Year 850 

After the mission to plug up the wall, all soldiers were required to take part in cleaning up the place such as collecting bodies, naming them, count the dead, and count the missing. 

"Ugh! That smell is just...Nasty!" Sasha says under her mask. 

"Tell me about it, I have never smelled something so...Putrid..." I say nearly choking on my words. 

Sasha and I collected bodies and threw them onto a rolling platform. 

"Do you recognize anyone?" I ask Sasha. 

"No, but I think I lost my appetite for today..." I widen my eyes. 

"Wow, so it's really that bad huh?" We turn the corner. 

"Now what in the hell...Is that?!" We both come to a stop. 

On the side of a house was a pile of bodies all squished together and held down with a slimy substance. 

"Is that titan puke?" Sasha says. 

"Well, titans don't really have intestinal tracks, so how else are they supposed to get it all out..." I say as a Garrison went to go pick one up. 

"Holy shit...How are we supposed to identify anyone like this?" Sasha states as the Garrison picks up a body with no flesh. 

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As the night fell we had to burn the bodies of our comrades. 

"Toss me another one..." I say holding my arms out. 

"All of our training...Endurance runs, horseback riding, unarmed combat, lectures about strategy, technical skills, verticle maneuvering... We all worked so hard... We did so much...Was it all for nothing?" Connie says holding his head. 

As I finish the bodies that I had left I slip off my gloved and head towards Sasha, Connie, Annie, Reiner, and Bertholdt. 

"Of course it wasn't all for nothing...Those people didn't die in vain, they fought with us." I say as everyone looks into the fire. 

*CHFF CHFF* 

We all shift our attention to the sound of dragging feet. 

"Hey, guys...Have you decided what branch of the military you are going to apply to?" Jean looks up to us shaking in his shoes. 

"I've decided," Reiner says looking confused. 

"I-I'm doing to join the Survey Corps..." Jean says clenching his fists and looking down. 

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We all made our way to the Mess Hall. 

"I don't think I can eat after what I just saw..." Connie says grabbing his stomach. 

I pushed open the heavy doors to look into a half-empty room. 

"Holy shit..." I say making my way through the tables. 

As I sat down with Sasha, Connie, Reiner, Annie, and Bertholdt, Jean surprisingly sat right next to me letting his hang low. 

"Hey, what's wrong with you?" I say poking Jean in the arm. 

He just sat there looking down in his hand. 

"Jea-" He quickly turns to me. 

His eyes were red as tears left his eyes. My eyes widen at his expression, I went to go wipe away his tears as he grabbed my arm and pulled me into his chest instead. 

"M-Marco...He" He couldn't even finish his sentence, but I knew. 

His arms tightened the hug and he buried his head deeper into my neck. I wrapped my arms around Jean's back.

'Marco died...But I saw him...'

Still, in his arms, I turn my head to face Sasha and Connie as they looked down shaking as tears fell from their face. I turn more to look at Annie, Reiner, and Bertholdt as they had a blank expression. Annie's eyes were sad but she didn't cry. Bertholdt closed his eyes. Reiner didn't even move. 

'That doesn't sit right...' 

I could only pity Jean. The only friend Jean really had was Marco. Not even I listened to Jean but Marco would always look past that, you could tell Marco and Jean always had a special bond that no one could break. 

"Sorry I left a little snot on you..." Jean says wiping his face and handing me a piece of cloth.

"Oh, ew.." I say grabbing the cloth and wiping off his snot from my jacket. 

"Was...There anything left of him?" I hesitantly ask Jean. 

Jean didn't respond with words but he grabbed my hand and placed something in it and closed my hand. I slowly open my hand to reveal a tooth covered in blood. 

~Flashback~ 

"I'm glad we both made it this far, (y/n). I feel like we have bonded a lot and I am so glad a met you, not to mention, you can really put Jean in his place."  

~Back to present~

I could feel the tip of my nose running hot, yet my eyes stayed dry. 

'Gone too soon...' 

"(Y/n) (l/n)!" I look up to see Commander Keith standing in front of the table. 

"Yes, sir?" I slyly give Jean the tooth back.

 "Go give this to your boyfriend, Eren Yeager." He hands me bread and water. 

"He isn't my boyfriend!" I say taking to bread and water from his hands as Connie and Sasha laugh a bit. 

