~from (y/n)'s POV~

"We're back," Erwin called out, smiling as he carried a box over to the table and kissed you on the cheek.

You could smell a woman's perfume on him.

You smiled back, kissing his cheek before rummaging through the box he'd brought over, once more separating the perishables from the non-perishables. "Levi, these ones can go in your pile," you said, handing items over to him, but when he didn't take them right away, you looked over to find him staring at you.

~from Levi's POV~

You stared at (y/n) as she casually embraced her cheating bastard of a boyfriend before continuing on with her sorting process.

"Levi?" she asked, looking over, but you didn't take the food in her hand. You were too busy thinking...

Why isn't she reacting to him? Does she doubt what I told her? Why isn't she crying? She should be crying, right? Girls cry after this sort of thing, don't they?

"Levi?"

You blinked and took the item from her hand. "What?"

"Are you okay?"

You looked back down at the food item in your hand before putting it down in its proper place. "I'm fine."

"But Levi...you just put a can of soup next to the M section."

~from (y/n)'s POV~

Levi was totally out of it...but why? Shrugging, you went back to organizing food.

Just then, Annie came up with her box, holding it out. You hesitated a moment before taking it from her hands, a smile on your lips. "Thanks!" Turning, you went back to organizing.

Put everything in order, the candy, the snacks, the food, my emotions. File everything away. Be in control. Focus on organizing...One item at a time, one emotion at a time. Keep a smile on your face so no one will ever know that anything's wrong. Nothing's wrong, nothing's wrong, I'm in control.

You finished unloading the items, only your hand was beginning to shake.

"(Y/n)-" Levi began, but then Eren arrived.

"I come bearing pizza!"

"Good timing," you said, turning with a smile. "We just finished taking stock of the supplies. Can you put the pizzas down on that table? I'll see what we can do for plates..."

Levi silently handed you a package of paper and you looked up in surprise. "Oh...thanks." You brought them over to Eren and helped distribute the pizza slices as evenly as possible. "Everyone take one to start, and we'll see who wants seconds, okay?"

"Guys should have automatic dibs on the seconds!" Jean said. "We have larger stomachs!"

"Sexist pig," Annie muttered, cutting in front of him and taking a slice.

You grabbed your piece after everybody else had grabbed theirs and ate quickly, standing up afterwards. "I'm not hungry, so someone else can have seconds." You threw away your garbage and looked at your phone.

32%. Is that why I feel tired?

With a sigh, you pulled out earbuds and walked over to the Ferris wheel, stepping into the motionless cart and stretching out across the seats, hitting shuffle.

Music has that way of speaking to you...and sure enough, the that came up seemed to fit your life at the moment.


Rule number one, is that you gotta have fun,
But baby when you're done, you gotta be the first to run
Rule number two, just don't get attached to,
Somebody you could lose
So le-let me tell you

This is how to be a heartbreaker
Boys they like a little danger
We'll get him falling for a stranger, a player
Singing I lo-lo-love you

How to be a heartbreaker
Boys they like the look of danger
We'll get him falling for a stranger, a player
Singing I lo-lo-love you
At least I think I do!

Cause I lo-lo-lo-love you.

Rule number three, wear your heart on your cheek
But never on your sleeve, unless you wanna taste defeat
Rule number four, gotta be looking pure
Kiss him goodbye at the door and leave him wanting more-more

This is how to be a heartbreaker
Boys they like a little danger
We'll get him falling for a stranger, a player
Singing I lo-lo-love you

How to be a heartbreaker
Boys they like the look of danger
We'll get him falling for a stranger, a player
Singing I lo-lo-love you
At least I think I do!

Cause I lo-lo-lo-love you.

Girls, we do, whatever it will take
Cause girls don't want, we don't want our hearts to break
In two, so it's better to be fake
Can't risk losing in love again babe.

This is how to be a heartbreaker
Boys they like a little danger
We'll get him falling for a stranger, a player
Singing I lo-lo-love you

How to be a heartbreaker
Boys they like the look of danger
We'll get him falling for a stranger, a player
Singing I lo-lo-love you

Cause I lo-lo-lo-love you.
At least I think I do!


You sighed. It was true, Annie was better than you in a lot of ways - she had that weird mysterious vibe going that boys seemed to love, she seemed self-capable, and she didn't have your spindly height that seemed to off-put guys.

You weren't sure what you were going to do just yet. Keep faking it? To what gain? Or should you confront him? But wouldn't that just escalate tensions when the situation already seemed to bleak?

Mind swirling in the gray matter of thought, you slowly drifted asleep in the Ferris wheel cart.