The Walls We've Built - ◈ ARMIN ARLERT X OC ◈

Chapter 6 - Breakout

*Hey guys just for context, this chapter skips forward a couple days to the day of the choosing ceremony. This skips past Eren's time with Levi and his squad/ the clean up of Trost (Jean finding Marco's dead body) and the whole arc of someone killing Hange's titans Bean and Sawney. In regards to the whole issue about heir ODM gear getting check Zariya's is all clear :) Hope u guys enjoy the next chapter!*

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I wake up to the quiet chatter of the other girls in my room, I hear them giggling and discussing the choosing ceremony later today. I flinched at the sound of their girly laughter, I have never been a fan of the high pitch giggle associated with girls. I tame my wild hair before climbing down the ladder of my bunk, I look down at the still-made bed below my bunk. I frown expecting to see Gen still in a deep slumber, but I remember she is still at the scouts' base.

I drop from the ladder and reach for my uniform under the bunk. I pull out my trunk that contains only a few things; my uniform, hair brush and Nick's notebook. It's been 5 years since he died, but I still can't bring myself to open the old leather book. I sit on Gen's bed one hand holding Nick's book, the other grasping my uniform jacket. I hear the low cough of someone on my left, I shake out of my daydream to see 2 of the other recruits standing over me. Claudia and Samantha, 'great' I think to myself rolling my eyes before putting Nick's notebook back, I pick up my uniform before standing up to face Claudia and Sam.

"Yes?" I ask looking at them, they are only a couple of centimetres taller than me, a sign of dominance I wished they didn't possess. "Where's the other girl?" Claudia questions looking at Gen's made bed, before I can reply Sam cuts in "Dead I hope." She smirks behind Claudia. Before I even think about my actions I find myself pinning Sam to the wall with the fist in the air ready to punch her, feelings of rage and anger bubbling in my stomach. Her high-pitched squeal fills my ears when I feel someone pull me off her, I go to lunge at her but the person holds me back. "Zariya! Hey! Chill out!" I hear the familiar deep voice knock me out of my angry haze of irrational actions.

I look at Sam huddled on the floor with Claudia next to her, 'weaklings' I scoff under my breath. I look at the rest of the girls to see them staring at me with open mouths. My eyes scan the room, the girls look at me as if I just killed her, as if I am a villain. I look over my shoulder to see Jacob looking at me in the same way, I take in a sharp breath. I reach for my trunk under my bed and my uniform scrunched on Gen's bed, I push past Jacob and storm out of the room.

I run through the hallway of the building, I hear Jacob call after me but I don't look back. I feel so stupid, why am I acting in this way that makes me look like I have serious anger issues? Am I turning into Jacob? I walk out of the building into the crisp morning air, I hear Jacob panting behind me making me spin on my heels. "How...did you get... so damn fast?" Jacob states while hunched over trying to catch his breath. I look down at myself, I'm still in my pyjamas standing in the street with my trunk looking like a psycho. I pass Jacob my trunk "Stay here, I will be right back" I storm off to get changed into my uniform and compose myself.

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We were told to have our things packed and ready to go to our new residential buildings after the choosing ceremony. After my outbreak, Jacob got his things and we went straight to the scout base to see Gen. We walk through the busy streets of Trost in silence, "How did you know I was about to do something really stupid?" I ask Jacob, looking up at him. He smile to himself before replying "To be honest I just came looking for you to see if you were up so we could go visit Gen." "Ah so it was a spontaneous save, no special friendship bond guiding you to save me." I question laughing as we approach the building, Jacob laughs before opening the door with his free hand, "Yeah, so are you ok? You seemed... a bit on edge." He asks as I walk through the door. "I'm great, not on edge at all," I smirk over my shoulder sarcastically. Jacob just shakes his head laughing in response as we make our way through the familiar hallways to Gen's room.

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"You did what!" Gen yells almost jumping out of the bed, she is lucky she only fractured her ankle, but even so, I'm surprised she is able to walk on it so quickly, she only injured herself yesterday. Before she can even begin scolding me for punching Sam, Jacob walks the bed and scooping her up, "Hey!" She says smacking Jacob in the back of the head. "What the hell are you doing?" She asks as he gently puts her down on the bed. "You need to rest your ankle for as much time as possible! The choosing ceremony is tonight and it's not like they are going to let you come back here and rest afterwards." He replies in a genuine tone, "Yeah Gen, you can't be putting weight on your ankle." I add sitting down on the chair by her bed. "I know you're mentally ready to conquer the world but..." I say gesturing to her leg, "your ankle is not." She looks at me and frowns, "Yeah, yeah but the second my ankle is back to normal, you two better watch out." she replies, smirking. Jacob and I glance at each other sharing amused looks. We sit together talking about everything and anything as we always do. I miss times like these back when we were training, but after we choose our regiments and go our separate ways, who knows the next time we will all be together like this, maybe this will be the last time.