ℬℯ𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒟𝒾𝓈𝒶𝓈𝓉ℯ𝓇 ⤕[𝓐𝓽𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓞𝓷 𝓣𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓷 𝔁 𝓞𝓒]

Chapter 13

Quickly regaining her composure as her strength restored itself, she sat up in front of Armin as he cleansed her wounds, "How did this even happen?" He questioned, staring at the large bite mark embedded within her palms, her fingers sliced up from the tips down to her palms. 

"I was eaten by the colossal, well, almost." She comments nonchalantly, making his expression darken with fear. 

He chews his lip as tears threaten to well up in his eyes, "You shouldn't be so casual about that, what if we lost you?" His hands began to shake lightly as he finished up with a bandage around each hand, suddenly throwing himself at her, causing her to tumble back down onto the bed she was perched on, "Try not to be so reckless, I know you're strong, I know you were trying to sacrifice yourself for everyone, but don't die too suddenly because you want to save others, you have to be selfish sometimes to be selfless, think about the people you are leaving behind, how would they cope? Especially me, Eren and Miika, as much as we might not show it, we love you, Akira, we really do." He nuzzled his face into her neck as he laid across her, his arms wrapped tightly around her waist from underneath her. 

She felt a new sensation rush through her body, one that lifted her and made her feel like she didn't have any choice but to survive, for them. Her insides tingled with a new feeling which she had rarely experienced as she snaked her arms back around him and pulled him into a tighter hug. Tears rolled off of the blonde's face, down onto her neck as they dripped down her shoulder. She smiled gently to herself before her expression going blank again as she sat up, the male still clung to her as he knelt between her legs, "Let's go Armin, people are probably worrying about me and I don't need that burden." 

"Okay." He snuffled, rubbing his eyes. 

She placed her hand on his cheek, rolling her thumb under his eye to wipe away the remaining tear. His eyes went slightly wider at the warmth of her hand against his face as she gave him a look of sincerity, "Take your own advice for me. Don't die, because I love you all too, Armin, and I don' t know what I would do if I lost you all." 

He smiled brightly as more tears lined over his eyes, nodding, "Sure, i'll do my best." 

"Good." She leant forward and planted a gentle kiss on his cheek, climbing off of the bed and pulling him up with her by his hand. He stared down at his hand, her smaller one clinging onto it as she led him to where the rest of the Cadets were congregated, feeling a warmth explode within his chest at the kindness of her soft touch. She may not show it, but she was a kind and caring person on the inside, and you could feel it through her touch, when she shouts at you or scolds you, it's because she cares. A smile broke out on the blue orbed male's face as he continued to rest his eyes upon their hands intertwined. 

"AKIRAAAA!" A female voice screeched, forcing her to slide her hand out of Armin's as she turns around, suddenly being glomped by a taller brunette.

"Sasha?" She muffled into her chest as tears streamed down the female's face.

She dug into Akira's back in a tighter hug, crumpling her clothing in her hands, "I thought you died, I watched it all, I don't know how you did it, but i'm glad you are alive." She sobbed profusely, forcing the white haired female to blink in confusion, pulling her face out. 

"Has everyone been crying about me now? Jesus, how many tears are being wasted on me here." She joked solemnly. 

"This isn't a joke Aki, we all love you, we thought you were eaten." She trembled, clutching her shoulders. 

The green eyed survivor sighed, opening her arms up, inviting Sasha into a hug, "Get in here." And with no hesitance, she threw herself into the girls arms, falling to her knees as she buried her face in her neck, her arms swerved around her waist. Akira ran her fingers through the brunette's hair in a soothing manner, "I'm alive, so don't dwell on it, and I only came out of it with a couple of cuts on my hands." 

"They aren't just a couple of cuts, the colossal titan bit into your hand, how are you so calm about it?" Eren gasped from behind her, resulting in her looking over her shoulder.

Throwing her shoulders up in a shrug, she replied, "It doesn't hurt as much as you would expect it to, the thing that hurt was how much I had to strain to open the fuckers mouth." She rolled her eyes, remembering how agonizing it was to push herself to use that much strength. 

"I don't even understand how you did that, you aren't human." He chuckled as he walked next to her. 

She punched him in the arm, Sasha still clung to her small frame, "I don't wanna hear that coming from you, you'll end up cutting me up." 

"If you aren't a titan then," He leans on her shoulder and puts up his left hand in the 'ok' sign, "We goooood." He winks playfully at her. 

"Aren't we forgetting something?" Miika appears from behind Eren, commenting. The group goes into a state of thought, digging around in their memories in attempt to figure out what it was. 

After what felt like an eternity, Sasha threw herself off of Akira, "The wall's been breached!"