AN: INTRODUCTION TO ASH KETCHUM. IT'S JUST A PROLOGUE. THINGS WILL START MOVING FROM THE FIRST CHAPTER.

THIS CHAPTER IS ABOUT THE WORLD BUILDING AROUND ASH. IN A SENSE.

BUT THE PLOT WILL PICK UP AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WALL.

Shiganshina District,

Year 845

EVENTS BEFORE THE CHAOS.

(6 months before the fall of wall maria-)

Soil was hardened due to the rain few days ago. The grass on the upper layer did make things rough. With a small stick gripped on the right palm, his little arm tried to dig the dark and wet soil. Ground was green. Lucious landscapes completely covered up the horrors happening in the world around. At first glance, everything is normal. Far away, he could see some deers jumping around and drinking water from the many big ditches that's flood with clean rain water.

He panted heavily as he kept stabbing the small stick on the hard wet soil. The motivation to dig through such thick soil, was the plant next to it. It's a root based food plant. Available for free and the only few things that'll fill their stomach. It's bland and starchy. But it helped them with hunger.

"Phew. So much for some stringy potatoes." He said between breaths and used his sleeves to wipe away the sweat on his forehead.

He looks at his small satchel and sighed. "Six, so far. I should've been careful." He said looking at the small potatoes. "They're really young." The boy's voice filled with disappointment, as if not impressed with himself.

His progress was down in the water. So he checked on his friends. And he sighed again when seeing a boy laying under a tree and daydreaming, while a girl picked up dried woods and twigs and was tying them with a black strap.

That only reminded him that he still need to collect some dry woods for his own. He was sitting there and helplessly tried his best to dig the hole next to the plant. But he's too weak and tired. His palm was in a lot of pain with blisters and he has to switch his hands to work it continuously.

"Armin." He heard the girl call him and he almost yelped in surprise.

"Oh, I didn't see you there. Sorry, Mikasa." Armin said apologetically.

The girl Mikasa was calm. Half her face was hidden under a red scarf and her long black hair freely fell on each side of her head. She had this calm and laid back expression which usually can be mistook for being emotionless.

"I collected way more than we could carry. I got some tied up for you. So you don't have to collect on your own." She said crouching next to him. He was smaller than her, despite being the same age.

He smiled brightly at the girl and nodded. "Thank you Mikasa. It would've been way late if I did it myself. It's hard for grandpa to be this far, crouched up. I'm guessing his back pain is worsening." Armin said with a deep sigh at the end.

"Aunt, has back pain some morning and somehow uncle just laughs at her. Her face turns red for some odd reason. I don't understand why." Mikasa said.

Armin thought of it and shook his head. "I don't understand either. But I think I struck a good root plant. It's hard to reach. But if I keep it up, I'll be able to pluck it soon." Armin said focusing on digging.

Mikasa looks at the plant and it's a good one. So she just wrapped her hands around the plant and pulled it out of the ground as if it's not stuck on a solid wet soil. Armin' eyes widened in shock. He's working on it for past ten minutes and Mikasa just made it look easy.

"H..how? I tried to do that. It was so hard." Armin said.

Mikasa tilted her head confused. "It wasn't hard." She admitted.

"What do you eat? How strong are you?" Armin asked.

Mikasa blushed a bit. "I don't know. It was easy for me." She said and Armin sighed. At least it wasn't new to see such thing.

"Oi, Armin. You done yet?" Armin heard the boy. He looks at the boy who was sleeping a minute ago.

"Eren. You should help out Mikasa. Don't make her do all the work." Armin said.

Eren yawned and looks at Mikasa. "Tell that to her, Armin. She treats me like a kid. She won't let me do anything." Eren said.

"I was concerned about your health. You haven't slept for two days, Eren." Mikasa calmly explained.

"See, Armin. She acts like my mother, which she's not. Picking up twigs weren't some life threatening task." Eren said yawning again.

Armin sighed. This is not a new thing. Eren and Mikasa has this weird chemistry. Eren is always upset with her, but she seems to be feeling the opposite. "Okay. Just give me a minute. I want some more roots." Armin said.

"I'll help you with it Armin." Mikasa offered.

"You've done a lot of work already. I can't let you do it. Your hands will get hurt. The plant has some sharp edges." Armin said observing the plant a bit.

"It'll be a lot quicker if we do it together." Mikasa said.

