Third Person POV

Petra was making her way down the hallway, heading for captain Levi's office.

She's still not awake, so this is the perfect time to do it!

As she approached his door, she took a deep breath and prepared herself.

"It's okay, Petra...you can do this. You're only telling him how you feel." She whispered to herself.

Bringing up her fist, she lightly knocked against his door.

"Name and business?"

Was all that was heard from the other side.

"Cadet Ral, here to speak with you privately, sir." Petra answered.

"Come in."

Petra walked inside, shutting the door behind her. She strode over to a chair, across from his desk, and sat down.

"What did you want to discuss?" Levi asked, not looking up from his paperwork.

"W-well..., I um..." She stuttered, blushing.

"You're wasting my time." Levi said with annoyance laced in his voice.

"Sorry, It's just,"

Petra reached her arms out and placed her hands under his jaw, tilting his head up so he would look her in the eye.

Levi's eyebrows furrowed even more, looking like he was getting more pissed off every second.

"I-I...love you, captain."

She blushed madly, hiding her face.

"I love you so much, a-and I wanna be with you for the rest of my life..."

She added, behind her hands.

Levi's eyes were wide with shock, he was screwed!

"Petra..." Levi sighed, rubbing his temple.

Petra brought her hands down, and looked back up at Levi.

"Y-yes, captain?" She quietly asked.

"You know we can't be together,"

Petra gave a sad expression, looking down at the floor now.

"I'm your captain and you're my cadet. That would be inappropriate-"

"Oh really? But it's not inappropriate that you're with (f/n)?! What difference does it make? She's your cadet and you're her captain as well!" Petra shouted, anger boiling inside of her.

"Cadet Ral, please lower your voice." Levi threatened in a low tone.

"Captain...can you please tell me why you love (f/n)?" Petra whispered?

Levi shifted in his seat, not wanting to discuss this anymore.

"Because, she's my best friend. And I've loved her since we were kids. I never stopped loving her, even when she left me." He bluntly answered.

Tears wanted to spill out of her eyes, but she held them in to the best of her ability.

"Cadet Ral, I don't want to hear you speak of this subject again. Is that clear?" He said after a moment of silence.

"Yes, captain." She whispered, getting up and saluting.

As she walked out of his office, tears started pouring out of her eyes as she ran back to her room.

(F/n)'s POV

Hanji came into the infirmary room I was staying in, and handed me my uniform.

"Thanks." I smiled, getting out of the bed.

When I stood up, I felt a cramp in my abdomen. I quietly hissed at the pain, grabbing the edge of the nightstand to help me balance.

"(F/n), are you alright?!" Hanji asked, coming over to my aid.

"Y-yeah...it was just a cramp, that's all. Don't worry about me." I answered after the pain subsided, giving a faint grin.

"Okay..."

Sighing, I set my clothes down on the bed.

"Need any help?" Hanji asked.

"Yeah, it wouldn't hurt."

Time Skip

When I finished changing, I left the infirmary and made my way back to my room.

When I got there, I tried turning the knob but it wouldn't budge.

Is it locked?

I tried again and nothing happened.

"Petra? Are you in there?" I asked, listening afterwards.

I heard a faint sob come from inside, which started to concern me.

"Petra, are you okay? Please let me in!" I said a little louder, thinking she didn't hear me the first time.

She still wouldn't answer the door, so this called for desperate measures.

Fiddling around with my hair, I pulled out a bobby pin.

"Perfect!" I exclaimed, holding it up.

I put the bobby pin in the key hole and started to pick at it.

"(F/n)...?" I heard someone ask from behind me.

Looking over my shoulder, I saw Gunther.

Ugh, I don't have time for him now.

"Hi, Gunther." I greeted, going back to picking at the lock.

"I didn't know you were awake...I didn't think you would ever wake up! But...what are you doing, exactly?"

"Petra locked herself in our room." I sighed.

"Wh-"

"No idea."

"So, you can turn into a Titan?" He tried to make a conversation...which wasn't really working out.

I inaudibly sighed, trying to focus on unlocking the door.

Flashback

When she got home, she called out that she returned. "Mom, dad, I'm home." There wasn't a response, all she heard was screaming. She knew what was happening, for this was the third time it's happened this week.

She walked into the small kitchen and set the loaf of bread down on the counter, before walking upstairs to scold her father. He would occasionally get into physical fights with her mother, and often times with (f/n).

She pounded on their bedroom door and shouted, "Father, please stop!" He didn't reply, and she heard the sound of punches and kicks being made.

She continued pounding on the door trying to get her father to stop, but nothing worked. (F/n) ran down the stairs to the kitchen before returning to the door.

She held in her hand, a rather large and sharp butcher knife. The girl brought her hand up and swiftly swung it back down, hitting by the door knob with such force and power.

She reached her hand though the hole she made and unlocked the door from the other side. She kicked the door open, revealing her father beating the shit out of her now weakened mother.

"STOP IT!" (F/n) screamed, quickly walking over to her mother who was on the floor, curled up in a ball. "You're late! You were with those kids again, weren't you?!" Her father shouted. "Huh-? How do you know about them?!" Her bottom lip quivered as she kept throwing questions at her father.

"Never mind that!" He shouted, "What did we do so wrong to make you want to hurt us?" She asked in a calmer way.

"WHY WON'T YOU ANSWER ME?!" She screamed at the top of her lungs when she didn't get an answer.

