They Lead Me Here

Chapter 22

Y/N pov

I walk out to the training yard. Sparing today. Of course nobody wants to spar with me, so I punch the air.

As I'm training, I feel something grab my shoulder. I instantly turn around and punch the thing.

Turns out the thing was a boy with chocolate brown hair and equally brown eyes. He's currently on the ground. Whoops.

"Oh gosh. I'm so sorry. It's an impulse."

"No problem. My fault. Shouldn't sneak up on the girl that beat up Mikasa. That was a terrible idea. Come to think of it, you beat up Captain Levi too didn't you?"

"I uh, I guess I did? Was there something you needed?"

"Well I was gonna see if you would spar with me, but it looks like I lost before we even started. My name is Eren. I'm Mikasa's brother." He said standing up.

"Nice to meet you Eren. I'm Y/N. You're injured. You you need me to patch you up? It is my fault after all."

"No. I'll be fine." He said smiling through his obvious pain.

"No offense Eren, but it looks like I really hurt you. Please let me help you."

"Honestly I'm fine. Wounds won't be there very long. In fact, I'm starting to feel better already."

"Yeah, I don't think so. Even if you took medicine, it wouldn't work that fast."

Thats when Mikasa walks up.

"He said he's fine. He's fine. Lay a finger on him again and I'll kill you."

"Mikasa! That is not nesicary. That was completely my fault." Eren said attempting to stand up for me.

"No Eren. She's right. I shouldn't randomly punch people every time they startle me."

"That's what I thought. Eren, go over there. I'm gonna spar with Y/N. This time I'm gonna win."

"Aren't you concerned about Eren? He's hurt. I don't mean to brag, but I messed him up."

"He'll heal soon. No need for me to be concerned with his outward wounds. Only thing I need to be concerned about is kicking your ass!" She quickly sprinted to me and kicked me in the side. It did hurt a bit, but that was the only blow she was able to land on me. I took her down swiftly. Took me a bit longer than last time though. She put up more of a fight. I almost considered not holding back as much, but I figured since I beat up Eren, I'd take whatever punishment she wanted to give me and match her strength.

I held out my hand to help her stand up, but she slapped it away.

"Umm, do you need a bandage? I have some. Your leg is bleeding. Your pants aren't very white anymore."

"I don't need your pity. Just stay away from me and Eren. And stay away from Armin while you're at it."

Who the heck is Armin?

"Uh. Sure thing. I am very sorry for hurting both you and Eren. If either of you change your minds and decide you need me to treat your wounds, I'll be more than happy to help!"

"Sorry Y/N. I did not want things to turn out like this. I'll talk to you later!" Eren said.

"No you won't Eren! Look what she did to you!"

"I'm already regen..." Eren said while they both walked away. I couldn't make out what else he was saying. They got to far.

What is regen? What's that supposed to mean?

"Um, excuse me?" I heard a timid voice say.

I turn around and see a boy with a blonde bowl cut standing a little ways away from me. When I face him he gets closer to me. He must have been afraid I would punch him. Fair enough.

"My name is Armin. I wanted to appologize for Mikasa. She's very protective of Eren. She's got a crush on him. She's always been like that."

"Wait. Aren't they-"

"Siblings? Not really. Mikasa has just lived at Eren's house for a long time. Her parents were murdered and Eren's family took her in."

"Oh. I see."

"Yes. Anyways, I wanted to tell you that I saw everything and I know you aren't at fault. I'll try to convince her at lunch. I think you two would make good friends really."

"Friends, huh?"

"Do you not like her? You don't have to be her friend."

"No. It's not like that. Its just, until I came here, I didn't really have friends. Now I've got Sasha, Hange, and Levi though. It's odd how things change."

"Levi? Are you talking about Captain Levi?"

"Oh. Uh yes. I'm sorry. I forgot to say captain didn't I."

"It's ok. I didn't know he had friends. You really are a strange person to be friends with him. He doesn't seem to like people. I like you though. Can I be your friend too?"

"While I'd love to have you as a friend, Mikasa told me to stay away from you."

"Oh. Don't worry about her. You don't have to stay away from me. I'd actually like it if I got to spend time with you. You seem nice."

Me? Nice? Nobody's called me nice before.

"Well in that case, I'm excited to have you as a friend."

From then until lunch, I helped Armin with his hand to hand combat skills. He's a fast learner.

*lunch time*

I enter the mess hall and make my way to my normal table. The only person sitting there is Sasha. 

"Hey Sasha. Where's Hange and Levi?"

"There's a meeting going on right now with all of the captains."

"During lunch? When will they eat?"

"They're all eating lunch during the meeting. I think they're talking about the upcoming expedition."

"Oh. Well at least they get to eat. So how was training?"

"Oh my gosh it was so much fun I was sparring with Connie and it was awesome. He tackled me and he landed on top of me and accidentally kissed me it was freakin awesome! I'm so happy. This is a happy day. Much happy day. I like this day. I can't believe this is real life. Wait. Is this real life? Y/N. Tell me I'm not dreaming! Well even if I was dreaming, you wouldn't tell me so that's pointless. I better not be dreaming because this is the best day ever!"

And she just kept talking. All throughout lunch. Never stopping to breathe. Most of the time I couldn't understand what she was saying because she was stuffing her face with food. I think I kind of got it though. She kissed Connie or something. I put on a fake smile to show my support and that was my lunch. It's more interesting when Levi and Hange are here. Even if we do argue, it's more fun. Granted, Sasha probably would've talked about this through lunch anyways even if they were here. She's such a girly girl. I wonder how Connie feels about this. Come to think of it, I've never met Connie. I've seen him around and I've seen the way Sasha looks at him, but I've never had a conversation with him. Never even introduced myself to him. I wonder what kind of person he is. I guess I'll try talking to him some time.