Hey look, another chapter. This is a long one, it is the first day of high school.
0~0 New people are introduced. More events are added to the story. Should be fun! Lol Hope you like it and as always, enjoy.
First Day
It is the start of the fall semester as students from Viridis, Rubeus, and Caeruleum begin their new school year. For freshman, it is a very nervous time as they assimilate into their new environments. In that sense, a day like this shouldn't be overlooked.
"Eren, I'm leaving already," said Carla standing behind the boy's door, "Make you sure you have enough time to get ready for school." As she left the house, Eren covered his face, electing to sleep just a bit longer, "Five more minutes…"
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"Maybe I should've knocked on his door," said Mikasa as she was walking toward Caeruleum, "Eren, what are you doing…idiot." The day before, the two had decided to walk to school together for the first time. They had always walked back from school, but they had never left in the morning seeing as how they left at different times. Mostly because Eren would favor to sleep in more and Mikasa was told, by her father, that the early bird gets the worm. And being that this was Eren's idea, it didn't sit well with her that he just ignored it. Regardless, there was no way she would miss her first day at Caeruleum. She was looking forward to attending the school that he had talked so greatly about. So for now, she agreed to deal with him later.
Then, appearing out of the distant, was Caeruleum High School. Parked cars were in the outside of the campus, and students walked through a single gate where a sign that read "All Freshman to the Auditorium" was hanged. Mikasa took once last glance back towards home, hoping to see Eren running towards her; but unfortunately, there was no sign of him. She entered the school grounds, making her way to the auditorium; it was a building where the inside looked a lot bigger than the outside. The other freshman gathered inside, some were old friends and others were trying to make new friends. A couple of which approached her, "Hey Mikasa!" It was Jean who was followed by Connie.
"Looks like we're the only ones from our school here," said Connie, "Hm, where is Eren? I thought he would be the first one here."
"Ah who cares, that idiot is probably sleeping. Hey Mikasa, um, how was your summer?" said Jean.
"Well…it was nice, really refreshing." Mikasa avoid mentioning the incident with George.
"That's good to hear, but maybe next time, if you don't have anything planned I mean…I can show you Trost sometime, I went there this past summer," Jean had a great red blush that Connie picked up on instantly. Mikasa on the other hand was oblivious to it.
Before she could reply, a voice resonated through the auditorium. "New students, please make your way to the front of the stage. The principal will say a few words to you all." A lady with orangey hair stood in front of a microphone, and as the students organized themselves, she stepped away where a tall man with fine blond hair took her place. Mikasa looked around to see if Eren was here. Still nothing. "Eren…"
"Eren," a seductive voice arose in Eren's dream. "Eren, please stay with me. I want you so…"
"Come on Mikasa," muttered Eren, "I have to go to school…school?...School!" He sat up from his bed and looked at his clock. "Are you serious! ARGH!" He rushed towards the bathroom and grabbed anything he could wear. There was no time for a shower, so he was very happy to have the body spray that his dad gave him. Use this when you're in a hurry. Those were the words he said, and Eren had a feeling that his father knew this was going to happen. Once he clothed himself, he gathered his backpack, tied his shoes, and ran out the door. After seeing the performance in front of him, George decided to go back to sleep.
"Even after I told her…and she even said yes!" Eren ran hard while recollecting last night; he stayed up late thinking of seeing her first thing in the morning, "Dang it!"
Meanwhile at school, the freshman waited patiently to hear the principal's words. Mikasa, Jean, and Connie had no idea what he was like; hopefully, they thought, he won't be so bad.
The principal cleared his throat as he said, "I appreciate that you all have chosen this school to be your place of learning for the next four years. But before I continue, I must ask each of you this." He took a deep breath and stared at them with cold eyes, "Are you prepared to deal with the possibility of failing?" All the students looked at each other, unsure of what he meant by that. "Let me rephrase, if the stress from school, and the shame of failing your parents surround you, will you give up?" Now the students were getting scared, none of them expected their principal to beginning weeding them out on the first day. It was like a test with their lives on the line, and no one studied for it. Except for Mikasa, she didn't know why he was saying all of this, but there was no way she would budge from something like this. She knew that Eren wouldn't back down either.
"Man, what's this guy saying? Hey Jean what do you think," said Connie, a small bead of sweat rolled down his face.
Jean was a little shaky, but he managed to hold his composure, "Hell if I know."
