Author's Notes: OMG I just realized that it's been a super long time since I've updated Enemies of Humanity, and I do apologize that it's taken this long. There were so many outside factors that kept me away from the story such as grief I had to overcome when it pertained to the ending of Attack on Titan which took away the love I felt for the series. At the same time, I also went through starting work again and had surgery done which took up a significant amount of time. I won't say this is a peak chapter to come back to as I am kinda rusty given how long it's been, but I made a vow to myself that I would keep moving forward and see this story through to the end for the love I have for Eren's character, for Historia's character, the world, and the scope of Attack on Titan's narrative.

Chapter 12:

Sweven

The temperature of my skin felt as though it was a volcano ready to burst within minutes. From the tip of my neck to a single touch on my forehead was all I needed to know just how bad my illness had affected me. Just about three to four days ago, Eren agreed to help sharpen my combat skills on my request since I haven't done much after I became queen. Yet, all I could process was a reunion party at Instructor's Shadis' training grounds since that was where the idea lit in my brain. As a means to showcase that as Queen, I could support my people beyond being present within the throne room, or the meeting hall. That there was more to Historia Reiss than just a pretty little face who needed protection all the time. However, given my time away from the battlefield I've understood that perhaps Eren was right about one thing. A simple truth that I've pushed myself more than what was necessary during our sparring sessions began. That it should've been a gradual progression as opposed to my understanding of going beyond the limit in a short time frame. It's all that made sense to me why I suddenly ended up in the condition I was in. Not one that anybody would've wanted to find themselves in.

Each second that passed felt like a minute was gone. Each minute that passed felt like an hr was gone. Each hour that passed felt like it was the beginning of a brand new day. That was the worst part about the state my health was in, and I absolutely hated that feeling. Yet, the only person who stood in my bedroom was Eren who sat in the chair to the left of the bed where I had rested. Not that I really gave him much of a choice in leaving me since I snuggle my hand around his shoulder. Somehow that was the one thing that eased me into my sleep as I echoed, "Eren..." and tightened my grip around his shoulder with a sigh, "Please I... I can't lose you too!"

A faint distortion went off multiple times in my head when I found myself against grassy terrain. Everything felt fuzzy for a brief instance to me before the gates of the farm came into view as my line of sight cleared up. The orphans from the underground city had played around near the orphanage where my maid, Chloe babysat them to ensure they weren't into any mischief deeds. I couldn't quite make out what was being said for a moment of time, but it seemed like a few of them sat against the walls and attempted to sneak off before Chloe caught them with a glare of a snake that pierced down at them in fear. That was an aspect of Chloe that I could imagine with the orphans. Especially with a lot of the more mischief kids like the one she had against the walls. Holgar, Suki, and Wim. It only left me with a soft giggle because they looked adorable with their sad puppy dog expressions. I'm pretty sure had this had been me in that situation the 3 of them would've wanted to phamphered by yours truly due to my innocent caring nature for the young ones.

Suddenly, my sense of smell had drawn my gaze to an aroma of sweetness which came down from my own cabin. It only got stronger the closer my footsteps made it to the front of the door before a spark of familiarity crossed my mind. That left me with a sudden desire to just a single bite of whatever was being baked inside. My eyes lit as a drool slithered from my lips the moment I turned the doorknob and slid the door open after it clicked. What stood on the wooden table, with a single chair set on each side, was a giant pie that still had steam that arose from the tip of the exposed space that unveiled a blueberry filling which was perfectly aligned. Before I knew it, my stomach let out a large growl that left me to sigh.

"Well it can't be helped..." I grabbed my silverware from the drawer along with a plate from the cabinet, and sliced off a piece onto it once I made it back to the table. "Time to dig in!"

A tiny laugh echoed from my bedroom, "Ah huh, I knew you still wouldn't be able to resist my amazing craft at making pie right, Historia?"

The utensils slipped away from my hands onto opposite ends of the plate as my eyes widened at the sound of that similar voice. A single second wasn't wasted once I glanced over to the right and caught her smooth dark hair and beautiful blue eyes. My eyes had gotten watery at just her single sight before I tackled her with a hug.

"Hi..Historia" She placed her arm around me.

I sniffled, "Is it really you Frieda? I..." while my face was covered on her shoulder, "I thought I would never get to see you again."

Frieda smiled with her arms wrapped around me, "Honestly, you are such a worry-wart my little sister! I told you before that I was gonna be away for a couple days."

