Enjoy chapter 6!
The next morning Shadis asked for Reiner, Bertholdt, Annie and myself to go inside his office looking clean with our uniforms on. We all sigh as we go in looking responsibly. We saw Shadis there, but the man that stood next to him was who got us all happy to see. He puts his hand to his heart and we all do the same.
Erwin opened his arms as Annie and I ran to him. He was like a father to us orphans. I was in tears from seeing the man that raised us. Annie was crying into his chest as she was happy to see him too.
"I missed you kids. Know I'm proud of you as you've come so far in your training." Erwin said proudly as he hugged us back. I looked up to him and he had a few tears rolling down his face.
"Erwin" Said Reiner which made us all turn. We all looked at him as he took out a little familiar box and gave it to Erwin. He smiled as he opened it and saw one the rings we were all wearing around our necks. He seemed to be really touched by the detail. He quickly put it around his neck and we all showed the fact we wore the same necklace which meant we were connected in a way.
"Thank you everyone, I shan't take this off. Ever. I also bought you guys a little something, I hope you all like what I got you." He said as he individually gave us a little box. We all smiled as we opened it and saw another ring. This one said "Never forget what you're fighting for" I exchanged smiles with everyone in the room and was thankful.
"Thanks Erwin, this is a beautiful detail, we'll all wear them on our necklace like with the other one" I said with a big smile on my face. We all agreed on going out at night. Either way, it was Sunday. Our last free day before we get back to training.
I'm glad things were sorted out with Jean last night. I must admit I'm afraid of what Mikasa might do. I'm also worried about Eren, he didn't show it much, but he was hurt. I decided to go check on Eren.
Once I was in the guys' dorm I went to check if he was in bed. No sign of Eren here. Maybe he'd be in the gym? After all he is trying hard for the Survey Corps. He wasn't in the gym either. I looked for Armin in the study hall and found him there.
"Armin, where's Eren?" I asked with a worried tone in my voice, I was worried.
"(N/c)… I haven't seen him since this morning, he walked off somewhere." I might know where he might be…
"Hmm, alright, thanks Armin…have a nice day." I answer back and run off to the woods, I know this might be a crazy idea but I believe he might be at the lake, after all Reiner told me he brought him there once and he was in awe. To my surprise I found him there. Yay me.
He was in pain. He was crying into his own legs.
"Mind if I sit here?" I ask Eren.
"S-sure" He says in between sobs. I reached for his hand in order for him to know I was here for him.
"Like you said, we'll get through this…together" I said just like he did last night.
"I just…I can't believe she did that! This is the girl I grew up with! I never imagined she'd ever do that!" Eren yells in between sobs. I hugged him. I gave him a warm tight hug.
"Shh, Eren I'm here…every person has a secret side to themselves…perhaps underneath all that seriousness and strength, Mikasa had been hiding this from you. From everyone really. I'm sure you'll be okay" I tell him as he cries into my chest.
"Are you and Jean better now?" He asks me. What?
"Well, I was mad but now I thi" I couldn't finish my sentence as Eren pressed his soft lips against mine. Please don't! The thoughts of Jean running through my mind…this must have been similar to what Jean had been thinking when Mikasa pushed herself onto him…This was different. I could taste Eren's need for comfort. I could taste his pain. He broke the kiss and I just stared at him.
"Eren! I love Jean and you-" I start as I'm ready to talk to him about how wrong this felt.
"No! I'm sorry…I shouldn't have done that I…" He tries to finish off his sentence but couldn't. Jean had punched him so hard he fell to his side. Jean grabbed my hand to help me stand and he made me stand behind him. He was angry. Jean picked Eren by his shirt collar and stared at him with cold eyes.
"I told you last night not to touch her Jaeger" He says with a tone I had never heard before. He was beyond pissed.
"I apologized to her! It was wrong of me, let go horse face!" Eren quickly responds.
"Keep your hands off of her!" Jean says as he goes in for another punch but Eren kicks his leg making Jean loose balance. Jean quickly got up and both boys were fighting.
"S-stop it" I said with a low voice.
Both boys ignored me and kept fighting. Eren scratched Jean's neck and he was bleeding. Jean trying to cover his wound with his own hands he went to punch Eren whom was already getting ready to go for another kick to the leg.
"STOP IT!" I manage to yell and both boys stop and stare at me.
"P-please stop it…both of you! It was wrong of Eren to kiss me and it was wrong of you both for starting a fight!" I say not believing I had raised my voice like that. Eren and Jean stared at me for what seemed like a minute.
"I'm sorry (N/c)" Said Eren, I could feel his anger through his words.
Jean came up to me and hugged me. He held me in his arms and gave Eren the dirtiest stare.
"Don't ever think of touching (n/c) like that, ever again" As he said that he grabbed my hand and started walking towards the training camps. I looked behind my shoulder and saw a hurt Eren. I stopped walking.
"(N/c) what's wrong?" Jean asked. With his free hand he had been holding his wound this whole time. I took hold of my shirt and ripped a fair bit off. My stomach was showing but I didn't care. With the ripped bit of shirt I wrapped it around Jean's open wound. He flinched at the pain but then gave me a warm smile.
"It's my fault this happened in the first place Jean…I'm sorry" I apologized.
"How is this your fault?" He asked me.
"I decided to go check on Eren…after all Mikasa was supposedly Eren's lover. We talked but after I hugged him he suddenly kissed me! I told him I'm in love with you Jean, which made him apologize but then you came, it's my fault you've got such a deep wound…I'm sorry" I said, I couldn't help but have a shaky voice.
"Don't worry about me, I feel like just chilling at our dorm…could we go?" He asks. I give him a light nod as a response and we both leave. We're just a few days away from choosing what we want to do. Military police, The Garrison or The Survey Corps. I'm just a few days away from my dream.
As Jean and I were about to enter the guys' dorm I felt someone grab my arm.
Apologies for this chapter being awfully short! Next chapter will surely make up for it. Hope you enjoyed chapter 6!
