Savage

~ 2 ~

When the boat stopped, it took a little while for everyone to get off. We stood and waited for Eren and Mikasa to come off the other one as we stood at the docs. It took a while before we saw them.

"EREN!!! MIKASA!!!" Armin screeched, earning the attention of multiple passerby.

"Is your name Eren or Mikasa??" I snapped at someone who was looking at Armin weird.

"No, my name's—" They started, but I cut them off.

"Then mind your business and move on!" I glared, and they walked away.

"ARMIN!!! Y/N!!!" I heard Eren scream as he ran toward us.

"There you guys are. Took ya long enough." Eren scowled and was about to retaliate, but Mikasa pushed him aside.

"There were a lot of people." She said bluntly.

"Let's just go get some food, ok?" Armin said, grabbing my hand and guiding me to where Dad was.

"Wait, Armin! Watch where you're—!" I tried to warn, but we just bumped into a small panicked girl. She'd fallen and so had we— Eren tripped over us and fell on top of me. Mikasa stopped and tried to help Eren up, but he just yelled at her about how he "didn't need her help," or whatever.

"I-I'm so s-sorry!! I-I should r-really watch wh-where I'm g-going!" She panicked, standing up and holding out a hand.

"It's alright, we weren't watching where we were going either." I chuckled, taking her hand and she helped me up surprisingly easily.

"Y-Yeah, but I-I'm still s-sorry!" She said, holding a hand out to help Armin up.

"Don't be, it's alright." He said, taking her hand and smiling down at her once he'd stood up.

"A-Alright, if you s-say so... I'm Ria! What's your name?" She said, her whole demeanor shifting halfway through speaking.

"I'm Y/n Arlert, nice to meet you Ria." I smiled, deciding to ignore the fact that she now seemed like an entirely different person.

"Eren Yaeger." Eren said.

"Mikasa Ackerman." Mikasa said, blunt as always.

"I'm Armin Arlert!" Armin smiled at her.

"Where are your parents?" Mikasa asked.

"They were eaten by titans. Where are yours?" Ria replied bluntly, her whole demeanor shifting once again. I furrowed my brow slightly.

'That's a little odd...'

"Murdered. How old are you?" Mikasa changed the subject.

"10. How old are you?" Ria seemed to mirror Mikasa perfectly.

"All four of us are 10." Mikasa said.

"Cool. Are all four of you orphaned?"

"No, Armin and Y/n still have their dad."

"Nice. See you around." Ria said and turned to leave.

"Bye." We all said in unison.

"That was kinda awkward—" I was cut off by Dad calling for me and Armin. We left and went to Dad.

• Later •

After eating our food, we walked around for a bit.

"Do you guys think we'll see Ria again?" I asked, not sure what else to talk about.

"I kind of hope we do, she's an interesting person." Eren replied. Armin and Mikasa nodded.

"Yeah," I started, about to change the subject, when I was interrupted by a loud voice nearby.

"Watch it!!!" A rather large boy yelled, pushing a small girl to the ground.

"Why don't you watch where you're going? You shoved me over for no reason; I wasn't even in your way." It was Ria. She got back up and stared the boy in the eye, her gaze cold and sharp.

"So? What's a weak little girl like you gonna do about it??" He taunted smugly. He shoved her shoulder, expecting her to at least stumble, if not fall. She stood there, completely unfazed and unmoved. She glared daggers at him as he reached a hand out to shoved her shoulder a second time. Before he could even touch her, her arm shot out, grabbed his wrist at an odd angle, and flipped him over her shoulder.

"Ria! Are you alright?" A small blonde girl— probably around our age— stepped forward, now standing next to Ria, looking at her with worry. "Are you hurt? What happened here?" She was worriedly looking from Ria, to the boy, and back again.

"What'd you do?" A taller, freckled tan girl with short brown hair stepped up next to the short blonde, putting an arm around her shoulders.

"Damn, how'd you do that?" The boy sat up, coughing a bit.

"That's none of your business." Ria glared, spat at the guy's feet, and then walked away into the crowd, roughly shouldering people twice her size out of her way. The tall girl chuckled and followed behind Ria, arm still around the blonde.

'Damn, that's badass!! Who were those two girls with Ria?'

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