The students continued to murmur amongst themselves, until the principal spoke up once again, "Whether you are or not right now, when you graduate from this school, you will be more ready to deal with the real world than students who graduate in other schools. Even those from Viridis." His last comment was surprising to the students; after all, it was no mystery that those in Viridis are considered elite. At that moment, the principal smiled, "You have no reason to lose to anyone, we will guide you. So like I said, I appreciate, no…I am very happy to see all of you here." Their nervous feeling vanished as they smiled back at the principal in relief. Connie wiped the sweat off of him, Jean let out a big sigh, and Mikasa kept her stoic demeanor.
The principal placed his right fist over his heart and left arm behind his back, "This is the traditional salute of Caeruleum High School, follow my words." Each of them performed the salute and mirrored the principal's posture. Mikasa did the same; something about this made her feel courageous.
"I am a student of Caeruleum, I face fear with my heart, I surpass my body's limitations. Even if everything crashes around me, I stand tall. The world will see that I am a student of Caeruleum."
The words that came out of each of their mouths was heavy, but it was something that each of them swore to themselves that they would uphold.
"My name is Erwin Smith, Welcome to Caeruleum."
Erwin walked toward the side of the stage, as the lady with the orange hair passed by him, "Jeez, you always have to scare them first, huh?"
"Petra, it is a right of passage. Besides, I eased up a bit this year."
As Erwin stood on the side, Petra got the attention of the freshman, "Okay, your homeroom class number is listed outside. This will be your first period class everyday, the rest of your classes should be listed on your schedule. Now, go see where you will be every morning for the next four years."
The students filed out of the building, and as Jean followed, he noticed a familiar person to his side, "Eh, isn't that…Christa?"
"Jean hurry up man, let's go see which homeroom number we have. Mikasa is already checking you know," said Connie.
"Yeah, I'm coming."
Mikasa looked up at the list of names in front of her. They were in alphabetical order, so she was able to find her name quickly. Mikasa Ackerman…Class 1-A. After she confirmed this, she glanced around her to see if Eren was here. It was no surprise that he wasn't. Even so, she decided to scan the names to see where Eren would be. Truthfully, she thought it would be nice to be in the same class as him, just like in middle school. After finding the "J" section, she saw it. Eren Jaeger…Class 1-A. A small smile appeared on Mikasa's face.
Jean and Connie approached the board next to Mikasa to find their names. Jean found his first, "Class 1-A yes!"
"Hey me too!" said Connie smiling. "Looks like the three of us are in the same class again. What's wrong Jean?"
"Eren is in our class too."
"Great! That makes four of us."
Jean sighed, but was still happy to know that he was in the same class as Mikasa.
"We should get going," said Mikasa, "Everyone else is leaving." As the three of them followed the crowd into the main school building, a shadowy figure stood just outside of the school.
"Oh, looks like everyone isn't inside yet, lucky me," said Eren. As he climbed the nearby wall, which wasn't that tall, Erwin, who was exiting the auditorium, noticed him sneaking in with the rest of the freshman. "Looks like we have an interesting one."
"Erwin," said Petra, "Come on, you have to go in as well."
Erwin ignored what he saw for the moment, "Of course Petra."
As the freshman entered the building, Eren noticed Mikasa, Jean and Connie in front of him. He grabbed Mikasa by the shoulder, startling her in the process, "Eren!"
"Eren, you actually made it, how did you get in?" said Connie.
"Some wall climbing, where is everyone going?"
"We're going to our homeroom class, you're supposed to look at the board outside to see which class you're in," said Jean.
"Seriously! Oh man, they're going to catch me for sure."
"Your homeroom class is 1-A," said Mikasa.
"Nice try, Jean," said Connie. Jean looked away with a disgruntled face.
"Thanks Mikasa, you actually looked up my name," said Eren smiling.
"Well I was curious…oh, we're here."
As the four students entered their homeroom class, they noticed the seating arrangements on the board. "Oh, I guess I'm over here," said Connie as he sat in the front, "I can't believe I'm sitting here, this sucks."
"Yeah, well, that's what you get for sleeping in class," said Jean who sat a few rows back from Connie. As Jean sat down, a student next to him offered his hand.
"Nice to meet you, my name is Marco Bott. Looks like we'll be next to each other this year."
Jean hesitated for a moment, but then responded, "Right, looks like it. I'm Jean Kirchstein."
Eren saw that he was on the other side of the room, far away from Jean, Connie, and Mikasa. He was a little disheartened at that as he said, "I guess I'm over there, later Mikasa." Mikasa nodded as she sat on the other end from Eren, at the back of the room.
As Eren took his seat he was greeted by the soft voice of the blonde girl sitting next to him. "Hey Eren, long time no see."