"Don't let her treat you too kindly, Armin. Or you'll end up in your house and she won't let you do anything." Eren said poking Mikasa' head a bit roughly.

Mikasa didn't seem to be affected by it though. She's used to it. In fact, it is common for him to be like that.

Armin sighed. "Don't be so mean to her, Eren." Armin said.

"You fell for her tricks, Armin. Let's wait until she puts you to sleep, and make you feel useless." Eren said.

Mikasa just slowly pulled out the root plants one by one and Eren didn't seem to care that his words don't seem to effect her.

"Thank you Mikasa. You make it look so easy." Armin said with a cute smile and Eren rolled his eyes. Mikasa just nodded and smiled a bit. The whole situation was calming and collective for a bit.

Eren looks around unable to find anything interesting to do until his eyes landed on someone approaching them. It was another boy and Eren waves at the boy.

Armin and Mikasa saw Eren wave and they looks behind where the person is coming from. The approaching boy just lifted his hand and they noticed a strange piece of wood on the lifted hand. It's a thick wooden piece shaped with some tool it seems.

The boy had black spiky grown hair which messily pointed at every direction. His brown eyes and strange marks on the cheeks made him look unique. His outfit was a brown long top with full sleeves and laces on the neck area, which is open and revealed his chest a bit. His lower half was a black pants reaching up his shin, matched with a black handmade shoe. He's taller than them. He looks one or two years older than the kids.

The boy smiled at them as he got near them. He walked closer and crouched in front of Armin. "Were you eating Dirt? It's all over your face." The boy said and wipes away some grime off Armin' right cheeks.

Armin just let the older boy clean up his face. "I'm not a child anymore. I was just struggling to deal with those potatoes. That's why." Armin defended himself.

"That's good to hear. You're doing a fantastic job, Armin. One day you'll be better than I am at plowing. Can't wait." Ash teased earning a pouty face from Armin.

"Okay, fine. I'm sorry for being late, okay. Grandpa couldn't figure out where he put his tool box. We were fixing the front door. Well, fiddling with it made it worse. But it's not like half the house is a gaping hole anyway." Ash explained and teasingly boops Armin' nose.

"You let him out of bed. What about his back?" Armin asked.

"He's still young. He'll live probably another 50 years. A young man as him never listens to anyone. I admire that about him. Doing whatever the hell he wants. What in the world is a back pain anyway?" Ash sarcastically said.

Armin sighed. His big brother's sense humour is refreshing yet too much extra. In a good way most of the times. Even though Armin gets frustrated by it, he just later realise how it made his day. But he knows that Ash is right. Mostly. Ignore their grandpa being young. The rest of it is true. Their grandpa don't stay still. He has his hands full all the time.

"You're very funny, brother. I can't stop laughing." Armin said not even sounding amused.

"Then you better stop laughing. You got this habit of wetting your pants when you laugh too much. That's the last pair of pants you're wearing." Ash said and Armin' cheeks reddened.

Armin squealed and tried to push Ash away in embarrassment. Ash just chuckled and caught both his little brothers hands. "I don't wet myself. Stop being mean." Armin shouted making Ash chuckle more. Armin huffed and looks away pouting.

Ash ruffled Armin' hair gently. "Hey, Armin." Ash called, gently poking Armin' cheeks. Armin stayed like that pouting. "Hey, Armin." Ash called again.

"What?" Armin said looking at Ash frustrated.

"We're having meat today." Ash said and Armin' frustration turned into confusion.

"Very, funny." Armin said.

"Nope. I'm serious. Do you like juicy fried meat?" Ash asked knowing fully well the answer.

Armin blinks and looks around and back at Ash. "I do?" Armin more like asked than answered.

"Good to hear. Because we're getting fresh warm meat tonight." Ash said and rubbed Armin' belly. "We need something fat in that belly of yours. I can feel your spine by touching it from this side." Ash said.

"Okay? How are we going to do that? My pockets are empty. I doubt grandpa has any coins either. I doubt you have some, either." Armin said.

"Who needs coins when you can have things for free?" Ash asked and stood up.

"Hey, Ash? What's with the stick?" Eren asked the older boy, seeing the curve shaped piece of wood. It's wide on the top part than the rest and the entire thing is a bit curved. Nothing about it seems straight or natural. It's intentionally shaped like that.

Ash smirked at him. "Oh you'll see. It's a tool. Not a stick." Ash corrected.

"A tool? For what?" Eren asked again.

