Chapter 23

Disclaimer: I don't own Attack on Titan.

It's hard to hear anything when crowds cheer so loudly like this.

A few weeks after my trip to Brass, my friends dragged me to a wrestling match. They wanted to cheer Annie and Reiner on who were on the team. Apparently they are the best ones on the team.

"Go Annie!" cheered Armin. They crowd goes wild as Annie slams her opponent to the mat.

"Yeah, there goes our Female Titan!" Sasha shouts and spills her chips on the woman in front of her. The woman glares at her and Sasha tries to apologize with nervous grin.

"Wow she's strong…" I said in awe as I watched my friend tackle every opponent she went up against.

"I know right isn't it cool!" Armin smiles and continues to watch with excitement.

"Annie is the raging champ." Eren says to me as he offered popcorn. I took a few and continued to be absorbed in the matches.

"Reiner Braun and Jacob Herman!" the referee called out. Reiner and the other boy take their stances, preparing to fight.

"Go Armor! Beat him down!" shout a man above us. Other people joined in as well.

"Armor?" I said and looked at Eren.

"Reiner is known to be hard to take down. Trying to tackle him is like tackling a big ass tree. No matter how hard you try, you can't take it down." Eren answers full of delight. He really does like wrestling I guess. The whistle blows, catching my attention and watched the match.

The boy, Jacob, tries to push him down but Reiner doesn't budge. Jacob falls down but keeps trying and failing. 'It's like hitting a brick wall…' I thought as I watched the boy struggle to take down Reiner.

"Come on Reiner!" shouted Bertolt. Eren, Armin, Jean, Sasha, and Connie joined in the cheering while Ymir and Mikasa seem to scowl at their shouts.

'I should cheer him on too.' I thought.

"GO REINER!" I cheered on the top of my lungs. My friends looked at me with surprised looks on their faces.

"I didn't know you can even yell like that…" Armin said amazed.

"I didn't even know that she could yell." Jean teased. Eren nudges his elbow hard into Jean's ribs causing a pained look on his face. I felt embarrassed now.

"GO REINER!" Eren shouted and looks at me with a grin. I blush a little and cheered for Reiner again. Every joined in after that.

…..

"God job you guys!" Connie praised Reiner and Annie as they left the changing rooms to meet up with us.

"Anyone hungry?" Sasha asked.

"Starving!" Connie answers happily.

"Why are you guys always hungry?" Annie asked as she took Armin's hand.

"I don't know, it just happens." Sasha says with a smile and grabs Connie's arm.

"Then where do you guys want to eat at?" Mikasa asked.

"Is the Recon Café open?" Jean asked Armin. Armin looks at his watch and shakes his head.

"Darn! I really wanted your Mrs. Smith's cherry pie!" Jean whined. As we discussed where to eat, a car goes by really fast, making a large puddle splash on me. I was completely drenched.

"Are you okay!?" Sasha freaks out and gives me her jacket.

"I-I'm fine… "I answered her with a reassuring smile. 'I'm not okay. I am so cold now!' I thought. "I'll just go home then…" I shivered.

"I'll take you home." Eren said and takes my hand.

"Eren." Mikasa calls out but Eren ignore her and drags me away from the group.

"Are really okay taking me home?" I asked honestly. I didn't want to ruin his fun.

"It's fine. I was tired anyway." He smiles and continues to walk me home.

As we reached the front door, I told him to tell Sasha that I'll wash her jacket and give it back to her. He nods and quickly texts her.

"Have a good night and make sure the water is hot so you don't catch a cold." Eren said.

"Yeah I will. Good night." I told him with a smile. He quickly kisses my cheek and rushes off.

…..

"Wow you have a cold…" Petra said with a shocked look as she looks at my temperature. "It's really high! You are not going to school nor work today. You are going to stay in bed okay! I'm going to make you some soup!" she rushed out the door.

I can't believe I got a cold. Stupid car, the driver needs to slow down when driving in such a small street. The heat of my fever made my eyes heavy. Then I went to sleep.

…

"Mom!" I was calling out into a dark street. I was looking all around for mom. I must have called her thousands of times but I couldn't find her. Eventually I found myself at an alleyway.

I walked slowly, a little scared of what might happen. Then I stepped on something squishy. I looked down at my shoe and saw something that looked like a large chunk of a liver or some kind of organ. I was screaming as looked in front of me.

There were many bodies, lying in a distorted manner. All of them were my friends and family. They were all ripped open; their organs were everywhere all ripped apart like the bodies. Then my eyes caught sight of a lamppost, shining light on a woman. She was covered in blood with a dark smile on her face.

"Mickey…" she called out my name.

"Mom?" I said softly. She slowly looks at me and gives me her loving smile.

"Mickey…it will be all over soon. Then we will be together finally." She laughed crazily. I started to back up slowly. As I turned around, she was right behind me, holding Erwin's head.

"See…" she lifts his head up to my face. "Be patient with me please." I started to scream uncontrollably.

….

I woke up abruptly in bed covered in my sweat. Erwin was right in front of me with a scared look on his face.

"Are you alright? Eren was here and started to freak out when you were thrashing around." he said softly.

"Yeah, it was just a nightmare."

"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked. I hesitated a bit but I shook my head. The dream probably didn't mean anything.

"It probably didn't mean anything." I said to him, trying to smile the best I could. The dream terrified me way down to the bone. Then I felt him embracing me.

"It's okay. Tell me when you're ready to talk about it." He smiles so gently. "Petra made chicken and noodle soup for you. It's on your nightstand. Make sure you eat it all up." He says as he leaves the room.

'That dream…it seemed so real…." I thought. It seemed like it was going to happen. I ate my soup and snuggled into bed. 'No, the dream means nothing…maybe.' I thought as I drifted back to sleep.

As I slept, I felt something on my forehead. It was soft and very gentle.

"Sleep tight Miku." said a voice that sound like Eren. It gave me some peace and I went back to sleeping peacefully.