Viva la vida

chapter 5

I became close to Eren these days. Yes, he wasn't like his younger self at all. At times it was hard for him to keep the façade, the responsibility of correcting that fell on me. By placing my hand on any part of his body, I would use our newfound connection power to make him change his expression. Ymir did tease us a lot when we would be sleeping, after all, our dreams entwined. I also told Dorothy about the latest advances in our investigation, but she kept the secret.

We had another problem. Mikasa wasn't very happy with our new "friendship", always eyeing me suspiciously. I couldn't blame her, after all... we both like the same guy. I am very well aware Eren did feel something for her, and I wasn't about to interfere. As much as I have fallen for him since my past life, this was now my reality. For now, I would try to turn off my feelings. The complicated part was Tori being stuck to me like gum. She was my interpreter. Mikasa and she had even begun constantly having passive-aggressive arguments to "protect" Eren and me.

This is how I ended up in front of Eren, Tori with Mikasa. I didn't like this. She went for a direct hit, but I knew his techniques very well from my past life. Evading wasn't much of a problem thus, he ate dirt about three times. Also, using height and weight against Eren had been one of the first things my new "family" taught me. His shock was almost funny.

"Satisfied? They're waiting for me and I don't want to be late. It has been three times in a row, even Reiner failed! Just admit you lost in the battle of showing off!"

"Son of a... That's playing dirty!" Exclaimed Eren. Oh! He said the thing! "That's what you wanted me to say. Well played"

"Still lazing around?" interrupted Reiner when I was helping clean off the dust from Eren. He had been paired off with Annie... Why was he- right. Some scenes, I realize, still ended the same way. Destiny is funny at times. His smile was creepy, insincere. And just like in the media, he whispered something to Eren.

I didn't want the brunette to fight again, so I tapped Reiner's shoulder and gestured towards the dagger. Even if I knew Eren would be able to see through Annie's tactics, I wanted to prove something. I am useful. I am essential. And this is not luck.

"What are you doing?" Asked Eren his hand on my shoulder.

"You'll see"

"You wanna try? Fine, teach the girl a lesson," Reiner was making fun of me. He handed me the object. This blonde dumbass is one of those who doesn't like my closeness to Historia. Not that Tori would care. In this timeline, he even has a girlfriend... cheater much? Well, future one.

I decided to attack first, Annie wouldn't unless she had the dagger. So I ran, saw her fist, and jumped onto her shoulders. Using my hands I flipped, grabbed her face, and put the blade at her neck. Another kick to the knees and she was down. With my hand on her mouth, I returned the object to where I had it before. Thank you, Levi...

"What the fuck?!" Said Reiner surprised.

I let her go and gave her the knife. She frowned.

"Well done" That praise from Eren made me feel butterflies.

It wasn't over yet. She ran at me, wanting to distract me with a false move. Typical of her, this was how she was found out in the anime. Annie doesn't change her methods. I kicked her stomach as hard as I could. I needed to disarm her, luckily, it was simple to do. Soon I had the knife in my clammy hands.

"As expected, you took it seriously" I remember her speech, she was right. "You're being harsh!" Eren was defending me.

"What's going on?!" Tori ran to me, superficially worried. I know it's a lie. The shimmer in her eyes was the same one Levi had when anything got very dirty.