"A tool to get free meat, obviously." Ash said and the three younger kids looks at him confused and none of them has slightest clue on what he's talking about.

"Before that.." Ash started and immediately brought his face in front of Mikasa who looks at him startled. "...how you doing? You blend in with the background a lot. Say hai next time. I mistook you for a tree stump for a second." Ash said. "Be more energetic next time, okay?" Ash asked really wanting the quiet girl to speak sometimes.

"I..I will." She said and she was blushing. Ash just points out everything. He's more social than Eren, who's always the troublesome one of the group. Ash is more like the big brother of the group. Even though he teases them alot, something about him was very likable. He clears up any foul tension and makes them happy. He's a strange guy, and the younger three kids loves that about him.

"Good." Ash said and looks on to the distance. Ash points at the pond a bit far away and the three kids looks at the way and saw a deer drinking water. It wasn't huge. It's not small either. But it was far from them. "That's our meat. Waiting to be cooked." Ash said.

"Are we gonna chase it?" Eren asked.

"Nope. Something better." Ash said and he aimed the stick at the sky and hurled the wooden piece so far in the air. There was a huge swish sound as he did so. Eren , Mikasa and Armin, they just stood there not knowing what's going on. But they were shocked to see how high and fast the wooden piece went. A wooden piece that size can't be thrown at that high. But for some reason, it went flying when Ash threw it. He's not even that muscular. But some how he does some shocking things once in a while. This scenario is one of them.

There's a silence and Ash stood back with his hands on his hips. The three kids looks at the deer and then back at Ash. They're not sure what to expect. Because Ash threw the thing in the air.

A second later there's a noise of a loud thud and they heard the deer cry for a second and then the deer fell. Their mouth was open wide in shock. That wood he randomly threw hit the mark.

"FREE MEAT. YES!! COME ON!!" Ash yelled excited and he ran towards the dead deer. He was running slow so the three kids to catch up with him. Even though Ash isn't running fast, Armin and others had to full sprint to keep up with him.

Upon reaching the place, they saw the deer had a big dent on it's head. It's brain might be mangled. By hearing the thud, Ash figured out that the wood hit edge first on it's head. There's blood. The green grass is a crimson shade of red and the wooden piece was broken into two pieces by the the impact.

"How did you do that, Ash? That was incredible." Eren asked genuinely impressed by the older boy.

"Don't ask me how. It took me a while to aim like that. The first time I tried it, it narrowly missed an old man's head. Let's just say. We got the meat. Deer meat is tasty apparently." Ash replied as they looks at him shocked. "I tried to get one deer before. I had nothing to throw at it. Armin was around, but I should've just thrown him at the deer. Basically I named this stick after him. I named it 'the flying Armin' for a reason." Ash said.

"Stop being mean, brother." Armin complained. Ash just ruffled his hair with a big goofy smile on his face.

"It's fun to mess with you. I can't help it." Ash said.

Armin sighed. "You got us meat. So I'm not mad." He said.

"Okay then." Ash said clapping his hands together. "We'll take it to grandpa and butcher it into two parts. Take one half safely to your home." Ash instructed both Eren and Mikasa, who looks at Ash surprised when hearing that.

"We get to have the half?" Eren wanted to double check what he heard. Mikasa also wasn't expecting him to say that.

Ash shrugged. "Trust me, no one is gonna eat a full deer. It's too much for the three of us. Meat shouldn't be kept for a while, either." Ash said and searched his pockets and pulled out a black cloth bag.

"Wow. That's great, right, Mikasa?" Eren said excitedly and Mikasa nodded with a smile. Meat is common. But it's not something they get to eat more often. Especially Armin and Ash. They barely eaten any meat that year, and it was just a small amount. It didn't even satisfied their hunger.

Armin' eyes were twinkling and his mouth watering. Ash and grandpa usually finds it somewhere. But this is the first time they got this huge portion. Ash just easily stuffed the dead creature in the black bag. Eren and Armin tried to help Ash by lifting up the bag here and there, but it was heavier than they thought.

Ash, however picks it up with one hand and threw it on his shoulder as if he's carrying cotton or something.

Armin and Eren was always been in awe whenever Ash does something like this. He made it look like that bag isn't heavy. But they know how heavy it was. Ash chuckled seeing their dumbfounded expression. "What?"

Eren and Armin looks at one another and shook their heads. "Nothing." They repeated.

