"Where are you staying?" The three of them walked out of the dormitory building to the patio. On the left they could see the main building where the classes would be taking place and in between patches of grass that outlined the brick pathways, where groups of students sat playing guitar, chatting, and laughing. By the fountain a girl sat leaning against her boyfriend's chest, his dark skin contrasted beautifully with her ginger hair. Skateboards could be heard rolling close to the main building and on the opposite side of campus a group of giggling girls walking into the library with their notebooks pressed to their chests crossed paths with three professors who were leaving the library café. Eren stared at the girl walking beside him, she seemed uncomfortable. She pulled her red scarf up covering her nose, black locks fell on her fair skin. "N267" she replied, her voice flat. "Armin and I are in W113" Eren let her know, but she looked away at the trees that began to let their leaves fall.
"Mikasa," called Armin. Glacial blue eyes attempting to meet her dark ones. The girl finally faced him "the dorms are only to spend the nights; you don't have to be there at any other time if you don't want to." Armin was the empath of the bunch, but the fact that he knew Mikasa since they were nine, when she was adopted by Eren's family, helped his understanding of the girl.
"Yeah," Eren added "we can hang out all the time". The three of them stopped walking when they found a free spot on the grass to sit down. Much like everyone else they wanted to take in the last sun light of the day. "Did you meet your roommate, Mikasa?" She nodded. She pulled a single grass leaf off the ground a fidgeted wrapping it around the tip of her finger. "Her name's Sasha" she announced, "she's loud."
"Is she nice?" The blond asked to which she nodded and let out a small "very" barely audible. Armin smiled, that was the most excited he'd seen her since they got there, he could swear he saw her smirk beneath her scarf. Armin elbowed the brunette boy in the middle, who clearly wasn't paying attention, emerald, hopeful eyes transfixed on the darkening sky, and like he'd just unblocked something, Eren spoke "I have the feeling that this is where I'm supposed to be" Mikasa and Armin both glanced over the boy "I know I can make a difference and this is the starting point" Eren felt a nudge of Armin's shoulder on his own, he felt reassured. Mikasa reached for his hand, but missed it, for he moved his hands behind him to support his weight. Her narrow gaze dropped to the ground. "And I'm glad you're here with me… otherwise I wouldn't know what to have for dinner" he let himself fall back on the grass with a devious grin on his face. His friends looked back at him "You never choose" the blond protested. They argued back and forth, at some point it became white noise. "We could grab something from the cafeteria and go to the west common room" The girl suggested, and both agreed. All that bickering didn't get them anywhere, but it went on long enough for Mikasa to roll her eyes at them. The sun had set, and it would soon be getting dark outside. The girl had to put and end to that mess of a conversation, but a voice called her name before she could. A brown-haired girl ran toward her with her ponytail dangling behind her "Hey, roomie" the girl lowered herself to Mikasa's eye level and asked her what her plans for were. "Maybe you guys want to join us in the common room" she offered in a fruity tone "Connie, Jean and Marco are coming too. We can all get to know each other." Her excitement was palpable and Mikasa couldn't refuse.
"I take it that's Sasha" Armin commented half chuckling. They watch the girl walk away to meet a shorter boy, her purple skirt dancing on her hips to the rhythm of her lustrous hairdo.
"What took you so long?" Sasha got up on her feet with and inviting smile on her lips "Guys, this is Mikasa and-" She trailed off, she realized she hadn't met the two boys that followed her. With her eyes wide open she looked sideways at them and back at Mikasa, who couldn't help but snicker. "I'm Armin and this is Eren" the blue-eyed boy cheerfully introduced them both. "Hello, I'm Sasha" The brunette jumped in introducing Jean, Connie, and Marco. People came in and out of the room; some were enjoying their meal, other were studying or working on group projects and the majority was hanging out after a day with classes, since the semester had just begun. The seven of them sat around a small, round coffee table, on pouf chairs and cushions, getting to know one another. "So, we're all first years! Straight out of high school and a-" Connie was cut off by a delicate hand on his shoulder. A petite girl with long blond hair interrupted asking what degree they were taking and if they were freshmen as well. "I'm Historia and this is my roommate, Ymir". Sasha immediately invited the two girls to sit with them. Historia's smooth features gave her an angelical look difficult to go unnoticed, and Ymir surely noticed, her freckled, bitter looking face and her arms crossed over her chest couldn't conceal the infatuation. However not everyone got along just fine, Eren and Jean spent the evening quibbling, but the outcome was always laughter, enjoying the last moments of freedom before classes began.