Nick was seriously beeing creeped out by Armin now, because for the last 30 seconds he had just stared at him as if he had grown another head, or had just told him what the titans really were. "Thank god he doesn't know that" he mused to himself, "Poor kid would probably faint on the spot."

"You're really from the capital?" Armin barely managed to stutter out based on the shock value of seeing a noble leave the safety of Wall Sina and come to the district that attracts the most titans.

"Yes I am" he replied, "You sound shocked", he added to confuse Armin even more than he already was.

"W...well it's just that-" Armin began only to be interrupted by Nick, "You know Armin" he began looking him straight in the eyes, "Not everyone that lives in Sina are self-righteous assholes who only care about themselves and their wealth."

"That's not what I was about to say" Armin quickly spluttered out, "I was going to ask why you came here", he quickly added to not arouse suspicion to the boy sitting next to him.

"I came here to give money to save the local Orphanage, but as you can see my efforts were pointless and futile in the end" Nick replied in a softer tone which did not go unnoticed by Armin.

"I don't think your efforts were pointless ir futile"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that while the Orphanage has been lost due to the attack, the children surely would have gotten some joy over the fact that their home would have been saved, so in reality you should be happy that the children got some happiness before it was destroyed"

"I guess you're right, thanks Armin" Nick replied with a smile, "Now if you don't mind I'm going to try and get some sleep before we get to Wall Rose in the morning.

And with that Nick leant back on the hard surface of the wooden boat amd eventually sleep took ove him.

It had been four years since the Colossal Titan and the Armoured Titan had breached Wall Maria, and since then there had not been any more sightings of the titans that had caused so much death and destruction and had indirectly caused the death of 250,000 people as they were marched back into Wall Maria in order to "reclaim" the land from the titans. Nick had thought it was bullshit at the time, and he was right as it was basically mass genoide committed by the Royal Government, but ultimately Nick had accepted that their deaths had alliwed the rest of humanity to survive the food shortages in Wall Rose at the time.

Four years ago Nick had promised a dying Ella that he would tell the girls he loved how he felt, but he had chickened out when he first saw her when he got back to Mitras, ir was quite stupid how he could look at a titan and not fear it while he pulled Ella from the wreckage of a house, but when it came to telling in his opinion "the prettiest girl in the world" how he truly felt about her, he crumbled, because he feared her rejection and the thought that she wouldn't want to talk to him again, he feared that she would abandon him and he couldn't have that,so he left things as they were.

But now four years later he had finally managed to work up the gall to tell her and fulfill the promise he made to Ella, so here he was dismounting his horse at the Reiss estate in Wall Sina so he could tell her and hopefully be with her for the remaining 6 years of her life. As he walked up to the door he was greeted by members of the Military Police who waved him through as he was a frequent visitor to the estate, when he stepped inside he was greeted by Florian Reiss who was 14 years old with long black hair and light blue eyes, she was quite short for her age at about 4 foot 8 while Nick stood at 6 foot 1 at the age of 18 years old.

"Hello Nick", exclaimed Florian surprised that he was here at her home.

"Hi Florian" Nick replied "Still not growimg are you?" Nick teased.

"Shut up Nick" Florian shouted at him as her face flushed red in embarrassment at his teasing comment. "Why are you here anyway" she continued with after the flare in her cheeks died down.

"I'm looking for Frieda" he replied casually as to not arouse any suspicion from Florian.

"Why?" Florian asked.

"I need to talk to her about something important" he replied trying to fool her with his cool demeanour.

"I think she's in the garden out back"

"Thank you Florian" he graciously replied to the short girl.

As he was walking off Florian spoke one more time, "Oh and by the way Nick,I think she's alone if you want to get it on" she wiggled her eyebrows at that statement.

"FLORIAN!!!" Nick shrieked "It's not like that" he stuttered out with his face becoming more and more red with every passing second.

"Sure it isn't, have fun Nick", and with that Florian skipped down the hallway and around the corner.

After Nick managed to get the bright red blush off his face he set off towards the garden, determined to tell Frieda about how he felt and find out how she felt about him, however when he stepped outside into the garden his heart shattered into millions of pieces as he saw the love of his life Frieda Reiss kissing another man, but on closer inspection he recognised the man as Steven Schäfer, also known to Nick as the biggest fucking asshole to ever walk the Earth, this was because Steven thought that because he lived in Mitras that he was better than everbody else, so he used to bully children he deemed as below himself, he even tried to bully Nick when he was 13 and Steven was 15, Nick could deal with the insults hurled towards him and just ignored them, this was until Steven decided to call Nick's mother a "street whore", after he said that Nick snapped and broke Steven's left arm in two places and yanked his right arm out of it's socket as punishment.

He was snapped out of this memory by Frieda calling his name and walking up to him and asking him why he was crying, "I'm fine" he replied, not wanting her concern after what he just witnessed.

"I'm your best friend Nick" she began "You can tell me anything and I won't judge you" she spoke in a soft, understanding voice.

However Nick had enough of his heartbreak and spat back "If you really can't tell what's wrong with me then you don't deserve to know", and with that he stormed off with tears streaming down his face.

At this point Florian had seen it all, and went outside to talk to her sister, "Frieda" she spoke, "You do realise that Steven is only with you because you're pretty, right?"

"Yes, I know Florian" Frieda spoke in a sullen tone.

"Then why are you still with him"

"Because no one else would want to be with me"

"Did you seriosly just say that?" Florian exclaimed, "Have you seen the way Nick looks at you" she practically shouted at her older sister because of how stupid she was being.

