"Yknow, my village isn't that far from here.. I could sneak out if I try." Connie muttered boredly.
"My hometown is close too.." Sasha mumbled as her hand rested on her face. "They told me not to come back until I was normal."
"They told me I was too puny to become one. Look at me now, I was in the top ten at the Training Corps. Takes a genius to become one." Connie said.
"What about you Y/N? You're from a village around here." Bertolt asked as he kept looking at Y/N and at the chess board.
"Well, my parents passed away after my brother was born so it's really just us two and a few others from my village." Y/N explained.
"Oh.. im sorry to hear that Y/N. Sorry." Bertolt stuttered embarrassed.
"It's alright, I miss them at times but my brother doesn't remember them. I had to step in for him but ever since I left for the military, the others have been taking care of him." Y/N said.
"If you want Y/N, Connie. I can help you guys sneak out. Don't you find it strange that we've been out on standby but we're not even allowed our gear? We can use that time to leave." Reiner said as he moved his chess piece.
Suddenly the whole scene unfolded as Sasha claimed to have heard footsteps, to which Nanaba came through the window to rush the cadets out and onto horses.
"The Titans came from roughly the SouthEast, anyone know that terrain?" A captain asked.
"That's where my village is, please can we go there.?! I have to see if my village is safe, please!" Y/N pleaded. Watching the Captain hesitantly nod, Y/N and Reiner rode off, Bertolt following after them.
Reaching the village, Y/N looked around and saw not a single person wandering around.
"Caspian!" Y/N exclaimed as she rushed over to her old house. "Please be alive, please."
Reaching the house, Y/N halted in her tracks as a Titan lay flat on its stomach and stared at her whilst crushing the house underneath it.
"Y/N, stay back!" Reiner yelled as he grabbed onto her. "You're gonna get yourself killed! Imagine if that Titan could move, I would've lost you."
"Reiner.." Y/N mumbled before tears fell from her cheeks and onto the ground as she turned to face him, his eyes widening at the sight of her.
"Y-Y/N.. did I grab you too hard? I'm sorry-" Reiner said.
"Reiner what am I going to do? My brothers gone and so is the rest of my village!" Y/N sobbed out as she gripped onto his arms.
"H-hold on now. They could've survived, there's no sight of blood or corpses so they could've escaped!" Reiner said reassuringly as he rubbed her back and pulled her into his chest.
"Really.?" Y/N asked as she sniffled and rubbed her eyes.
"Of course-" Reiner began to say.
"Big...... si...ste....r." A voice grumbled from behind. Turning to look behind, the same titan's mouth was open and its eyes followed Y/N.
"Reiner, why is the Titan speaking.?" Y/N asked as she let go of him to turn and look at the Titan.
"W-what are you talking about Y/N? No ones said anything!" Reiner said.
"N-no.. it sounded so much like someone that I know. Reiner it really spoke! I could hear-" Y/N began to frantically say.
"Y/N!" Reiner exclaimed as he gripped her shoulders and made him face her. "You're too stressed out right now, you're going hysterical."
Suddenly Bertolt arrived and gathered their horses, informing them of no sighting of corpses or blood.
"See? No blood means they escaped." Reiner calmly explained as he helped Y/N get onto her horse. They quickly rode off to meet with the others, Reiner and Bertolt talking amongst themselves.
"We can't hide it from her for long, she'll find out at some point." Bertolt mumbled.
"I'm not having her live in fear for her whole life Bertolt. I'm keeping this a secret, she'll come home with us. No, I still have to marry her, we'll have a happy life together with children just how I always dreamed of-"
"Reiner." Bertolt interrupted as the blonde turned to look at him. "You and I don't have enough time left. We can get this mission done with and leave these Island Devils whilst taking Y/N and Eren."
"Yeah.. we can do that." Reiner said as he stared at the back of Y/N's head.
