After the incident between Niayamé and Jean in the cafeteria, Jean went back to their cabin and went to bed. Naiyamé and Marco soon returned as well and Marco fell asleep quickly as well. But Naiyamé was wide awake.
She never slept well. She was always afraid to fall asleep. She was afraid of having that same nightmare she had every night. She decided laying in bed thinking about it wasn't gonna help her so she quietly climbed down her bunk and snuck out of the cabin.
She walked to a lone old tree and climbed it to sit on the branch and just stared at the moon. Thinking about her whole life, her goal, everything. The light from the full moon glazed Naiyamé's porcelain skin as her auburn hair slowly swayed with the quiet breeze and the sound of the leaves rustling in the wind made the night all the more peaceful.
"Can't sleep either huh?" The sound almost made her fall off the branch. She quickly searched the ground to see who was talking to her but saw no one.
"Over here." The voice called out. Naiyamé turned to her right to see Eren sitting on a branch that was just a little higher than the one she was on. She was so skilled at observing everything around her and she hadn't even noticed Eren was in the tree as well, it shocked her.
"I just had a nightmare was all." Naiyamé said quietly back to Eren, reflecting upon the memory of watching helplessly as her mother was being eaten in front of her.
"Your from the Shiganshina district right?" Eren asked calmly.
"Yeah. I lived right next to the outer wall." Naiyamé responded.
"I'm from Shiganshina too. I can understand why you are the way you are. We both have the same nightmares, the same bloodfirst to kill those monsters."
"Did you lose someone precious on That Day?" Naiyamé asked, hoping it wouldn't upset Eren.
"Yeah...My mom. She was killed by a Titan. The fucker bit her in half right in front of me. She was stuck in the rubble of our house and I tried to save her but a soldier dragged me away from her." Eren responded with a slight tone of sadness. Eren was right. He understood her pain. He understood it so well because he went through the exact same hell she went through. He was like a reflection of herself.
"I'm really sorry you had to go through that Eren. I lost my mom to a Titan too." Naiyamé replied, fighting back tears at the memory of her mother being eaten limb by limb, gripping onto the tree branch even harder than before.
"We both lost our families, our homes, our way of living. All we have left for us to live on is our will to exterminate the Titans. People may think we're crazy for wanting to join the Scouting Legion. But most of the people here haven't even actually seen a Titan. They just want to run away from them. But you and I are different. We're not afraid to die." Eren replied back.
Naiyamé remained quiet to Eren's deep words. She understood every word he meant. There were no replies back needed for Eren to know that she understood him. After a minutes of no talking, Eren broke the silence.
"Its getting late. I should try to get some sleep. Goodnight Naiyamé. Goodluck with training tomorrow." Were the last things Eren said before he jumped down from the branch, landing gracefully on the ground and started walking back to his cabin. Naiyamé didn't wish him goodnight or say any words. She didn't want to talk.
