You're Not Alone

•07•

•Flashback to boot camp•

I've had to start adjusting to not being around my friends. They are all doing their own thing now. Well except for Mikasa. She still follows Eren around like a lovesick puppy.

Right now, I'm in the middle of the forest training ground, working on maneuvering my ODM gear. I'm good, but not the best yet.

Somehow Jean is ranked the highest with ODM gear. I must beat him. It's hard having him better at something than me because his ego is so inflated.

Honestly, I bet if he comes face to face with a Titan he'll run like a little girl. I'd say that one day I'll save him, but he's going to the MP, I doubt I'll be around him at all.

I think everyone is going to join anything but the Scouts. Everyone is too afraid to sign their life away at our age. But what they don't understand is it's better to fight for your life then watch people die for you.

Although I want to live a long happy life, I have a duty to those who have sacrificed themselves for my safety. I'll become a scout so I can save others who can't protect themselves. This is my duty as a scout.

I glide along with my ODM gear, trying to go as fast as possible. When I manage to top my previous speed, my cord gets tangled in a branch and I fly into a tree.

Ouch. My hands get scraped on the trunk, as well as my face. I hang there, not sure how I'm going to get my cord loose.

I close my eyes and swing around the tree, plant my feet on the trunk and climb up it while pulling on my cord. Soon, I get to where it's tangled and free myself.

"Hey!" Someone yells and the branch I'm sitting on snaps.

I fall to the ground with bone breaking impact, thankfully I'm like a cat and landed without hurting myself. I was blessed with quick reflexes.

I kneel onto the ground and look up to see who yelled at me. It's Jean. He's wearing is ODM gear and is walking towards me.

"Can i help you?" I stand.

"No, I came to help you actually. How's your face?"

His lips curve up into a smile. It's not genuine though, it's sarcastic. I roll my eyes and dust off my white pants that now have dirt stains.

"Screw off," I groan and turn to walk away.

"Wait! Wait! I'm sorry, okay?" He jogs up to walk along side next to me. "I have a question for you."

"What is it?" I sigh and look up at him.

"I was wondering - well, um. You see-," he stutters .

"Spit it out!" I snap.

"Is Mikasa dating Eren!?" He asks abruptly with pink cheeks.

I laugh out loud, causing Jean to frown. The laugh just slipped out, I had no control over it at all. Of course he'd ask that.

"No, but she wishes she was. She's been in love with him ever since..."

My thought trails off because I have a flashback to when Eren saved her. The day she came and lived with us.