serenity

intro

Your life has been pretty normal for the most part. You've had your fair share of friends, had a family that truly cared for you, and though you're single at the moment, you've been in enough relationships to know what and what not to do. Now, however, you go to university and it's not been going well for you. It's pretty obvious that you've been slacking off on your classes, you can see it from your grades. And it's not like you're dumb or anything, but you've been feeling so unmotivated lately, you just stopped caring.

From time to time, you'd ask your roommate, Pieck, for help, but she has her own issues too, so you don't like to bother her too often. You're very lucky that you got Pieck as your roommate though, since she's definitely made your college social life easier for the most part.

Pieck Finger. She's very reliable, despite being sleep deprived due to her side hustles. She has fair skin, pretty dark-hair and she's someone who you consider very close to you ever since you started university. Ever since you two became roommates, she always invited her friends over, and eventually, you became part of their friend group. In your group of friends, there's you, Pieck, Reiner, Bertoldt, Annie, Porco, and Marcel. Out of all of them, besides Pieck, you're definitely closer to Reiner and Bert. You've always thought Reiner is hot, but you never really thought of him as a romantic interest, he's just attractive as hell, and you guys even joke about it. Porco and Marcel are brothers, and even though you aren't as close to them, you guys get along well.

Then there's Annie. She's the least talkative out of you guys. She just looks like she's in her own world most of the time. You don't think she hates you in particular, she's usually just quiet, nods along, and says a few words once in a while if Reiner and Bert are being stupid. Them three went to the same highschool together, so Annie's bond with them is stronger compared to the rest of your group. So you just figured Annie needs a lot more time to get close to people.

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Since your grades are dropping like crazy, Pieck pushed you to go to the library to catch up on school work. Easy for her to say, she's practically free all weekend for the first time in a long time, meaning she's probably going to spend it all with Reiner and the others.

"Come on, you can catch up with us later tonight after you do your school work!! You'll regret it if you don't," Pieck says as she pouts. It's hard to resist her pouts.

"Fine, fine," you groaned as you start to get ready to go to the library.

"Love ya! We'll be waiting!" Pieck said, waving to you as you walk out of the door.

Pieck can seem to be the pushy type, but that's how she shows her affection and you appreciate that a lot.

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You walked in the library and you're already sighing in boredom. You went to one of the computer labs, picked a spot and sat down. You looked around the room to see whoever else was spending their time in a cooped up library instead of having fun outside. There's only a few people there, and among them, there's these two people in the corner, bickering. So much for being quiet. One of them has short brown-blondish hair up to their shoulders, and the other one is a tall, dark-haired man with a bowl cut.

Can they keep it down? My god, you thought to yourself. Luckily, you brought a pair of earbuds so you don't have to hear all the bickering.

About an hour passes and all you could think about is how you'd rather be with your friends, but instead you're stuck in the library, in the middle of a Friday night. You've barely accomplished anything important for the past hour and the exit sign is practically calling for you, but you had to tell yourself no. No, because Pieck's words kept lingering in your mind.