death do us part

walls

"Can you believe there are really enough people inside the walls to fill up such a gigantic city?" Connie said beside you. You don't know if he was really asking you or thinking out loud. Or maybe he's asking Jean, that makes more sense.

"Connie, try not to talk about the walls in front of the general public." Jean said side eyeing him then you.

"Ah right sorry about that." Connie chuckled to himself.

"This is the world beyond the walls we're finally here outside the walls we've known our whole lives, the walls no one has ever escaped!" Sasha yells out as you cringe at the amount of times she said, walls.

"God, will you listen to me for once!" Jean shouted as you closed you eyes and took in a deep breath, breathing in the ocean smell.

As you close your eyes you silence everyone around you, the constant banter between the trio, the worries of what will happen today, and the horrible thoughts you've been having.

a/n: Play Lovely Day by Bill Withers

"My friends! I'd like to welcome you to the continent of Marley! The Azumabito have been waiting. May I escort you?" Onyakapon said with a bright smile that showed his pearly whites.

You looked around, so many people, so many ships, and stands. You knew any moment Sasha would get her hands on most of the food from the stands.

"What's with that horse?!" Connie yelled pointing at what seemed to be...a moving thing?

"No, I think that's a Marleyan cow!" Sasha said beside Connie.

"It must've been a car! I've heard about these things!" Hange yelled out, as the newfound trio ran towards the car, waving around.

"All these people are gonna think we're a bunch of yokels now." Jean muttered, embarrassed.

You let out a small groan, watching them run after the car.

"Just act like you don't know them." Jean whispered to Armin beside him, tilting his hat down to hide his face. You and Armin sharing an awkward look.

Jean starts to walk away and so does Armin but in opposite directions, not wanting to be alone and get lost you follow after Jean. Knowing Armin would probably go look for Mikasa and Eren and you wouldn't want to make things awkward as a fourth wheel. Yes they're your friends you know that, but those three are special, you know that.

As you walk behind Jeans towering figure you stop in your tracks noticing Sasha buying a sort of cone with white frosting on top, causing you to raise an eyebrow in confusion.

"Sasha show some restraint!" Jean yells. Lately his yelling has been bothering you an awful lot. His voice, his face, his hair, his-

"It's cold!" Sasha screams out, causing Connie who was beside her to lick the frosting too, causing him to gasp.

Jean who is now curious walks up to the vendor, "I'd like one too, please sir!"

As you watch the trio, the vendor explains that what they are eating is a dessert, called ice cream.

You were quietly observing everything taking it all in.

You hear Sasha's voice call out your name as you turn to look at her.

"Try the ice cream, it's really good!" She calls out her face full of joy that makes you give a small smile as you turn to look at Connie who is nodding ecstatically.

"I'm fine." You whispered as you rubbed your arm. They didn't probe you and just continued to eat their ice cream.

Jean held his ice cream out in front of Mikasa and Armin, "You guys! I swear you've never tasted anything like this!"

Your hummed as you watched Jean order three more ice creams for Mikasa and Armin. You stand still watching you friends have a good time.

It kind of irked you that Jean bought the rest ice cream without asking if they wanted any. He could have bought you one as well, even if you declined Sasha and Connie.

A sharp pain hits you hard as you hold onto your chest. You huff in annoyance, and turn around to glance as Eren who is looking towards the ocean. Reminds you of the first time you all had seen the ocean. The way he looked towards the ocean that day, it gave you a weird feeling as you watched from the sidelines.

As if Eren had felt you looking at him he turns his head just a bit to glance at you. You start to wonder when was the last time you had a decent conversation with him. During training? What was that...when you were twelve? He looks at you stoically and you notice the bags under his eyes.

Has he been getting any sleep?

You had separated yourself  from everyone and had gone to a quieter area with less people, when you had started to hear a loud commotion.

Realizing that you were away from your group, you rushed as discreetly as you could to where the commotion was heard. You then found yourself looking at Sasha who had been in the middle of the crowd with a little boy.

You could see how angry the crowd was, you were completely clueless to what was going on.

"He can't understand us can he?"

"We could toss him into the sea!"

You heard from the group of men that seemed to be cornering the little boy. How could people say such things about a child?

"Hey! No need I got my purse back so why go that far?" Sasha said as she looked around the crowd her eyes wide.

"We can't allow the riffraff to be stealing from our customers." Replied a man to Sasha.

"This kid can be a subject of Ymir. Now that we know the devils have been blending in with the rest of us, people are losing sleep over it!"

Your mouth gaped in shock as your body stayed stiff and still the only thing moving was your eyes, looking at your friends who also had a look of shock in their faces.

"I never said he was a pickpocket. He owes his big sister an apology for this little prank." Levi said beside the boy, giving Sasha a stare to which she nodded apologizing.

"Smells like bullshit! You think we're stupid?!"

"Run for it."

Levi picked up the boy and made a run for it as the group instantly followed the order and you quickly followed behind.

Everyone was panting, hands in their knees while catching their breath.

I'm so out of shape...

"Did anyone see where the brat ran off to?" Levi said looking around for the boy, spotting him farther from them. As he waved around Levi's coin purse and ran off with a smile.

"So much for the Azumabito pocket change."

You narrowed your eyes as the boy ran away, once again that pounding in your chest. You looked a bit to the side watching Eren as he watched the boy with wide eyes and raised eyebrows.