Attack on Titan: Trainee Days - Part 10

Kiyomi's Pov

“Com’on, Marco! Tell her how you feel!”

“Huh? What do you mean? Who are you talking about?” asked Marco blindly.

“You know!! HER!!!” Jean gestured over to me in the far distance who was happily talking to Armin. I look gentle, shy and cute when I talked to him. Causing Marco to blush even more at the sight of me.

“She looks like a goddess.” Jean suddenly says out of nowhere.

“W-what the?!!”

“One day, my wife.” Reiner's voice joined in.

“REINER?!! You have a thing for Kiyomi?!!” Squealed Marco in complete shock.

“Kiyomi? No-- she’s cute, but I was talking about her.” Reiner gestured towards Christa from the far distance.

“Her? Wow….she is cute and beautiful. She truly is a goddess.” Jean blushed.

“Does every cute and pretty girl look like a goddess to you, Jean?” Marco wondered. He kept mentioning how Christa was cute...but the other day, he mentioned how I was cute. But neither me nor Christa knew that a lot of the boys were talking about us.

Today we were once again, practicing riding horses. Instructor Keith has left but he said that in a bit, he’ll come back. But he threatened if he catches us goofing off….he’ll make us do worse than what he made us do in the rain on that horrifying day. Eek! Gives me the goosebumps!

It was a really, really nice day today. It was warm and it was the perfect type of that felt warm but not too hot because the cool wind that would blow by. The weather was PERFECT today. I wished everyday forever could feel like this.

I just wanted this moment to last forever as well…..talking to Armin. Just being around him makes me feel so happy!

“Well, I guess we should start practicing now.” Armin mentioned before I took my leave. While I walked away, I couldn’t keep my eyes away and I would wave at the cute lil Coconut from a distance away. He smiled back at me and waved back. I blushed.

But does Armin really have the same feelings I feel for him? I’m sure he does. After all, we both slept with each other that one night. And I could have sworn when we woke up during that night, he was about to kiss me….But freaking Jean had to ruin it.

I began to grumble and it irritated and annoyed me that Jean actually ruined that special moment. I could have had a KISS with Armin! With ARMIN!! But he had to ruin it. sigh…..

I wonder if I’ll ever get a second chance to kiss Armin….

I began to slowly and carefully get onto my horse. I succeeded. I was very serious about getting on and doing each step carefully. I can’t fall or get myself hurt.  Besides, if that happened, I would have worried Armin.

But I snapped out of it when I realized I was daydreaming when I sat on the back of the horse. And it was mostly about Armin…..

I blushed at the thought that most of my thinking and daydreams right now was about Armin….and wanting to kiss him. Suddenly I realized I couldn’t snap the thought out of my head. I began to shake my head back and forth while blushing and smacked both my hands against my cheeks, trying to make the thoughts get out of my head.

“Kiyomi….be honest. Are you a love goddess or something?”

“HUH????” I jumped in startelement. I looked below to see Jean.

“Jean? Um…..what do you mean?” I began to ask, completely clueless.

“What do you mean, what do I mean? It’s a simple question! Are you a love goddess….or something else?”

….

“...Love goddess?” I questioned as I tilt my head to the side.

“What? Are you, or are you not?” I didn’t know how to answer the question. “W-What do you mean?!!” I continued questioning, still not getting it. But Jean just laughs.

“Now don’t tell me your getting a thing for ME?” He raises his eyebrows.

“Wha--?!! N-Bo!! I like..--!!” I just realized that out loud, I was about to shout that I like Armin, so I immediately shut my mouth

“Cat got your tongue?” Jean smirked. I was silent as I blushed in embarrassment. “Ok, fine. I bet you are a love goddess though.”

“Is that something like, in ancient times? Like in the middle ages or something?” I questioned still curious about the subject.

“How should I know?” Jean chuckled before walking up. He knows but just doesn't want to spell it out for me….

“You would know because you ASKED ME!!” I shouted back. No response came from Jean as he continued to walk off. I sighed.

