*February 15th, 7:15 a.m.*
Everyone was resting in the common room on one boring day. Eren laid on the couch, his head rested on Armin's lap as the blonde read to him. Their captain read a book in a chair across the room. There was a group in a circle, playing a random game in the middle of the room.
All of a sudden, a knock sounded through the room, and all sounds stopped. They all looked to Captain Levi, who lowered his book and looked around.
He stood up and cautiously approached. When he opened the door, he saw nothing but a note on top of a cloth covered basket. He picked up the note, which read:
'My name is Bella Magnolia. Please leave my girl in the care of her cousin, Eren Jäeger. Her name is Mathilda, she is 3 months old.
Eren, honey, I'm sorry.'
"Eren! Get over here, it's for you." Levi wearily called him over. He knew what was happening, but decided to keep quiet and watch it unfold.
Eren stood up and walked over, seeing the covered basket. Confusion washed over his face and he bent down. Uncovering the top, he gasped. A little girl with dark brown, curly hair slept away in the basket. She was covered in a little white cloth dress, which was a bit torn and wore down.
He looked over to his captain.
"Is this a joke? Why do you think this would be mine?" He asked him. Why would Levi think this random kid was his?
"Just read this." The ravenette gave him the note, crouching beside him to inspect the girl. Eren took a moment to read it before he sighed, looking back down at the girl.
"Well, I guess so. I wonder what made Aunty Bella do such a thing." He mumbled aloud, looking at the girl. He gently held his hand to her face to check her temperature. She was warm, but a normal warm.
Suddenly, her eyes opened to reveal big, blue eyes, so light blue that they were almost white. Eren looked at her in awe, smiling and picking up the basket and looked at his captain.
"Well, we can't leave her in the cold, right?" Eren suggested. Levi nodded, signalling to bring her in. Armin was looking at him with a smile. Eren only handed him the note as Mikasa came in. While they read it, he went up to the dorms and plopped onto Armin's bed with her. It was then that she started to squirm and cry.
"Shh, there there... I know you'd probably prefer your mama, but I don't know what happened to her. But I'm here now, and I always will be." He spoke to her as he picked her up and paced around the dorm. He bounced her in his arms, humming whatever tune came to mind. Suddenly, he switched from a flow of random to a tune his mother used to hum and sing to him all the time.
Once he hummed the familiar tune, the girl began to settle down. After a few minutes, her tears had mostly stopped and her whines and whimpers were hushed with her thumb in her mouth. He smiled down at her as she gripped tightly onto his shirt. Her eyes were locked into his, and before he knew, he had stopped walking. She made little coos and smiled behind her thumb, pulling at his shirt and staring at him.
"Easy on the neckline, kiddo. We've gotta make the shirt last, you know." He spoke to her in a near whisper. After he said that, she let go and instead held on to a part on his chest and no longer pulling on it. He was surprised for a minute before chuckling.
"Smart girl. I'd expect nothing less."
She giggled, almost deviously, and kicked her legs up. He laughed and laid her on Armin's bed (his room was in the basement, and that was no place for a baby so-), laying next to her. Her head turned and she giggled when their eyes met.
Then, the door opened. Eren looked to see who it was, and sat up when he saw that it was Armin.
"So, that's Mathilda?" Armin asked, coming to sit on the other side of the bed, next to the girl. She looked up at Armin and gave a devious giggle. He looked to her and chuckled.
"She's quite feisty, I see."
Eren chuckled and nodded, watching as Armin tickled her and made her giggle.
"She is, and it's only been a few minutes. She was kicking and giggling when I picked her up." He told the blonde. He now found that Mathilda and Armin were doing the same thing she was doing earlier. She was staring, unmoving, at his eyes and held on to the sleeve of his shirt. Armin wiped away the little half-dried tears still on her face. She smiled and made quiet coos, but otherwise stayed quiet.
******in the other room******
"Wait, so Eren has to take care of a child?" Jean asked Levi nodded and grabbed back the note that everyone had read. He sighed and pushed his hair back before looking around.
"Oi. Speaking of Eren, where'd he go? And I'm guessing Arlert followed?"
"Well, all I know is that Armin went up to the dorms to see if Eren was there." Connie responded with a shrug.
"Well, go get them. We're going into town to shop." Levi told them, going to inform Commander Erwin on the situation.
Sasha, Connie, Christa, Mikasa, and Jean all went to go fetch the boys. When they walked in, they saw Eren smiling and tickling the girl who wiggled and giggled in the blonde's arms. She babbled and reached for his face, making the two boys chuckle. But, their heads turned when they heard a creak in the floor.
"Oh, hey guys." Armin greeted them with a wave.
"Hey! Captain said to get ready because we're going tho the store!" Sasha cheered. Armin held the girl as Eren put on his cloak and boots. She giggled and reached out for him. He chuckled and took her into his hold for Armin to slip his own boots on.
Once ready, they set out to get a few things for the girl.
***Timeskip bc I'm too lazy to write about shopping sprees***
In the end, they only got a few things, but it was really all they needed at the moment.
A few outfits, a few cloth diapers, and a few toys.
The girl was in Armin's arms, as not to draw confusion or panic because of their shifter holding a child. They didn't need anymore attention from the Military Police.
Besides, it didn't seem like the girl really liked anyone else so far. No one could hold her without her crying so far. At the last stop they were at, Mathilda began to cry, looking back for Eren. They ended up receiving odd looks from the other citizens.
'Why would a baby reach to a monster?' The townsfolk muttered to themselves. But even despite the mood around them, the man they were buying from chuckled.
"Looks like she wants you, kid." He remarked to the brunette boy before talking to their captain about what they were ordering.
Armin looked at his comrades before shrugging and walking over to Eren, handing her to him. He smiled and bounced her gently, as not to shake her. Soon enough, she calmed down and giggled as he did simple things to entertain her.
He would make a random sound with every side step he took, and yet she would giggle and laugh like it was the funniest thing on Earth. It made Eren himself laugh, along with Connie and Sasha, who laughed at him instead.
Soon enough, they had everything they needed, and they began their walk back to their base.
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