DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN.

Date Uploaded: November 24, 2016- Thursday.

Note: Advanced apologies for the OOC's.

OH NO OH NO OH NO! I'm so sorry I've been gone for more than a month now! *gasps* It's been almost two months!

And so because of that I decided to write the drafts in my phone *laughs*. And now I'll just upload it *smiles* See? better than waiting 'til I get my hands on my laptop.

WARNING! THIS CHAPTER CONSISTS OF SUGGESTIVE THEMES! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! IF NOT, PLEASE STOP NOW! I REPEAT! WARNING! THIS CHAPTER CONSISTS OF SUGGESTIVE THEMES! READ AT YOUR OWN RISKS! IF NOT, PLEASE STOP NOW!

Ultimate boredom: So... I ended up posting very late. Sorry. And yeah, I figured maybe I should talk about the inner city even for just a bit. And I think Eren wouldn't like seeing it so *laughs*. And Marco! At first watch I wasn't affected but after rewatching the anime, I missed him *sobs*. *laughs* Yes, I've been having a hard time trying to make something funny out of it and decided to go with Levi. Don't worry, I'll be sure you won't need a tissue!

Oh and one last thing, if I get to finish chapter fourteen today... it'll be a double chapter upload!

Read on!

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THIS SIDE OF THINGS

After their visit at the inner city, Jean visits Marco's remains as it is found by the soldiers who were cleaning up the city. Half of Marco's face was gone and part of the left side of his body was covered in dried blood since his left side was also gone. The rest of his body had bite and scratch marks everywhere.

"How dare you die before anyone came, you idiot!" He yells in anger. "How dare you die before I came to save you!"

He cried in front of Marco's lifeless body. He tried to keep the tears from coming but he couldn't. The salty liquid crawled out of his eyes even if he didn't want it to.

"YOU SELFISH IDIOT! HOW DARE YOU DIE ON ME! MARCO!" he yelled at the corpse. But even with his anger, he sobbed and sniffed as he fell on his knees. "Why didn't you call for help?" He says, his voice breaking. "WHY?!"

While Jean was crying beside Marco, he didn't notice a shadow right outside the door. A pair of eyes observing him carefully. It didn't last long that Jean heard a clang. A sound of a bucket being hit. Jean quickly got up, wiping his tears.

"Who's there?" He asked when he turned to the door and saw the shadow make a run for it. "Hey!"

Running after it, he bumps into Reiner when he got outside. "Whoa, Jean. You okay?"

"Did you see someone pass by here?" Jean asks, his eyes looking around, hoping to see someone suspicious.

"No. Sorry." Reiner says. "But hey, I'm on my way to grab some bread. Want to come?"

"No. I'm good. Thanks anyway."

Meanwhile, Eren was raging mad. Mikasa and Armin were exchanging turns to talk to Eren. But after Armin was summoned by Levi for a mission brief, it was up to Mikasa to keep Eren calm.

"Eren.."

"I'm fine Mikasa. I just.. how could we risk our lives to such pigs?!" Eren says. People like them gets to live while people like his mom..

"I know. The system is terrible. But it's just the beginning. I'm sure one day you can make a change." Mikasa says calmly.

"Like how I'm making a change now?" Eren spreads his arms, pertaining to his being. His ability.

"Yes."

"If you didn't notice, I'm an asset. Not particularly someone they trust." Eren points out with a tone of frustration.

"I think you've gained the trust you used to lack. That's why you're the person that we all have to protect." Mikasa tells him what he didn't notice. "You're doing a good job changing this world, Eren."

"Mikasa.. thank you." Eren smiles at her. Mikasa blushes and looks away, pulling the scarf on her neck to cover her cheeks.

"It's nothing, Eren." She says shyly but Eren scoots closer to her, placing his hand above hers. Her heart pounded when she turned to see Eren's hand on top of hers. It was warm. "I have to go." Mikasa tells him with her one hand holding the scarf over her mouth and cheeks. She got up but Eren didn't let her go.

"Please don't leave me." He pleads. His face expressing the longing for a companion.

"..." Mikasa wasn't sure what to say. So Eren decided to stop with the talking and move on with the doing. He stood up to reach Mikasa's other hand and remove the scarf covering her lips, pressing his over hers, shortly.

For a minute there Mikasa thought time had stopped. Did Eren just..?

When the brunette pulled his lips away, Mikasa this time, was the one who didn't let him go. "Eren.." she calls him and held tightly on his shirt.

Eren smiles and kisses her again, longer this time.

Jean sees Eren and Mikasa exchanging passionate kisses and was angered seeing her with him. No- jealous. He was jealous of Eren. He always has been. And even after he had made up with Eren back in their test, he still has confused treatment towards him. Most probably because not only does he have the magnificent ability to shift into a Titan but he also has Mikasa on his side. Always.

He storms off the scene and started kicking and punching the concrete wall. Just blowing off steam. He ignored the fact that his fists were bleeding with his actions.

'If Marco were here he'd know what to do.. he'd know what to say...' he said in his inner thoughts.

His anger fades when he heard screams nearby. No- shouts. He ran towards the source of the sound and sees Reiner pinning Annie to the wall. The small blonde spots Jean and kneed Reiner before tripping him to lose his balance.

"Training is over." She tells Reiner.

Reiner glared at her for a second and traced where her eyes are looking at. Jean. He chuckled and he got back up, looking at Jean.