I My gaze wanders over to Armin. He’s starting to try out guiding the horse to the direction he wants it to go. Armin’s so smart. He’s probably smarter than me. Heh, heh….

I decided to get off. I felt like talking to Armin instead of this training exercise.  But when I did, I realized that would interrupt his practice. I wonder if he wouldn’t mind?

I was just frozen, standing there like a stupid person in thought. Should I talk to him….or not? Isn’t he a bit busy? I don’t want to bother or annoy him! Nor do I want to seem stupid to him! Ok….calm yourself! Surely he wouldn't mind! A lot of people are just hanging out doing whatever. Sure, there are some people riding  and practicing on horseback, but the majority are just socializing and doing whatever.

I decided in the end to just go up to Armin and bring up a conversation. “Hi Armi--”

“Owtch!!” Armin gasped. Was he still sore from last night? Well, that was a really, really high fall and he went smack into the water’s surface when he failed doing a cannonball…

“Armin….are you ok? Are you in pain?” I asked him. Armin recognized my gentle voice and glanced downward and noticed me.

“Oh, Kiyomi.” he started.

“Are you hurt? Was it from last night?” I asked once again. “I-It’s ok. I’m fine, really.” Armin insisted. But I couldn’t help but worry a little. But I don’t want him hiding his pain from me.

But I'm aware that's what boys usually do. If they’re hurt or in pain, they won’t show it so they won’t worry the ones they love. I know Armin’s doing this so he doesn't worry me, but still. I wished he would be completely honest with me.

“So….do you have the hang of the horse yet?” I brought up.

“It’s just the second day….but I’m trying to learn how to guide the horse now. It’ll take a while. After all, instructor Keith gave us a week to master riding the horse.” Armin replies.

“Yeah. I’m gonna try guiding the horse today too. I kinda got the hang of how to get on and off the horse. Now it’s just that I need to get a hang of guiding the horse.”

“Yeah.”

……

“So did you come here to see me?” Armin tilt his head a little.

“O-Oh! Yeah, I just wanted to see how you were doing!” I smiled.

“Thanks. I’m doing fine.” Armin returned a smile back. I love seeing him smile…. “So you probably should get back on your horse, just incase our instructor comes back and notices that weir all socializing.”

“Yeah! I bet some people might get caught.” I chuckled. “Heh-heh. That wouldn’t be good!” Armin giggled back.

I began to walk away but as I turned away to take one more glance at Armin I saw him clean ching his side tightly. This was worry some.

“You ARE hurt.” I retrace my steps back to Armin. “.....Sorry.” he apologised. He sounded guilty for keeping it from me.

“It’s alright. Can you come down?”

“....yeah.” he agreed and began to slowly get down off the horse.

“Where are you hurt?”

“Well….I know I’m pretty sore here.” he patted left side.

“But  there's a bunch of other spots too….”

Armin could have told me that he was sore and hurting…..

“Do you think you’ll be ok…?”I asked, wondering if he’d be better off in his room for some rest or something.

“I think I’ll be fine. Thanks for worrying, Kiyomi.”  Armin smiled sweetly.

I smiled back at him. It was probably just from the cannonball fail from yesterday.

“WHAT IN THE PICKLES IS GOING ON HERE?!!!”

Uh-oh!! It’s instructor, Keith! He’s come back, to only see a bunch of his cadets socializing.

Everyone became frozen and shut their mouths when they saw him.

“What are you doing SOCIALIZING?!!! You're supposed to be practicing riding HORSEBACK!!!!” Keith scolded at us. Everyone was in utter silence as fear now drowned us.

“I’m gonna give you pitiful trannies ONE last chance!! If I catch you all slacking off again, I’m gonna make you do something much WORSE than going for a trail for three hours straight!!!”

That was a threat.

Instructor Keith  leaves and everyone remained in utter silence even after. Once he was gone, some people continued talking and goofing off however, while some started and continued to practice being on horseback.