"Really..." I continued as tears streamed off my cheeks like a continuous river, "It feels like that was a lifetime ago."

She giggled with a tight embrace as I felt her hand patted the back of my head, "Well it's okay now because your big sister is here!"

"I missed you so much." I answered weepily.

"I missed you too!" Frieda answered calmly before she looked me in the eye, "Now how about we have some of my delicious blueberry pie!"

Those words brought a smile to my face as I relinquished the tears from my eyes, "Okay!"

Frieda grabbed another plate from the cabinet, and her own set of utensils from the drawer. Initially, she wanted me to go ahead and eat my piece first due the constant growls my stomach made, but I felt it wasn't right. It wasn't everyday that I got to spend a moment with my big sister. Especially with something like her famous blueberry pie that my mouth watered for a short moment before we each ate a piece.

That was when I caught Frieda's smile towards me, "Whff rronn rnnn sssss?"

"Huh?" She asked curiously, "Could you say that again?"

I swallowed the tiny bite in my mouth, "Sorry sis, I was just asking.. What's been going on?"

"Just a bunch of documents and papers that needed to be dealt with." Frieda answered with an annoyed tone, "The officials just can't leave me in peace for a moment.. I was lucky to have been able to take a breather."

"Rrry hhyy rr hhhtt?" I continued with another piece of pie.

She sighed, "Good grief Historia... How many times have I told you that it's not lady-like to eat with your mouth full."

I scratched my hand with an embarrassed remark and scratched the back of my head, "Sorry about that sis... old habit kind of hard to let go of."

Another voice laughed hysterically once they stepped in, "I don't think that habit is ever gonna go away from you, sweetie!"

My eyes widened once more at the sight of the freckles on her dark skinned face, "Y.. Ymir you're here too!"

She appeared dumbfounded at my expression, "What? Were you expecting someone else?"

"Well yeah I mean..." I paused the moment Frieda eyed on me with a cheeky smile while my best friend looked in shock. That was just before I waved my hands around in the air, "A.. Umm... Just forget what I said..."

Ymir tapped my shoulder, "Historia, is there something you haven't shared with us..."

"Yeah... have you been seeing a boy?" Frieda asked with an excited smile on her face.

The color of my cheeks bursted red as light steam exuded from the tip of my head, "N.. No! There is absolutely nothing like that at all." with a soft laugh.

She looked to my best friend, "You think she's telling the truth, Ymir?"

Ymir shrugged her shoulders, "I doubt she's telling the truth, your majesty!"

My face became so red that I practically covered it, "I'm being honest... there's nothi..." before a realization occurred to me, "Hold on Ymir, did you just call my sister, your majesty?"

"Huh? Well yeah Frieda Reiss became the rightful ruler of the walls after we took down your father and saved you and Eren beneath the church." Ymir explained.

I shaked my head in confusion, "No No! That can't be right... I'm the one who is the rightful ruler of the walls!" which led to the two of them laughing hysterically at me, "I'm serious you two.. I'm queen of the walls.. I know I am..."

At that moment my big sister patted me on the head gently, "Historia... You know I'd never let you carry all that burden on your own. It's my job as a big sister to take care of you."

"She's right ya know." Ymir gave me a smug like smile, "That is unless you and I get married and live life happily ever after.."

I echoed a soft chuckle, "Come on Ymir, we're still going at it with that joke!"

She pointed at my chest, "Hey I'm serious... You and I could be set for life... Unless..." her eyes widened at the red glow on my cheeks, "There's someone really out there?"

A moment later with a deep sigh was all I needed to get my composure together, "I.. I don't know if I'm being perfectly honest."

"Didn't you once say my little sister was like the dream of every boy's fantasy at the training camp, Ymir?"

My best friend blinked before she bursted out laughing with her arm around me, "Yeah every guy in the camp was in love with her because she was sweet and cared for everyone..."

Her words triggered a memory that forced me out of my seat, "No! Not everyone loved my sweet caring side!" as my eyes dimmed at the thought.

Frieda dropped her utensil back onto the plate, "WHAT! That can't be right..."

Ymir pointed her finger directly at me, "Alright princess whose the asshole that said that stupid nonsense about you."

"Hey, there's nothing to worry about there." I answered in a calm tone, "In fact what they told me actually kind of be more open about myself."

