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Bruises
Chapter 4
"I can do that with no problem" She said with a smug face.
"No, you can't" Said the muscular boy, with a mocking face.
"Want to bet?" She asked looking directly at the dark blue eyes of the boy.
"Bet?" He and other boys surrounding them chortled "It'd be unfair for you"
"Afraid to lose?" She smirked.
Sasha had lost all her temper at the dumb muscular boy. She was hunting some animals, something she enjoyed and was skilled at. The girl was riding her horse, enjoying the forest, losing herself in it. Hunting wasn't exactly what she was doing, she was just fooling around. But when a group of four arrogant rather stupid boys spotted her, she knew that the fun by herself was gone.
"Of course a girl like you can't beat me" He gave her a small push.
"Oh, What's that supposed to mean?" She faked a yawn.
"First, you're a girl" The rest of the boys laughed "Second, someone as simple as you, wouldn't be able to" Sasha felt all the anger build up in her body.
"If I win" She grabbed the boy's shirt and pulled him down "You'll get me all the food that I want for two weeks"
"And if I kill that deer first?" He raised an eyebrow.
"You get my bow and all of my arrows" She said firmly.
"Fine then" He pulled off her hold "I need a new bow anyways"
"One thing. We can just use one arrow" She added, maybe it was just the anger.
"I agree" He nodded.
The both did the same; grabbed their bow and one arrow, they got near the deer and prepared.
Sasha's hands started to get a bit sweaty, she couldn't lose, she was not going to let it happen. Her whole attention was on the deer, she didn't lose sight of him, turning her head a little she saw that the boy was just as concentrated as she was.
Taking a deep breath she shoot her arrow, exhaling only when the arrow flew away. The boy shoot at the exact same time.
It was only a matter of seconds to discover who had killed the deer. The red arrow was right on the deer's eye, Sasha's red arrow.
Why are you remembering this? Why at this moment? Well, it was a moment where you showed what you're capable of, still, not the time to remember this.
Some people took the whole situation as a joke, others were simply amused, most were confused.
Sasha's hands couldn't have been any more sweaty, she was expecting people to chortle, to ignore it. But that wasn't happening, everyone was staring at them without saying something, just waiting for the corporal's reaction.
He's not going to believe you if you look nervous. So she crossed her arms and held her head high, looking as tough as she could, she was trying to look like a badass. And she achieved it.
"What are you talking about?" His cold gray eyes pierced her, she didn't reply(she really didn't know how to)
"Sasha, let's go" Ymir told her.
"These have been odd days" Sasha said to Connie while they were waiting for everyone else outside the dining room.
"I wouldn't call them odd. Just insane"
"Just?" They laughed.
"Well, they're investigating a titan murder, so yeah" He stretched.
"I find it hard to believe that everything that's happening is real"
"Why?"
"Titans, everything's that's happening, really. I sort of wish it wouldn't be real" She sighed.
"But we decided to become soldiers" He stared at the ground "And don't regret it"
"At all" Sasha completed "Let's go to the dining room, maybe they're already there"
They went to the dining room, chatting about some random stuff. When they arrived only Mikasa was missing. They sat on the large wooden table looking at the annoyed faces of their fellows.
"Well, I know this is annoying" Sasha started "But you don't have to have such long faces" She smiled, and a little smirk formed in Armin's lips.
"It's not just that" Christa said, raising her head to see Sasha "Today we decide our future"
Sasha sighed, she already knew that she was going to join the scouting legion, that was why she became a soldier. But, sometimes she had second thoughts. A reason why she never liked to think much about it. In fact, Sasha never liked to think much about all the things she did. She lived by one rule: If you feel it is right, do it.
"When are we leaving?" She asked while stretching.
"When they finish checking everyone" Jean replied, looking as bored as Sasha had ever seen him before.
"Do you guys want me to bring you some food?" She asked trying to cheer them up.
"And how are you going to get it?" Ymir asked.
"Oh, there's always food somewhere" She said winking.
"If you're going to steal it, then no" Jean stared at her.
"Are you worried I might get in trouble?" She laughed.
"No, that you might get us in trouble" He raised his eyebrows.
"Then let's just wait in here" She shrugged "Getting bored"
"Is being bored one of your main worries? Sasha" Annie asked, not even looking at her.
