"She's alive-" a man I recognized as Jean muttered, clearly surprised.

WAS I REALLY THAT CLOSE TO DEATH ??

HAVE MORE FAITH IN YOUR CAPTAIN

IT'S WORRYING

"Of course she is, you're an idiot-" Annie- the barmaid from the night before grumbled.

WHAT IS SHE DOING HERE

"They're regulars- it would be weirder if we weren't familiar," Annie explained as if reading my mind.

.

it feels suspiciously easy to befriend these people

like why wasn't that the approach i took first .

"Oh- hi-" the third person spoke up, noticing my eyes on them, "I'm Armin- sorry about this."

OH UHM

I DON'T MIND

IM INTRUDING SO- IT'S OK

"Hi, I'm Y/N Za-" I paused, frowning, "well I'm guessing you already knew that."

"Of course we do," Hitch, walked up to our group, leaning against a crate. "Your father's an a-"

OH I KNOW

"Hitch," Historia interjected, shooting her a glare to which Hitch reluctantly conceded. "Y/N is helping Ymir with her paperwork, she's one of us."

oh-

i don't know if that's really appropriate

i mean- i haven't even had conversations with everyone here

"As if," Jean scoffed, giving me a once over.

yeah that seems like the appropriate reaction

i can't say that i didn't expect it but-

i'd like to get along

"Are you sure?" Armin asked incredulously, "are you sure you want to do that?"

well that's a different reaction

"I mean- yeah?"

SOUND CONFIDENT

"She won't last," Annie muttered, quickly brushing me off.

"Just ignore her if you don't like her," Hitch muttered.

DO YOU LIKE ME???

judging by the way they're talking like i'm not even there

probably not

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Armin repeated a worried edge to his voice.

YEAH ???

"It's nothing that I can't handle- I mean- it's a little paperwork but it's not like I'm doing anything crazy," I frowned, glancing back at the pile at her desk.

I MEAN ??

IT'S A LOT BUT IT ISN'T THAT BAD

I THINK ???

"What are you talking about-" Armin muttered horrified.

HUH ??

"I mean Ymir makes it-"

"What are you talking about?" The aforementioned Captain waltzed back back aboard two more members of her crew trailing behind her.

ARMIN KEEP TALKING

"What were you saying?" I asked Armin, glancing nervously towards Ymir who was making her way towards us.

QUICKLY

"She-"

"You're making the Lady nervous," Ymir cut in.

....

WHAT I DON'T KNOW MAKES ME MORE NERVOUS

LEAVE US ALONE FOR ANOTHER TWO SECONDS

"No I-"

"Were they bullying you?" Ymir leaned forward, looking me over, "are you running home already?"

I THINK ARMIN WAS ABOUT TO TELL ME SOMETHING IMPORTANT

"I'm not running away- they just-"

THEY THOUGHT YOU KILLED ME ???

"We thought you had killed her," Jean chimed in, earning a laugh from Ymir.

"Speak for yourself I thought they were fu-" Hitch muttered- quickly earning shouts of protest from the rest of the crew.

UHM.... FINISH THAT SENTENCE ??

"Maybe some other time," Ymir smirked, rolling her eyes at me.

i'm not opposed but also ik ur joking </3

"They came to check on me- so we started talking," I explained, glancing to the side at Armin.

i still want to know what he was talking about

"You're already making friends-" she shot a questioning look at Armin, "knowing this group they'll complain if I kick you out now, traitors."

i mean <3 armin and historia r the only ones who like me

annie tolerates me- i think

but she's not even part of your crew so .

"Since when was-" one of the people that had arrived with Ymir, a man with piercing green eyes, muttered in shock. Next to him, a woman stood quietly, sizing me up.

"Eren," she frowned, shutting him up almost instantly.

MARRY ME

"When did she join the crew?" 'Eren' said, frowning.

i feel loved <3

"That's what I was saying," Jean grumbled.

"As soon as she volunteered to do my paperwork that's when," Ymir sighed, a lazy smile spreading across her features.

"Y/N hasn't done anything to you-" Historia came to my defense, Armin nodding in agreement.

THANKS BABE

"Come on, give her a chance," Armin shot a look towards Eren and Jean.

YOU DESERVE THE WORLD <3

"If you're worried that I'm going to go easy on her asshole father because of this- don't," Ymir directed her comments to the two men, who still seemed reluctant to even tolerate me.

it defeats the purpose of this partnership if you go easy on my asshole father

"Why are you even here?" The woman who had been quiet until now spoke up, "Eren and Jean are right to be suspicious, what do you want that you don't already have?"

"I-"

"I'm hurt that my crew doesn't trust me-" Ymir cut in, shooting me a concerned look. "That's between Y/N and myself unless she decides to disclose that information to you."

thank you

"Alright," the woman seemed placated. "I'm Mikasa- that's Eren." She gestured at herself and the brown-haired man.

"It's nice to meet you," I hesitated for a second before deciding that reaching out for a handshake wasn't going to fly over well with this crowd.

I MEAN IMAGINE IF NO ONE ACCEPTS IT

THAT'S PAINFUL

DON'T EVEN PUT THAT THOUGHT IN MY HEAD

"Just because the Captain likes you doesn't mean that the rest of us do-" Jean muttered, earning himself a whack on the head by Hitch.

"Jean's an asshole- but he's right- we aren't friends after one day."

right

I'll just have to work towards that.

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the crew! dw if other characters you like aren't part of it- sasha and connie r going to be around! as well as a bunch of others i haven't introduced yet

- amiii