"I swear to god if there was anything that makes me want to beat the shi..." Ymir paused once Frieda grabbed a hold of her hand.

"Ymir, let her finish..." Frieda echoed my sentiments.

My best friend relaxed her shoulders, "Go ahead!"

"Someone once told me that they didn't like my sweet caring side because..." My eyes wondered around for a moment before I looked back at the curiosity from Ymir and Frieda, "It came off as unnatural and kind of creepy... Which at first made me sad, but then they told me they actually liked the person I was on the inside..."

Both answered, "They did?"

My cheeks glowed a light red at the thought, "Because I was being true to who I really was, and I were to be perfectly honest it made me really happy!"

Frieda's eyes dimmed at my innocent remark, "And that was it?"

"Well the truth is this guy..." I paused the next thing that came to my mind when the cabin began to shake at an enormous rate... "What the...?"

Frieda sighed in disappointment, "I was afraid this was gonna happen.."

"What was?" I asked.

Ymir put her arm on my shoulder, "You haven't figured it out yet princess..." the shaking had gotten louder which caused a ringing vibration in my ear.

"Ymir?" I asked with concern as She continued to spoke, but without me having heard a single word that came.

Frieda immediately put her hand on top of mine, "It's okay sis, We'll always be together..." and embraced me in a warm hug, "I'll miss..." just like Ymir... the last thing my big sister said to be was muted out as the ringing in my ear increased.

I held onto both of them, "I miss you both too! So much more than you realize!" as tear rolled down my face.

After that everything became blank...

It was stuck in my mind for a while as I left myself in thought, but nothing came. Why was that the case? This feeling was annoying, and I just wanted to know... What was it? Then, I quickly understood where I was.

I rested my hand against the pulse on my neck and then my arm before I patted my forehead gently. The burning sensation I felt earlier wasn't boiling like it had been previously. Now, my body temperature felt as if it lessened from earlier as I slowly opened my eyes.

A sound of footsteps caught my attention to the opened bedroom door. For whatever my vision felt a little hazy before I caught a good look at his teal-green eyes and dark black hair with a surprisingly soft smile.

"E.. Eren..." I reached my hand out before he placed his on top of my against the firm mattress.

"Hey..." Eren answered calmly, "How are you feeling?"

I looked towards the ceiling and back to him, "A little better.." before I began coughing once more.

"As far as your fever goes.. It's decreased a little thanks to the remedy Chloe made, but.." He sat right at me on the wooden chair, "We still got to take care of that cough."

I slightly smiled at him, "You're righ...'' before the coughing returned for a moment when Eren brought a glass of juice filled with remedy at me.

"Here you go!"

"Thank you, Eren." I answered softly before I took a sip from the glass, and handed it back to him once it was finished. Then placed my hand back on my head.

He asked, "Are you okay?"

I nodded, "It's nothing, but I've kinda had this strange dream where my sister and Ymir were with me.." before a sense of annoyance kicked in, "But I can't seem to remember what it was about..."

"Historia..." Eren patted his hand against mine, "Don't stress yourself over it... You are still recovering after all."

That soft tone in his voice left me with a cheeky grin as I rubbed the side of my chin, "Ohh, you mean the hero of the walls is actually a big softy on the inside."

It was then Eren's checks brightened up, "Oh hush... It's just an old saying my mom gave me back when I was bed-sick for a period of time."

I quickly bursted out in laughter with a mild cough that creeped up, "Take it easy... I'm just... teasing you."

"I can tell."

Eren's eyes dimmed quickly at that moment as he stared at my bed sheets and mine gazed directly at his. I recognized that look once before on his face, 'Eren, you still haven't told me about it..."

He raised an eyebrow, "Haven't told you about what?"

"Well..." I felt the burning sensation from my cheeks as we exchanged glances at one another, "You still haven't told me... What was your mother like?"

Like I mentioned before, I did feel as though I was kinda rusty in my writing compared to the first 11 chapters I wrote before the long hiatus creeped up on me. One thing I should mention is that I wrote this chapter while I am still going through my recovery phase from surgery as I felt like I was ready enough to tackle Enemies of Humanity once more. As far as updates go for the narrative as a whole all I can say is that very soon I'll be reaching the halfway point of this first story arc: The First 9 Months Arc. There's a lot more I could mention about the chapter, but I need to go and take my rest for the day haha. That's pretty much all I've got to say for the moment everybody so I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, and as always thanks for reading.