SUMMARY: The Scouts and Volunteers take a little trip to the mountains, hoping to catch a break.

WARNINGS: cursing

DYNAMIC: Friends to lovers

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Your teeth chattered as you hugged your coat closer to you, as well as trying to keep the bags of luggage on your back.

"Why does it have to be so fucking cold out here?!" You exclaimed. You were freezing, and the bits of snow getting into your boots was not making it any better.

Connie looked back at you, an annoyed look on his face. "I don't know Y/N, maybe because we're in snow? Learn to grow a pair, damn!"

You had an angry look on your face, you were not in the best mood for his attitude right now. "Don't get snappy with me, Spinger! And you want to talk about growing a pair?! I bet your balls haven't even dropped yet, munchkin!"

Connie stopped walking and turned back to you completely, a scowl on his face "how about you don't get snappy with me! You're the one that started complaining about the cold!".

Jean got in between you and Connie, pushing you away from eachother. "Alright, you two, that's enough! Look, we're all cold, tired, and hungry, but that doesn't give you assholes an excuse to fight with eachother! Now calm down. Connie,you go over there with Sasha, Y/N, you go over to Eren, Armin, and Mikasa."

You pouted, but agreed, walking over to the trio of friends.

"Eren, here, have another scarf, you'll freeze" you heard Mikasa say, as she was trying to wrap a third scarf around Eren's neck.

"Mikasa, I think he's good. At this point, he'll overheat instead of getting frost bite". You took the scarf from her and wrapped it around her own neck, securing it tightly.

Mikasa looked at you shocked, before hiding her face in the scarf you had given her. "Thanks..." She said quietly.

You walked beside Armin, adjusting the bag on your back so it wouldn't hurt you as much.

"You know, this kind of reminds me of our cadet training. I mean, we were in this very same mountain" Armin said, trying to make conversation.

You gave the blonde boy a look of boredom "you mean the time where Daz almost died of hypothermia and Historia and Ymir almost got lost? Yeah, sounds like fun memories".

Armin down casted his eyes, looking guilty "...yeah, sorry".

You sighed, placing a hand on his shoulder "sorry, I didn't mean to be so harsh, Armin. I'm just so damn cold, and my back is killing me because of these bags".

Armin smiled at you, his eyes forgiving "it's ok, I know we're all a bit grouchy right now".

Suddenly, you felt the weight of the bag being taken off of you, and then something soft and warm fell on your head. It was a coat.

You took the clothing off of your head and looked up, seeing someone who you never expected.

Yelena stood beside you, putting the bags that you were once holding on her back. She also wasn't  wearing her coat anymore, as she had given it to you. She was now wearing her regular white button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up. 

You panicked, hurriedly taking the coat off of you, and pushing it back to her "what are you doing? You'll freeze to death if you don't put this on!" Yelena pushed the coat back to you, even going as far as to drape it over your shoulders herself.

"You said you were still cold, so I'm giving you my coat. I'll be fine". Although she was trying to reassure you, you could see the way her arms and shoulders were shaking from the cold, as well as the way her hands were trembling on your shoulders.

"I couldn't possibly take it from you! You'll get sick! I don't want you to get sick!"

You heard a sigh "Y/N, you're too nice for your own good, just take the coat." Eren said through the thick scarves Mikasa had placed on his neck.

Suddenly you felt the coat being taken off you. You noticed that Yelena had stopped walking to put it back on, as well as the bag around her shoulders. 

You stopped walking and waited for her, making sure if she was alright.

When Yelena approached you again, you saw her bend down, wrapping one of her arms around your waist and the other behind your knees.

"What are you-ah!"

You were suddenly lifted off of the ground, now being held in Yelena's arms against her hip. Yelena wrapped both of your legs around her mid-section, and wrapped her arms around you, practically hugging you. 

You weren't sure if it was the cold or not, but you were sure you're cheeks were flushed.

"W-what are you doing?" You stuttered out, embarrassed.

Yelena kept walking, now carrying you along with her "I'm holding you, that way, we'll both be warm and your feet won't hurt". She had said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"But...why?" You had no idea why she was doing this. You and Yelena had only ever talked a handful of times, only half of those times being personal conversations.

You saw the way Yelena's eyes shifted to the ground, the tips of her ears turning a slightly darker shade of pink than they were before because of the cold.

"It wouldn't be as beneficial to me to have you get Hypothermia." She put her hand at the back of your head and shoved your face into her neck so you wouldn't see her expression.

You let out an 'oof!' sound and pulled your face away from her, looking at the tall woman in shock.

"Ok, who are you and what have you done with the scary lady I've met?" Yelena rolled her eyes at your remark. "One more comment like that, and I'll drop you" she smirked as she said that sentence, telling you that she was joking. You pouted then wrapped your arms around her neck, gazing at the top of her head.

She had snowflakes in her hair, and you didn't know why, but you found it absolutely adorable.

You brought your hands to her head and ruffled her short hair, getting the snow out of it. Yelena's arms stiffened a bit around your waist and she looked at you in slight shock.

You grinned at her "you had snow in your hair."

Yelena rolled her eyes. "Idiot..." She said quietly.

You had no idea why she was acting so flustered and embarrassed all of a sudden, but damn were you gonna have fun while it lasted

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