Alternate (a AOT and FMA crossover)

Chapter 29

(Week one, night 1, the night after the coronation) hell

The 10 survey corp members that were inside the palace had just finished getting out of their uniforms and had changed into casual clothes.

It was 8:36 pm, the sun had disappeared a long time ago, and the sky was close to pitch black. They had all eaten dinner when they had felt like it, asking the palace servants to make something simple and leave it in the dining room for them. They all got sandwiches with a fruit salad in the side, but as simple as they asked for, the fruit was a luxury that they never usually have access to.

The Shiganshina trio went and dined together, they chatted about a bunch of random things, like the upcoming events or the food. Jean and Historia ate together and despite being the queen, the two of them conserved their friendliness and talked about life in the palace. Connie and Sasha obviously went to the hall together but their meal was mostly Connie trying to calm the girl down. As for the alchemists, Erwin and Levi, the four of them decided to eat in the commander's office and they discussed more important matters.

When they were done, the little groups separated and went to their respective rooms to just relax and rest. Connie, Sasha and Jean immediately fell asleep, Historia and Mikasa were up, thinking about things, Erwin and Armin stayed up reading but Levi, Erwin, Edward and Mustang had a hard time resting.

In Eren's room

Damn. Who knew sleeping in a double bed was so difficult.

The aqua eyed boy tossed and turned under the covers, unable to find comfort in the big bed. Eren never slept in anything bigger than the metal framed military beds, he even had to sleep in a dungeon cell, but for some reason he just couldn't seem to be able to sleep in the comfortable bed that felt empty to him.

We slipped out of the covers and checked the time, 9:34. He walked over to the window to try to clear his thoughts. He got put on the second floor, so he had a bit of a view that was overlooking the gardens. The trees were just silhouettes, dancing with the wind and the path that went around the plants and flowers looked like a glowing circle in the pale moonlight. Eren's attention drifted to the sky, where he could see, but barely, the stars.

Maybe I'll see them better if I go up in the roof.

So he threw on a cardigan, socks and his slip ons then, after quietly opening the door, he closed it just as silently until the faint click stopped resonating through the hall. He stood still for a minute, to make sure that he didn't wake up Armin, Jean, Erwin or Edward that were also on this floor. Once he was sure that they weren't didn't wake up, he crept out of the hall, and started to climb up the stair that led to the roof. There were only two flights of stairs so he got there quickly, and once he did, he opened the door. He was immediately greeted by a cold breeze that sent shivers down his spine. Despite the palace being huge, the part of the roof that had been turned into a terrace was only about 30 on 30 meters. The floor was made of perfectly placed stone tiles and the perimeter was protected with a meter tall metal fence.

Eren looked around and that's when he saw a figure at the far side of the terrace. He couldn't identify it in the beginning because of the darkness, but once his eyes adapted, he recognised his Captain's short height and undercut black hair that was being blown around because of the wind. Levi was leaning on the fence, his feet were about 40 cm from the railing and his elbows and forearms were on the bar. He had a distant gleam in his dark eyes as he stared at the distance.

"Captain." greeted Eren, approaching him slowly.

He turned his head, and when he recognised the boy, he went back to looking at the horizon.