"What do you mean Florian" Frieda spoke as a light pink shade dusted over her cheeks.

"He fucking loves you Frieda" Florian shouts at her, "How can you not see it" she finishes with.

"Florian", is all Frieda says, too shocked by her sisters outburst to say anything.

"I'm sorry Frieda, it's just that I could see

you just broke his heart with the amount he was crying just now."

"What should I do?" Frieda asks.

"What do you want to do?" Florian retorts with.

"I know what i want to do now, Thank you Florian for helping me realise my true feelings" Frieda says as she pulls Florian into a massive hug.

(30 minutes later, Meier Estate, Mitras)

Frieda had just arrived at Nick's house and knocked on the door, a fee seconds later Nick's Mother answered the door, "Oh, hello Frieda, what brings you here", she asks politely.

"I came to talk to Nick" comes her very blunt reply.

"He came home about 10 minutes ago crying his eyes out, do you knowvwhat happened to him?", she asks as her gaze slowly hardens at Frieda as she suspects Frieda had something to do with her son coming home in tears.

"Yes I do, it was my fault actually" she says but continues on "I was ignorant and very stupid because i didn't realise how he felt about me, and I came to make it right."

Nick's mothers glare hardend even more as she spoke in a threatning tone, "All right Frieda, but if you hurt my son any more than you already have, even your invincible power won't save you from me"

A shiver went up Frieda's spine as she muttered "It won't come to that Mrs Meier."

And with that Mrs Meier let Frieda in to go up to Nick and make things right, as she neared his bedroom door she could hear light sobbing coming from indide the room.

This broke her heart as she knew that she caused this to happen to him, she lightly knocked on the door twice and waited for him to answer. She heard footsteps coming to the door as the handle twisted and the door opened revealing Nick with tears still running down his face as he tried to keep them bottled up but couldn't.

"What do you want Frieda?" He asked in a monotone voice.

"You" was all Frieda said before she reached up with her soft hands to gently grab his face and pull him down do she could kiss him, but she soon realised after a couple of seconds that Nick's mouth wasn't moving at all, which made her wonder if she had broke his heart so badly that he didn't love her anymore.

After he realised what just happened, he put his hands on Frieda's shoulders and was about to push her away befor giving in and wrapping his arms around her waist while Frieda wrapped her arms around his neck to push him harder against her lips as she moaned throughout the kiss. Frieda soon pulled away to catch her breath, she used her foot to close the door behind her as she stared into his green eyes before pulling him back down for another kiss, this one was different though as Nick slipped his tongue into her mouth as he began to playfully lick her tongue with his, she tried to fight back but gave in as he licked all around the inside of her mouth, her hands began to pull the bottom of his shirt upwards as a signal to him, he pulled out of her mouth and pulled his shirt over his head and threw it across his room.

Now looking at his naked torso Frieda could truly appreciate the Ackerman Clan and all the benefits it carried as she shamelessly stared at his abs that were well defined even without any training at all.

She put her right hand on his chest and her left hand on his cheek as she leaned in to kiss him yet again, as she kissed him she curled her fingers on her right hand and slowly dragged her nails down his chest and abs recieving a few encouraging moans from the male under her spell, she repeated this action multiple times using both her hands as she forced her tongue into his mouth intent on tasting him as much as he had to her.

He pulled away this time only to bend down slightly and lift Frieda by her thighs and press her against the door of his room, she wrapped her legs around his waist as she could feel the growing bulge through the thin fabric of their clothes, he began by kissing her softly on her lips before moving to her cheeks, down to her jaw before tracing down her neck with his tongue earning a gasp from Frieda as she pulled his hair and rolled her hips into him earning a solid moan from Nick, he began kissing her neck, trying to find her sensitive spot and he found it at the base of her neck next to her collarbone, he began to suck at it, hard, earning a very loud moan from a very aroused Frieda.

He began to undo thr buttons on her shirt as she searched his neck for the sensitive spot, finding it as he got the last button undone eliciting a heavy groan from the man holding her in place against the door.

She shrugged her shirt off leaving only a white bra separating their bare chests from touching each other, he moved to undo it, skillfully unhooking the latch in one fluid motion and letting it drop to the floor.

They moved in to kiss gain while she scratched his back with her nails while his pecs rubbed against her breasts, however before he could go any further he was pushed onto the floor by a topless Frieda who spoke in a menacing voice "Is this what you wanted Nick?, to make me yours?, to make me fall in love with you?."

"What are you saying Frieda?, why did you stop after saying you wanted me?." He questioned, "Was I not good enough?, Please just tell me Frieda." He pleaded with her.

"Oh Nick, you let yourself fall so desperately in love with a girl who you know only has 10 years left to live, a girl who would never love someone like you, a girl who inherited the lost memories of the world but refuses to give them back, the girl who believed she could save humanity by gaining the invincible power, but how wrong was she, it ruined her personality, ruined her moods, but most of all it ruined the chance you may have had with her."

"What are you saying Frieda?, you're not making any sense"

"What don't you understand stupid boy, I DON'T LOVE YOU, AND I NEVER WILL."

At this revelation Nick burst into tears as Frieda had revealed her true colours to him and he just wanted to disappear at that point in time.

Nick woke up by thrusting himself upwards realising that that had been a dream, but his feelings in the dream for Frieda had been real, even if he was only 14 years old, he still believed he had a shot at being with her in the future.

As he took a look at his surroundings and he noticed peope filling off the boat as he realised that they had made it to Wall Rose.