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"I can't believe those two friends of his left him. After everything they've been through." Armin said wiping away his tears as he left the movies. Eren and Mikasa were not far behind him.

"Yeah. Eventually their ideals are what split them apart." Mikasa added taking a sip from her drink of soda. "Wait. Eren are you crying?" she asked noticing his tears.

"What? No. Shut up. It was just a sad movie, that's all." Eren wiping away his tears as fast as he could.

"No one is blaming you for crying." Armin pat Eren's back.

"Whatever. Let's not speak to this to no one." Armin smile with Mikasa nodding.

"Hey Eren, what's up with you and…" Mikasa was interrupted when they heard groans coming from the movies' ally. All three of them looked each other.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Eren said.

"Ignore it and run towards the other direction." Armin said beginning to walk away from the ally.

Eren grabbed him by the collar. "Nope. I say we go investigate." Eren walking towards the ally, dragging Armin along with Mikasa following along.

"Is anyone here?!" Eren yelled out.

Armin covered Eren's mouth. "Eren are you crazy? What if there is someone here and they're not so friendly?"

Eren removed Armin's hand. "Relax Armin. I got this."

There were no responses. Armin signed a breath of relief. "No one's here. Let's get out of here." Armin ready to head out of the ally. Just as soon as he walked two steps towards the exit a hand grabbed him by the ankle. Armin screamed and jumped in the air with Mikasa catching him.

"Thanks for the save Mikasa…" Armin shyly smiled and scratched his cheek as he got on his two feet. Mikasa nods while Eren chuckles.

"Help me…" The man voice was low. Almost as if all the energy was sucked out of him. Eren took out his phone and put on the flashlight. He pointed it to where the man's voice was and what they saw wasn't pretty. The man was beaten to a blood pulp. Nose broken, lips had cuts, two black eyes, his right arm looked dislocated by the way it looked.

"Jez, who did this to you?" Eren asked the man as he was dialing 9-1-1.

The man seems to be taking a while to answer, but he eventually did. "Some girl with… blonde hair… She was short… Had a funny nose… And those eyes… how can I forget those icy eyes…" The man looked terrified. Armin began to shake, Mikasa try to comfort Armin, and Eren talking to the 9-1-1 shaking his head in disbelief that some little girl took a grown man down. After the ambulance took the injured man away to the hospital, the trio went back to heading on their merry way.

"I feel bad for the guy." Armin said rubbing his neck. "Must have gotten robbed or been at the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Maybe. Who knows other than him and his attacker." Mikasa added in.

"Whatever the situation maybe, I would have taken that little girl down. No way I would go down that easily." Eren said with confidence punching the air.

"Sure, you would Eren." Mikasa said sipping what remains of her soda.

"What's that supposed to mean?!"

Mikasa doesn't response but she gives him a smirk which angers Eren even more.

"Whatever… I know I can take her on. Just you watch. One of these days if that same girl tries to assault us, I'll beat her to the ground. Just you wait and watch." Eren was now fired up. Armin and Mikasa rolled their eyes, but not without smiling at Eren's energy.

...

Reiner had to admit that he called this day a mission accomplished. Winning today's game, proved Porco wrong, getting pizza after the game, Porco didn't come along, Krista came to eat pizza with him (even though most of the team was there). Did he mention that Porco wasn't there? Either way, today was a win.

Everyone was leaving at this point and Reiner noticed that Krista was walking by herself to the bus stop. This is the prefect opportunity for him to get more alone time with her.

Reiner ran up to her. "Hey Krista, are you going home?" Reiner mentally punched himself for asking the most obvious question.

"Yeah. It's starting to get pretty late and I don't want to worry my parents." Krista answered.

"Yeah. Of course. Would you like me to company you home? You know, in case if anyone trying to jump you, you would have me as your bodyguard." Reiner flexed his muscles.

"Sweet of you, but no thank you. Besides shouldn't you be heading home as well?" Krista looking at the distance to see the bus coming. She didn't seem interested in what Reiner was doing.

Reiner put his arms down and looked down. "Yeah I guess you're right."

"Either way, thank you for inviting me. I had a good time, maybe we could do this again sometime." Krista said getting on her bus.

Reiner looked up, having a glimmer of hope in his eyes. "Again?" But as soon as he said that, Krista was already gone, but it didn't kill his mood.

"You hear that world?! She said she would want to hangout with me again!" Reiner shouted to the empty streets. Or well, he thought it was empty he heard a familiar voice.

"I don't think the world cares about some love sick puppy." That voice seems to be coming from the ally way. Reiner looked at the ally with only a silhouette showing from the street lights.

"Oh, I didn't see you there. Better yet, didn't expect you to be here." Reiner crossed his arms.

"I was just walking around when some man tried to rob a fragile lady like me." The woman sounded bored with this conversation already.

'You're anything, but fragile.' Reiner thought to himself. "So, let me guess, you beat him up and robbed him."

"Bingo."

There was an awkward silence filling the air until Reiner decided to speak up again. "It's been a while since we last spoke… How's high school going for you?"

"Been pretty shitty. Being surrounded by a bunch of idiots just gives me headaches."

"You get into fights from time to time."

"Those boys are the one that start it since they think they can get with me. I just beat them to make them understand they won't do it again."

"I'm surprise you haven't got expelled."

The female doesn't response and Reiner heard her walking away.

"Yeah see you later too." Reiner yelled out to his old friend, but he doesn't get a response. "Why do even try? I don't know what Bert sees in her." Reiner began talking to himself as he walked home.

...

Eren swears that times flies by during the weekend. It's like some outside force doesn't want them to relax or even have fun. Eren was heading towards the school gate and noticed that no one was outside school grounds.

'Seems like everyone it already inside.' Eren thought to himself walking and he could've kept going when he heard a guitar playing a familiar tune nearby. He stopped and looked for the mystery guitar player. He walked to where the guitar got louder and found himself looking down upon a girl playing it while she is sitting behind a tree. She had some type of leather jacket, combat boots, a dress shirt, a red tie, a light blue skirt. She has the palest skin that could tie next to Mikasa pale complexion, and her blonde hair tied back, with some of her hair covering her right eye. What was the most noticeable feature from her was her nose. Though he won't say anything about her nose. Eren question on whether he should say something or not, but he decided the hell with it and risk it.

"Hey." The guitar girl didn't stop playing. "Yo." No response still. "Um I like what you're playing. It's Fall Out Boy. Right?"

"Yeah. So what? You expect a medal or something?" The girl answered him rather rudely. Eren decided to be civil for once.

"No. It's just that I liked what you're playing is all. Do like any other Fall Out Boy songs?"

"Look if you're going to hit on me, then walk away."

"I'm not hitting on you. I was curious is all." Eren sat in front of her. "I have never seen your face around here before. I am assuming you're new around here." The girl looked at him and gave him a simple nod. "Figured." Eren reached his hand to her. "My name is Eren Yeager. What's yours?"

The girl looked at his extended hand but didn't shake it. "Annie Leonhart."

Eren retracted his hand and got up. "Well Annie, we should probably head inside. We wouldn't want to be late, now would we?" Eren began walking towards the school doors.

Annie looked at Eren walking away and decided the heck with it. She put away her guitar in the guitar case and followed. "Guess we wouldn't."

Author's Note: Short chapter, but I hate leaving you guys hanging. Until next time my fellow knights ;)