"Ow! Christa, not so rough." Yoni yelped.
"I have to be rough or else you won't finish."
"But it hurts."
"Stop being such a cry baby, Yoni." Christa stretched Yoni's leg further, thus stopping any further conversation. "Today is our last session, we should end on a high note."
"Are you happy? You'll finally be free of me after today."
"Whatever Yoni." Christa stopped stretching Yoni and stood up. "Next on the program is deadlifts. To work on your lower back injuries"
"My back feels a lot better. I can walk fine too."
"Annie basically dislocated your spine when you were playing tug-a-war with her. Hange wants to make sure that you're all healed up, so can you just do what I say?"
"Yes, ma'am." "How much weight do I put on?"
"Hange said to put a lightweight on, just to get some blood into the area so it can heal better."
"I already told you I'm fine. I've made a lot of progress in the one week we've been training."
Christa gave Yoni a look that told her if she kept talking she would need to be in rehab for an extra week. Yoni took the hint and loaded up the bar.
"It says to do four sets of fifteen, then we're done," Christa said.
Yoni went to work. She lifted up the bar effortlessly. Her reps were smooth and powerful. Christa was somewhat impressed. She couldn't lift up that much weight and move it that easily.
She breezed through her sets easily.
"That was the last thing right?" Yoni gave her lower back a good stretch. "I'm going back to my room."
Christa stood up. "Do you need help walking back?"
"No." Yoni said abruptly.
"Why are you acting like this Yoni?" Christa had had enough of Yoni's cold behavior towards her.
Yoni stopped herself at the door and turned around. "Christa I said I was done talking about this."
"Yeah, you said that but that doesn't give you the right to treat me like this."
"Like what?"
"Like you hate me."
"Well, how am I supposed to act around you, Christa? I don't know. We're not together and we don't act like friends anymore. You haven't made your choice yet so… I have no idea how to act around you."
Christa had nothing to say.
Yoni turned to face her. "Once you make your choice, I'll know how to act.
"You were able to remain friends with Mikasa. Why can't you do the same here?"
"Not everything is black and white, Christa. Your words, not mine." The irony hung in the room. Yoni turned to leave. "Thank you for the offer, but I can get back myself."
"Ymir."
"What?"
"I choose Ymir."
Yoni didn't turn to face her. She didn't want Christa to see her tears. "Well, I guess I know how to act now. Thank you for everything Christa." She hid the pain in her voice well. The door closed and she let out a breath. Her eyes were blurry from tears. I'm always the second choice. Her mind was racing as she walked back to her room, she didn't notice anything that was happening in front of her.
CRASH!
"Ow!" Yoni rubbed her shoulder. She cleared her teary eyes and saw a messenger bag emptied of its contents and a scout who she never learned the name of. She bent down to help him clean up the mess. "Why are you in such a hurry."
"There are some important parcels in here, the need to be delivered urgently." He began cleaning up the mess frantically.
Yoni picked up a letter and read the postage in her head. From N.B. Is that…? Could it be?
Yoni glanced up at the crazy messenger. He hadn't noticed her pick up the letter, and he didn't notice when she slid it into her back pocket.
They cleaned up the rest of the mess and the messenger went on his way. Yoni raced back to her room and locked the door. She wasted no time in opening the letter.
The Letter Read:
Dear Yoni,
I Love you so much. I'm so proud to call you my daughter. I wish I could be there with you. I've been hearing scary things. Don't let them use as some weapon, you're a person first. I bet you've grown so tall now. I hope you've been getting these letters, I finally got clearance to speak to you. There's so much I want to tell you, teach you, but I'm restricted to a certain number of words. Our heritage is rich and dense. I can't explain it all in a letter. Hopefully, I can see you one day again.
I love you more than anything,
From N.B
Tears plopped onto the letter. Dad? After the initial shock subsided, she began to think clearly. Wait, there are other letters that he sent me? Why haven't I received them? Who is this addressed too? Yoni everywhere for a recipient in the letter. Why didn't he tell me where he is so I can go see him? Yoni took a few deep breathes to calm herself down. I need to tell Armin, Mikasa, and Eren. My father is alive. A huge smile washed over Yoni's face.
She hopped off the bed and tore open the door. There was a figure blocking her.
"Nanaba nee-san."
"Hey, Yoni. What's wrong? Have you been crying?"
"No, well yes, but its good news."
"What's the good news?"
"Tou san is alive! He sent me a letter nee-san!"
Nanaba's face went cold. Her left eye twitched. She snatched the letter from Yoni's hand. "Was this addressed to you?"
"I found by accident and suspected it could be him." Yoni was confused. Why did Nanaba look upset? "What's wrong nee-san? I just told you great news."
As if she realized her blunder, she immediately cheered up. "You're right I'm going to tell the others."
With that, she was off. With the letter.
A lot of thoughts were running rough Yoni's mind however, ones took out the most. Nanaba is hiding something.