Switched

3

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(F/N) felt awfully restless, even in her sleep, as numerous voices floated in and out of her like broken records. And when she finally opened her eyes, she found out she was in the same bed that she woke up in a while ago.

But, this time, a few familiar, yet unfamiliar, faces stared down at her like she was some kind of a sick puppy or kitten.

"(F/N)?" The woman who looked like Hans said to her with that worried look on her face. "Are you alright?"

"Squad Leader, it's me!" a blonde boy, who, she remembered, was one of her younger room mates, spoke.

It was then that (F/N) jolted, widely awake, and drew back as far as the bed would allow her from the strangers.

"Get away from me!" (F/N) shrieked, frantically covering her body with the white sheets.

"Whoa! Easy, (F/N)! We're not gonna hurt you." A bespectacled man she knew as Abel, one of Hans' team mates, said to her.

"Where am I? Why am I dressed like this?!"

"We found you drowning in the lake, so we saved you." an achingly familiar low voice said. Her eyes wandered towards the other end of the room, and then saw him standing there, leaning on the wall. It was Levi.

"You,..." (F/N) gave him a very strange look. Then, all of a sudden, she started bursting into tears. "Why did you do that to me?"

Levi's eyes only slightly widened then returned to normal, as if he really didn't care at all. "You and your outrageous act,..." He said, then prowled towards her like a panther waiting for the perfect chance to hunt its prey. "You raged on us with your shitty argument, then drowned yourself to gain attention? I'd never thought I'd see the day you finally get eaten by your own insanity."

"Levi! She would never drown herself! You know that!" Hans argued, then faced (F/N). "Right?" she pleaded.

(F/N) only gave her a guilty look, then faced Levi once more. "It's a pity I didn't die back then, right?" She said, then got out of the bed. As soon as she  realized she wasn't wearing anything underneath her hospital gown, she hastily took the white sheet and covered herself with it. "And stop this act now! Hans, I want to get away from here."

"(F/N), I'm not Hans." Hange only said in disbelief. "I'm Hange. Have you forgotten the name of your best friend?"

(F/N) slowly looked at all of the occupants in the room. Their attire, the room, her best friend's name,...

She certainly was not having a nightmare.

Her heartbeat doubled as she frantically went towards the nearest table to where her clothes were. She found them there, dry and folded neatly. She started rummaging through the pocket of her dress.

"Squad Leader, what are you doing?" The blonde teenager asked her innocently.

"I' am not your Squad Leader!" (F/N) snapped back.

"(F/N), don't you remember?" Hange reasoned. "This is Armin Arlert, your new recruit from the 104th!"

"I said stop this act, now! I'm not a soldier!" She shrieked at them, making Levi shrug his head, confirming his analysis on her sanity. She continued rummaging through her clothes until she finally realized, with a sinking heart, that her cellphone was lost. She faced them and put on, what she hoped, a convincingly threatening look. "Where is my cellphone?"

"What?" All four of them uttered in unison.

"(F/N)," began Hange. "What are you - ?"

"You have it, don't you? Give it to me!"

"Squad Leader, what is a cellphone?" Arlert asked curiously.

(F/N), hearing all of their rubbish about not knowing what a damned cellphone was, frantically ran towards the door to get away from them as far as she could, only to be stopped by a strong hand which belonged to her cheating fiance'.

"Don't touch me, you CHEATING BASTARD!" (F/N) shrieked at him. "Let me go!"

At the girl's insane words, Levi finally decided for the worst. "She really has lost her mind. Hange, we'll be holding her here."

"But, Levi - "

"That is an order!" Levi bellowed, still not letting go of (F/N)'s suspiciously slender and smooth arm. "Brat, help me here."

The poor teenager had no choice but to obey the Captain and helped him carry the struggling (F/N) towards the bed and practically threw her there.

"My lawyer will hear about this!" (F/N) screamed at the four of them, including the woman named Hange.

However, Levi only looked at her coldly. "As of this moment, I relieve you of your duties, (F/N) (L/N)."

"I told you, I'm not a soldier!" She argued hopelessly, knowing full well that she was losing the battle. "Hans, listen to me, he has been cheating on me this whole time! That's why he never went home for almost a month! He's having an affair!"

"I'm sorry, (F/N)." Hange said then shook her head. "You are unwell."

"Hans, please! You have to believe me!"

"The Commander will have a word with you." Levi said, then left the room, followed by Hange and Abel.

"I'm sorry, Squad Leader." Arlert apologized. "But, this is for your own good." He said, then left.

Not even a moment has passed when she heard the door being locked,...