Chapter 3

WARNING! There is a slight hint of JeanxMarco and JeanxEren in this chapter! Please skip around this part if you don't feel comfortable reading it! (There isn't any "action" per say but there is some mention of these boys having feelings for each other) YOU'VE BEEN WARNED! -Scary

P.s. This chapter takes place TWO MONTHS after the last one. (I'm time jumping a lot I know!)

"I can't believe that you were there Erin! That's crazy." Says Connie, as the entire regiment has clustered around Eren, Mikasa and Armin.

"What was it like?" someone asks, my stomach clenches, I hate thinking about that day. I hate thinking about the wall, how it fell. What it brought. What it did to me. Eren it seems isn't a fan of relieving the experience either. He's struggling to put together words when Marco jumps in

"Guys, obviously he can't talk about it, so just leave him alone." He says, sounding defensive. Eren looks down, his ears turning pink as he gets up to walk out of the room. Sasha and Connie turn to me next, their eyes hungry for some form of tragedy.

"What about you Robin? Why do you have to join the Surrey Corps?" they question,

"I- "

"Leave her alone, god damn it!" Jean roars, his usually impassive face red and livid. "Sometimes people go through some shit that they don't want to relive for someone else's entertainment." He says, as he pulls me out of my seat. Both Sasha and Connie look down, obviously ashamed.

"I'm sorry. I guess I didn't think about it that way." Sasha says, her eyes meeting mine. However, for Jean this isn't enough,

"You obviously didn't otherwise you wouldn't have done it. These two have dealt with some dark shit, so a little respect would go a long fucking way." Jean says, gesturing to Eren who is trying to make his way out of the mess hall, and me. Eren looks at Jean with wide eyes, and a certain admiration, before he scurries out of the room followed by Mikasa. In fact, Marco is looking at Jean the same way.

"C'mon Robin." Jean says, not noticing either boy's strange looks as he helps me outside. When we're outside I feel as if I can breathe again.

"Thank you, for what you did back there."

"It's fine. I mean it's not fine, but I mean- "Jean rambles on, obviously coming down from his anger high.

"Thank you." Marco says, as he walks up to us. He's still looking at Jean in the strange way, that weird look of awe and admiration.

"It's no problem. I mean, the way you two talk about it, whatever happened it's bad." He says, I turn away, unable to meet either of their eyes. I shut my own, trying to push away the memory that is starting to wash over me. I fight it but there's no point, I sit down.

"You know five years ago? When that Titan appeared? It broke down the wall, and all members of the Surrey Corps were called to the front lines."

FLASHBACK SCENE!

"Are you Robin Evans, the younger sister of Ryan Evans?" asks a man, he's short. Not much taller than me, but he's older.

"What's it to you?" I'd demanded. Even at a young age I'd been suspicious of others. The man looked at me, a slight admiration in his eye.

"I'm Captain Levi- "

"My brother's captain? Where's Ryan?" I demand, as I narrow my eyes at him. Levi kneels in front of me.

"Robin, I'm very sorry but- "I cut Levi off, I knew where this was going.

"He's dead?"

"I'm sorry, yes."

"Was he brave?"

"He nearly killed the biggest titan ever seen in all of history."

"Did it make a difference? His death, did it save people?"

"It made a world of a difference. He saved so many lives."

"Were you able to get his body?" At this, Levi seemed uncomfortable.

"He was flung over the wall; we weren't able to recover his body."

"Why are you telling me all of this? Do you normally tell kids this sort of thing?"

"Ryan asked me to deliver the news himself, if he ever died. In fact, he left a few things with me in case to pass on to you. And while I wasn't able to get his body back for you, I brought his jacket." He says, as he pulls the tan jacket with the wings of freedom on the back. This is what it takes to make me cry, and not just cry to fall to my knees sobbing, clutching the jacket that smells like my brother. My home. My family.

END OF FLASHBACK

Jean sits in stunned silence, his eyes wide.

"You were just a kid? Jeez, that's rough. I mean wow. I heard about what happened with Eren a few times, Armin's mentioned it to me, I just. That's rough. I think that might be worse."

"Eren saw his mother get killed and eaten right in front of his eyes, I think finding out about my brother's death isn't so bad. Besides I had someone to stay with. Well at least for a while. Marco's family took me in for a few years, but it got to be too much, an extra mouth to constantly feed. They kicked me out when I was twelve. I wandered around a lot after that, waiting."

"Waiting for what?"

"Waiting until I was old enough to join the training corps. Then the Survey Corps, I'm going to serve under Captain Levi." Jean shakes his head.

"I have to admire your determination. I don't I'd be able to go through all of that and still risk my life after that."

"Thanks."

"I'm sorry Robin, really. I'm sorry."

"It's fine. Really it's fine. I just, sometimes I can pretend like it didn't happen. Move on for a while, but then it'll just hit me out of nowhere and it's hard." I trail off, leaning against Marco.

"Robin? Are you alright?" There's Bertolt, looking in on me. His pale face is looking at me with concern and his eyes are gentle. I can't help but flush as he takes in my red and puffy face.

"I'm fine. Thanks." I say standing up

"O-oh. Right, you're err- um, your welcome. I guess. Um, are you guys coming back inside?" he asks, he looks down at his shoes, but not before I notice his flushed cheeks. Jean and Marco are nudging each other with their elbows fighting back laughs. Those idiots.

"Uh no. I don't I'm going back into there tonight."

"I could walk to your barrack, if you wanted me to that is. I mean, if you want to walk alone, or with Jean and Marco that's fine. I mean you can take of yourself I know; I've seen you in hand-to-hand combat. I mean, like I've noticed you in hand-to-hand combat. It wasn't like I just stopped everything and watched you, that would be strange. I just happened to look over and see you take down Jean. It was pretty amazing actually. I'm sorry I'm rambling. I'll just let you get on with your night. So um, good night, Robin." Then he turns and nearly runs into the mess hall leaving me reeling from his rant.

Author's note!

Hey y'all! A NEW CHAPTER!

YAY ME! So what do you think? ^. ^ I'll go in a bit more about Ryan's death in future chapters but that was just a brief glimpse of it. I JUST HAD TO PUT LEVI IN THERE! I mean, he's just so perfect. *sighs dreamily* A new chapter shall be up shortly! Please comment and all that jazz!

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