Chapter XIX: Ball

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(3rd POV)

After a whole day and a half of manner and decorum practice and tedious lessons with the higher ups, the Levi Squad was getting ready in their dorm, the ball only hours away.

"You think we'll be able to see Historia?" asked Jean, straightening his tie.

"I hope so..." replied Armin struggling with his shoe laces.

Eren got out of the bathroom, as he got out, Mikasa went in with her dress on her arm and her shoes in her other hand. She locked the door and the boy walked to Armin took off his gloves, kneeled I fork of his bed and patted his knee, signalling him to put his foot on it. The blond did and Eren expertly tied his laces then took his other foot and put it on his knee.

"That's amazing Eren! Who taught you?" asked the blond, lifting a foot on his bed to see his friends work.

"I used to stare at dad when he would get ready, guess it got stuck in my mind." he said patting the other shoe telling Armin that he could get up.

The brunette got back on his feet and pulled down his jacket and sipped his gloves back on his thin fingers.

"Well maybe you learned how to tie laces but bows clearly aren't your thing." teased Connie looking at Eren tie.

"Oh shut up!" he retorted.

(Y/N) clicked her tongue in exasperation and forced her brother to turn around then she fixed it as she scolded them.

"Don't start fighting now boys. Remember what Levi told me to do if you screw up."

Sure enough, the corporal had ordered his second in command to pin them to the ballroom wall if they do anything stupid. They swallowed heavily.

"Hey (Y/N)? Can you help me with the zipper?" Mikasa asked walking out holding the front of her periwinkle purple dress.

The black dressed girl, slipped behind her friend and in one swipe she closed the back, then helped her with the necklace. Behind them, on her bed, Sasha was munching on a piece of bread she must have taken from the storage room.

"Sasha... you know we're not suppose to eat until the ball." Armin reminded.

"Yes... but it starts at nine. I don't think I can hold that long..." she complained.

(Y/N) walked to her, carefully removed the bread from her hand, put it on the table and brushed the crumbs off her friend's coral dress.

"I'm sure you can hold for a couple hours, besides imagine the food you'll be able to get your hands on, beats a stale piece of bread, no?"

"True..."

"Just remember to fill you plate in small portions and to eat with those mini forks." reminded the assassin.

"Fine."

(Y/N) walked up to her twin and whispered in his ear.

"Are you nervous, or is it just me?"

"No it's not just you." chuckled Eren.

"What if I screw shit up? I just joined, people will think that the Scouts are so desperate that they let renegades join." she rambled. "And what if people think I'm untrustworthy? And I still don't know how to hold a normal conversation..."

"Hey, it's going to be fine sis. You're not going to screw up. The only thing you really need to do is follow Levi or us around, if things go well, you wouldn't even need to talk to anybody, and worse case scenario, just talk normally and agree with whatever those nobles say, just stroke their ego." he advised.

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