Yumikuri

Chapter 2

Historia POV: 

As soon as my eyes opened I was painfully aware of my surroundings and jolted up. My racing heart, remembering what I had done, sped up as I didn't recognize where I was. I looked around wildly and noticed a tall brown haired girl with freckles blinking sleep out of her eyes next to me. 

"Jesus Christ you scared me..." The tall girl said under her breath, yawning.

I wriggled away from her and fell off the bed, in a hurry I scrambled backwards until I was pressed up against the wall and flinched as she approached. I felt warm arms around me and a head leaning on my shoulder. I was still tense but as a few seconds went by and nothing bad happened I shakily wrapped my arms around her too, and leant into her.

"It's fine, I'm not gonna hurt ya'" She said, stroking my hair. My heart slowly calmed down and took in my surroundings in more detail. We were in a room only lit by a ray of sunlight peaking through the curtains, with a door on the other side of the room and a framed picture of the girl and somebody else smiling and laughing. I also noticed that I had a lot of band-aids on, probably the girls doing.

"Th- thank you. I'm sorry." I gulped and gestured to my bandages.

"Ay ay ay, don't be sorry, how did you even get so banged up in the first place?" She replied, releasing me from the hug and sitting on the bed with a raised eyebrow. She patted the spot next to her on the bed and I tentatively sat down rubbing my arm. I didn't really know... or want to respond. She seemed to notice my discomfort at that question. "You don't have to answer that if you're not comfy enough yet, how about we get to know each other first? My name's Ymir, how about you?"

"Oh.. m-my names Krista..." I felt awkward about giving her a fake name but she might recognize it if I gave her my real one since it's not really a common name. If she recognized me that would suck a lot. 

"Would you like to stay at my place for a while Krista? I'll have to go out a bit for work but I'll still be around most of the time, and if not it's totally fine but I'm gonna have to insist on makin' sure your safe before I leave ya'." Ymir asked, and I considered it for a while before deciding that it was my best option, she seemed nice and I don't think she's give me band-aids and treat me this kindly if she had bad intentions.

I nodded. "Thanks, I really mean it." She shot me a smile in return and stood up and offered her hand to me to get up to. The small ray of sun was on her now and I was astonished by her looks, she looked beautiful, her dark brown hair seemed to shine and her hazel eyes reminded me of the forest. I blushed and took her hand, hoping she didn't notice my staring. She held it firmly and it made me feel... safe. I sent her a small smile.

Ymir showed me around her place, which was surprisingly spacious for an apartment. She also said that we could take turns sleeping on the couch or we could share the bed, and I felt too bad about her sleeping on the couch in her own apartment... so I said we could share the bed. She agreed and continued to show me the closet and how I could borrow some clothes of hers. 

She was really tall and her style was a little bit different from mine, and she seemed to notice, or at least the size difference, and offered to buy me some new ones. I felt guilty about making her buy me things after she had already bee so kind to me but I wasn't really in any position to decline.

"So how old are ya' Krista, 15?" Ymir asked while looking through the wardrobe for anything I could wear just for today while she got me some real clothes to wear. I laughed a little bit and shook my head.

"Well actually I'm 18 as of last year, but I really don't look it, huh?" 

"Oh wow really? Me too. But I have to say... you're really short."

I hit her shoulder playfully, though I knew all too well that she was right. "No you're just the size of a small skyscraper."

"Hmmm well you're still short. Almost like.. a midget." I gasped and put my hand to my chest in shock. 

"That hurted my feelings." We both laughed before Ymir finally pulled out a slightly oversized black jumper, a small plaid mini skirt and a white button up shirt that seemed like it would fit me. She also gave me some chain necklaces to put on if I wanted as well which I gladly accepted. 

I took them gratefully and went into the bathroom to change before coming out and showing Ymir. She looked me up and down before raising her eyebrows.

"Well I can't deny the fact that you look really cute right now." She laughed at me as I blushed and looked down.

"Stop ittttttt!" I whined. She eventually stopped laughing and got dressed too. She came out in all black, with a beanie on that had a shield and then two wings on the shield. She had on some chains on as well, not only on her neck but on her jeans too. 

"I better head off now!" She announced grabbing her backpack and her keys before going to the door. I was a little bit scared to be alone right now after what went down yesterday so I couldn't squash the urge to run up to Ymir and ask if I could go with her.

"Umm, sure if you don't mind watching me and the band play for a couple hours." She said.

"I'm fine with that!" I beamed, I was really happy that I didn't have to be alone for at least today. "So you're in a band?"