Dangerous Territory

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

It should have been a fun night, but in truth, with each beer Eren wished the world around him would finally vanish so he could escape the pain. He could not help but remember brighter days with all of his men sighing over Reiner's melodic voice.

He would never sit around with them again.

Jarnach had a much lower tolerance, and Floch had to drive him back after he vomited in a toilet. Connie was singing loudly with Reiner, and Eren found himself alone. He stared at his beer stein.

He was going to slip into the nightmares if he kept this up. He needed to talk to someone, anyone.

He glanced around and saw Jean also alone. He realized Jean had a wedge of lemon with him and was sniffing it. So, he also was having trouble tonight.

Eren got up and started to walk over, but the whole room suddenly tipped. He stumbled and sloshed some of his beer out onto his uniform.

Connie laughed raucously and yelled over the crowd, "Jäger's finally getting drunk!"

Eren took a moment to regain his balance, then slowly continued on until he collapsed onto the chair next to Jean.

"You look sad."

Jean glared over at him. "And you look ready to pass out."

"That's the plan," Eren said as he took another drink. "Where's Annie?"

"She caught a cold."

"You should go feed her some soup like a good little hubby."

"Screw you. I'm surprised you're spending your night with us and not with your wife."

Eren glanced around, but the music drowned out their voices. "He's gone. We had an argument a few days ago. He hasn't been back."

"You broke up? Good! You shouldn't be around him, for your own safety. Men like us are better without a lover to worry about. As Hitler said, 'The strong man is mightiest alone.'"

"Aww, Annie would be so sad to hear you say that."

"Annie is all I can think about these days," he grumbled. "I know it must be making me weak. All I want to do is run over there and be by her side, but she didn't want me to catch her cold."

"How sweet of her!"

Jean rolled his eyes, although his cheeks flushed.

Eren fell silent as he heard Reiner singing a different song.

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All mein' Gedanken, die ich hab,
Die sind bei dir.
Du auserwählter ein'ger Trost,
Bleib stets bei mir.
Du, du, du sollst an mich gedenken.
Hätt ich aller Wünsch' Gewalt,
Von dir wollt ich nicht wenken.

Du auserwählter ein'ger Trost,
Gedenk daran:
Mein Leib und Seel, das sollst du gar
Zu eigen han.
Dein, dein, dein will ich ewig bleiben:
Du gibst Kraft und hohen Mut,
Kannst all mein Leid vertreiben.

Die werte Rein', die ward sehr wein'n,
Da das geschah;
"Du bist mein und ich bin dein",
Sie traurig sprach.
Wann, wann, wann ich soll von dir weichen?
Ich nie erkannt' noch nimmermehr
Erkenn' ich deinesgleichen.

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All the thoughts that I have
They are of you,
You, my chosen and only comfort,
Always stay with me.
You, you, you should think of me,
If I had the power to make all my wishes come true,
I would make sure to never leave you.