Ash shook his head and walked towards the direction of the gates. Armin, Mikasa and Eren picks up the wooden bundle and followed Ash.

Few minutes of walking they finally made it to the gates. Ash was carrying the bag containing the deer and it was heavy.

"Mm..that's a nice haul you got there, kids." A Garrison regiment guy guarding the gate said in his usual slurred voice. The alcohol is getting best of them. But they doesn't seem like slightly concerned by it.

"That bag you carrying is big. What's in there?" Another guy asked taking swing of his booze bottle.

Ash chuckled. "Food." He simply said.

"What kind of food bleeds?" Another guy snickered.

"Let me guess. The meat leg you're eating. It used to bleed too. I guess we need to sober up before thinking that, right?" Ash answered.

"Is that right? Why don't we share then?"

"Sure, I'll make sure to share the turd sack from it. It's your favourite, right?" Ash said and the the guy growled.

"No need to be offended. People knows it's true. So, can we pass, already?" Ash said.

"We don't got time to wait around for you. You just drink all day. At least let us work" Eren backed up Ash.

The guards just scoffed. "Whatever kids."

"Leave them be." Hannes said with a chuckle. "Otherwise, Eren will start that rant of his."

"At least he gets it's. But I doubt if he knows he's sober or drunk at this point." Ash commented looking at Hannes. "Damn, pissdrunk." He insulted the blonde man, earning few snickers from all around.

(4 month before the fall of wall maria-)

"We always come here, brother. Why is that?" Armin asked as he sat under the big tree.

"You're always sitting next to that rock. Why?" Eren asked, seeing Ash sitting next to a small rock. It's not often they hang out together like this. Ash always running around doing chores and they rarely get to be next to him. Ash basically them combined. He's does what they does, better. He's the guy who goes on errand fir many elderly people. Even though they disapproved him running around doing other people's work, they still appreciate him. These are one of few days they have him around longer than two hours. By this point he usually goes somewhere, they wouldn't see him till few hours later. Ash is basically all around the place. Except for that day, of course.

They're once again out of the district to collect wood. But this time they're close where Ash usually goes alone. It's a big tree. Under the tree, a rock is placed vertically. It has moss on it, but always plucks away the big weeds growing on it. Basically protecting the rock in a way.

They never heard him speak anything while sitting next to that particular rock before. They had their suspicions. Until Mikasa asked. Something about that rock was concerning. It's been in her mind all the time.

"Is it a grave?" Mikasa asked knowing well, how a grave feels like. Seeing Ash, she could sense the usual him wasn't present in there. He's solemnly sitting there with his hands on the rock. Him being this quiet and depressed is out of character of him. They didn't know how to feel. Should they let him be or ask him? Even if they're young, they've been through some harsh things. And they know the difference of both of those choices.

Armin and Eren looks at Mikasa when she said that. "What?" Eren asked.

She shook her head. "I...I don't know. But I know that feeling. Maybe it's a grave." She said in a small voice.

"It is." Ash said almost quietly, but was still audible. It's the first time they heard anything from him, since he usually don't talk when he's like this next to that rock. Something must have been keeping him quiet. They never started a conversation like this before. It's the first time he spoke in this familiar situation. But they waited for his words, because he looked like trying to speak.

"A long time ago. I had a friend. Not a person. You can call it, sort of a pet. I didn't understood anything about this place back then. I was just too late to do anything." Ash then looks up at the tree in top of them and smiled. "This was my first ever home." Ash said.

"I don't understand." Armin said.

Ash sighed. "Forget it. All you gotta know is that I lost that friend. It was hurt before I arrived here. The closest thing I could see was this small area, where I buried it. This place used to be like a natural garden. But I don't know why there's not much flowers left here." Ash said sadly. The grave has no flowers next to it. Back then, those beautiful blue flowers accompanied the grave. Times have changed. Maybe it's a poetic outcome. Even after death, there's no beauty on the other side.

"We've never seen you so sad before, Ash." Mikasa said. "You can talk to us about anything. Maybe talking about it makes you feel better. I'm sure that friend of yours doesn't want you to be sad." She said.

Ash chuckled. "There's only one thing to say. Everything else wouldn't make sense. So I'll tell you the importance of this place." Ash said and he looks at Armin. "This is where grandpa found me, Armin. This is the place where he took me in." Ash said.

Armin knows that Ash is adopted by his grandpa. But this is the first time he's hearing this detail. After all, his grandpa never mentioned anything, nor did Ash.

