𝐈𝐋𝐒𝐄'𝐒 𝐉𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐋.ʜᴀɴᴊɪ ᴢᴏᴇ̈

『22』Eren Jaeger

Wednesday, May 9th, 850 at 17:43

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'I can't believe we're doing this now, of all times.' You had honestly thought the brunette would have been more excited to go learn about the new and exciting titan shifter that was -as you have come to learn- Eren Jaeger, so that's why it took you by surprise so much when she started -metaphorically- dragging you off in the direction of Wall Rose, more particularly where the hole had been formed by the Colossal Titan in Trost, as soon as she got the chance. Currently you and her were heading to the top of said Wall, so you could go on the outer side of it and try to see if there was anything left behind, which you had to admit, didn't sound like the dumbest of ideas. Surely you had done stupider things in the past for lesser reasons.

You looked ahead of the both of you, seeing that you were currently right in front of your destination, just fifty meters lower than you needed to be. Normally you would have just used your gear to zip yourselves up there, but Moblit had surprisingly convinced the brunette to wait for the cart system to do its job. So without much more than to wait with the brunette alone -Moblit and the rest of Hanji's squad was stuck on cleaning duty after the terrifying events of a few hours ago took place, requiring all able-bodied soldiers to immediately begin unless excused- you felt a slight awkward tension hanging in the air. It was only earlier today that mocha haired girl had been upset with you about the killing of Chicacchironi and Albert, and you could only assume that now things had cooled down and Humanity wasn't at the risk of losing Wall Rose, she went back to her once forgotten gudge. You supposed the fact that the girl hadn't been upset with you when Erwin sent you off to Trost before was a good sign that she wasn't going to be mad at you forever though, and just that she needed time to come to terms with it.

You went back to observing everything around you -anything except Hanji to be honest- in the end choosing to look at the ground and noticing how normal it looked in comparison to the rest of Trost, which included torn apart buildings, mutilated bodies, and forever scarred people wandering around, be it soldiers on duty or unfortunate citizens who just happened to be caught up in the whole mess. Like it always was right next to any of the Walls -'Even Wall Maria, when Humanity still had it in its grasp.'- there was an absence of wind, giving the surrounding area an odd, still atmosphere.

"How are you feeling?"

Your head snapped up, not having expected the girl to want to talk to you yet, and given that you planned on giving her some time to get over her grudge, you assumed that you would seldom hear her voice today. Almost hesitantly you responded, feeling almost as if you were on thin ice that was already starting to crack beneath your feet, despite talking to your former best friend -although you supposed your reluctance to answer could have stemmed from your crush as well, "I'm doing ok, a little sore to be honest. That battle took a lot outta me. What about you?" you shot the question back, slowly meeting your (E/C) eyes up to her almost sepia hues.

"I'm doing well, yeah." she replied.

Then that awkward silence came back.

It wasn't too long after the exchange that the cart came down for the both of you to enter, the process that didn't seem to take too long before now seemingly longer as you both quietly waited to reach the top, 'I have to say something, I can't stand feeling awkward around her. It just doesn't feel right. Maybe I should apologize? She did seem to expect me to side with her, so maybe she's actually more upset that I betrayed her trust in a sense than the fact that Chica and Albert are now dead? No, she wouldn't be like that... right? Well, it wouldn't hurt to apologize regardless, I don't think so anyways.'