Bertholdt and Annie kept looking at each other.
Butterflies were felt, words were not said; they didn't need words, their silence said more than a thousand words.
Annie looked down at her hand and remembered how she had grabbed his hand… and how it felt it was perfect for hers.
No one paid attention to them; they were still eating and chatting with Ms. Hange.
"All those words you wrote to me" Annie began talking, she was nervous but she wanted to know "are they true?"
Bertholdt looked at her for a minute and began sweating.
Annie looked at him confuse.
He tried to answered but then everyone came to the two of them
"Is time Bert!" Jean said "And you're going to be in my team"
"I don't think so" Eren said
Bertholdt looked a little confuse, they just took him away and he wanted to answered her, he wanted her to know how much he loves her.
Annie tucked her hair behind her ear while looking at him embarrassed.
Why did she ask that question?
How would he answer? She was stupid to ask that… Was he only doing this for fun?
She was afraid.
"Annie" Mina said behind her "What were you two talking about?"
Annie looked at Mina; she felt her cheeks light up
"He likes you, doesn't he?" Mina asked happily
"I don't know" Annie replied wishing he did
"Do you like him?" Mina said grabbing her arm and getting close to her
"I don't know" Annie said looking at her with her usual coldness "But I feel this weir feeling inside"
Mina smile towards her
"We can talk about it if you want to… later on" Mina said smiling
Did she always smile?
Annie never noticed, but she never noticed anything, she lived in her own bubble.
Was she a soulless person? She never considered anyone except her… she never let anyone in, but why?
She didn't know the answered.
Was she afraid of getting hurt?
"Annie you're in Eren's group" Sasha said
Annie moved to where Eren and his team were.
Bertholdt was still thinking about the moment he had with Annie.
She was only his for that moment.
He was in love… he was in love with the most beautiful girl in the world.
He wanted to always be by her side, he wanted to confesses to her, he was just… ah, there were no words to describe his feelings… he always thought of her, she would never leave his mind.
Of course those words are true.
They have been true since the day he saw her in Kindergarten.
"Are you guys ready?" Ms. Hange asked "We are going to flip the coin and decide who's going to go first!"
"Are you ready to lose Jean" Eren asked
"First of all is Jean!" Jean said annoyed "It's French, a sophisticated name for a sophisticated man, unlike you"
"Damn you!" Eren said pointing at him
"Calm down" Ms. Hange said laughing, she flipped the coin and the ball would be Jean's "It is Jean"
"In your face"
"That has nothing to do with winning" Connie commented
"Connie" Jean said "No one ask for your opinion. Besides I have my boy Bertie here"
The game began.
It also began to snow, it was cold outside but they still played.
It was a crazy thing to do outside in the snow, but they had to find out who would be the loser… Bertholdt's house was the only thing for them to use.
Some of them were cold and others were hot from running too much.
Ms. Hange got Sasha, Marco and Reiner out of the game. Eren had one player less and Jean had two players less.
None of the teams were doing well.
It was too cold to play outside, the only one's running with their hearts were Jean, Eren, and Bertholdt
But Bertholdt wasn't doing as good as he could.
He was thinking of Annie too much.
"It's over" Ms. Hange said "It's a tie… you both had to dress like a chicken"
"We need a rematch!" Jean said
"No." Ymir said laughing "You're going to go to the ball like you said you would if you lose. I feel bad for Sasha and Mikasa"
"You are going alone" Sasha said "I'm going with the dress I bought"
"Baby?" Jean asked "You can't"
"Eren… I'm somewhat disappointed" the Asian girl told her boyfriend "I guess me and Sasha would have to go together to the ball"
"Yah" Sasha said smiling "You two are going to go together"
Eren and Jean looked at each other
"That's not going to happen" Jean said
"Not until hell freezes" Eren added
They kept talking and talking
Annie looked over to Mina
"Could we go home?" Annie asked
"Yes" Mina said, she turned around to see Marco "Bunny, can we leave now?"
"Yes" Marco answered her kissing her in the forehead "We have to go now" he announced the group
"Bye Marco, Mina!" Historia said smiling
"Wait, is Annie leaving too?" Reiner asked
"Yes, she came with me" Mina said
Annie walked away from everyone towards Marco's car.
Wondering if Bertholdt was ever going to answer the question she asked.
She felt a little stupid for asking that question, she wanted to know…
Was it okay if she could dream about it?
Maybe he did mean all of those things that he wrote there.
But… dreaming had its costs, if he was only joking around it would hurt her, and she was just beginning to let people in… maybe it wasn't a good idea to let people in so soon…
But… wasn't it already too late?