Armin just remember that scary and sad looking boy. Armin only remember so much. But it's safe to say that, Ash become a perfect big brother. No matter how much he teased him, Armin really loves Ash. After all Ash was always by his side ever since.

They remained silent. Seeing the tough, comedic and energetic Ash like this was heartbreaking. They never knew how much he's struggling inside. All they feel is this weak soul of a boy who needs support. That's the sad part. Usually, he's the one who cheer them up. Now, it's opposite and they don't know how to calm him down.

Armin stood up and walked closer and hugged Ash. "I am glad grandpa found you. But don't worry, everything is just fine." Armin said and Ash stayed in his arms for a bit.

Ash smiled. "Can you believe it? I just lost everything and the next minute I was eating a riceball from grandpa's lunchbox. For some reason, I still remember the taste of that riceball. It wasn't even the best, but I still remember the taste." Ash said. Ash said small things like that again and again and they listened. His story was long forgotten. They don't know nothing about him. They don't know where did he come from. Because Ash is unique. His talking style, accent dress code, and most importantly his physical attributes. He's far more outstanding than any other people they seen in their whole lives. Ash has this aura around him that feels strong yet welcoming. However, they've never seen him angry before. They're thankful for that, though. Every time someone picks a fight with Ash, he just laughs at them and makes fun of them. And the other person would always leave embarrassed. He never got beaten up or beat anyone. But he always wins a 'fight'. He just verbally insult them and that's it. They definitely don't wanna know how much he changes if he ever gets mad.

Eren finally stood up and walked closer. He offered a hand to Ash and said. "Come on. We should go. I think it's about to rain." Eren said with a smile.

Ash looks around and Eren was right. Ash chuckled and took Eren' hand and stood up. Ash helped up Armin and Eren helped Mikasa.

Ash then looks at Mikasa and smiled. "Thank you, Mikasa. As you said. I feel better after talking for a bit." She blushed when he said that. She doesn't understand why it always feels warm on her cheeks when Ash speaks to her.

"I..I'm glad." Mikasa said.

(3 months before the fall of wall maria-)

"You shouldn't be picking fights, Eren. All you had to do was buy some bread and come back home. That's everything I asked you to do." Carla scolded Eren as she turned him around to check any injuries.

Her words were harsh. But it was the worry of a mother. No matter how much she tries, Eren is still a trouble magnet. "I defended myself. They tried to eat the bread." Eren said. His whole body is covered in dirt. Carla shook her head and soaked a towel in the basin and rubs gently on Eren' face. It wasn't the best way of cleaning up, but she gotta know if there's any damages on his body.

"Then, what is Garrison regiment for? If somebody steals from you, call for their help. It's only few coins expense. But a piece of bread isn't worth risking your body or health. They're bad kids. You shouldn't be as bad as them, Eren." Carla lectured the 10 year old.

Eren tried to push her hands away, but she didn't let him go. "Those garrison regiment is useless. If you ask for their help, they'll ask for more liqueur. They're useless. And I'm not gonna be standing around when they try to hurt me. I'll punch them back." Eren said.

Carla crouched on front of him and got a hold of his shoulders. "Look, Eren. If you try to punch back, it won't solve the situation. It's just a piece of bread. We can buy another one anytime. Getting yourself hurt isn't gonna be the solution to it." Carla said.

"That's the problem. Nobody tries to help themselves. Why don't people fight back. It's pathetic." Eren reasoned.

"It is pathetic. But our lives are more important. Those people will learn someday. Do you understand? Do not throw punches again. I'll keep you in the house if I have to." Carla wanted his answer. But she wanted the answer that's good for him.

Eren scoffed and tried to pry himself off her hold. Carla held him there. "Eren, answer me." Carla asked.

"While survey corps are risking their lives fighting Titan, why can't we fight for ourselves in here?" Eren shouted.

"Because, nothing will do any good. Fighting back makes us in the way of danger. That's that. Which is why you're supposed to avoid fights. And do not think of survey corps. Out there I'm sure it's a one way battle. And you're not them. Understood?" She asked earning a glare from the little boy. She sighed.

"It's pointless." She said turning her attention to the soup pot on the fire stove. She calmed herself down. And looks at the upset boy. "Where is Mikasa?" Carla asked.

"Who cares?" Eren scoffed. Carla pinched his ear. "Ow. What's that for?" He asked shielding his ears.

