Wherever I Go

Chapter Two

Eren's POV

After asking if I could come over, she allowed me into her apartment through the balcony, which was now connected to mine, due to the poorly made wall dividers. She sat on the couch, so I sat next to her. "So..." I started, "Should we get to know each other then, if we're going to be together a lot?"

"I guess..." she replied, putting her hands in her lap.

We both exchanged information, like what interests we have, our life and other kinds of stuff. Then, we got onto the topic of our situation.

"Alright, so, I have a question, why am I supposed to be protecting you?" I decided to ask. All Levi told me was to protect her, but he didn't tell me why I needed to.

"Oh, that..." she began and looked down, letting her bangs fall in front of her face, "Human traffickers are after me, I guess."

"Human traffickers? Why?"

"My blood is special I guess..." she answered, then glanced at a bandage that was wrapped around her wrist. I could see only a bit, while most of it was covered with her pajama sleeve.

"Oh..."

"Yeah," she replied, "So, what''s your story?"

"My story?" I asked, "I'm not too special."

"Well, I heard that you... were... different." she said, looking up at me. Then, I realized what she was talking about.

"Let's just say... I was basically a human lab rat." 

"As in... experiments and stuff?" she asked, tilting her head slightly.

I gave her a nod and sighed, I decided to change the subject, "By the way, I'm sorry you got stuck with me."

"It's okay, you don't seem bad," she said, "I just don't think I need a bodyguard, I can protect myself just fine on my own."

"Right."

After that it got silent, as Mikasa's attention was caught by the television, which was playing an old comedy show. After a few minutes, I decided to speak again. "Are you going out or anything tomorrow?"

"No, I'll probably just stay home." she answered, turning her attention towards me, "So you probably don't have to stay with me until Monday."

"Alright." I replied, "Well, I guess I'll go home."

"Oh okay, bye." she said and watched as I stood up from the couch, then made my way to the balcony.

"Bye, I'll see you Monday." I said and exited her apartment through the balcony doors, then into my apartment.

After getting ready for bed, I crawled into my bed and turned to the side, trying to fall asleep. My thoughts were keeping me awake. All kinds of things were running through my mind.

Can I protect her? Am I strong enough? I wondered, turning on my other side.

After a while, I tired myself out with my thoughts and fell asleep.