Eren turned to face her, his eyes grew wide-eyed, "C-Christa?" Eren didn't even notice her name on the board. Christa, out of all the people sitting next to him, it was her. He struggled to say something else, "U-um, you—I."
She chuckled a little, "The way you talk is still the same, but you seem different. I'm glad."
Before Eren could speak up once again, Erwin entered the room and approached the front, "Silence…students of Class 1-A, I will be your new teacher. I look forward to it."
The students of Class 1-A were discouraged to hear that their principal was also their teacher. "No way." "Are you kidding me?" said some of them.
Then a hearty laugh escaped Erwin's mouth and then said, "Joking…I'll just be substituting for the day. Your homeroom teacher will be here tomorrow."
A sigh of relief escaped the majority of the students. "This guy is going to give me a heart attack, " said Connie wiping sweat from his head again.
"So, lets have each of you introduce yourselves. Tell us your name, what you like, and your future plans. Lets start with you in the front," said Erwin.
Connie stood up with haste, "Yes sir! Um, My name is Connie Springer. I like video games, and I want to have a great, steady job. One that my parents will be proud of."
"Good, good, you didn't need to stand up, but I suppose that's better. Next!" Each student took their turn as they showed what kind of person they were like.
"My name is Marco Bott. I like working with tools and in the future I want to be working close to the Prime Minister. It would be a huge honor."
"My name is Jean Kirchstein. I like earning money for my hard work. Down the line, I want to be in charge of a company, and be secure for the rest of my life."
"My name is Sasha Blaus. I-I like um…clothes…and accessorizing," her tone was a little sarcastic, "In the future, I want to have…a good job." She sat back down with her eyes down.
"My name is Mikasa Ackerman. I like to run in the mornings and in the future," she paused for a moment, "I don't know, I'm sorry."
"My name is Eren Jaeger." Erwin noticed that this was boy in the morning. "I like to work with my dad whenever I get the chance. In the future, I'm not sure what my position will be, but I know that I'll be traveling all over the world." Of all the times Mikasa had talked with Eren, she never heard him talk about his future. It wasn't that much of a surprise though seeing the kind of person he was. I suppose he likes to be free, just like his mother. Mikasa recollected her talk with Grisha.
As Eren sat down, Christa stood up, grabbing the attention of the entire class. "Hello everyone, my name is Christa Lentz, it's nice to meet you all."
"I knew it," said Jean.
"Hey Jean its Christa," whispered Connie. Jean only responded with a nod.
The rest of the boys became enamored and were thrilled to have such a girl in their class. The girls admired her glow and listened intently to what she said, "I like to groom horses at my uncle's place and for the future…" Christa glanced toward Eren. He turned away from her as a slight blush arose from his cheek. Mikasa saw Eren's odd reaction, but didn't make anything of it. "I suppose I'd want have a nice family."
As soon as she said that, cupid's love arrow pierced the heart of most of the boys.
"Okay," said Erwin, "I'm glad to see you all have likes and/or future goals. The next class will start soon, so I'll just tell you some quick points. Oh and one more thing, Eren Jaeger…"
Eren's ears perked up as he responded, "Yes sir?"
"See me after school."
"Great," he muttered to himself.
The day was only half over as lunchtime began, so the students headed outside to the lunch tables. Eren was looking forward to this, because he skipped breakfast to get here faster. However, he quickly realized he had no money with him; so, he looked to his friends for help.
"No," said Jean.
"Come on man. I missed breakfast running over here."
"That's your fault. Like my father says, you have to deal with the consequences or you won't get paid. He stressed the 'paid' part very much."
"Connie, what about you?"
"I would give you some, but I don't have any. I just brought a lunch bag. No you can't have any of my food."
After Mikasa collected her lunch box, she was about go over where Eren was, until Sasha approached her. "Hey, um Mikasa, do you want to have lunch together?"
Mikasa was not sure why this girl wanted to eat with her, but this was an opportunity for Mikasa to make a new friend. Of course, that will depend on Sasha, she thought to herself. "I don't mind."
"Cool, I like your lunch box, what did you bring?"
"It's actually a bento, and as for what I brought…" Mikasa opened it up to reveal the wonder of home cooked food. Sasha was stunned.
"A-Amazing! That looks so delicious! Can I—" Sasha immediately changed her demeanor, "I mean, that looks good."
Mikasa was puzzled by this girl's attitude; she also noticed that her lunch bag was not filled with much, "That's all you brought?"
