I'm back with this weeks chapter. Thank you everybody for reading my story. Honestly, I didn't think this many people would have read it . I'm sooo happy right now. I'm grateful for everyone's support :3

Please tell me if you spot any mistakes, I wrote this in a rush. So, there might be mistakes here and there.

It was his weekly visit to his patient; he had to check on his health as often as possible. They came up to a large Victorian style house, it wasn't uncommon for the residents of Wall Rose but it was still impressive. He pressed the doorbell.

"Coming!" A voice called out from behind the door.

In a few seconds the door swung open.

"I'm sorry for the wait doctor. Thank you for coming today."

"Anytime Mrs. Berux. Ah, this is my son. Go ahead and introduce yourself."

"Hello, my name is Eren Jaeger."

"So, you're Eren. My! What a handsome young man he is. This is Al... Alice? She was here a moment ago. Oh my, how rude of me. Come in, come in." She said as she closed the door. Where did that girl go?" She mumbled.

Eren's eyes scan the place, after all it's not like you can see a house this big in Wall Maria. He noticed something white and furry sticking out from behind the wall and went to inspect.

"Konnichiwa." Eren said.

The girl jumped upon hearing his voice, she nearly tipped over the vase that she was leaning against.

"What are you doing here?" Eren asked.

"Um..." She answered in a flustered voice.

"Alice! Geez, what are you doing over there? Eren came all the way here to play with you." She said as she pulled her out from her hiding spot. "I'm sorry Eren but could you play with this shy girl? She doesn't interact much with children her own age." She turned to her daughter. "Alice, you better play with Eren till Doctor Jaeger is done with papa's checkup, alright?"

The girl nodded obediently.

"Good. Now Doctor, shall we?"

"Yes, of course. Eren play nice, ok?"

The both of them were left standing in the hallway.

"Your name was Alice right?"

She nodded with her eyes downcast.

"I'm Eren. Nice to meet you." He cast his hand out for a handshake.

She didn't reply, she just stared blankly at his hand.

"It's a handshake."

She put out her rabbit's right paw

"Erm… I meant with your hand."

She didn't move.

"Oh well."

He took the rabbit's paw and shook it.

"So what do you want to do?" Eren asked.

She mumbles something that was barely audible and the only thing he could make out was "want to" and "garden". Taking it as an invitation to go to the garden, he accepts. She leads him to a garden and he follows her from behind, they came up to a huge garden that had a gazebo and even a fountain in the middle. All sorts of flowers bloomed neatly by the flower beds, not a single thing was out of place.

"Amazing! What do your parents do?"

She was a little surprise at his enthusiasm.

"Papa, makes… toys."

"Really? That's so cool. Your room must be full of them, huh?"
She nodded, she kneeled down at the side of the path and carefully pulls out some flowers with one hand while carefully to not get her stuff animal dirty.

"Did your dad buy that rabbit for you?"

She shook her head.

"P-papa, made it for me."

"Wow, it must be hard, huh? It looks so detailed."

She didn't answer.

"What are you doing?" He asked as he bent down by her side.

"I'm picking flowers for papa."

"Why? Don't you feel bad for the flowers? Pulling them out of their home?"

"I do but papa loves flowers and right now papa is sick and he can't come outside to see them. So, I'll bring them to him."

"I see, you must really love your dad."

She nods and smiles.

"I love papa and mama very much."

"I hope your dad gets better soon."

"Yeah, me too."

"Let me help you, which one should I pick?"

She looks at him dumb founded, it was the first time someone wasn't annoyed to be around her. She didn't have any friends, she didn't need any, as long as her parents were there, she felt that she could live through anything. She didn't feel lonely but she didn't feel complete either. This could be her chance to get to know someone but after years and years of solitude, she didn't know how to make friends.

"You can pick the baby breathes."

"Which ones are they?"

"The small and white ones." She points to a patch of them.

"So that's what they're called. You're really smart." He bent over to reach for them.

Her cheeks turned scarlet red upon getting complimented.

"By the way, how old are you? I'm 4." Eren asked.

"5."

"Eh?! You're older than me?"

She nodded.

"But you're shorter than me!"

"Height doesn't matter!"

There was a short pause between them; it was the first time she had raised her voice. She covered her mouth upon realizing that. They stared blankly at each other, she stifles her laughter. He followed after her, the two burst into uncontrollable laughter. They continued their chatter till they were called back inside.

"Papa!" She comes in holding flowers as usual with Eren jogging behind her by a few steps.

"Alice, I told you not to pluck the flowers in the garden." Her mother barked.

"Aunty, don't be mad at Alice." Eren said as he tugged her sleeves. "Alice was doing it so that Uncle will be happy."

"Eren, how dare you talk back!"

"Doctor its fine." She bent down to him "I won't get mad anymore, alright?" She patted his head gently. "I'm sorry Alice but from now on at least put them in a vase, alright?"

"Eren was it?" The frail man spoke.

"Yes." He turned to him.

"Thank you very much for playing with Alice." His face beamed as he said that.

"Darling…" She said in a faint voice.

It has been awhile since she last saw her husband smile so sincerely, most of the time he did it to hide his pain from showing.

"Yes, thank you. Please come again next time. I'm sure that would make Alice very happy." Luce said.

"That's right Eren you're more than welcome to come visit anytime. I'm glad that Alice made a friend."

"Of course, I'm sure that Eren also enjoyed himself today." He glanced at his watch. "Oh my, look at the time! We must get going or my wife will have my head."

"Why yes, it is very late. I'll see you to the door." She says as she leads them to the front door.

"Goodbye." She bids them.

"Farewell, I will contact you for the next appointment until then." He takes off his hat and bows.

Just as they were about to leave, Eren felt a light tug on his shirt. He turns around to find a bear shoved at his face. He took a step back in shock, before realizing it was a stuffed toy.

"W-what?"

"I'll give him to you." Alice spoke in a soft voice, her eyes still downcast fearing that he might reject it.

He took the brown plush toy from her grasp.

"Can I?" Eren asked.

She nodded.

"I have Usa-chan and Pochi said he wanted to go with you."

"Pochi is that its name?"

She nodded again.

"And b-besides." She stuttered.

She slowly turned her head to face his.

"Pochi can visit when you come again… I mean... you will come again, right?" She blushed as she said that.

"Sure, today was lots of fun."

"Really?"
"Yeah, I'll come again."

"Promise?" This time she hid he face behind her rabbit.

"Promise."

"Then, pinky promise."

She held out her little finger. He holds out his in return and they entwine them. It signified their promise that is absolute and cannot be broken, it may seem like mere child's play for others but for a child nothing is more sacred then a pinky promise.

Thank you for reading, I hope you liked it ^^ Please tell me what you think about it. Questions and ideas are always open :3 Do you think my chapters are too short? Till next week -flees-