"BECAUSE I'VE FUCKING HAD IT WITH YOU TWO! I NEVER WANTED YOU, YOU WERE JUST A MISTAKE! BUT YOUR SHITTY MOTHER WANTED TO KEEP YOU!" He finally shouted.

"I WANTED AN ABORTION BUT YOUR MOTHER KEPT SAYING NO! I STAYED WITH HER JUST BECAUSE...well...I don't know why I stayed..." His voice became a little calmer.

(F/n) bit her bottom lip as she stared at her father, he suddenly became angered again. "YOU LITTLE PIECES OF SHIT RUINED MY LIFE!" He screamed, storming towards the two.

He yanked (f/n) up by her arm, and dragged her across the room. Then he grabbed one of his belts and started whipping her with it. "THIS IS WHAT YOU GET, YOU DESERVE ALL OF THIS PAIN FOR MESSING UP MY LIFE!"

(F/n) curled up into a ball on the floor, her breathing becoming ragged. He took the belt and started to choke her. The girl's eyes widened with fear, for any breath could be her last.

Her mother slowly sat up, catching her breath from the previous beating she received. "S-stop...p-please..." She quietly spoke, but her father didn't listen.

"P-please...stop, t-take your anger o-out on me...just leave (f-f/n) out of it..." The mother's breathing was unsteady. The girl's eyes started rolling to the back of her head, very little air filling her lungs.

Her father finally stopped, letting go of the belt. (F/n) gasped for air, falling over and hitting her head against the nightstand beside her. "And why should I do that?" He asked, not turning around to face his debilitated wife.

He turned around, looking at the woman on the floor still, with tears escaping her eyes. She begged him to stop, and he actually listened. He took his anger out on her again, leaving (f/n) unconscious on the floor.

After around twenty minutes, (f/n)'s (e/c) orbs fluttered open. Her vision was blurred as she tried looking around the room. When her sight cleared, she saw her father holding the butcher knife up to her mother's throat.

Her mother spotted the now awake (f/n), a tear escaped her eye as she weakly grinned at her daughter. She mouthed, "everything will be fine" to (f/n).

"(F/n), I want you to have this." The mother told her. The girl nodded, and the mother threw a ring to her, which the girl caught and put it on her left index finger.

Then she watched as her father swung the butcher knife down, cutting into the bottom of the mother's neck.

Her body went limp as her lifeless body hit the floor. (F/n) wasn't one to cry, but this was a time where she did in fact shed a tear. She stood up, her legs wobbling a little, and charged at her murderer of a father.

"YOU BASTARD, YOU KILLED MY MOTHER! I HATE YOU!" She screamed with pure rage and anger boiling inside. "JUST GO KILL YOURSELF, GO TO HELL! YOU'RE THE DEVIL HIMSELF!" She punched and kicked him.

Flashback End

Trying to get into our room reminded me of when I was trying to get into my parents' room. When I tried to save my mother. But I was too late.

I was so focused on the door and my memory that I barely even noticed Gunther wrap an arm around my waist while the other tugged on my shirt, that was tucked into my pants.

When I had finally realized what he was doing, I gasped, turning around and slapping his hands away.

"(F/n)..." He whispered, rubbing one of his hands.

I called out to Petra once more, not daring to turn my back on him.

In the blink of an eye, I was shoved against the door with my arms held above my head.

Gunther leaned his forehead against mine, making me cringe.

"(F/n), why won't you love me the way you love captain Levi?"

"Wha-"

"Why don't you love me?"

"Gunther I,...I just...don't. I love Levi..." I whispered, looking away.

"Is there...any way I can make you change your mind?"

"I'm sorry, Gunther...but there is-ahh..."

His grip on my wrists tightened even more, feeling like they were going to snap.

"(F/n)...I'm the reason why you're a Titan shifter...I was the one who injected you." He whispered.

"You-what?!" I exclaimed.

Gunther was about to attack my lips, but all of a sudden, the door behind me swung open.

Petra grabbed the back of my collar and pulled me to the ground, slamming the door in Gunther's face and locking it again.

The back of my head felt like it shattered, for it had smashed onto the wooden floor.

"Gah-" I winced, grabbing my head and pinching my eyes shut.

"I HATE YOU!" Petra straddled me, screaming in my face.

"What are you talking about?!" I let go of my head so I could try to shove her off of me.

"YOU RUINED MY CHANCES OF HAVING HAPPINESS, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TOOK CAPTAIN LEVI AWAY FROM ME!" She continued her rant, grabbing my shirt and shaking me.

With her doing this, it caused my head to bang on the floor over and over again.

Tears were still pouring from her eyes as she kept screaming things I couldn't comprehend.

I built up my strength, and flipped us over so I was on top of her now. (Starting to sound like a lemon lmao)

"Petra, what is wrong with you?!" I shouted, holding her down.

"CAPTAIN LEVI DOESN'T LOVE ME BECAUSE HE LOVES YOU!"

"You think I didn't know that?" I scoffed.

"SHUT UP! HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MINE BUT OF COURSE, YOU HAD TO COME BACK INTO HIS DAMN LIFE!" Her eyes were filled with hatred more than sadness now.

"PETRA, GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF! THERE'S MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE, DON'T JUST FOCUS ON ONE PERSON!"

She started to loose it again, and screamed, throwing me off of her.

She made her way over to me and started cursing, shaking me once again.

I knew I wouldn't be conscious to see how this ended when I started to hear ringing and my vision start to blur.

Was she really going to let herself do this to her comrade?

Then it went black.

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*Word count: 2,154*

I hope you all enjoyed this crazy chapter!

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