the other side of the sea - reiner braun x reader.

Goodbye.

We have been sailing for a few hours when Annie and Reiner finally wake up. We all meet in a room to inform them of the new plan. Hange explains that since we weren't able to get the flying boat up and going at the port, we have to dock at a different place. Meaning that there is no way we can make it to Liberio before the rumbling. My heart cracks in my chest. Annie drops to her knees.

"If that's true then I'm done. The only reason I had to keep fighting is gone." Annie says through tears. Hange says that Liberio and Marley were never going to be saved. That there would never be a possibility where we would be quick enough to save them.

I feel the tears coming, but I force them back. I feel Reiners hands on my shoulders and I lean back into his chest. "Magath sacrificed his life so we could move forward. So he could save even one person whose name he'll never know." Hange says to Annie.

Annie speak once again. "Let me ask this once more. If I try to kill Eren, what will you do?" She looks to Mikasa, who has a hand on Annie's back to comfort her. "If that is the only way, will you truly sit back and let it happen? Because, I am sick of this. I don't want to fight anymore. Not with any of you. Not even with Eren." Mikasa says nothing. She just stands up with a solemn look on her face.

I wonder what I would do if I were in her shoes. She clearly cares for Eren very deeply if even now she is conflicted on whether or not she could sit back while someone kill's him. Could I put my feelings aside to save the world? Could I watch Reiner die if it meant everyone else lives? I shake the thought out of my head.

"I'm going to lay down." Annie says and strides out of the room without a glance at anyone. Everyone else slowly trickles out, nobody really in the mood to talk. Reiner and I follow suit and walk down a long hallway. There's small dorm rooms throughout the ship. We pick one and slip inside.

I take a seat on the bed and Reiner joins me. I rest my head on his shoulder. "How are you feeling?" He asks. "I don't know. Bad. I can't stop thinking of my dad, he's probably at work. If there's any evacuation I don't know if he'll hear about it or not. If I would've know that this-."

My voice cracks. Reiner pulls me into him and I take a deep breath. "If I would've known that I would never see him again, I - I don't know. I should've stayed behind. Then at least he wouldn't be alone."

I feel the tears falling again. Reiner turns my head to cup my face and caress my cheeks with his thumb. "It's bleak. But we have no way of knowing if our parents will get out or not. Who knows, maybe they'll make it somewhere in time for us to stop the rumbling. You are here because we need you. And your dad would say the same thing."

He kisses my forehead. I tilt my chin up and kiss him. I feel his body slacken as he leans into me, I don't know how much time we have to spare. I'm sure we're going to have to figure out a game plan before we dock the ship. But if I can steal a few moments in this small bedroom with Reiner then I will.

Reiner backs away. "Y/N." He whispers. "Mhm?" I reply. "If anything happens to me during the battle. If - if I die." I place my finger over his lips. "Don't." I order. "Don't talk to me like we're going to die." Reiner sighs. "Just listen-." He starts again. I stand up.

"No! I'm not going to listen to some dying proclamation! If we go into this expecting to die, then that's exactly what's going to happen." Reiners eyes soften and he looks up at me with something akin to pity. "Don't look at me like that. Do you really think we're going to die or do you just not care if we live or not?!" I don't wait for his reply as I storm out and slam the door behind me.

I storm down the hall way and out the door to the deck of the ship, wiping my angry tears out of my eyes as I go. I walk right up to the guard rail and spew my guts out over the edge. "You good?" I look to my left and see Pieck and Gabi standing a few feet away. I try my best to spit any lingering aftertaste out of my mouth and rub my sleeve across my face to clean off. "Yeah. I'm fine." I lie. "How's Falco?" I turn to Gabi.