"No. But I do sometimes like to have a good time" Connie laughed a little "So, how are you guys feeling?" She was just trying to make some conversation, but everyone just gave her a rather hostile look.
"I get it" She nodded.
Everyone stayed quiet until Mikasa came.
"Keith says we're leaving now" She said nothing more.
Although Sasha had been waiting for this moment, she felt more nervous than she expected to be. Every member left of the 104th trainees squad was standing in front of a small platform, waiting to hear the speeches that they were going to give them.
She looked around, she remember that they were more, a lot more. This made her doubt even more about her decision. Did the scouting legion really mean a death ticket? But then again, if she joined the military police she was going to betray the reason why she became a soldier, she was going to live a life that wasn't meant for her.
The murmurs of the cadets stopped when the commander, Erwin Smith, stepped in the platform. Sasha felt immediate respect for him, he looked smart, serious and also caring.
He started to speak. Sasha expected him to say great things about the scouting legion, but, he didn't. He just told the truth. He said that joining the scouting legion wasn't going to be pretty at all.
All kinds of thoughts started to run trough Sasha's head. She was already sure about her decision, but still, when she saw all the cadets leave, leaving only few left, tears couldn't avoid to form in her eyes. She was afraid of titans, but that was not going to stop her.
Lots of cadets were leaving, only few were left standing, very few. Once only the top 10 cadets, and Ymir, were left, Erwin welcomed them to the scouting legion. They saluted and accepted their faith.
They were about to leave the place to get back to where they used to train, when Hanji stopped them with a huge smile on her face.
"Where do you think you're going?" She smiled even more "You must come with us, to your new temporary place" No one moved "Let's go have dinner together, or do something to welcome you"
"Okay!" Sasha was the first one to accept the offer, not that she had a choice.
The place was small and had a weird smell, they would only spend one night there, after all. The new members went to the room where Hanji told them to. Dinner wasn't accurate for what Sasha was seeing; there was a large old table set up with small snacks. Hanji was seated right in the middle of the table. Levi was on the far left corner.
"This was all we could find" Hanji said gesturing the small snacks "C'mon, eat up, we have to wake up early tomorrow" She winked.
No one seemed very excited about the "dinner" but they didn't want to be rude, so they just accepted it. Sasha got distracted by a black cat that entered the room, therefore, wasn't able to chose her seat. Her face went bright red when the only spot left was in front of the corporal.
She avoided to look him in the eyes while she was helping herself some snacks, but she felt his stare at some times. Since she was on the far corner, the food took some time to get to her. Everyone was talking about something, everyone but her, she just couldn't.
Some people started to excuse themselves, but Sasha stayed there. Armin, Mikasa and Eren were in deep conversation with Hanji, so she didn't feel like joining. She was about to excuse herself when the corporal spoke.
"You made a good choice" Sasha finally looked him in the eyes.
"I think so" She replied with a tiny voice.
"The scouting legion is a place for you" This was going better than expected.
"It's nice to have a place where you fit in, isn't it?" She smiled
"It certainly is" He nodded. Since the corporal seemed not to be in a bad mood, Sasha decided to ask him something.
"Why did you pretend you didn't know what I was talking about?" She got prepared for the answer, though, she thought she was not going to get any.
"I didn't think you were a cry-baby, that's all" He said with his cold voice.
"Aww" This came out of Sasha naturally "I'm glad, I really am" Her face lit up.
"Why?" He leaned to get closer to her "Why would you care what I think about you?" She felt quite intimidated.
"Well, y-you know" She stuttered "You're the big deal, aren't you?" She smiled weakly. The corporal just sighed.
"Something that I can tell you is that, don't let what others says about you break you down" Sasha felt that this was getting way too weird. Was the corporal giving her some advice? Why was he saying this to her?
"Okay" She said, with a confused tone.
"I'm serious" He did sound serious.
"I know" She smiled for him.
They stayed quiet for some time, occasionally looking at each other, Sasha smiling timidly, she didn't know how to continue the conversation, or she didn't dare to.
"I wasn't able to eat some snacks, do you mind passing me some?" Sasha couldn't help but laugh, she wasn't expecting this from the corporal.
"Sure" She handed him some cookies.
"Don't you want some?" Sasha blushed and nodded.
"So, you're nice after all"
"So, you always speak what's on your mind"
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