The brunette walked into the mess hall after a long day of training. Her hazel eyes scanning the tables, the three she grew close to were nowhere to be seen. She sat at a random table, unaware of the black haired girl, Eren and the blonde who shared Annie's blonde hair and blue eyes. 

  The other brunette spoke up from the other side of the table, "Hey... you." Zakai looked up from her stew. Seeing teal eyes stare into her hazel ones, Zakai felt an icy cold glare boring into her. She met the black haired girl's glare bravely. 

  The blonde spoke out, "M-mikasa... Calm down-" "You hurt Eren." the oriental blatantly stated, interrupting the blonde's plea. Eren just watched curiously unaware of what would transpire. 

  Zakai scoffed, "Yeah, and?" this seemed to cause the oriental's fury to grow. Mikasa, as Zakai heard, stood. Her icy cold glare dropping several degrees lower. Eren finally intercepted, "Mikasa, it was training. She did what was necessary." This calmed Mikasa down quite a bit and the black haired girl sat, returning to her food. 

  The blonde smiled, somewhat shyly. "Hey. I'm Armin." he greeted. Zakai turned her hazel gaze to the blonde. Zakai blinked, "Moptop." was her simple answer.  Armin nodded, "We met yesterday, right? After training?" he inquired though it seemed he already knew the answer. 

  Zakai muttered, "Yea. Thats me. So why are you three here?" Mikasa shot her a glare as she scooped a bite of stew up to her mouth. Soon enough the three had gone off, leaving Zakai alone in the Mess Hall with others who conversed. The brunette from the opening ceremony sat next to Zakai, pointing at the bread which she had left alone.

  "Are you going to eat that?" she asked blatantly. Zakai looked up, scooting the bread to the brunette. The brunette beamed, quickly gobbling the bread down. "Hi! I'm Sasha!" she greeted excitedly, Zakai offered a small smile. "Zakai." the shorter girl muttered quite shyly. 

  "Woah, you're shy!? I never would have guessed seeing as she act all tough and quie-" "Reserved." Zakai interrupted Sasha's statement.

  Sasha tilted her head, "What?" she muttered. Zakai chuckled, "I'm reserved. S-shy too but mostly reserved. H-heh.." Sasha let out a squeal, hugging Zakai tightly. "You're too cute!" Sasha squealed out excitedly.  The familiar voice chuckled, "Looks like someone has a fan already." Zakai pulled away from Sasha's tight embrace, her face flushed a light pink as the familiar blonde guy. She smacked his shoulder after she stood, grabbing her dish and putting it in the stack of dirty dishes. "Shut it Reindeer, I'm going to bed." Zakai stated bluntly. With that the short brunette left, walking to the cabin-like building in which the girls' sleeping quarters were.

  Zakai entered, mostly everyone was there. Talking, a few didn't join in. Mikasa and Annie being the only two besides Zakai herself. The brunette sat on bottom bunk, below Annie's where Annie had sat and listened in to what the others' were talking about. "Hey Zai, was dinner any good?" Annie questioned, Zakai nodded. "Could've been better. That Sasha girl is someone I'm going to keep my eye on." 

  "You mean you actually made a friend for once?" Annie lightheartedly teased, to which Zakai only provided a scoff as her response to the blonde's teasing. "So what are they talking about?" Zakai asked curiously. "Just general stuff. Who's the cutest boy and other girly crap." Annie explained before climbing up to her own bed and laying down. Zakai laid down too, waiting for the others' to get rest which was sooner than expected. Soon Zakai drifted into the peaceful, blissful void known as sleep. 

~~Dream~~

  Unaware of what her dreams would bring her, she hoped it wasn't what it usually was. Though her hope was all in naught, as she felt her memories replay. Human after human, screaming... pleading... begging! For her to stop, for her to not eat them like all titans do. But all their pleas, begs and screams were in vain. 

  And then he was in front of her. A cruel smirk on his face even if he was long gone, Zakai would always hate him. "Zakai Eriko, she supports those demonic Eldians!" he had told them. Why was this always what happened? Why couldn't he just  tell the truth? That he was betraying them, not her... But that never happened. Ever. 

  Zakai jolted awake to someone shaking, it was a certain brunette girl. Brown eyes staring into her own hazel depths. Zakai blinked the sleep from her eyes.

  "Zakaiiiii!" she squealed, "Wake upppp!" Zakai glared up at the loud brunette but sat up. Her own brunette locks down, her hair going down to her waist.

  Zakai's soft brown locks were matted and quite dirty. Sasha shivered upon receiving a bone-chilling glare from Annie who she had also been waken up when Sasha was waking Zakai. Sasha spoke quietly, "Q-quick Zakai.. Instructor Shadis is allowing us to.. T-take showers.." Zakai stood, grabbing a towel, her casual clothes and left with Sasha leading her to the female showers.

  After Zakai took her shower she tied her hair up in a bun, slipping on black leggings and a dark blue shirt. The short brunette stepped out of the girls' quarters. Walking over to Reiner who was talking to Eren. The blonde looked to Zakai, clapping his hands together. "Ah! Speak of the devil! So Eren, think you can take her on? Even if shes all dolled up?" 

  Eren's teal eyes narrowed, determination blazing in them. He stayed in his uniform. "Abosolu-" he began, in seconds flat Zakai darted forward. Delivering a kick to Eren's unguarded side, he gasped, falling to his knees as he struggled to catch his breathe. 

  Zakai grinned, delivering another swift kick to Eren's other side. He fell to his side. Zakai kneeled to his level, whispering a meaningless threat in his ear and stood. Walking off as Bertholdt and Reiner ran to Eren's side. Helping him to the infirmary. Sasha jogged over, smiling. She wore a plain black dress with black leggings. Surprising for a girl such as her. Zakai hummed, I have friends... I may not deserve them but... she thought cheerfully.