We were on the expedition and it was freezing. It was our winter expedition practice with the Military Police and we were hiking through some mountains. We'd been walking for hours, so it was probably around midnight. The snow had been falling all day and night so we had to trudge through an enormous amount of it. I was so cold. I turned to see Armin walking slowly to my left. His nose was bright red and his teeth were chattering. I wrapped an arm around his back. "Y/N, I-I... I'm s-s-so cold," he muttered through the storm. "S-Same. We can warm up when we get to the c-cabin," I replied. He pointed up towards the dark clouds in the sky. We were traveling at night so it was hard to see above them.

"We s-still have to go all the way up th-there," he said. I gave him a pity smile. Although I really couldn't feel my face, so who knew what I looked like.

"We're getting to a narrow path! Careful! Walk in a single file line or you'll fall!" one of the Military Police commanders hollered from somewhere far ahead of us. I looked up. It was getting narrower. I held onto Armin's arm and looked down at the dark, rocky drop. Armin took my bag.

"You don't have to carry–"

"No, please. I don't want anything else weighing you down closer to the edge," he insisted. Fair enough. I couldn't argue with that. I let him carry it, albeit it was really too kind of him. I appreciated that he cared about my wellbeing, even to that extreme of an extent. The further we walked, the more the path caved in on us. Soon enough, we were walking on the edge. "Y/N, switch spots with me," Armin demanded.

"Why? Then you'd be on the cliffside?"

"Y-Yeah, I'd rather myself f-fall off than you. Just s-switch, p-please," he begged.

"Only if you hold onto my arm. I don't want you falling either."

"Fine."

I started awkwardly trying to walk around his side but it didn't work. My foot started to slip. "Y/N, be careful!" he yelled. "I am, it's fine," I assured him, as I took another step. But I didn't actually take another step, because there wasn't anything supporting my foot. So before I'd even realized it, I fell. "Y/N!" Armin cried as he reached out to me. He was too late. I plummeted down to what was thought to be my death. It was seriously as people would describe it as. Your life flashes before your eyes. I remembered everything, even from my earliest moments in life. I was freefalling. My arms and legs frantically tried running back up towards the group but, of course, due to gravity, it wouldn't work. I accelerated down the mountainside, not even being able to see the group anymore, because of the snowstorm. I yelled out for Armin but it was too late. I didn't have any regrets. I really enjoyed being with him and I felt terrible for leaving things off how they were. I really wished we could have said goodbye properly. I loved him.

Armin fell to his knees and yelled my name from up above. Eventually, some members of the Military Police approached him. "S-She... s-she f-fell. We have to go get her!" he wailed.

"She's probably dead. There's no possible way anyone could survive that. What was her name? We need her information so we can report it to the Commander of your group and divide her supplies among the rest of the troops," one of the MPs said. "She could be alive! Are you out of your f-fucking minds? S-She probably landed on a pathway below? We have to go, please, I'll do anything!" he screamed. Armin had never felt so angry in his life. He felt like it was his fault. The MPs looked at each other, then one spoke.

"Go down with him. Just check."

"Fine."

Armin smiled, with tears still spewing from his eyes, and got up. He ran down through the snowy paths. "Y/N... I'll find you. I know you're alive. You had the bracelet. You swore you wouldn't leave me," he said to himself.

Three days had passed. I couldn't see or feel anything. Everything was dark and I had no clue what happened. Did I die? Was this the afterlife? No, Armin and the MP had eventually found me and brought me up to the nurse's cabin. I was cut up badly, unconscious, and barely breathing. About halfway through the fall I must have blacked out. Finally, I woke up. My eyes opened as blinding light hit them. I winced in response. I looked down and notices that I was wearing someone else's clothes. There was a white blouse over my shoulders and some soft, blackish-grey dress pants on my legs. I looked down at your cut covered stomach. It was all red and scratched up. It looked pretty rough and I didn't feel too good. My head hurt and I was certain I had a fever. I had no clue where I was. I looked over to my right and saw Armin laying beside me. Why was he there? I tapped his shoulder and he opened his eyes.

"Y/N you're awake!" he screamed with joy. He sat up and tried to hug me but I leaned back. Why was he in bed with me? I was wondering exactly what the hell happened while I was out. "Where's Eren?" I asked him.

"W-Why? You don't need to worry about him right now. Just let's focus on you–"

"No, get Eren. I really need him right now," I ordered. "Why? I thought you never really liked him," Armin stated, which confused me. "What are you talking about? Eren and I have been pretty close for the past few months. Don't pretend like you don't know that. I may be pretty banged up but I know what I'm talking about," I assured him.

"W-What are you talking about? Y/N, we've been close for months now, not you and Eren."

"Armin, that's nonsense. I would have remembered being with you. Just get Eren and stop joking around," I told him. "Y/N, you mean you don't remember me?" he asked. I replied, "I remember you Armin, but you're not making much sense right now." "D-Do you remember when we went to that flower field in wall Maria? You sat up in that tree and looked over the walls. That's when you kissed me for the first time," Armin said. I was stunned.

"How do you know about that?"

"Because I was there with you!"

"No, that was Eren. Armin, you're really scaring me right now. Please leave. I just want to see Eren. I need him," I whined. Armin's face got hot and he felt like he couldn't speak. Eren walked into the room and I was filled with joy. "What?" he growled. I got up, even though I was in so much pain, and I hugged him. He hugged me back. "You saved me. Thank you. Eren, I love you so much," I told him, with tears welling up in my eyes. Eren pushed me away from himself and gave me a strange look. "You what? What the hell are you talking about? When did I save you?" he interrogated.

"From when I fell. You came down after me, right?"

He walked around me and stood beside Armin. "I'm confused. What's she saying?" he whispered to Armin. "She forgot about me," Armin said, not once looking at Eren. Eren asked him what he meant but it was too late. Armin was beyond talking to. He stormed out of the nurse's cabin and Eren ran after him, grabbing his arm. "Hey Armin, what's wrong? Did I do something to upset you? What's going on? I'm so confused right now, just tell me what's going on, please," Eren pleaded. "N-No, it's not you. Y/N, she forgot everything about me. She thinks everything we did was with you. I don't understand why though. How could the fall just make her forget all about me? It's as if she's replaced my image with yours and yours with mine, and she remembers everything differently now. I don't know how I can go on. I genuinely thought I'd found love and friendship and now it's been ripped away from me. I can't do this," Armin cried. Tears streamed down his face and he pulled his arm from Eren's grasp. He ran to another building, trying to hide from Eren. Eren ran closely behind him and found him in a cabin. He knocked on the door.

"Oh come on, that can't be true?" he yelled, but Armin insisted it was. He sat behind some boxes and held his knees close to his chest. It felt like his insides were going to explode.

"I'll prove it to you. I promise. Give me a minute."

Eren walked back into the room I was staying in.

"You're joking, right Y/N?" he said to me angrily.

"About what?"

"Not remembering everything you've done with Armin. You guys love each other. This is kind of a sick joke to be playing on him. Sure, I like to mess with him from time to time but we move past it every time. He's my best friend and I'm not going to let you hurt him like this. Is it something he did? Is that why you're pretending you don't love him anymore? Is this just some scheme to have a breakup excuse? I won't let you do this to him. You loved him, not me."

"Love him? Not in a lifetime!" I laughed as I walked over and slumped my arms over Eren's shoulders.

"The only person I love is you."

I smiled and pulled him in for a kiss. His lips were warm and plushy. Just as I thought I remembered them to be.