideas , suggestions or questions feel free to comment them and I'll respond to you as soon as i could.
