Annie...
He couldn't transform, even as she currently killing every soldier at Stohess.
He not the only one, Annie also the same as him. If someone doesn't know her long enough, they will miss sign of her hesitation. She doesn't want to transform.
But not him. He knew her sign of hesitancy.
Even if both Armin and Mikasa acting as bait for him to escape, and potentially killed themselves for him.
He can't...
But, before she transformed, both her and him locked eyes. Not for long, two or three seconds, but that's enough. He can see her hesitation turned into...what her expression again? Sadness? Acceptance? And only then, she transformed.
Only after both Armin and Mikasa on their place at the opposite ends of the tunnel, only then, he able to transform.
Even when he and Annie fighting for their lives, both of them just consider this fight as a training. To make up for training days both of them missed after Trost. He never win when she trained him. Not a single win.
He win for time against her. In their Titan form too. He could kill her now.
But he doesn't want to.
He can kill her now, but when he looked at her Titan's eyes, he knew she had a plan for this outcome. So he waited. When he tore open her nape, he smirked internally as instead of fragile human, a crystal with her inside is what he pulled out.
He win in this fight but in the end, it's still her win. Typical Annie.
Notes:Weird shit I write in 1 hour
