The Beast and the Beast (Reiner x Bertolt)

Chapter 7

A/N: ONE...NO, TWO DAYS LATE BUT...HAPPY BIRTHDAY BERTHOLDT BERTOLT BERUTOLUTO!!! ANDDD...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!🎉

Birthday Boy's POV:

W-WHAT!? Wait. Calm down Bert...He might be talking about some people in the back?? I look around and see that there is no other human being around...SO HE'S TALKING ABOUT ME!?!? OH MY...I'M BLUSHING REAL HARD...GOTTA ACT CASUAL - CALM DOWN --- calm down -

This is so awkward...we've been silent for few minutes now...just staring at each other...OH YEA SURFING! THERE! "Hey, um when are we g-gonna surf?" ugh, stop stutteringgg..."Oh yea! Let's g-gooo! And the last one is a loser!" We race to the surfboards, laughing and shoving past each other, and start to paddle out in the crystal clear ocean.

We catch a huge wave. We stand up and balance as we smoothly ride the enormous wave. The wave starts to cave in. We're surfing inside the wave. Clear water surrounds us as we try to escape out of the wave tunnel. But the wave is faster. We get swallowed by the water and laugh as we swim up and grab onto our surfboards.

Wait...did I just see something!? I think I just saw a large...fish? swimming towards us...Wait NO ANOTHER WAVE! I quickly get on the surfboard and I paddle towards the shore before the wave swallows me-OW! MY RIGHT HAND! WAIT...IT'S GONNA FALL OFF-"ARGHHH!" "ARE YOU OKAY BERT!?" I try to sit up so "it" won't eat my other body parts. But I'm too late. It bites my neck. "AAAH!" "BERT!" I...I c-can't-

Birthday Boi's Buddy's POV:

"No! BERT!" NOOO WHAT IS THAT! STOP! NOT THIS AGAIN! I paddle over to his board when suddenly, pain shoots from my right arm and wrist. "OW!" When I lift my right arm out of the water, there is a huge bite mark on my forearm a-and my r-right hand...isss gone - It h-hurts...! Then something jumps out of the water TOWARDS ME-! I-it's a s-shark! I try to guard my head but it's sharp teeth bites through my left hand and cuts my forehead-"ARGH! AHH" IT HURTS...M-MY HAND...I NEED TO GET ME AND HIM OUT OF HERE!

I use my feet to paddle to Bert. I catch his body with my right arm and hold on to the board with my left. It hurts. It hurts. But I need to escape this. I paddle hard and finally reach the shore. I drag Bert to our picnic blanket and put his jacket on. Is he breathing? I check his breath. he is...but he might not last long...I grab some towels and wrap our wrist carefully. I can't grab my phone...both of my hand is too damaged to work (One's gone...and one has a shark tooth stuck in in my wrist...) So I use Bert's hand and guide his finger to the dialing button (911) and able to call the ambulance...It's the second time riding an ambulance in my life time...with Bert...

~10 minutes later~

I help the adults get Bert on the bed as I go into the back of the ambulance. One of the doctor brings a medicine as he unwraps the towel and dabs the liquid inside. I-it makes me flinch. He wraps a bandage on both of my arm and starts to dab that to my forehead. I ignore the pain as I take a glimpse of Bert. He looks like he's in pain...At least he's alive...b-but Why, why do we always get in trouble?

~One week later~

3rd Person POV:

"Happy Birthday Bert!" the Junior students exclaim. This is Bertholdt's house. He sits in the sofa making sure he doesn't use his right hand to open the presents. He's a lot better now. He has some stitch marks on his right side of his neck and bandages are wrapped on his right wrist, connecting his hand. "*Laina-san, Berutoru-san, omaera daijoubunanoka?" Ymir asks worriedly. "I'm fine...just that Reiner doesn't have his right hand anymore..." He looks at Reiner with a worried look. "It's ok. I'll try to get used to it."

