Hurray! Double updates! to go on a short hiatus. .

P.S. I don't usually do the proof reading myself but my sister went to sleep, so I had no choice but to do it myself for this two chapters. Please forgive me if I made any mistakes.

I do not own shingeki no kyojin!

"Hey! Give him back!" She barked.

"Oh, so you can speak after all."

"For a moment there I thought you were mute."

The three of them laughed in sync.

"I said give him back!"

"Take him back yourself that is if you can."

One of them teased as he held the rabbit above his head and stuck his tongue out at her. She jumped but every time she did, he'd raise it higher..

"I said give him back, right now!" This time in an angrier tone, she sounded like she meant it.

"Oh! I'm so scared." they taunted her

They slapped each other a high five as they laughed.

Without warning, she gave a side kick to his shin, he yelped. He threw his hands in the air as he came tumbling to the ground to brace his foot. She took this opportunity to retrieve her plushie and made a run for it. She could hear the shrieks of the boys behind her but she ignored their furious screams.

"Hey! Get back here you peep squeak!"

She sprinted as fast as she could, she turned her head around to find the other boys were closing in behind her. Suddenly, her feet tripped on a stone and almost immediately sending her flying to the ground.

"You have some guts don't you kid? How about we teach you who's boss around here." He popped his knuckles as he said that.

He swung his leg back preparing to kick, she closed her eyes as she readied herself for the impact. Suddenly, a loud shriek was heard, a scream that wasn't hers. She slowly opened her eyes to find a raven haired boy standing before her and below his feet was one of the boys that had been chasing her.

"If you have so much time to be bullying a little girl why not spend more time in working with that girlish cry of yours or maybe clean the yard or something."

The other boy stood there in shock.

"Y-you're!" He cried.

"Your turn, huh?" He glared at him with his intimidating eyes.

"Please forgive me! I didn't mean to!"

"You call yourself a man? You don't even act like one."

"Im not a man! Please, don't hurt me!"

"You're a bunch of filthy trash. You disgust me." He scowled.

"Yes! Yes, I am trash!"

He kicked the boy that was under his feet towards his trembling companion. His friend helped him up and they both embraced each other out of fear.

"Both of you." He said it in a threatening voice.

He went up to both of them. They both pulled each other closer and they started shivering.

"Get out of my sight."

"Yes sir!" they both shouted in unison before running off with their tails between their feet.

"Tch." He clicked his tongue. "Don't they have any pride?" He mumbled.

He turned around to the girl.

"Oi. You."

"Y-yes?"

"You alright?"

"Yes!"

"What were you thinking? Picking a fight with people you can't even outrun. Just how stupid can you be?"

"I wasn't picking a fight and I'm NOT stupid." She muttered as she dusted herself off.

"What did you just say?"

"N-nothing!"

"Is that what you say to someone who just saved you from getting your ass kicked? You ungrateful little brat."

He marched up to her, he formed both of his hands into a fist and using his knuckles to rub them both against the sides of her head.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!" She screamed.

She frantically trashed her hands around. Finally, he releases her and she falls back to the ground. She rubs the sides of her head.

"That hurt!"

"Not as much as it would have if I didn't come along. So where is my thank you?"

"Well. Well. Well. Look what we have here. Bullying a little girl I see." A young teen popped his head out from behind.

"I wasn't bullying her. I was saving her from getting bullied." He growled.

"Not from where I was standing." He chuckled.

He turned his attention to the girl.

"You alright, little missy?"

He offered his hand. She took it and he helped her up.

"You're Alice right? The new kid?"

She nodded.

"I also live in the orphanage. My name is Lorenzo, Lorenzo Dunios. Nice to meet you."

"Also known as the local womanizer. Be cautious of him, he has a tendency to hit on every single girl despite their age." The black haired boy added.

"Hey! That's rude!" Lorenzo said.

I guess it wasn't a surprise, he was dashing. He was tall, he towered over Alice and his friend. He was slim but well built. He had short auburn hair that was a little more reddish, it was cut with a M shaped fringed. But his most eye catching feature was his emerald eyes. He wore a long sleeved top with black trousers and matching colored suspenders that went over his shoulders.

"Whatever, let's go."

"Wait up!" Lorenzo shouted as he chased after his shorter friend.

"Wait a minute!" Alice shouted.

They stopped at their tracks and turned around.

"Erm… thank you for saving me just now."

He didn't reply.

"I said thank you!" She shouted a little louder.

"I heard you the first time."

"Oh…" She blushed.

They continued walking.

"Wait!" Alice shouted again.

"What is it this time?"

"Could I know your name?"

"It's Rivaille."

He walked off.

"Don't mind him, he's always like that. See you later!" Lorenzo said as he chased after Rivaille.

"Rivaille…" She mumbled.

The entire dining hall was filled with the sounds of forks and spoons clicking against the plate and chatter. She held a tray of food and wondered around, she found an empty seat at the corner of the room. Quietly she sat there and she at but suddenly a voice disrupted her.

"Do you mind if I joined you?" Lorenzo smiled.

She looked up to find the two boys she had met earlier. She nodded and made way for him to sit on the bench, Rivaille took a seat in front of her.

"Why are you eating here by yourself?" Lorenzo asked.

"I'm not alone. Eren's here to you know."

"Who's Eren?"

She pointed to the stuff animal that was on her lap.

"Oh you mean the rabbit?"

She nodded and she shoved a spoon of potato into her mouth.

"How pitiful." Rivaille scowled. "Don't you have any friends?"

"That's rude! For your information I do have a friend!" Alice puffed her cheeks.