"Mhm sure." Connie and Sasha start to laugh hysterically. 

"Both of you! Laps!" Shadis bends down and grabs both of their heads as I stand up. 

They roll their eyes and slowly walk out the door as I smile, "Eren is with the Military Police in a dungeon, take these." He tosses me a pair of keys. 

"Like right now?" I ask. 

"Yes now!" Shadis says pushing me out the door.

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 I take the key and insert it into the door. 

*CLICK* 

A peek my head through the door to see stairs the lead into a small little room. 

"Eren?" I whisper but no response. 

I for my whole body through the doorway and close it shut behind me. 

"Eeeerrreeeennnn~?" I whisper louder but still no response. 

I walk further in to see a cell. 

"I know you're awake you ass hat!" I say sitting down on a chair placed in front of the cell. 

"What do you want, (y/n)..." He says sitting up in his bed.

"Don't talk to me with that attitude!" I say crossing my arms. 

"Sorry, as you can tell, I am not in the mood," Eren says tugging on his chains. 

"I was sent here to bring you food, nothing more," I say putting the food in front of his cell and turning my back. 

"I can't reach it." He says making sound with the chains. 

"Oh, right..." I take the keys out and find the right one. 

I grab his food and place it on his lap and start to walk away. 

"Are you scared of me too, like everyone else?" He asks softly. 

"Eren....I've known you for too long to fear you. People fear you because it's something new, but you have proven yourself worthy of everyone's trust. So, in simple terms no, I don't fear you." I stop and turn around. 

"How many casualties?" He asks. 

"Too many to count..." I say looking down. 

"It's my fault everyone died...Isn't it?" I walk over to him. 

"Eren, stop blaming yourself for everything!" I grab his dangling hand. 

"(Y-Y/n)..." He says looking deeply into my eyes. 

"S-Sorry...I'm just tired..." I rub my eyes. 

"Then stay." He says blatantly.  

"Oh! N-No! I have Jean to take care of! You know the little man can't handle himself! You know after everything! It's getting late anyway! Plus Mikasa is going to get worried! And Commander Shadis is going to yell at me! And too many people call you my boyfriend! So I think it would be best if I just take my leave!" I say quickly making my way out of the cell. 

"People call me your what?" He asks.  

"I didn't say anything! I don't even know what you are asking about!" I say locking his cell back up. 

"And since when are you and Jean friends?" He frowns a bit. 

"I never said that! He is just a big baby who I need to take care of!" I say walking out. 

As I make my way up the stairs I hear him laughing. 

"Not funny, Yeager!!!" I yell and shut the dungeon door. 

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"Why are you sweating?" Christa asks. 

"I was running..." I huff. 

"Running? From?" Christa asks. 

"From a fucking nightmare, Christa," I say changing into a new pair of clothes. 

"Oh...Was Reiner trying to touch you again?" Christa grabs my jacket. 

"That is no nightmare, Christa. And he wouldn't have a hand either." I say sitting on her bed. 

"Why are there snot marks on your jacket?" Crista asks. 

"Why do you ask so many questions?" I ask. 

"Oh, I-" I cut her off my patting her head and walking away. 

"Good night, Christa!!!" I wave bye to her and head over to my bunk where Mikasa was laying. 

"Really?" I say as Mikasa looks at me. 

"I was too lazy to climb the ladder." She says looking away. 

"Wow..." I say. 

"I so regret not eating!! Do you have any food (y/n)?!" Sasha says poking my back. 

"No! Go to bed!!" I shout going to the top bunk. 

"Hey (y/n)!" Ymir shouts from across the room. 

"Were you talking to Christa?!" She yells as I close my eyes. 

'Just ignore her..'

"Hey! I'm talking to you!!!" I open my eyes to see Ymir climbing up the ladder.

"GET OFF THE LADDER AND GO TO BED!!!!!" I shout. 

"HEY! DON'T YELL AT ME!!" Ymir hits me with a pillow. 

"SHOOOOO!" I cover my head with a pillow. 

'I'm going to die here, aren't I?' 

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(A/N): Thank you for reading, this chapter was more of a fun yet kinda sad chapter. Thank you for all of the support you send my way!! I really appreciate it!! ᕕ( ՞ ᗜ ՞ )ᕗ