"Uh, yeah, it's enough for me." Mikasa decided to leave it at that as the two of them ate their lunch.
Meanwhile, Eren was beginning to lose all hope.
That was until a savior named Marco Bott arrived, "Hey, I couldn't help but overhear. Eren, I can give you some money." He pulled out a few dollars, Eren grabbed his hand in appreciation.
"You're a lifesaver, I'll pay you back tomorrow."
"Ah, don't worry about it," said Marco shyly.
"You should have left him to suffer," said Jean.
"We all need some help every now and then, I'm sure you asked for help once," said Marco.
"Nope, I learned to deal with things on my own," said Jean.
As Eren was heading back inside, he noticed the conversation from some students surrounding Christa. "You have amazing hair." "You look like an angel." "Hey, we should go to karaoke one of these days."
Eren didn't take a second glance; he was focused on finding the vending machine. Christa didn't respond to any of the comments at first, but when she saw Eren leave she spoke up, "Um, excuse me, I need to go get some water."
"Oh, we'll come with you," said one of the girls.
"No, it's okay. I'll be right back." With that Christa headed inside, hoping to catch up to Eren.
"Let's see, this is the most I can get," said Eren inserting money into the vending machine. It wasn't much, but it was enough to hold him off till he got home. As Eren opened his snack, Christa appeared in front of him.
"Hey Eren, can we talk for a moment."
Eren held of eating his food for the moment, he wasn't expecting to talk to her so suddenly, "I suppose, but you'll have to forgive me, I haven't eaten yet."
"Eh, you didn't eat breakfast?"
"Yeah, I was running a bit late."
"I think I have some food, wait here."
Eren grabbed her by the shoulder, "Christa I'm fine, now what did you want to talk about?"
As he released her, she grasped her hands together, "Well, um, How do you feel… about seeing me again."
Eren began nibbling on his snack as he gave a soft response, "I'm not sure, I guess I'm glad to know that you're okay."
"I see...Eren, if your okay with it, I would really like to be friends again." She looked at him straight in his eyes, watching every tiny reaction he was making." The two had a heartfelt past, Eren know this clearly, but he wonders if being close to each other again will be the right choice. After all, it was his fault.
"I don't think that's a good idea…right now, at least." Eren threw away his half-empty bag of food, he didn't feel like eating anymore.
"Is it really that bad of an idea? Am I really that dangerous?"
Eren quickly turned around, "No! No, you're not." He didn't want to leave Christa with an empty feeling, so he playfully laughed as he said, "Sorry, I'm just an idiot." Deciding to go back to class, he left Christa with one last remark, "It's only the first day, and it seems like you're doing okay. So, for now let's just leave it like this."
As Eren walked away from her, Christa said, almost raising her voice, "I can wait, Eren." It might have been the fact that he had an empty stomach or because he stayed up late the night before, but he was beginning to feel jaded. When Eren returned to his friends, Mikasa saw that he wasn't looking too well
"Yo, Eren, I thought you were gonna get something to eat," said Connie.
"Yeah, I already finished it."
"I'm sorry Eren, I wish I had more money. You probably could've only got a snack, huh?" said a concerned Marco.
Eren immediately reassured him, "It was enough, thanks…Marco Bott, was it?"
Marco nodded, "Nice to meet you, Eren Jaeger."
"Hey don't taint this guy, he's a lot more cooler than you Jaeger," said Jean, "Anyways, where did you say you were from?"
Seeing as everyone ignored the fact that he was insulted, Eren decided not to say anything to allow Marco to speak, "I'm from Ostia."
Just then, the three boys stopped what they were doing. Jean had his mouth slightly open, and Eren had to double take. Only Connie was able to speak up , albeit out of disbelief, "You mean the military city?"
"Uh, yeah, is that bad?" said looking Marco a little concerned.
Out of his daze, Eren chimed in, "Wow, I have always saw pictures and videos of it. Definitely one of the places I want to visit."
"You should, it's not as crazy as people think it is."
"Still, it's a city funded by the entire region to house the military. I heard that Viridis follows their example on how to keep their school tight and well mannered," said Jean. "I always thought it was a bit unreal."
"It's really not that intense, trust me. I moved out here because of my parents work," looking to change the subject, Marco added, "So, are you all from here?"
"Yep," said Connie. "Well actually, me and Eren were born here. Jean was born in Trost, but moved here when we were in kindergarten."
Eren seemed to be doing all right now, thought Mikasa. She had finished her lunch as she excused herself from Sasha.
"Hey, where are you going?" said Sasha.
