Volume 5

Ch. 61 The Ceremony

Pov.

-Falco-

We talked on and on about how we've been the past months when Gabi began gloating about how she 'single handedly' won us the war

"Did it really go that way ?" Reiner asks

"Yup" Gabi lies

"Only she forgot the part where it was my entire idea" I sigh "and the part where I saved your life"

"You saved my little Gabi?" Her mother pets her head

"Three times" I add

"What?! No you didn't!" Gabi slams her hands on the table

"The first time was when I helped her out of the trench before it was bombarded" I say "second was when a soldier was choking her out" I hold my hand out "I was in the midst of fighting three guys larger than Reiner" I exaggerate "even so I managed to take one down as I knocked the second one off me, I got the third into a armlock, I then saw my chance and took it" I point a finger at Reiner as if it were a gun "I shot his brains all over the wall saving Gabis life" I say as I simultaneously pull the trigger of my imaginary gun "she was so grateful you should've seen her she was like, 'oh Falco I owe you my life'" I lie

"I did not say that!!" She growls

"Anyways" I hold my finger up telling her to give me a second to finish

"It's where we found two carts holding four boxes of explosives, of course I took one to the railway but your daughter here had the bright idea of stacking the second cart with 4 more boxes of ammunition and tossed it right in with the explosives I had just set" I say

"Oh my" her mom gasps "what then?" She asks

"Well as I expected it would, the armored train got blown sky high only the explosion was too much cause of a certain someone" I look at Gabi "anyways we weren't going to make it back to the trenches so I tackled Gabi into a crater and we watched as the wave of fire blew right over our heads" I add

"Oh wow how wonderful" her mom claps

"Ah yes that's the story I've heard" Reiner smiles

"Hmph whatever" Gabi pouts

"So does that mean Falco is going to inherit your Titan?" Gabis mom asks Reiner

"At the moment yes, he may very well inherent my titan by this time next year" he says

"What?!" Gabi slams her hands on the table "no way I can easily beat his ass!" She gets in my face

"That was a year ago" I sigh "look, think about it this way. if I inherit the power instead of you, you'll get to live a nice long life" I say

"Bullshit!" She shouts

"Well if you two get married before the time arrives, both our families will be honorary Marleyans" Gabis mom says

"What?!" Me and Gabi say in union

"Shut up mom" Gabi blushes "you're crazy if you think he'll ever be able to pull this" she flicks her hair

"Your crazy if you think anyone will ever want to have that" I say

"Shut up!" She shouts

"Don't worry Gabi I'll talk to his father and get you two paired up before it's too late" her mom says

"What?! J-just shut up!" Gabi shouts trying to hide the embarrassment in her face

"We'll see at the ceremony" her mom giggles

"Ceremony?" I ask wondering what that was

"Oh… well I planned on inviting you and your family to the ceremony later today" Reiner says

"What's this ceremony for?" Colt asks

"After our great win we are holding a ceremony of course" Reiner says

"Why weren't we told sooner?" I ask

"Oh… well" Reiner thinks

"Because it's really a secret meeting" Gabi says "all the leaders of the world will attend to finally plan out how we're going to take down that island of devils" she says

"Gabi!" Her mom shouts "you aren't supposed to go and tell everyone"

"It's alright" Reiner says

"Wait I thought we had a peace treaty with paradise island" I say

"Indeed we do, but the whole world agrees that we're all in danger with the founding Titan in their hands" Reiner says

"Right… exterminating this devils is the only way to secure true peace" Colt says

We look at each other both thinking the exact same thing…

Eren

He knows

We have to tell father

"Of course you two are welcome to join us if you'd like" Reiner says

"Huh? Oh… well we have to check in with our parents first" Colt says

"Really? Why? Both of you are already adults" Pieck says as he stands up

"Heh well you know my mom, that's not how things work at my house" Colt says

"Yes of course you have wonderful parents" Gabis mom says

"Thanks for the dinner we appreciate it" I say giving them all our farewells before heading home

"Wait Colt take me home" Pieck stops him

"What?" He looks at me

'Tell dad' I'm sure is what he's thinking

I give him a little nod

"Oh all right" he sighs

"Alright see you later Colt" I say

He nods "later kid" he waves

"Bye now tell your parents your future mother in law said hi!" Gabis mom shouts

"Shut up!" Gabi shouts from inside

"Yeah bye now" I wave

This is bad. every single leader inside this Plain is going to meet up in the same exact spot

What the hell are they thinking? How the hell did Eren find out before we did?