Did they not care if we did worst training than jogging in the woods without break for three hours?!

“Gee…..that was intense.” Connie muttered. Our instructors presence was so intimidating…. especially when he gives threats.

“Agreed.” nodded Sasha as she grabbed out a piece of bread and began eating.

“H-Hey!! No fair!!!” complained Connie, wishing he had some food to snack on as well. Sasha probably stole that piece of bread though.

“If you keep quiet, I have one for you too~!” whispered Softly with a smile.

“R-Really?! O-Ok then!” whispered back Connie with a big smile.

Sasha handed her extra piece of bread to Connie, and the two began to gobble up their snack quickly, hoping no one would catch them.

“Ow!!!” Armin shouted as he almost came down to his knees. It’s like more and more spots begin to get really sore and make him in pain. He collapsed onto his knees.

Honestly jumping down that cliff yesterday was not safe whatsoever.

“Hey, Armin?! Are you ok?” started Eren as he ran over to Armin.

“He’s still hurt from yesterday.” I inform Eren.

“S-Seriously?! Maybe you should have some rest Armin!” Eren advises Armin

“O-Ok….I guess.” Armin gave in.

We helped Armin up and came with him and we took him to his room and he laid on his bed. We returned to the others afterwards.

“Hey, what happened to Armin?” questioned Connie as he approached us. He noticed Armin wasn’t with us when we came back.

“Armin’s…..not feeling that great. He needs some rest.” Eren tried to explain as short and sweet as he can without spilling the beans about the night we sneaked out with Reiner and Bertholdt from before.

“O-Ok….gotcha. But what could cause him not to feel so well so suddenly?” Connie wanted more details.

“He’s just, kinda…..really sore.” Eren tried to explain.

“...Ok.” nodded Connie, kinda understanding now, but not quite. It’s been a while and people were still goofing off, but Marco told everyone that they seriously had to pull it together if they didn’t want to have something more serious to do than the trail in the rain for three hours from the other day.

This really boosted up everyone's spirits and they began practicing. When Instructor Keith came back, he found everyone practicing.

“Very good, soldiers!” he complimented.

Things were going well, until instructor Keith noticed that Armin was missing. Crap…

“Where's Armin Arlert?!!” he began calling out, demanding for an answer.

Eren gets off horseback and hurried over to instructor Keith. “Y-You see, Armin’s not really feeling all that great, and--”

“NO EXCUSES!! BRING HIM BACK OUT HERE OR YOU BOTH WILL BE DROPPED OUT TO THE FIELDS!!!!!”

That would mean Eren and Armin wouldn’t be able to join the Scouts. Our instructor was serious. So Eren followed his orders and brought Armin back out here.

Honestly Armin felt well enough to do training, but he couldn't help but to accept the offer of getting some sleep band cuddling with a soft blanket...

“Just what do you think your doing Arlert?! Resting?!! Since when did I say that ANYONE can take any breaks?!! Answer me, Arlert!!!”

“Uh….uh, well….” Armin stuttered. He really didn't have any excuses or explanations to save his hide.

“If this happens again, you will leave, and live a life working in the fields!!! Do I make myself absolutely clear?my!?!?!”

He was so serious. What the heck?!

“Y-Yes sir!!” Armin saluted.

“What was that?!!!”

“YES SIR!!” Armin shouted out louder, continuing his salute.

Instructor Keith nodded and began to make his leave. He must be having paperwork or something to be working on, if he’s not able to stick around us today. This usually never happens. So whatever the case may be, he must have something very important to be getting squared away with.

“Armin….you think you can manage a little longer?” Eren.

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Groaned Armin in irritation. Everyone asking if he was ok, alright and fine was beginning to really get on his nerves. It made him feel useless and pathetic.

Towards the end of the day, Armin went to see a nurse who helped fix him up as though he never even attempted to do an cannonball and failed originally!

Me, Armin, Eren and Reiner sure did learn at least ONE lesson after today. Never do a cannonball from a high distance if your inexperienced.