Choices

Chapter 9

      Sasha woke up to Mikasa's glaring eyes, and the rise and fall of Eren's chest. She certainly liked the second one the most, but the look Mikasa gave her ruined it. It was one of loathing, a farcry from the usual placid and calming look that her eyes usually held.
     "Why are you in here?" Mikasa whispered fiercely. Her teeth clenched and her eye twitching. Sasha flinched and clung to Eren's shirt.
     "I had a nightmare and he offered me," was Sasha's short reply. Her hair was down and the mattress was heavenly.
     "Well this is the only time, do you understand?" Mikasa's glare had grown with even more hatred ad jealousy. Jealous of what she did not know.
     "Good morning ladies," said a new, sluggish voice. "What're y'all talkin' 'bout?" He asked as he tightened his grip into the two.
     "Morning Eren," Sasha responed snuggling further into him, his scent was of soap from the shower from the night before.
     Mikasa did the same. The two were in competition that was obvious.
      "We were talking about the the three branches were coming down here for recruiting," Mikasa lied. Her hand resting on his abdomen.
     "Isn't that Tuesday?" He asked, his voice still slightly sluggish. Sasha started to lift herself up, but Eren grabbed her hand. "You can stay if you wanna," he told her, a genuine smile on his face.
     "S-Sure," she stuttered out, her eyes slightly widened. She layed back down next to him, snuggling deeper into him, clinging to his shirt.
     The three layed there for a while, and Sasha realised that the sun wasn't even up yet, and that they must have been talking at around three in the morning. She nuzzled even further into him, and fell asleep again. Mikasa did the same.
      When she woke up again, it was to the chattering of the people around them. She opened her eyes and rolled over, the dim lamps making slight light in the dark dorms. She had thought that the people were just waking up, but realised that the people were surrounding the bunk. It took her a second to realise it, but when she did. She jumped out of the bed.
      The sudden movement awoke Eren and Mikasa, and the two slowly got out, ignoring the people around them. Sasha recognized the people around her, Annie, Krista, Mina, Ymir, and a few other ones. Krista, was glaring at her, Mina was doing the same, and Annie was calm, too calm. It scared her.
     Annie walked away with a sway in her step. The blonde was wearing a nightgown just like everyother girl, except Sasha was wearing an old shirt and soft sleep pants.
      The other girls dispersed, and the day went... normal. Eren smashed Jean. Again. And the other guys carried the creep to the infirmary. Eren didn't spend the night that night, since training was the next morning she understood. But it made her sad.
     The mext morning was hand-to-hand combat training. And she saw some unfamiliar faces standing next to Shadis. One had the wings of Freedom on his jacket. He was blonde and fairly young, his face meant business. He continued to observe all through training. Watching everyone, specifically on Eren.
      The other had the wall of roses on his jacket he looked fairly old, had a mustache and a flask in his hand. He was watchong Eren as well.
      The third he a Unicorn on his jacket. He had jet black hair and a small beard on his face. He stood with a straight posture and looked the most formal of the three. He watched Eren too, it was obvious why. He thrashed every partner he went against. Jean walked away crying, Reiner walked away nursing his arm, and Connie walked away with a black eye.
        At the end of hand-to-hand combat training, the blonde man spoke. An the other two stood behind him, both staring i to space.
      "My name is Erwin Smith," his voice boomed, rivaling Shadis'. "I am commander of the Survey Corps. And I waill be spectating your class and will pick one of you to join the the Survey Corps.
      He stepped back and the old man stepped forward. "I am doing the same as Erwin, I am commander of the southern territory, Garrison Regiment. I will pick one of you at the end of the week."
      The third man stepped forward. "I am Nile Dok, and I am leader of the Military Police, and I will choose one of you to join the Police at the end of the week," he walked away with the other two.
      The rest of the day was given to them. They talked and hung out. Eren sat on a bench all by his lonesome, and Sasha saw that as her chance to have some alone time with him, she scurried over to him. He wzs looking at the dirt, his eyes glazed over and his hair bedraggled. He looked stressed.
    She grabbed his arm, "what's wrong Eren?" She asked him with concern. Her heart fluttering from the contact.
      "Nothing," he replied and looked up from the ground and smiled at her. She smiled back. He was so handsome she had said it many times before but her was. And he had such a spirit around him. One that was meant for fighting.
      "Those three commanders were watching you the whole time," she told him, tr5ing to strike a conversation.
      "Really?" He asked hopefully. Damn he really wants this, she thought.
       "Yah, they were all just watching you, especially when Jean walked off crying," she laughed at the last part.
     The conversation started and didn't end until dinner, in which he gave her his paste. And went their seperate ways afterward.