Kendrick opens his eyes, looking up at his bedroom ceiling. What happened..? He thinks to himself as he sits up. He looks at his phone lying on his dresser and checks it to see he has three text messages from Myra.
'COME OVER NOW! URGENT!' One text reads. Kendrick rubs his eyes as he tries to get out of bed. He pauses, feeling a sudden draft, he looks up and realizes that he's on top of the Wall, standing up.
Why am I on top of the Wall…? Kendrick asks himself, looking around. He looks down, seeing his clothes have changed from a t shirt and shorts to the Military suit. He looks on his back to see that he's wearing the Survey Corps emblem.
"Kendrick?" Kendrick hears from behind him. He looks behind him to see Eren, looking a little worried.
"Y-Yeah?" Kendrick says, looking back at Eren.
"Are you ready?"
"For what?"
"For death and destruction…" Eren says, putting his thumb to his mouth, making him transform to his titan form. Kendrick looks up in fear, hearing Eren's roar as he looks down at him.
"Wake up sleepy head!" Myra says, shaking Kendrick. Kendrick slowly opens his eyes, realizing they're on a boat. "We're almost there."
Kendrick looks ahead, seeing Wall Rose. He rubs his eyes, looking around. "Did we miss it?"
"We got to the boats early." Myra whispers. "You fell asleep a little after we got on."
"Well, it's been a long day." Kendrick says, seeing the Wall open up, awaiting the boat.
Myra lays her head on Kendrick's shoulder. "At least we made it out alive."
"You need some rest." Kendrick says, rubbing Myra's arm. "You've been awake all this time."
"Mmhmm…" Myra says, barely able to stay awake already. As Myra falls asleep, Kendrick looks up at the dark blue sky as he sighs deeply.
At least I know I'm not dreaming. Kendrick thinks, remembering the dream. He looks at Myra, who is already fast asleep. The boat goes under the Wall, stopping once it reaches it.
"Alright people!" A soldier yells as the gate to the boat opens. "Get off the boats in an orderly manner! We're all here to help!"
Kendrick stands up, picking up Myra and putting her on his back. He walks off the boat, looking for a good place to sleep for the night.
*A few hours later*
Kendrick looks up at the ceiling as he sits up on the side of the wall, yawning as he looks at Myra, who is sleeping on his lap now. He pokes her cheek softly, causing her to move slightly.
"C'mon…" Kendrick says, poking her again. Myra doesn't move. He sighs, knowing what he's gonna have to do. "I'm gonna tickle you if you don't get up…"
Myra opens one eye, looking up at him, then closing it again.
"I warned you…" Kendrick says, raising his hand. He lowers his hand towards her midsection. "Last chance."
Myra doesn't move.
Kendrick shrugs his shoulders. "Warned you again."
Before Kendrick can touch her, Myra pops her head up, smiling at him. Kendrick smiles as he hears the food ration bell go off.
"How long were you awake?" Kendrick says, standing up with her.
"About 10 minutes," She says, grabbing his arm as they walk. "I kinda woke up when you were carrying me on your back. But I fell asleep when you laid me down on the floor."
"Seems legit." Kendrick says, looking at the people near the rations. "So many people."
"There's a small enough line. Maybe we can get some bread or something?"
They both get a small loaf of bread and sit down where they were.
"What's gonna be the plan?" Kendrick says, biting into his hard, semi moldy bread.
"Since we're kids again, we can't enlist right away."
"That's a good thing, right?"
"Why do you say that?" Myra says, biting into her bread.
"I'm pretty sure we'd be put in that 'recovery operation' crap."
"Oh right." Myra says, nodding.
"So we're just gonna wait a year until we can enlist?"
Myra shrugs. "Guess so."
Kendrick lets it a sigh as he sees a big flaw in the plan. "What if we forget?"
"About what?"
Kendrick looks around carefully. "About the events?"
"Well it's been awhile since the creator of the fanfic watched the anime so I wouldn't blame him if he forgot some major details." Myra says, shrugging her shoulders.
"I'm not talking about the creator," Kendrick says, groaning. "What if me and you forget?"
"We'll remember some things." Myra shrugs, not thinking about it too much. "Like the Trost attack. There's no way we can forget that."
"I don't know." Kendrick says, shrugging. "A lot of stuff can happen in 5 years."
"Don't worry about it!"
*Weeks later*
Days have gone by since then. Kendrick and Myra are starting to get used to their lifestyle. They know when and where the rations are being sold. Without even knowing it, they've adapted to living under a bridge within a few days. It's not like they haven't really forgotten about their old lives, they've just put it aside. The military issued a mandatory work force due to the shortage of food.