"Oh really? Who?" Rivaille asked.

"Eren!"

"Isn't that your rabbit?"

"No! This is Usa-chan Eren, Eren is Eren Eren!"

"That made no sense."

"Come on guys, don't fight."

"He started it…" Alice grumbled.

"Did you say something?" Rivaille asked.

She could feel his piercing glare and she swore she saw some kind of dark aura around him.

"N-nothing! Nothing at all!"

"Good."

He noticed that she was using her fork to play with the tomatoes on her plate.

"Stop playing with your food."

"I'm not! I don't want to hurt Mr. Tomato."

"Lair."

She puffed her cheek.

"Eat it!" He commanded.

"I don't like tomatoes, they're sour and gooey." She whined.

"In that case, you probably don't want this either."

Using his fork, he stabbed a strawberry from her plate and devoured it.

"Hey! I was going to eat that!"

She stood up angrily.

"You left it on your plate like that, how am I supposed to know?"

"So you're a type of person who leaves your favorite food for last, huh?" Lorenzo said to lighten the mood.

"Rivaille, you're a big meanie!" Ignoring Lorenzo's desperate attempt to calm her.

"Oh really?"

"H-hey! Look Alice." He waved a strawberry in front of her. "You can have mine, alright?" He said.

"Fine…" she grumbled as she ate it.

"Phew." Lorenzo said as he sunk back in his chair.

"Here. In exchange you can have this." She placed a tomato on his plate.

"Alice. Eat. It" Rivaille glared.

"I don't want to!" She whined.

"Eat it or I'll shove it down your throat."

She stared at the red fruit like it's her biggest enemy. (Yes. A tomato is a fruit not a vegetable) She pierced it, slowly but reluctantly she ate it. She scrunched her eyes together, and she quickly swallowed it. She grabbed the glass of water and she gulped it down.

"See? It wasn't so bad was it?" Rivaille asked.

"It was horrible!" She said as she slammed the glass on the table.

"But tomatoes are good for you." Lorenzo said.

"No it's not! It turns you into a balloon and you'll explode!"

"Don't be ridiculous." Rivaille said.

"It's true. One day you'll see."

Lorenzo burst into laughter.

"I'm being serious here! The human race will be because obliterate because of people like you."

"So what else do you hate?" Rivaille asked.

"Celery." She answered immediately.

"Celery? I guess they have a strong taste." Lorenzo said.

"I hate them even more than tomatoes. The celeries and tomatoes are probably conspiring to destroy the human race. They've disguise themselves as harmless looking vegetables to deceive people. Truly frightening." She shuddered. "But fear not. I will never fall for such trickery."

Lorenzo laughed again.

"That's quite an imagination you have there." He said as he pat her on her head.

"I know it's out of the topic but you know you really seem like an older brother type."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Do you have any siblings?"

She shook her head.

"How about you?" She asked.

"Nope." He answered. "Well, at least not any more…" He muttered.

"Huh?" she tilted her head in confusion.

"So how about I be your older brother?"

"Really?"

"Sure!"

"Okay!"

"Then from today onwards you can call me Lorenzo-nii."

"Lorenzo-nii-chan?"

"Wait, what's up with the –chan?"

"Why not? It sounds cuter."

"Alright."

"Gross. If you're going to display your love, do it somewhere else. I'm still eating here." Rivaille said.

"Don't mind him, Lorenzo-Nii-chan. He's just jealous." Alice said.

Rivaille scoffed.

"Why would I be jealous?"

"Because you don't have a cute little sister?" Lorenzo said.

"Why would I even want one in the first place?"

Alice burst into laughter.

"Hey, what are you laughing at?" Rivaille asked.

"I'm sorry." She wiped her tears off while holding back her laughter.

Lorenzo looked at her with a kind expression.

"You finally laughed." He smiled.

"Yeah, I guess so." She smiled back.

-Omake-

The next day…

"Alice!" Nina called out.

"Yeah?"

"Today, I made something special."

"Oh really? What is it?"

"Ta-da!"

She spun around holding a bowl of…. No! Oh anything but!

"I heard from Rivaille that you loved tomatoes and celery! So I made tomato and celery salad!"

She stared at it in disbelieve.

"Go on eat up! There's a lot more from where that came from. I made lots so we can have it for dinner tonight too, alright?"

That day, a little part of Alice died inside.

-Omake#2-

"Hey, Alice." Lorenzo called out.

"Yeah?"

"You want to get back at Rivaille, right?"

"You're going to help me?"

"Sort of. I'll tell you a little secret."

"What is it?"

"Come here, lend me your ear."

"Rivaille has OCCD (Obsessive Compulsive Cleaning Disorder)."

"Really?!"

He nodded.

"Rivaille." She sniffed. "How pitiful. I should treat him a little nicer."

"W-wait Alice! I think you're misunderstanding something."

Alice ran off without listening to Lorenzo. In a few moment Rivaille came downstairs.

"Oi. Lorenzo. Alice just told me that if anything was bugging me I could tell her. If you're giving her weird ideas about me, I recommend you to stop."

"Er.. about that…"

"Shh!" Alice covered Lorenzo's mouth with her hand. "He probably doesn't want to talk about it" She whispered. "I'm going to go clean your room now. See you later!" (Lorenzo and Rivaille stays in the same room, I know what you're thinking fangirls)

"What did you tell her?" Rivaille glares at Lorenzo.

"I think that Alice thought that OCCD was some sort of serious illness…"

Lorenzo is some what an important character in this arc. He's the same age as Rivaille, so he's around 18?

Thanks for reading!