(A/N: I know you will all probably kill me because I've been gone for like 4 weeks. I'm very sorry, thank you all for being so so patient.)

Disclaimer: I do not own Attack On Titan or any if its amazing characters.
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"Secrets"
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Marco

Location: College Campus, Library

I'm still worried about everything, even though it was probably nothing, it kept crossing my mind. I sighed as I sat down in the library and started on my assignment from AP Chemistry.

Although, even if I was busy doing my work, I couldn't help but continue to remember what I had seen.

I wish I can just go back in time and really look at what he was doing, I'm really curious. Well...maybe I don't need to know at all.

...

Or maybe I don't want to know.

I pondered on this for a bit, holding the side of my head with my hand. I looked at the computer screen in deep thought, not on my work however, but on what Levi was doing.

What he was dragging, to be more specific.

I furrowed my eyebrows, and kept tapping the desk with my fingers. Of course I couldn't tap my left hand's fingers since, you know, my arm is broken and such.

That's when I came to a sudden realization and thought:

It's a long shot, but maybe if I go back to the same dumpster I saw him throw it in, I can go look and see what he put in there.

Yeah!

Then I can let go of this whole thing, and focus on my studies.

I stopped my thinking for a bit, and slightly yelped as I looked at my screen and Jeans reflection was shown on the computer screen.

"Jean?!" I said and I quickly turned my head, Jean putting a kiss on my forehead.

Jean is really sweet, when he's not trying to get Eren to fight him, he's a really sweet guy.

"Of course it's me. I'm just worried since you only have one half of a sentence written down for your essay."

It was true, I didn't have anything else except for, We should stop polluting the water and air because.. And that was it.

"Sorry," I smiled as I looked at him and continued, "I've just been busy thinking about something else."

"Were you thinking about me?" Jean said with a raised eyebrow.

I love when he does that. It makes him look sexy, my sexy Jeany.

"Maybe, maybe not" I said as I flashed a smile towards him, and he responded with a kiss on the side of my forehead.

"Do you need help with your essay?" Jean asked and I politely shook my head, but he sat down next to me anyways.

"I'll help you anyways," he said and he grinned towards me. I smiled, and looked back towards the screen.

Sure, Jean can be a trouble maker at some times, but really, he's the sweetest person I've seen here. That's excluding Armin. Hes flirty and protective and he really cares about me.

Unlike that other guy, the blonde haired guy with a huge ego. I think he has such a big ego, I can actually see it. I saw him with another tall guy, who had dark brown hair.

Levi - is a different case. He's really protective around Eren, but just really protective. Its almost like he treats Eren as his property.

I saw him kick a guy to the ground just for looking at Eren the wrong way.

It's gotten me really worried, so maybe before I go and look through that dumpster, I should go check on Eren.

I've known Eren for a long time and that's including all of the times Eren and Jean would fight each other.

I suddenly felt a hand on my head and I turned to look at Jean. Jean gave a half smile and looked towards me, he ruffled my hair and pinched my cheek. "Jean-"

"Don't worry about it Marco." Jean said as he looked down at me.

"Huh?"

"Whatever it is you're dealing with, we'll get through it together. If someone is bullying you, then I'll handle that. No one messes with you and gets away with it" He grinned and put an arm around me.

I couldn't help, but smile from ear to ear. I don't know what I'd do without him.

He's like my other half.

A piece of my puzzle and without him, it's like I'm incomplete.

"I'm just overthinking on something. Don't worry about it." I said and I gave him a warm smile. I looked down at my cast and moved it around.
The doctors said I'd be fine in about 1 week. I'm glad the injury wasn't permanent, I'm just upset that I was so clueless. I should've paid more attention to my surroundings.

"Hey, Let's go to that new Cafe that just opened up a few days ago. I heard they serve great sandwiches and beverages," Jean said as he got up from his seat.

I soon got up and looked at him with wide eyes. "What's wrong?" He asked.

I just remembered!

That Cafe is right near the area where I saw Levi dumping trash into the dumpsters near the side of a building.

I can check the dumpster really quickly and when I'm satisfied I can leave, and be done with it.

"Nothings wrong! I'm just really excited!" I said, and Jean smiled.

He ruffled my hair and pushed in his chair. I saved my essay - well my sentence, and I got up as well.

Jean leaned down to give me a surprise kiss, but I looked in the corner of my eyes and caught him.

He instantly turned pink in the cheeks and I laughed, which caught the librarians attention. "No PDA in the library!" She exclaimed and Jean scowled.

"We aren't! Its not like we're fucking!" Jean growled and I held his arm, trying to lead him out.

"No cursing in my library!" She yelled once more. Jean rolled his eyes and stormed out of there with me.

"Fuck! Shit! Bitch!" He yelled out cursing words until he exited the library and I rolled my eyes. Jean can be such a troublemaker.

"I told you to leave me alone!" Someone yelled outside, and I looked outside to see a woman with blonde hair, speed walking towards the other school.

It wasn't any of my business, she was probably talking to the other two guys walking with her.

"Marco."

I turned my head around quickly when Jean called my name. "Coming!" I exclaimed and I quickly took my things and followed him, my cast of course getting in the way.

Bertholdt

"Wait! Come back!!" I said as I jogged towards her, and she kept increasing her speed.

"Leave me alone!" She shouted back as she started running with her things towards the other university. I sighed and looked at Reiner with a sad look. "Let's just forget about it..." I mumbled.

Reiner kept jogging after her. He was so stubborn and then he actually followed her inside!

Inside!!