Kendrick and Myra are walking up to the work line in rags. Kendrick smiles to Myra as she smiles back.
"You don't know how big of a time-skip it really is until you actually live it." Myra says as they move up in the line. "It's been weeks."
"Quadrant D." A soldier says, pointing to the quadrant leader.
"Since we're both the same age, we should be put in the same quadrant right?" Myra says, grabbing Kendrick's arm. Kendrick shrugs and sighs, losing what little faith he had. Myra nudges him, making him smile once again. "Don't lose faith Kenny boy."
"Yeah, yeah." Kendrick says, getting closer to the front of the line.
"I wish my necklace would've been brought with us."
"That heart necklace I gave you for your birthday?" Kendrick says, remembering the diamond necklace he gave her. "I saved so much for that…"
"Yeah." Myra says, touching her neck,where the necklace would be. "Kendrick…?"
"Yeah?" He says, hearing her voice get a little softer as they get closer to the start of the line.
"Remember when everyone kept asking us about who we were dating…?" Myra says, softly rubbing Kendrick's arm.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well...What if we actually star-"
"Quadrant F." The soldier says, looking down at Kendrick. The soldier looks at Myra and looks at the paper. "Quadrant H."
Myra's heart freezes, feeling the same happen with Kendrick. They both looked at each other as they both know they were going to be separated.
"What are you waiting for?" The soldier says, looking at them. "Move along."
"R-Right…" Kendrick says, looking at Myra. Myra nods, realizing that they can't make a scene here.
They move to another place that's less crowded.
"Well...that wasn't expected…" Myra says, giving her half assed smile.
"Y-Yeah…" Kendrick says, leaning against the wall. Myra crosses her arms, standing in front of him. "How are we gonna meet? D and G don't even coexist in the same universe!"
"When there's a will, there's a-"
"Just stop…" Kendrick says, looking down. "Stop with all this 'everything's gonna be fine ' crap...we are stuck in the WORST possible scenario right now…"
"We'll be fine Kenny boy." Myra says, touching Kendrick's shoulder.
"JUST STOP!" Kendrick says, pushing her arm off of him. "Stop it! We're gonna be alone in this world and all you can think is happy thoughts? Just cut it out! It's beyond annoying!"
Kendrick stops, seeing the look on Myra's face. He had never said anything like that to her, so neither of them knew what to say.
"I thought we were always gonna manage…?" Myra says, showing Kendrick that she's completely scared. Kendrick looks away, feeling bad. "Y'know…I'm scared too Kendrick."
"It doesn't seem like it…" Kendrick says, looking at her, even though her eyes burn into his heart.
"Because I'm annoying….?" Myra asks, stepping closer. "Because I'm a little girl, stuck in a fantasy world?"
Kendrick looks away, feeling Myra staring at him.
"You wanna know the truth? I'm scared shitless…" Myra pauses, seeing Kendrick's surprised face. "When the Colossal showed up, I honestly thought that I was gonna shit myself…but then you grabbed my arm tighter..I don't even think you realized you did…"
"When did I…?" Kendrick says quietly, making Myra laugh a little.
"I thought so. Anyway, you grabbed my arm, showing that you cared about me. Even though you were saying that we were all going to die…" Myra looks up at Kendrick, who is looking back at her. "Can I ask you something?"
"S-Sure…" Kendrick says awkwardly. Myra gets close to his face, making him back into the wall. Myra smiles oddly.
"If a Titan showed up right now, and had it's eyes set on either of us would you stand in front of me…? Or would you run…?"
Kendrick looks at the serious look in Myra's face, a look he's seen before, but rarely. "I'd stand in front of you…"
"Really?" Myra says, smiling. Myra takes off a bracelet she made out of random sticks and hands it to him as she backs out of his face.
"Why are you giving me this?" Kendrick says, looking at it. He notices that it looks oddly familiar.
"You're in F. I'm in H." Myra says, smiling. "Make it as something you'll remember me by."
He just stood there. Dumbfounded at what she said. She started walking away, each and every step of hers taking away his sense of happiness. She was leaving. And he didn't know what to say about it. He decided to stay quiet, and watch her disappear into the crowd of people.
He looks down at the bracelet. He stared at it. There was something so familiar, and yet, so distant. He shrugged his shoulders. He carefully put it on, sighing greatly. He sat back down, waiting for Myra to run back to him with tears running down her face.
She never returned.