Attack on Titan © Isayama Hajime
Class wouldn't start in another hour, but Krista didn't mind. She just needed an excuse to get outside. Ymir was walking beside her, her brows furrowed in deep thinking.
"I have to admit, Mikasa was right." Suddenly she began with voice dripping of sarcasm. "That little creep does have some gut."
Sensing whom she was talking about, Krista stopped moving altogether.
"You were acting funny after that stupid game. Turned out it was more serious than I thought." The freckled girl held Krista's wrist up exposing faded blue marks. "These bruises are from him, correct?"
Knowing how sharp Ymir could be, it would be useless to lie, so she nodded right away.
"Before at the table, I didn't say anything seeing how edgy you were when Mina brought it up. You…"
"I'm fine though. See?" interrupted Krista, forcing herself to smile.
The other girl scoffed off rather rudely. "How noble of you to suffer in silence. You really are a goddess to let this one slide..." Eyeing the bruises, she scrunched her nose. "Or a truly masochist."
Krista smiled weakly on her friend's snide remark. She didn't hold anything against Armin, chalking the closet incident as a bad luck. Ymir, however, didn't think so.
Krista clearly didn't expect her bunk partner to go violent on one-on-one combat training that afternoon. And it wasn't a coincidence since the freckled girl got the blond boy as sparring partner.
Easily overpowered her opponent, Ymir didn't hold her punch, even as the boy already down on his knees. Had the head instructor not arrived on time, things would have gotten out of control. Keith Shadis yelled for the rest of them to keep on with their training, then ordered Eren and Mikasa to bring Armin to get treatment.
"You," he mentioned to Ymir. "To my office! Now!"
Krista watched in worry as Ymir followed behind the man. The tall girl didn't look sorry at all, not even the slightest.
"I will settle things with Ymir later," announced Mikasa, breaking the silence. Eren only glanced at her with indifferent look before resuming to look down again. His lack of response started to drive her mad by the seconds. "Eren, say something."
She sighed in exasperation when she got nothing from him and was about to give up when he finally came around.
"Ymir must have a good reason to beat him," Eren said with impassive gaze.
God. When he opened his mouth, he only drawled in riddles... She had to do something about that.
"What did you fight about with Armin at the dining hall?"
Great. He was mute again.
"Was it about Krista?"
He flinched at the mention of her name.
"Am I right?" There was almost a satisfaction tone on her voice.
"What non-sense are you talking about?" Eren retorted heatedly. "Did you knock your head during the training class?"
"I'm not stupid, Eren. I notice the way you look at her." Given her observant nature toward Eren, Mikasa had already picked up things along the way. Like how his eyes always lingered a few seconds longer on said blonde girl, for one. "You seem to like her."
Upon hearing the blunt statement, the brunette girl swore her childhood friend became tense before masking it in nonchalant manner.
"Well, Eren?" she pressed.
"I like everybody the same, except for horse face," he deadpanned.
Mikasa almost rolled her eyes. He shouldn't beat around the bush and just answer if he really had nothing going on with the short girl… Eren could be so proud and ignorant sometimes and this time, no doubt, was one of them.
Honestly she was surprised to find herself feeling curious rather than jealous. The fact that Eren might have feeling to another girl really put a new perspective into her. Suddenly it became clear, that all of these years, her feeling for him could have been no more than of a big sister to her little brother and not a romantic one.
"You guys can come inside now," the doctor let them know. "He has fracture on his arm. But other than that, he should be fine."
Mikasa silently noted a look of relief washed over Eren. True the boy had a temper, but he definitely couldn't stay mad for a very long time. After all Armin was an important friend for him.
"Let's go, Eren." Taking in his hesitant look, she added firmly, "I'm sure Armin wants to talk with you."
"Better do this sooner then," he grumbled and began to move.
As Mikasa trailing behind him, a thought of concern began to form. There was the possibility that Armin might have crush on the same girl… It won't end up pretty she grimaced mentally. Today was the proof of that.