"You didn't answer my question." She reasoned.

"I don't know. Probably with Armin. Who knows." Eren said.

Carla sighed and shook her head. "You left her out there, did you?" She asked.

Eren slumped a little. "At least Armin is with her." Eren came up with an excuse.

"Those ears of yours are red. You don't have a single clue, do you?" Carla asked.

Before Eren could say anything they heard a chuckle. Carla and Eren immediately turned to face Ash, leaning on the window frame.

"Man, I laughed. I wanted to hear more of that." Ash said chuckling.

Carla shook her head and smiled seeing him. "Ash, one of these days, you'll be in big trouble standing there. That window frame is a bit too high up." She said and walked closer to him.

"Oh don't mind me. I'm really grateful you know. I always managed to be hear at the best possible moments." Ash said.

"Come in, kid. I don't trust that window, very much." Carla said and tried to help Ash in. But Ash just climbs in on his own without any effort. "You're in full energy as always, Ash." She said seeing him with his signature grin. His grin widened when she said that.

"Hey. Why am I the only one getting all the scolding? Why don't you scold him for appearing out of nowhere and hangs on the window? It's not fair." Eren pointed out.

"Because he listens to what I say. That's why." Carla said.

"You should thicken the walls a bit. I heard the commotion throughout the whole street." Ash said. "But that wouldn't be entertaining." Ash said and looks at Eren. "You forgot someone, right? Well, Armin' got her company. You were in such a hurry, huh?" Ash asked.

Eren huffed. "Nobody asked her to follow, anyway." Eren said and looks at Ash annoyed. "So, why did you show up all of a sudden?"

Ash chuckled and showed them a big paper bag. "It's for you." Ash said handing the bag over to Carla.

"What's this?" She asked and opened the paper bag. "Bread?" She asked seeing a loaf of bread.

"I got them back. They're untouched. Those guys were just messing with him." Ash said.

Carla sighed. "See? There's no point in throwing punches." She said that to Eren who shrunk back but looks at Ash.

"How did you get it from them, anyway?" Eren asked.

Ash laughed. "Those guys are stupid. I threw my apple at them and they throwed back this bag. Bunch of idiots." Ash said laughing louder.

"Ash." Carla said disapprovingly. "Your jokes are getting so inappropriate. Control your language, okay?" Carla scolded him much to Eren' pleasure.

Ash chuckled again. "It's true, though. They only understand monkey. Calling them stupid is compliment." Ash said and she smiled. The way he speaks is sweet.

"You're a mean big brother, sometimes." Carla comments.

Eren scoffed. "You always show up at the worst possible moments, huh?" He said looking at Ash.

"It's fun to watch your mother Kick your ass. It clears up my mood." Ash said and Carla pinched his ears too. Instead of getting away, he laughed.

"Language, young man." She said.

Ash kept chuckling. "Okay, okay. I meant hindquarters. I wanted to see your hindquarters kicked by your mother." Ash corrected and Carla laughed a bit and let go of his ear.

"A hind, what?" Eren asked dumbfounded. That's a new word.

"Your mother's scary. I'll teach you every other word that means, butt. Okay? Secret deal." Ash said coming closer to Eren' ear.

"I heard that. And you will not teach him that. No buts." She said.

"No, butt jokes. Got it." Ash said making her sigh loudly and shook her head.

"You to, are handful." Sfe said.

"Hey, at least we ain't holding the bread." Ash said pointing at the bread she's holding.

Eren snickered and Carla shook her head again. "I want to of you to find Mikasa and Armin. And come back when it's lunch time. Okay? Now, out." She said shooing both of them outside.

"By the way, I got something else for you." Ash said to Carla. She raised a brow.

She raised a brow. "What's that?" She asked.

Ash smiled and ushered her to come closer. She blinked and leaned closer. Eren was confused as well.

"Another bread." Ash whispered loudly to both of them to hear and he gave her the bread package which was in his hands all this time.

The room was silent and Ash pushed the bread in her hands and ran away with holding Eren' hand. "Bye. See ya." Ash yelled as he and Eren turned an alleyway and out of her sight.

"You little..." Carla started but realised both of them are already away from her and us successful in dodging another pair of scoldings.

"What are we gonna do with you?" She asked to herself and smiled. Those two are just precious. Well all four of them are.

EVENTS BEFORE THE FALL OF WALL MARIA- CONTINUES.