𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 (𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐) || 𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐍 𝐀.

+.*Chapter 3: Catching Up*.+

❗❗WARNINGS:

None

Your POV

I walked over to the shooting range where Eren, Mikasa, and Armin were. Eren was practicing his shooting while Mikasa and Armin were watching.

"Hey, Y/n!" Armin smiles with a wave of his hand. I waved back with a smile but didn't say anything. I sat next to Armin; my body turned away from his.

"I checked up on the port. They said it's almost finished." I said as I looked at the ground. I hugged one of my knees to my chest.

"Yeah. Thanks to the Marleyan engineers, building it has been quick." Armin said with excitement in his tone.

Mikasa turned her head to us. "They've sure been cooperative." Armin covered his ears from Eren shooting his gun at a bottle in the distance.

Armin removed his hands from his ears and looked up. "It went bad at first since neither side trusted each other. But given enough time, if we set aside our labels and see eachother as people, we can understand eachother."

I didn't realize Eren was looking back at us until he looked back ahead of him. "Armin. Have you seen Bertholdt's memories?" He asked him, closing one eye to aim.

"Huh? Yeah, but there's nothing that seems helpful." Armin replied.

"What about you, Y/n?" Eren asked me as well. My memories had mostly nothing out of the ordinary.

"Nothing. I think I told you guys everything I know about Marley." I replied.

"There's not much time. Zeke has less than three years left." Eren stated.

"Yeah, about that..." Armin sighed. "Do we really want to go along with Yelena's plan?" He asked as he looked down at the ground.

"What's the problem?" Mikasa asked him.

"Is using the rumbling to threaten the world the only way to protect Eldians? Then we will be the devils that terrorize the world."

Eren shot a can off a tree stump. "Before it comes to that, can't we talk? If we can fix Marley and the world's misconception..."

"Misconception? What misconception?" Eren said, making our heads turn up to him. 

"You know, like how we're scary." Armin explained.

"The world sees us as monsters who can turn into titans. They're not wrong." Eren reloaded the gun.

"There are Marleyans who like us, too." Mikasa said with a worried face.

"How many?" Eren asked. "Most of the Marleyans are sitting in prison cells."

"But given enough time..." Mikasa looked to her side.

"Yeah, we need time."

"That's right; and to buy us that time, we've gotta keep 'em at bay."

~

I walked into a tent I was sharing with Sasha and Mikasa. Some days, we'd have to stay by the shore depending on what Hange says.

"Hey, Y/n! Oh, I didn't notice that you got your uniform back." Sasha greeted me.

I laughed and put my uniform on the floor next to my sleeping bag. "Heh, yeah. I'm still trying to get back in shape with the ODM gear." I itched my neck.

"Also, Y/n." I looked over at Mikasa as I sat down. "It's only been a week since we've gotten you back, and I've noticed that Armin has been more open with us than usual." She paused and put a tiny smile on your face. "He hasn't smiled that much in ages. I guess you being missing really effected him. So I want to thank you for bringing back our Armin."