Reiner and everyone is going

Gabi…

No

They're enemies

All I have to worry about is informing dad

I was opening my door when I heard someone panting behind me

"Gabi?" I raise an eyebrow

"Sh-shut it" she huffs "here you forgot this" she hands me a coat

"This?" I examine it "is not mine" I say

"What?! That lousy.." she mutters

"What? your mom sent you?" I ask

"You know how she is" she says

"C'mon maybe I can get you something to drink?" I make my move

She blushes "sure I guess I could have a drink" she looks away

I smile

I open the door and notice Colts coolie straw hat was gone along with dads cloak and his Samurai sword

I let Gabi in and she helps herself onto the couch as I went to the fridge for some drinks

Only I notice a note sitting at the table

It read: stay here we'll be back for the both of you

And that's all it said

Stay here… hell is going to rain down on Marley

A battle of Titans…

No way I'm staying back while mom and dad fight out there

"You okay?" She asks as I pop the beers open

"Yeah…" Can I get her to stay?

Here with me..

But her family…

"So why'd you really want to become a warrior?" She asks

"What? Oh.. well you know that becoming a honorary Marleyan sounds pretty sick to me" I say

"Pretty sick?" She asks "Colt is inheriting the beast titan, your family is all set, all you want to do is have that title for your own" she says

She was right

In her eyes I'm just a selfish dick

"You really think it's worth giving your life for this honor?" I ask

"I want to prove to the world that we eldians of Marley are good. we aren't like those savage island devils" she says

"Right…" those island devils

"It won't ever end, you know that right?" I say

"What?" She asks

"The hate.. we will always be no more than animals to them" I say

She doesn't respond

Its true, humans love dividing each other, rich poor, strong weak, it's all the same we will always find a way to hate each other

"We'll never know till we try" she says

We've tried to redeem ourselves for thousands of years it's a never ending cycle

I have to stay strong and believe putting our future in fathers hands is the right way to go

"The truth is… I just want you to live a long and happy life" I say

She blushes "you're starting to sound like my mom" she turns her head

"Look… how about we stay here" I throw my arm around her neck

"What?" She asks "the ceremony should start in a couple of hours" she grabs my hand ready to move my arm off her

"So what?" I set a hand on her thigh

"S-stop" she says under her breath as I slide my hands between her legs

"What? C'mon we got the entire night to ourselves" I rub her pussy through her jeans

"F-Falco!" She stands up before slapping me across the face

"What?!" I stand up

She storms over to the door where she picked up her hoodie

I raise my hand ready to slap her as hard as she had just done to me

"Do it" she says looking me dead in the eye

"Ghk" I clench my teeth

The hell am I doing?

I've watched dad hit mom every single day for the past 13 years..

Was I really about to hit Gabi?

"Fine.. then I'll be going now" she opens the door

"Wait" I slam it shut before she could get out

"No Falco I'm leaving" she says

I sigh "I'm just tired okay? My family.. we got a lot going on lately and I just.. I don't know, I thought maybe at least you and I can stop playing these games already and just.. you know.."

"G-games?" She blushes "Falco you just tried to force yourself onto me" she pouts turning away from me

"Look" I wrap my arms around her waist "we both know exactly how we feel about each other"

"What?" She asks "y-your my rival nothing more nothing less" she sets her hands on my wrist making very little efforts to remove them

"You want to know the real reason I chose to become a warrior?" I ask

"Wh-what?" She asks

"I.. love..you" I whisper in her ear

Her body trembles in my arms

"What? Is that what you wanted to hear ?" I ask

"What? N-no" she lies

"Gabi.. I want you to grow old.. enjoy life with your family.." I set my lips on her neck

She gasps under her breath

"I want to watch you play with our kids only worrying for their future, not your own" I slide a hand up to her breast

"Falco.." she moans in my ear as I pinch her nipple already erect from the excitement

"Give me this night.. promise me you'll leave this all behind.. for our future together" I unbuckle her jeans with one hand

"Falco.." she presses her ass against my erection as I pushed her up against the door

"Promise," I say once more

"I…" she exhales as if she had forgotten to do so "I promise" she finally gives in

-to be continued-