Bits of potato salad sprayed out of Sasha's mouth as the trio huddled in the boy's bathroom, trying to make sense of the situation. "Oh my god, I just-oh my god. You have to do it, okay? and then tell us all the nasty stuff Levi says." Eren shrugged helplessly against the two. "Levi seems nice." Connie guffawed. "Levi is not nice. He's a scum-smashing donkey spawn. He ruined my life." Taking another bite, the hungry girl declared that Levi was indeed a spawn of Satan, but still pretty fly.
Thomas stepped out of a stall, noticed Sasha, and immediately turned indignant. She then used her defense mechanism- "Oh my god, Gordon Ramsey! I love your work!" Mortified of ever being compared to the hellish chef, he fled the scene.

"Why do you hate him?" The question was apparently so rhetorical that Connie grew hair for a split second. "Heh, what?" The angsty teen yet again ignored the trap and continued to speak. "Levi. You seem to really hate him." Now bald again, he snorted. "Yeah. What's your question?" "My question is why, exactly?"
Sasha picked the wrong moment to jump in. "When they were in elementary school, Levi and Connie were ti-" "SASHA!...can you not? Now look. Before you run away, I just want you to know this isn't about hating him. We just thought it would be fun to have a harmless, little experiment if you were to hang out with them and tell us everything they say." "What would we even talk about?" "Leather jackets, studded boots, world domination..." "Is that a band?" The situation seemed hopeless, but Connie wasn't willing to let it go. "Could you just do it? Please?" Though skeptical, Eren eventually agreed because hey! Friends! Can't risk losing those on the second day of school. "Okay, fine. Do you have any capes?" Connie's "No" was overpowered by Sasha's immediate opposite answer.

By eighth period, I was so happy to get to Animal Instincts, a special course. I mean, I'm good at animals. I understand animals. Nothing in this class will mess me up. "Hey, can I borrow a pencil?"

*TWIST* *BOOM*

I've never had a crush in my life. Is this how you're supposed to feel? Is this gas? Whatever it is, it hit me as if the red string of fate tripled in size and became a scarf. "Well, Jaeger? What's your answer?" She was... "So cute. I-I mean, the nape of their necks!" Miss Freida smiled her godlike smile. "That's right. Good, good. Very good. Now let's talk about your homework..." Although I was technically supposed to be paying attention, I couldn't help but direct all attention to the girl in the red scarf.

Having lunch with the Recons was like leaving this world and entering "combat world." And Combat World had a lot of rules. "You can't wear the same clothes twice in a row,-ew,germs- and you can only wear something without green in it once a week. I guess you picked today." Eren glanced lamely at his dress shirt and slacks, the least he could do to "fancy up" for the Recons. Apparently, it was the wrong kind of fancy. "Oh, and we only bring hand sanitizer on Friday. It's the only day they don't serve sloppy Joes, so we're safe...for now."
"Now, if you break any of these rules, you can't sit with us at lunch. Not just you-I mean all of us. Okay, like, if I brought hand sanitizer today and not febreze, I would be sitting over there with buffet gut and baldy," whined Auruo. "They're not even seniors! See what I mean? Oh, and we always vote before we ask someone to eat lunch with us because you have to be considerate of the rest of the group. Like, you wouldn't buy a scented body wash without consulting your friends about it first if it smells good on you." It was too much information for the pine-tree-hued eyed boy to handle, but he couldn't be obvious about that. "Right, and it's the same with guys. I-I mean, girls...unless you're...whatever. Like, you might think you like someone, but you might be wrong." Petra spoke while flailing her hands around, Levi's demonic eyes scanning her palms to see if she washed them before leaving the bathroom.

Once Levi left to get cheese fries without the cheese,("It creates a nasty stain." What would someone like him know about stains?) the rest of the Recons ganged up on him. Hanji leaned eerily towards him, her glasses reflecting off the florescent lights. "Soooooo have you seen any girls you think are cute yet?" Eren visibly flushed, casuing Petra to scramble from her seat and into the one next to him without bothering to wipe it down first. "Well, there's this girl...in my Animal Instincts elective..." "Who is it?" Erwin now joined the conversation, flashing his radiantly white teeth. "Um, her name's Mikasa Ac-" "NO!" Everyone in the table jumped about 2 inches off their seats as Connie and Sasha quietly snickered even though they didn't hear the subject of the chat.

"You can't like Mikasa Ackerman." Oh no. "She's Levi's sister." Oh no! "They were family for a year." "Yeah, and he was devastated when she left the sibling pact." "I thought he replaced her with Isabel Magnolia and kicked her out?" "Shut up, Erwin." Levi's sister? They both do have the same cold stare...the same sense of superiority...the same last name...How did I not notice they both had the same last name? How many Ackermans can there be at one prep school? Maybe I'm almost too simpleminded to function.
Auruo sighed at the blonde's stupidity. "Okay, irregardless, siblings are off limits to friends. That's like, the rule of human life. There's no exceptions. Don't worry- We won't tell Levi what you said," the dual-colored haired boy smiled.
Eren looked at the faces in the small crowd. Hanji's smile stretched to a point where it looked fake. Petra seemed genuine until Eren looked down and saw she was toying with her bracelet so much, it looked ready to pop off. Erwin was snickering to himself until Auruo lightly jutted him in the elbow. The former then proceeded to flash a "thumbs up" sign with a completely straight face. "It'll be our little secret."

"When dealing with wild greyhounds, always seek shelter in..." Even though I wasn't allowed to like Mikasa, I could still allowed to look at her- no, wait, and think about her-nope, and definitely talk to her. Yeah, that seems about right.
"Hey, Mika-"
"Hey, you're the Maria kid, right?" A short (but not as short as Levi) blonde boy with adorable eyes approached him. Eren resisted the urge to pet him on the head and treat him like a dog, except there wasn't much resistance left when he examined the boy's expression- dead serious. "Y-yes? I mean, yes! That's me. Eren."
The blonde smiled a seemingly satisfied smile, which turned out to look like the face on a five year old when he manages to catch the latest episode of Teletubbies. "I'm Armin Arlert, captain of the Sina Prep Titans. We participate in mimicking animal behavior contests, and we can get twice as much funding if we've got someone who doesn't look like they're going to claw the judges' eyes out. Bertholdt doesn't count- the guy's like a human waterfall. So you should think about joining!" Eren smiled nervously. "I guess I'll think about it..." "Great!" Armin grinned. "Here's my card."

Armin Arlert

Animal Enthusiast/Psychologial Mindfucker

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"Okay, so think it over. We'd like to get jackets." "O-ok." Eren stepped out of the building and was about to cross the street until he heard a horn honk. It was none other than the Recons, Levi in the front. Whipping his sunglasses off, he snarkily said "Get in, brat. We're going on an expedition."

AN: I had no idea what was going on. The Mikasa part just blew up my head, so if it doesn't make sense, it isn't supposed to. If anyone got my pomfpomfpomf reference, they are more than okay in my book! *winks at beta tester*

You can probably guess who the members of the Titans are :P

Until next time!