"Happy berthday to youuu, Happyberth day too you! Happy bertholday dear Bertholdt~ Happy berthday to youuu! wooo~!" (They changed the lyrics from birthday to "berthday" lol) and Bert blow his 18 candles on the cake. "What did you wish?" Jean asks. "I wished me and Reiner to get better and everyone else to live happy!" He exclaims.

Berutoru-san's POV:

I also wished...that I-I can b-be Reiner's b-boyfriend...A-anyways, I really wish we can actually heal these *wounds...B-but that's impossible...we're humans, after all...

"Ooo the cake really tastes good! Sasha, nice!" Connie says...it is actually. Sasha really has a good sense of taste...she bought the most delicious one in the whole store...after we finish our cakes, I try some of the cloths (that was in the presents) on. I really liked the one with a white button-down shirt with a blue sweater on top. We played games and watched movies until it was evening. I bid my friends goodbye as they go home. We made dinner together after that.

After I come out of the bathroom (I was taking a bath) I change into a dark-teal robe and go to the living room. I smell...something good...On the table, there's many dish that Reiner made by himself...for me!? Is his hands ok tho?? And the main dish (Fried chicken) was the one we made together...I thank him and we start to eat. I-it's sooo goooood! While we eat, Reiner turns on the TV...and we see a quick commercial...

"This all newly developed method provides humans with a new power that will lead us in to our new self" Then there is a quick video of a man with a badly injured arm healing with steams coming up...and it's healed..."People with this power can also transform into a creature that can help in many situations"...

What!? Healing wounds...Transforming...Is that even possible??? I mean, isn't it flipping the history of evolution?(?)? Is it ok?? No...this is not true, it's just photo shop...when I turn to Reiner, he also has a surprised face as well as me..."Do you...believe this?" I ask..."N-no...b-but wait...why would it be on TV if it's not true...?" T-true...but..."What should we watch?"

~Later~

Reiner's POV:

We're halfway through the movie. It's a horror movie of titans eating people...Eren recommended to me and the trailer looked interesting so I decided to watch. Bert agreed to- WA! THAT SCENE WAS SCARY...(...?) something's touching my left hand...? when I look next to me, Bert's clinging onto the cushion and gripping my hand (We're sitting on a sofa together)...What...I-I'm blushing...!? No...He's just my best friend...

"I-I-It's s-scary..." He whines...his voice...No. Stop thinking those thin- AGH! THAT WAS UM WOW...I ALMOST PEED MYSELF...His gripping got tighter...w-wait...he started to intertwine his fingers!? Stoppp I-I'm flusteringgg...I try to focus on the movie but it keeps bothering...his hands are warm and big...it's slender fingers wraps the stitches on my hand...I also grip tight on his hand...oh. His other hand grabs my arm...I can't s-stop blushing...I'm just gonna hope he won't notice...w-why do I keep blushing on stuff like this...

Bert's POV:

OMG ONE OF MY BIRTHDAY WISH CAME TRUEEE...(TO HOLD HANDS WITH HIM>>>)...IT'S MORE THAN I WISHED...(HOW we hold our hands...) IT WAS WORTH A TRY...Now, the movie is hella scary...I grab onto the cushion tighter as the character gets devoured by the titans...Nooo...EVERYONE'S DYING...(!?)Is he h-hugging me?(or embrace?)...a-am I crying??? I wipe my eyes. I am...H-he's kind...and warm...

Mr. Braun's POV:

He's crying...I hug him tight when there's a sad scene...We stay in that position for the rest of the movie. I mean,...it feels comfortable...O-our hands are still intertwined...when I face Bert...he's asleep...His sleeping face looks cuttte-annnyways, I wipe his tears and carry him(bridal style...)to the bedroom...I lay him in his bed...oh, the tie of his robe is getting loose...I gently tie the strings, making sure I don't wake him up...

"REINER!?"

* Ymir said, "Reiner-san, Bertol-san, are you guys fine now?" (That's how she calls them...)

*The wounds they got is in the same spot as how Mikasa cuts them in season 2 in the anime. (Reiner's bite wound on his right arm is the same as how the titan bite his arm in Utgard castle.)