Wherever I Go

Chapter Twenty-One

Mikasa's POV

It's been a little over two hours since we've got back from the beach, and I had just finished unpacking my things. Levi had taken night patrol tonight so I was alone now. After I took a shower and got dressed in more comfortable clothes, I decided to step out onto the balcony.

When I stepped out there, I noticed that Eren was sitting against the wall on his side of the now broken divider. Neither of us had mentioned to anyone to fix it, but we did clean up the mess it had left.

"Oh, hi." he spoke up, glancing up at me while I slid my balcony door closed. He was playing some game on this small device. I gave him a small wave in return, then took a seat in the open spot next to him. "What brings you out here?" he asked, turned off his game and placing it on the other side of him.

"I don't know, I'm bored I guess." I replied and sighed, leaning my head against the wall behind us. The balcony floor and walls were probably really dirty, but I didn't care, and he didn't seem to either since he was sitting out here as well. We didn't have any chairs out here, and the balcony wasn't that big. "So... it seems like there's people out to get both of us." I spoke up.

"Yeah..."

All of a sudden, I felt something leaning against my left side and on my shoulder. Startled by the sudden movement, I glanced over to see what it was. Eren had leaned himself against me and his head was laying on my shoulder now. "Don't worry though," he said between a yawn, "I wont let them get you."

I could feel my lips forming a smile. "I wont let them get you either."

He slowly lifted his head from my shoulder, turning his face to look into my eyes. I could see a faint smile on his face. We both just gazed into each other's eyes for a moment.

Then, we were both suddenly surrounded in almost complete darkness.

"Huh...?" Eren quietly asked and I could feel him sit up straight. "Another blackout?"

"I guess so." I responded and sighed, sitting up as well.

"Strange..." he commented. I nodded in agreement, but from being in the dark he couldn't have seen that.

He used his game device as a temporary light source until he could find an actual flashlight. I went with him through his apartment while he did so. When he found a flashlight, I followed him while he lit the way towards his front door.

But as we approached the door, a sequence of sounds began, causing us to stop in our tracks.

First, we heard the faint sound of a gunshot,which was followed by a scream. Then, we heard the sound of glass being shattered. Last, we heard a car alarm go off from below us.

"What the..." Eren trailed off. After we heard that, we both quickly made our way down to the first floor, to see what was going on.

On our way towards the stairs, I had accidentally bumped into someone, causing us both to tumble over. I watched as their flashlight was knocked out from their hand, causing the light to flicker until it stopped rolling on the ground.

"A-ah, sorry!" I heard a male voice quickly apologize. The voice belonged to Bertholdt. He was dressed in his pajamas and his hair was slightly messy, as I could tell from the little light source I had from Eren, which was his now dimly lit flashlight. Bertholdt must have been going to sleep when the power cut off.