Marco- a titan shifter

Chapter 13

Marcos POV
I wade through the crowd, Jean trailing close behind, trying to find Frida, my height helping me as I'm taller then most of the cadets, after a while I spot her. Contrary to my usually passive nature I push through the cadets carving a path right to Frida, my seat held by the bag full-o-cat. "Jean, Frida, Frida, Jean. Well Frida, and, oh wait" I pause for a moment opening the bag slightly so Hugo's grumpy face is just peaking out  "and Hugo here are the reasons I've been gone so long"  I explain. "Well hello Frida" Jean says extending his hand. Frida hides behind my back only giving him a slight wave. Jean smiles slightly but it soon fades to confusion "What happened to you, I swear I saw you, laying there" with each word he slows his speech I can see the horror of that morning clawing its way into his memory. I reach out and grab his hand breaking him from his trance, " Im here, im okay" I say softly. "hey lets get out of here and go back to Frida and my room, we have a lot to talk about." 

On the way back to our room I explain everything, why when I saw him looking at that poor cadet I didn't go out, why we stayed out there so long, I even tell him about the shifting. He barely makes a noise. I want so bad to tell him how I feel, but now that I see him again its the same as before, I worry about his response. Will he shun me, our community isnt the most accepting of 'my kind' "Heres our room!" Frida exclaims, I had walk right past it in my silent self discussion. Jean still has not said anything, I start to say something to break the silence but he stops me. "you haven't told anyone else, right?" he asks monotonously. "About the shifting I mean" he looks worried "no one besides Frida" I reply uncomfortably "why?" He pauses for a second "Well titan shifters are under a lot of pressure right now, they think they had something to do with the colossal and the armored... You're not one of them righ-, of course you're not, what a stupid question." he looks down awkwardly. I grab his chin and pull his head back up and look him in the eyes, he looks ashamed  "uh, I promise I would never," Im not sure what to say, I break eye contact and change the subject  "well, do you think you can help me? You see I need to find a home for Frida in a days time, I thought maybe you had an idea?" 

Jeans POV

The small girl Marco introduces me to hides behind him when I extend my hand to her, just her long hair and one blue eye sticking out from behind him. As she hides from me her half face reminds me of that moment, I feel my eyes welling up  " What happened to you, I swear I saw you, laying there," the shakiness of my own voice surprises me. I cant get that god forsaken image out of my head, every time I close my eyes its there, haunting me." Just as I feel the first tear roll down my cheek Marcos hand is wrapped around mine, he pulls me a little closer "Im here, im okay" his words bring comfort, I want to tell him how I feel right now, take his hand and pull him in to a passionate kiss, but I cant.

As he leads me back to his room he tries to explain everything, he says he saw me looking at the Marco look alike, he told me how bad he wanted to tell me, he tells me about the shifting. When I hear him utter the two words 'titan shifter' I am engulfed with fear for Marcos well being. For obvious reasons titan shifters are being targeted as enemy's of the state, us scouts are a minority in trying to protect them. I dont want anything to happen to this beautiful freckle faced man. Only when Frida exclaims, "Heres our room!" do I release how silent we had been. With each second that ticks by the silence in the room becomes more and more deafening, I finally piece together something and blurt out "you haven't told anyone else, right?" I pause for a second gathering my thoughts "About the shifting I mean." He thinks for a second before responding "no one besides Frida, why?" I explain to him how the shifters are under attack from the military police and citizens, how the colossal and armored titans are thought to be shifters. Before I realize what im saying I start asking him "you're not one of them righ-" I cut my self off "of course you're not, what a stupid question" I look at my feet. He grabs my chin, ever so genitally lifts my head, our faces mere inches away from each other, his big doe like brown eyes piercing mine "uh, I promise I would never" he says with a slight stutter, he pulls his eyes off mine and " well, do you think you can help me? you see I need to find a home for Frida in a days time, I though maybe you had an idea" I almost forgot about the seemingly shy little girl "Dont forget Hugo" she says with a squeal. I pause for a moment thinking " I think I know someone who would love to take care of you two" 

((dudes I finally got a computer, I know its a shortish chapter but I thought i would get some content out for you guys to read and ill keep working on the next chapter!))