A Love Like War (On Hold)

Chapter 5

Marco's POV

She couldn't see me. Not that she lost the ability to do so but because I decided to not let her be able to see me.

After all that had happened and had been said in the courtroom, I didn't know how to face her without blushing or how to even look at her... The memory of what happened and her words were still fresh in my mind.

=======FLASH====BACK=======

"At the ready!" the voice of Nile Dawk, the current commander of the Military Police Brigade, commanded as one of his subordinates obliged and readied his rifle.

"SIR!" the man answered attentively as he was about to aim his gun at Eren... only to be stopped by a deafening sound.

THWACK!

The sound of leather hitting skin echoed throughout the whole room making everyone fall into complete silence as they were forced to watch her whip and the Corporal kick Eren in complete synchronization a few times before the Corporal motioned for her to stop and paused his assault, resting one of his foot on Eren's head before giving her permission to speak with his cold grey eyes.

"This is just our opinion..." she began in a soft yet cold and emotionless voice that would have sent shivers down my spine if I was still alive as she addressed the people present in the courtroom. "but when it comes to teaching discipline... We believe that pain is the most effective way." she paused as she shifted her gaze from Eren's crouching form towards everyone in the audience, mostly to those that were at the side of the Military Police, with her cold, stone-like, sapphire blue eyes. Completely silencing those people who were starting to whisper.

"What you need most at the moment is not a lecture... But a practical lesson." Corporal Levi finally spoke, his words directed only at Eren as he eyed my friend coldly. "Besides, you're an easy target for my kicks and her lashes now that you're crouching." he finished before he gave (y/n) a quick nod.

The courtroom was once again enveloped with the sound of leather hitting skin, this time mixed with Eren's muffled screams, as they assaulted Eren, the Corporal with his kicks and (y/n) with her lashes, mercilessly and the only thing that the poor boy could manage to do at the moment was bare with it as he looked at them with fear in his eyes. Especially, when he looked at her slightly smiling face.

At that moment, I noticed that during both assaults, none of the members, including the commander, of the Scouting Legion didn't even bat an eye as they watched the scene play right before their eyes or even tried to lift a finger or made any attempts to stop them from beating up Eren senseless.

'What's going on here?!' I thought desperately as I made my way towards her and tried to stop her front inflicting anymore pain to our friend but only got as far as passing through her body. After a several failed attempts, I stopped and decided to stand by her side and bear with it. I wanted to ask her why. Why was she whipping Eren mercilessly. I know she wasn't fond of the boy and it was to no exaggeration to say that he practically hated the boy but whipping him mercilessly in front of all these people without a proper reason was just cruel. I also wanted to ask her what in the world was Eren being charged of.... But I knew better from experience that she wasn't going to give me a single answer until we were alon in the privacy of her own room at the Scotuing Legion's headquarters so I did my best to keep my mouth shut and my thoughts to myself as I continued to watch them with their 'disciplining'.

"Wait, Rivalle..." Nile Dawk finally spoke in a soft yet loud enough voice, breaking the silence.

"What is it?" they both answered at the same time, halting their 'disciplinary actions' at Eren's now beaten up body with the Corporal's foot resting directly on Eren's face and (y/n)'s resting soundly in her hand.