"You want to practice too?" He asked.

"No. I just thought that someone needed help." Jean says.

"Alright. I'll see you around. I need a break." Reiner tells him and walks away. Annie said no word and followed Reiner.

"Annie!" Jean calls her. She stopped walking. He wasn't exactly sure why he called her all of the sudden. "Why did you choose to join the Military Police?"

"Why didn't you?" Annie asked him as well.

"Because Survey Corps looked something more reasonable to join. They're the frontliners." Jean replies.

"And why are you asking me? I asked YOU!"

"You used to want to join the Military Police. What was your reason back then?" The small blonde kept ignoring his questions.

"I told you, it's reasonable to join the Survey Corps so I moved there!"

"You didn't answer my question." Annie answered calmly despite Jean's voice raising.

"You didn't answer mine!"

"I want to be away from what's outside the walls." At last the blonde answered. "Isn't that your reason as well?" Shs tells him. "You find it unreasonable to be a coward when everyone in your squad is going to be a member of the Survey Corps." When Jean had nothing else to say, she took it as her cue to go. "Some people just get carried away by the flow. Even if they're against it." She left her last words from making her leave.

Jean was left thinking... was it a good thing to be taken by the flow? To be a part of the survey corps because he got jealous of them?

While he was thinking about it on his way home, he sees Sasha getting kicked out of a bakery and Sasha was crying.

"Nooooooo! Please let me in!" Sasha cries out.

"Get lost!" The baker yelled at her from behind the door.

Jean rolled his eyes at his comrade. "I have some bread at home." He said all of the sudden. "You can come by if you want." He offered. Sasha was both shocked and happy at his offer. Kinda suspicious too. Well Sasha wasn't alone to think that way. In fact, Jean was confused why he'd offer his food and home to someone like her.

When they arrived at home, Sasha gladly ate everything that Jean places on the table.

"Could you act more humane when you eat?!" He shouts at her.

"I couldn't help it! It's so delicious and I'm so hungry!" Sasha exclaims in joy.. while there's food in her mouth.

"Everything for you is delicious." He muttered. When some crumbs from Sasha's mouth flew to him, he knew he had to say something. "And don't talk when your mouth is full!"

Sasha just kept eating anyways. Jean was annoyed- too annoyed to even bother to care about it. He just let her eat while he continue to think about what he was thinking earlier. About joining the survey corps. Being with Marco, Thomas and the others... and meeting Mikasa. Just by thinking about Mikasa he couldn't help but remember what she and Eren did when he left. He was angry- he was jealous. Still he was thinking about it.

'Mikasa...'

'Jean..' Mikasa calls his name in a seductive tone.

'What? How'd you get here?' He asks. Mikasa only giggled.

'I heard you were thinking about me.. in a way..' she hints to him and Jean could feel his member hardening.

'I uh.. I..' his cheeks were blushing.

'What do you say, we male that dream come true?' Mikasa tells him as she slowly leans closer to him. He smiles and caught her lips. Later inserting his tongue to hers and moaning in pleasure. "Mikasa.." he muttered as he now licked the side of Sasha's neck.

"JEAN!" Sasha yelled at him and he stops. "WHAT THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!"

It took a while for Jean to remember that he was fantasizing about Mikasa. He pulls away from Sasha and shyly looks away. "I'm sorry!"

"Oh you better be! I can't believe you invited me here to seduct me!" Sasha exclaims.

"Seduct you? Eww I'd never-!" He pauses when it dawned to him that it was Sasha he kissed earlier and not Mikasa. "DARN IT!"

"You owe me a month's worth of food supply for what you did!" Sasha tells him.

"Whaaat?!"

"You stole my first kiss!" Sasha reminds him. "And be thankful it's not my virginity, or suffer to supply me food forever!"

"Okay, okay I'm sorry! I just.. I feel lonely."

When Jean's aura had changed, Sasha took a deep breath anf sighed. "I'll accompany you as long as you don't rape me."

Jean chuckled at her request. "I won't."

At late night in the same day, Armin was on his way back to Eren and Mikasa when he saw a familiar small blonde at the corner. He couldn't have seen her if it wasn't for the quiet sobs she's been doing.

"Annie?"

The small blonde didn't say a word. She just kept sobbing.

"Annie.. are you alright?"

Again, there was no answer. Armin walker closer little by little, not wanting to invade any personal space she wants. When Annie said nothing and that she didn't react when he closed the distance between them, he walks nearer until he slowly wrapped his arms around her. She was cold. Freezing cold.

"Annie..." he didn't know what was going on. But he knew it's something bad. "...I'll always be here." He tells her softly. Then Annie, who was crying and hugging her knees, moved to cry on his chest. Armin was surprised. It was the first time Annie showed any signs of 'soft spot' when around anyone.

She still didn't say a word though but he allowed Annie to express whatever pain she's suffering in. Keeping her in his protective arms.

"I'll always be on your side.. no matter what happens." He continued to assure her. "I didn't get it from any book this time. Because it's from my heart."

Annie's grip tightened on Armin's shirt. Armin didn't know what it means. But it has to be a message.

"Yeah. I love you Annie." He says. "That's what I'm trying to say."

The small blonde's fingernails were digging into the cloth and reaching his skin. It hurts. But he can pretend it doesn't. For the meantime anyway.

Yet again, another shadow was lurking and watching them.