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  Picking up a glass of cool water, in your other free hand you balanced your food tray -eyeing it slightly as you were uncertain if it was going to fall over or not; after giving it a few seconds however, it seemed as if everything was going to be ok, giving you the courage to take your food to where you were going to sit in the Mess Hall.

  It had been almost a day and a half since Annie had offered to help you get better at hand-to-hand, and since then, the two of you hadn't talked much, 'Although I suppose that there really is no need to, we already both agreed to meet up sometime after dinner today.' Your eyes scanned across the room you were in, automatically searching for your regular seat when you faltered; typically, Eren and Armin would sit next to each other at your table, leaving Mikasa to eat at your side opposite from them. But as you took in the scene, you felt your heart sink when Mikasa was sitting in the middle of the blonde and brunette, with there clearly not being enough space for you to sit at their sides but rather be the only one who sat across from them, 'I don't wanna sit like that, that's...' Biting your tongue, you held back a sigh that crept up into your throat and glanced around the room once more -this time in hopes of finding someone else you could sit next to, and it didn't take you long to find the light-haired teen who had agreed to help you later today, 'Maybe I should go sit with Annie? She still seems to be alone, and I'm going to be spending a good part of tonight with her anyways, so why not? Maybe it'll lessen any awkwardness that there'll be.'

  So without giving another look back in the ravenette's direction, you turned around and started to make your way to Annie's table while making sure to still keep a careful watch on your metallic tray. The stronger girl kept her head down as she picked at her dinner, not socialising with anyone as she focused on her food and feigned obliviousness to you growing nearer, 'I'm almost positive she knows that I'm planning on sitting with her now, I mean, she certainly doesn't seem like the type to be ignorant on what's going on around herself.'

  Carefully, as to not spill your bean soup and make a giant mess, you placed your food at the place directly across from her; setting your glass down with a slight, dull click as it made contact with the wooden boards, properly sitting down not long after. At seeing that someone had sat at her table, she slightly picked up her head -light blue spheres meeting to your (E/C) ones momentarily as she addressed you with a small nod of her head, soon enough turning her sight back downwards to her own food.

  "Hey Annie," you started casually, feeling comfortable around her already despite not having known her for that long, 'Maybe it's because she knows that I'm dating someone? I mean, she doesn't know who I'm with, but she knows about my problem and seems as if she won't say anything about it.' It made you feel less lonely, that you were sure of, "How'd your day go?"

  "Good." she simply spoke, taking her silver-coloured spoon and scooping up some mashed potatoes as you yourself picked up your bread-roll and held it in your dominant hand, "Well th-"

  Click.

  Another tray plopped itself at your left side, causing both you and Annie to look at whoever it had been, "Mikasa?" you voiced, utterly confused as to why she would sit here when one, she had just been sitting with Armin and Eren and two, she wasn't exactly the biggest fan of Annie. "(Y/N), I need to speak to you." She didn't pay the other person at the table any attention as she turned herself completely towards you, voice void of that usual softness that you longed for whenever it was just the two of you. "Of course, what is it?" you asked, looking at her and giving her your full attention while you waited for her to speak.