"Reiner! W-wait!" I yelled as I also went inside the university. Annie started running down the hallways and she disappeared around a corner.

"Where'd she go?" Reiner yelled as he looked around.

"Reiner. Let's just go.." I yelled as I tugged on his arm.

"There you both are. You're late" a man said as he walked up to us and glared at us. "Huh?" I said as I looked at him.

He gently pushed me and Reiner towards the nearest classroom and left us alone to enter. "Wait a minute" Reiner said as he was putting the pieces together.

"Late?...Bertholdt! We enrolled in the wrong University!" Reiner growled as he punched the wall, and it made me jump.

"Well.."

"We were supposed to enroll in Kyojin University not Titanium University" Reiner said and I sighed softly.

"We're close to their university though...so its okay.." I said and Reiner crossed his arms.

"Hm.. Maybe you're right." He mumbled and nudged me in the arm. "Now you can finally get closer to that woman." Reiner said.

I blushed. I sure hope so.

Marco

"So Jean, what do you want?" I said as I scanned the items on the top of the board.

"You"

I blushed and softly pushed him with my good arm, in his side. I laughed and the woman behind the counter laughed a little awkwardly. "Jean! I'm serious!"

"I am too!" Jean teased back and wrapped an arm around me. "Alright. Alright.. I'll have the steak sandwich with a side salad and.."

Everything else Jean said was a blur because I looked around some more and I looked towards the window.

Someone was standing there, looking right back through the window. "Jean, who is that?" I said and as Jean turned around he started walking off.

"What are you talking about?" Jean said as he looked around and then went back to ordering.

"Sorry...you just missed him" I mumbled as I kept looking through the window and then back towards the woman behind the counter.

"Let's go sit down" Jean said and I nodded, however maybe before we sat down, I should check out that dumpster.

"Actually. You can sit down, I think I saw a little kid crying outside..maybe they're lost?" Marco said as he put a hand in his hip. His other hand resting in his cast.

Jean seemed to hear what I said, but it probably traveled through one ear and out the other.

He was watching a sports game on the mini television on the wall.
"Yeah..yeah...don't be gone too long. I'll call you when the food is here.." He mumbled.

I slightly smiled and walked out of the cafe. Once I was out of the doors range I began to run, and its really hard to run with a cast on your arm. It always gets in the way.

I went past a few buildings and came across the one I saw last time. "Here it is!" I said to myself and went around to the side of the building.

The green dumpster reeked of bad odor, but I could handle it. I opened the lid and looked in confusion.

That's...weird..

I would've assumed the garbage truck came around and emptied it when I didn't see the big bag that was dumped in here, but it was moved.

The dumpster wasn't emptied. Hm. Perhaps it was the only thing taken out because the rest of the garbage is still here...

"Marco" a figure from behind me said and I jumped. I quickly shut the dumpster and turned around.

It was Levi.

"Levi.." I said back as I suddenly felt uneasy, I inched my way away from the dumpster.

"What are you looking for? I'm pretty sure Jean's not in there." He said and looked inside it himself.

"That's very funny.." I said with a fake chuckle. Levi crossed his arms as he stopped looking inside the trash and then at me.

"You know, I saw you watching me the other day. When I was throwing out my burden, I saw you watching and then I guess that's when your arm got hit." Levi said as he deeply exhaled.

"Burden?" I repeated as I narrowed my eyes. "Why didn't you just say garbage?"

"What?"

"Garbage. Trash. Why didn't you just say trash? You're acting as if its full of your secrets, like a diary-- "

"Because it wasn't trash." Levi said and then the air grew quiet.

Everything seemed to grow ominous and everything became increasingly uneasy.

"Listen Marco, I know you're smart. So listen to me when I say this - Just mind your own business and maybe nothing else of yours will get broken" Levi said as he looked at me with a cold dark stare.

"Is that a threat?" I managed to say as I looked at him with a hard stare. He shrugged his arms.

"I'm just saying, that if you don't mind your own business and be careful with your surroundings that you might get hurt again-"

"That's not what you said.." I mumbled as I looked at him carefully. He didn't answer to that.

I swallowed and the sound of it echoes in my ears. "Where's Eren?" I asked and Levi rolled his eyes.

"Weren't you here earlier? He said he was going to go visit his mother in the hospital. She was moved to a different hospital so its 12 hours away. He'll be gone for a while." Levi said as he started to walk away from the side of the building.

"I-.....I don't believe you." I choked out as I looked at him with an intense stare. He stopped, and he didn't even look back at me, he just sighed.

"You don't have to." He said and my heart was racing a million miles per hour.

"Oh." He said as he stopped walking and he looked back at me with a half-assed smirk. "Your food is ready.." He said and he went around the corner.

"W-what?" I said and right when I said that, my phone started ringing.
I quickly took it out and read their name. It was Jean.

"H-hello?" I said.

"Hey. Our food's ready. Where are you?" He said on the other line and I quickly told him I'm coming. I ran back towards the Cafe and got a chill down my spine.

Maybe I should report Levi's strange behavior to the police. It would be the right thing to do, but that look he gave me creeped me out.

I've never felt so frightened in my life. I think I need time to myself, time to think, and time with Jean.

I opened the door to the Café and saw Jean taking a bite out of his sandwich. "What took you so long my freckled dork?" He asked and I smiled softly before going to the seat across from him.

Time. That's all I need.

(A/N: I purposefully didn't do Eren and Levi's point of views because I wanted the other characters to gain suspicion or have some sort of part in this chapter ..but thank you for reading. As always Arigato and stay amazing~♥)