I decided to continue, hope you guys enjoy...
Reader P.O.V.,
I ran, not caring if there were yells of the guards behind me. I needed to run, and I knew I had to. Why was I running?
Oh yeah, my father wanted me to take over the company.
When he first told me, I was happy to comply and inherit the company. Father's company was so respected, and looked up to. Everyone knew from the advertisements, that whoever was employed there worked under the best conditions possible, and were all fed well. I felt responsible, like someone high and important.
I almost became one of them.
In reality, the workers had been treated like dirt, and their living quarters were only the size of a small closet each. If they were lucky, they would be fed some moldy bread, and they worked 8 hours a day, each week. They were never allowed to leave, ever. My father cheated in the business, selling everything at such a high price, and fooling customers with cheap and unreliable trash.
When he explained everything to me, he expected me to think that this was wonderful, and that I would be so proud to take over such a successful company.
I was disgusted at what he did.
Father was so angry that day, screaming obscure things in my face, trying to scare me into obeying him.
What he didn't know, I was already thinking of running away from this retched place. Even before he told me about inheriting the company, I wanted to leave. Wall Sina was filled with the most awful people, laughing and dancing their silly and artificial lives away in splendor while the others outside the walls suffered with the pain of hunger and poverty. They didn't even care about anyone outside Wall Sina, especially the Military.
"Stupid commoners," they would say, snidely making comments as they watched the Survey Corps return from another expedition. "Throwing their lives away in pointless 'expeditions'. How pitiful! They must have nothing else to do, except to go die in the stomach of a Titan!" Then, they would laugh, flaunting their wealth in extravagant clothing and servants, ignoring the brave and selfless soldiers who had died for the sake of humanity.
They disgusted me, all of them.
This is why I run, I thought to myself as I continued to move ahead, even if my legs burned and my back was sore from carrying my pack. I run for those lost outside the walls, who are looked down on by the royals and nobles. I run for their bravery, and courage to even decide to go into the Survey Corps, even if they know they will die.
Eventually, I reached Wall Sina, the wall towering before me. I was so certain that I would have been captured before I reached the wall, so I was at a loss about what I should do.
In retrospect, there were only two options. I could either climb over the wall, or I could sneak through the doors when they opened. However, I didn't fancy climbing up and over a 50 meter solid stone wall, so I decided I would sneak through the entrance. Luckily for me, the doors just opened for a delivery cart that had sacks of flour piled high on it.
There's your chance, (y/n)... you can't mess this up... I crept closer to the cart, that had stopped momentarily for the Military Police officer (who was obviously drunk off his head) that had come to check the cart. The driver looked very uncomfortable at the officer's drunk ramblings, and at that exact moment, I ran through the gates, as quickly as I could.
Fortunately for me, no one noticed a thing (most of the guards were asleep and/or drunk) and I continued to run into the vicinity of Wall Rose, only stopping for the painful pounding of my heart and lungs as they struggled to keep functioning.
In the end, I had to stop in the back of an alley to rest. I would ask for where to sign up for the Military tomorrow... I think as I sank down onto the cold ground, my shoulders sagging with the weight of my pack... I ate my tiny dinner of bread and an apple, and washed it down with some water from the water bottle I stole from the kitchen. Gazing upwards, I stared at the stars, fascinated.
Father didn't like me opening the windows... I sighed as the stars twinkled. I never saw them so clearly...
Before I knew it, I had fallen asleep under the sparkling stars, and for the first time in my life, I felt more calm and happy than I was ever before.
Blah, I hope this isn't too cliche for you all
side note this all happens right before the breach of Wall Maria, so the security isn't as tight as it is now.