They had a week left of school Wednesday they had half of their finals and Friday was the day where the seniors would pick up their grades.
Graduation was Saturday night and the ball was Friday night.
It would be okay… she could dream about Bertholdt, she could pretend that those words were real, that they had a huge meaning behind.
She would let her mind go on and dream about Bertholdt and her being together.
She would also let her mind dream about her friendship with Mina. She knew Mina thought of her as a friend but now she would let her in. She would talk to her.
They were all going to the same university she would still get to see them, unless she moved to Stohess.
"What are you thinking?" Mina asked
"About the future and the present" Annie answered her
"Don't over think it… just dream" Mina said "Did you enjoy the game with the others?"
"Not so much" Annie reply "It was a bit cold"
"Yes it was" Marco said "But we promise Jean and Eren we would help solve their problem"
"Problem… huh?"
"Yes… they both said that before school ended one of them would be the winner"
"I don't think that's going to happen" Mina said laughing "We are all going to the same University so the rivalry will continue"
"I'm afraid it will" Marco said smiling
Annie notice how close they were.
Was that a good thing?
Having friends looked like fun, but also dangerous… they could leave at any moment living them alone.
But everything was dangerous… it was time, time to let people in
"Thank you for getting me home" Annie said "And thank you for letting me borrow your dress"
"You're welcome!" Mina said smiling "Wait."
Annie looked at her
"Do you have shoes to go with the dress?"
Annie only had tennis shoes and a pair of sandals, but they were old. She didn't own any fancy shoes
"I will wear my sneakers"
"No!" Mina said "You have to wear pretty shoes! Let's go out Wednesday to shop for shoes. Sasha, Ymir and Historia are coming too! You could enjoy it"
Annie nodded she said bye and walked to her house.
She was somewhat happy, she had had fun… and she had seen him.
She recall the feelings and they were all confusing… hopefully he would answer her question the next day
When they all left his house he sat down with Reiner to have a beer.
"We're not supposed to drink the day before school" Reiner commented
"We're not suppose to get hangover" Bertholdt said quietly
Reiner smile
"Jean and Eren were pretty sad about the results"
"Yes" Bertholdt answered "I didn't play as good as I could have"
"It was cold outside"
"That wasn't it" he said "It was because I was thinking about her"
Reiner smile
"You're always thinking about her"
"Yes… but… but… today…."
He paused for a minute remembering her smile and how cute she looked and how beautiful she was
"Today?" Reiner asked with a grin in his face
"Today she smile at me" Bertholdt said lying down in the floor with his arms open his can of beer was besides him "It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen"
Reiner smile
"She's just so beautiful. When I was approaching her, her expression changed and face turned a little redder… I felt like I could fly and stayed there in the air forever just looking at her."
"Oh Bertholdt" Reiner said laughing "That sounds like you are deeply in love"
"I am" Bertholdt said "But… but I don't think I can tell her that… how am I going to be able to tell her that? When am I going to tell her that? Do you think I could talk to her privately?"
"You're taking her to the ball" Reiner said "Ask her there"
"Everyone is going to be there… And we're all going out to eat"
"Sometimes is not so good to have so many friends huh?" Reiner asked "Let's see… Jean and Sasha, Eren and Mikasa, Marco and Mina, Connie and Armin, Ymir and Thomas… and… who else?"
"…You and Historia…"
"You know… I thought for a moment Armin wanted to make a move on Annie… but he's gay"
"No. He likes girls too" Bertholdt replied "I know… because he said he wanted to go out with Annie"
"How did they even get together?" Reiner asked confuse
"Reiner… why are we doing this in my house?" Bertholdt changed the topic
"Because mine is a mess and you always have it clean, also, Historia didn't want to clean the mess… Well, she's going to clean the mess anyway… you know how she is…"
"She's very nice… But, no listen to me for a moment" Bertholdt said getting up "I'm desperate! I need to know if I could have a shot with Annie…" Bertholdt smile remembering how she had hold his hand "Today she hold my hand"
Reiner looked at Bertholdt with a 'wow' expression
"How did that happen?!" Reiner asked
"When I went after her she grabbed my hand and we walked together to our class…" Bertholdt put his hand up and looked at it "The spaces between my fingers is where Annie's fingers fit perfectly…"
Reiner laughed
"You love her, don't you?"
"I love her so much I can't understand it. All of me loves her… there isn't a part of me that doesn't"
I love this ship… I love it…
Please enjoy it!
If you know any good love cheesy songs tell me so I can have more inspiration :D
