I dON'T OWN AOT K BYE
(Marzia POV)
I'm not stupid. I know when a guy isn't interested in me, and the look Jean gets on his face when I blush because of him, it's a deer in the headlights look. Whatever that means. It's a phrase Armin taught me. He said it was used back in the old days when people got a look on their face that displayed that they were in a bad situation, and didn't know what to do. Armin is really smart, and kind. Damn it, why couldn't it have been him I fell in love with. I guess it can't be helped, now. Jean is in love with Mikasa, and sooner or later Mikasa will realize what's really going on between Eren and Levi, and give up on that. And when she does, Jean will be there, waiting. I sighed. This sucks, but I want Jean to be happy. If Mikasa makes him happy, then I'll let her have him. I'll get over it... eventually. My heart hurt, and I wasn't paying attention. I didn't notice the crawler until Jean cried out "Marzia! Look out!"
(Jean POV)
This is bad. This is very, very bad. I'm in love with my dead best friend's sister. Was there nothing I could do? I looked over at Mikasa, hoping to feel... something to distract me from Marzia, but it's no use. Yeah, Mikasa's beautiful, but that's all I really saw in her. She's so cold and distant to me. All she's interested is Eren, and to a lesser degree, Armin. I wonder what she'll think when she finds out about Eren and Levi... Ah. Poor thing. There's really nothing I can do about it. I'm in love with Marzia. Hey, it's not so bad. Marzia loves me back, so there's really no problem, right? That's when I heard it. The rhythm of a titan coming for us. Thump thump thump thump thump thump. I barely had time to get the black flare in the air before it was upon us. I saw it before the girls did, and it was heading straight for them. Shouting "Marzia! Look out!" Was all I could do.
(Marzia POV)
It was upon us so fast, there was no time. Mikasa and I had to ditch our horses. Sinking our 3DM gear into the bottom half of the titan, we flew away from the horses just in time for the crawler to land face first into them with a sickening thud mixed with the splat of the horses being mushed. It was the most sickening thing I'd ever heard. To keep the crawler from moving again, I made a loop around its legs, and sliced at its Achilles Tendons. Sending the thing sprawling clumsily, unable to move. As I did that, Mikasa went for the nape of the neck, and took the thing down. We made quite the team, I had to say.
"Are you two alright?" Jean said riding his horse over to us. There was a look of panic on his face as he looked around searching for any more, but there were none. Somehow, this guy managed to sneak up behind us. "I'm okay." I answered, as the titan's blood began to steam from my cloak. "Mikasa? Are you okay?" "Yes, I'm fine." She answered distantly as she stared off in the direction Eren and Levi would be. As I followed her gaze, in noticed two small figured approaching us from that direction, and Armin and Historia from theirs, and Connie and Sasha from theirs. Soon, we were all grouped together again, near the rapidly decomposing titan. "Is everyone alright?" Captain Levi asked "are there any more of these?" Mikasa shook her head. "None that we could see, we think this one just surprised us from behind."
"Right." Levi nodded. "We're going to have to regroup, seeing as we're missing two horses now. Mikasa, Marzia, just... Pick someone to ride with, and let's head back. Erwin met up with us and told us to head back for now. That's why we arrived so quickly. We were already on our way here when we saw the flare." I nodded in understanding.
Pick someone to ride with... well, if I knew Jean, he's going to want to give Mikasa a ride. I'd better not get in the way. I thought to myself as I strode over to Armin. "Hey, do you mind if I ride back with you?" I asked him he looked a little confused "Don't... you want to ride with Jean?" he asked, puzzled. I smiled, sadly. "I think he'd rather ride with Mikasa." I told him. He gave me a kind smile. "I understand." he said as he helped me onto his horse. I held onto the saddle, and Armin reached around me and took hold of the reins. I leaned back into his chest, feeling safe. This felt okay. Armin felt like a big brother. Or at least, more like a big brother than Jean does. No don't think about Jean that way anymore. You have to move on. He doesn't like you that way. I scolded myself as we rode back towards Wall Rose.
Author's Note
okay, so idk what kind of feedback this thing is getting seeing as I'm typing and publishing these chapters immediate, instead of spaced out, but I'm just going to assume that there are people that like it. I think I might finish this thing tonight... idk.