"Oh, to put my bento in my backpack," said Mikasa.
"Eh, you don't throw it away? Won't it stink?"
"Why would I do that, I just need to wash it. And as long as its sealed, it won't smell."
Sasha revealed a face like she had just discovered something magical, "T-That's wonderful! I mean…that's nice," Sasha's voice began to drown out, "I can even put fully cooked chicken…" Mikasa was unable to hear what she was talking about, so she left her to mumble by herself.
It didn't seem like Mikasa would be able to walk home with Eren after school, since he had to face the principal on the first day. If she had to place a bet, it would probably be because someone noticed Eren sneaking in this morning. "It's what he gets for being late," she said to herself. Still, a part of her didn't want him to be alone after he receives his punishment.
The bell rang, and it was time for Eren to speak to Erwin. Along with seeing Christa, being hungry, and trying to stay awake in class; Eren has also been pondered the reason for the sudden meeting. Maybe somebody saw me sneak in this morning, he thought to himself. That was his number one guess, and because of that, he couldn't help but stress out.
Arriving at the principal's office, he knocked on the door. "Come in," said Erwin taking a seat. "Oh, Eren, good sit down."
Eren promptly took a seat, "Am I in trouble?"
"Hm? Oh, you mean for being late this morning? No, its fine, it happens to all of us."
Eren was shocked to see that Erwin had already knew. His stress vanished knowing that he was in the clear. "So, what did you want to see me about?"
"I'm aware of what your father has accomplished and to have his son attend my school, makes me very fortunate."
"Ah, thanks."
"I look forward to seeing your accomplishments." Eren only nodded in response. "Oh I'm sorry, what I mean is, I want you to succeed in doing the things you want to do, not something your forced to do."
Eren smiled brightly, "Thank you, I'm just happy to be here."
Erwin then took this moment to ask, "If I may, why did you not choose Viridis? I'm sure with your father's connections and your grades, you could have easily been accepted there."
Eren took a moment to answer, "I wanted to go to this school more. I didn't want to be caged in, I want to be able to enjoy high school. The way a student should, at least."
Erwin smiled as Eren continued, "The people here come out strong, and speaking of people, I also joined because I heard Levi was going to come here. If I may ask, sir, is he around?"
"Is he your idol or something?"
Eren scratched the side of his face, blushing a bit, "Yeah, I mean he travels the world and shows those who can't through pictures and videos. And he also displays them on his website and all the magazines bid on his work. He's really amazing."
Erwin stood up, "He is one of our best, and he'll be back tomorrow. After all, who do you think will be your homeroom teacher?"
Eren stood up out of astonishment, "Seriously?"
Erwin nodded as he guided Eren out of the room, "Look forward for tomorrow, and try not to be late anymore. Levi wouldn't like that. That's all for today, return home safely, farewell Eren."
Eren took a moment to realize what just happened; the person he looked up to, was going to be his teacher. He was ecstatic as he made his way outside, where Mikasa was waiting for him, "You look happy, I thought you were going to get some kind of punishment?" She had never seen him so thrilled about something before.
"I thought so too, but he just wanted to thank me for attending here."
"That's odd, is that why you're so happy?"
"No, it's because of something else. By the way, you were waiting for me?"
"Yeah," Mikasa didn't want tell Eren how difficult it was waiting for him. Unlike in Middle School, here people stare at you and gossip amongst themselves. She even had to ignore a couple of upperclassmen's comments. Speaking of which, there were still some of them exiting the school.
"Thanks, Mikasa."
Mikasa started walking with Eren in tow, "I figured we should at least walk back today, since you were late in the morning."
"Sorry, I overslept."
"Figures."
Though the path home was a longer and different, it was not foreign. They had each other, and as long as that was constant, they were comfortable. Their first day of school was now over, but they would restart again tomorrow. "Hey, Mikasa, tomorrow is going to be awesome."
Oh my goodness, so much. Well at least for me lol. At this point, this is where everything I plotted comes into play. Not in this chapter, but I mean the high school years will show what I've wanted to do with this story since the very first chapter. Although, don't forget, there are things in the previous chapters that effect things later on. Of course, sometimes I improvise lol I'm not perfect. Anyways, hope you liked it. Also, I don't think I'll be able to write another chapter for a while. Responsibilities kicking back in, so I'm glad I made this one as long as I could. Check my profile for updates, message me if you want to talk about random stuff, leave a review if you feel like it. If not, its cool. If you like ErenxAnnie see "Love Hurts – Titan Ache" by KingKunta, I like it. See ya guys soon.