The World is Cruel (Shingeki no Kyojin fanfic)

And Also Beautiful

"Nyra! Watch out!"

"Eh?! N-Noa!"

"Jasper! Get my sister out of here! Nyra! Don't forget who you, and what your names are! Join the Scouting Legion! Don't die! Nyra. I'm sorry I couldn't do more for you."

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Nyra sat up with a start, panting heavily. She had the same nightmare over and over again, although everything was black. All she could hear was the voice of her brother, and her own tiny, afraid voice. It was heart-wrenching. It was horryifying. It was... reality. Nyra leaned back against the tree, eye's wide. The nightmare of her reality repeated over and over again.

Nyra sighed, upon remembering that the nightmare was just a past event in the Hell they lived in. She would never have to see her brother suffer. Now, she had to deal with her comrades suffering. She didn't know what was worse.

Feeling a hand on her shoulder, the young Cadet quickly sat up, praying it wasn't Rivaille. To her relief, the smiling face of Sasha Blouse, or 'Potato-Girl', as she was often labeled for the incident in their training days.

"Hey Sugar. You seem pretty freaked out. Same nightmare again, isn't it?" Sasha asked. Nyra sighed and nodded, standing up to regard the Optimistic girl. "It won't go away. It's like a curse. It's worse then a Titan." both Sasha and Nyra shivered at Nyra's choice of words. Both girls were utterly disgusted by the Titan's. But, that was a horrible thing to say when some of your closest friends are Titan's.

"Worse then a Titan that's a friend." Sasha said sadly. Ymir, Ryner, and Burtholdt. She knew Eren was on their side, but she wasn't so sure of Ymir. Ryner and Burtholdt.. they were long gone. Nyra pat her friend's back gently. "Come on, Sasha. Let's get back."

"Hey! Sasha! Nyra!" Connie called after them. Sasha smiled happily at the sight of her friend. "Hi Connie!" she yelled. Jean came walking after Connie, smiling at Nyra. While Connie passed Nyra to talk to Sasha, Jean came walking up to Nyra. "Hello, Nyra." Jean smirked. Nyra's hand balled into a fist as she held it out in front of her, stopping Jean. "Close enough, Kirschtein." she said, laughing softly afterwards. Jean's smirk widened, as he jokingly pushed Nyra's hand away, hugging the girl tightly. Nyra smiled, hugging Jean back. All the fear and regrets she had washed away under the man's company.

"Ha!" Sasha called, pulling the tie from the tied back hair of Nyra. Long locks of pitch black hair fell down to Nyra's waist. Jean laughed, leaning down to her ear. "Got ya." he chuckled, kissing her cheek. Nyra grumbled, pushing Jean away and holding her back up. "Sasha! It's so ugly down!" Nyra whined. Sasha smirked. "It's pretty, Nyra!"

Nyra felt someone lift the ends of her hair. "You're hair is beautiful. You should leave it down more often." Jean said, picking Nyra up bridal style. "Okay! Let's go get some dinner!" Sasha yelled, walking over to Jean and shamelessly shoving the tie down his pocket. "If you want that tie back, Nyra, then you've gotta do some pocket fishing!" Sasha winked, jumping on Connie's back as the two ran off.

Jean chuckled and shook his head, walking off after the two. "Kirschtein, put me down." Nyra groaned. Jean just threw her over her shoulder. "Nah. I'm better off like this." Jean smirked, running back into the hall, where Sasha was scarfing down food. Jean put Nyra down, as she walked over to a table inhabiting Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Connie, Sasha, and soon enough, Jean.

"Nyra. Your hair... it's beautiful." Mikasa commented.

"I always thought your hair was short." Eren added. Nyra smiled slightly and shook her head. "Unfortunatly, it's long. Maybe Petra can cut it. Mikasa, who cut your hair?" Nyra asked, looking at Mikasa. Sasha shook her head. "NoMikasadon'ttellher!" Sasha said quickly, her words mixing up. "Sasha. That made no sense." Nyra chuckled, although there was no point; Sasha was shovelling food down her throat. "Hey, Sasha! Slow down, you'll choke!" Connie said, staring at the girl. Armin laughed slightly, shaking his head. Jean ran his fingers through Nyra's hair. "If you think it's nice and she shouldn't cut it, speak up." Jean said. Everyone around the table raised their hand. "Well, Nyra?" Jean asked, Nyra ran a hand through her hair. "Only if you give me the tie back."

"Hey! If you want it back, you have to get it yourself!" Sasha smirked. Mikasa looked at them. "It's in Jean's pocket, isn't it?" Sasha and Connie smirked and nodded. "That's cruel." Eren and Armin agreed. Nyra groaned, banging her head on the table. Jean laughed, pulling her up, his arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer. "Just one day. You can do it." Jean smirked. Nyra groaned, taking a piece of bread and eating it. "Sasha. I'll get you back for this." Nyra mumbled. The group laughed, even Mikasa, excluding Sasha, who whimpered away. The last time Nyra 'Got Back' at someone, they were found at the bottom of a well. 

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"Goodnight, Jean." Nyra smiled. "Goodnight, Nyra." he said, kissing her forehead and hugging her, leaning down by her ear. "Wake up early tomorrow. There's something I wanna show you." Jean smirked, kissing her forehead one last time as Nyra departed with Sasha and Mikasa. 

"Hey Nyra. You forgot your hairtie." Mikasa pointed out. Nyra groaned as they walked into the room, climbing into her bed. "Night Mikasa, Night Sasha." Nyra said, laying down.

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"So Jean. Why Nyra?" Eren asked. Jean looked at the boy questioningly. "No. Not in a bad way or anything. But I thought you liked Mikasa?" Eren asked.. Jean shrugged. "I did. I mean, well. I don't know what I mean. I suck with this kind of thing." Jean said, holding the hairtie in his hand.

"We're heading out tomorrow. It'll be just Levi and maybe Zoe. Just a wall patrol is all." Connie said. "Sasha's gonna be hungry by the time we're done." Armin said. Connie groaned.

"At least Nyra knows how to cook." Eren yawned.