he's not the coolest, i'm afraid, but he tries.

who's afraid of a five foot three vampire?

Zeke walks down the halls of his high school with his brother in hand. The walls have been decorated with streamers in their school colors — green, silver, and white — and decals of a white dove, the school mascot, are plastered on the windows. Posters advertising the different food stalls and activities from all the clubs and classes have been hung on the walls, but Zeke is only interested in one attraction even if his younger brother is less keen. 

Eren is tugging on Zeke’s hand, struggling to get free. At seven years old, he doesn’t have much of a chance from escaping from his older brother. Still, he continues to tug at Zeke’s hand and whine, “I don’t want to go to the haunted house! That’s boring. Zeke, I want to see all the food stalls. You promised!”  

Zeke does have the intention of keeping that promise, but he had made it with the belief that Eren would be able to make it through at least one attraction. He would be perfectly fine with escorting Eren through the campus grounds where all the food stalls are, but he knows that his younger brother will eat until his stomach is full to bursting and then pass out, too tired to even take another step forward and making it impossible for Zeke to haul him anywhere but home. 

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breaking free

Soaring, flying

There’s not a star in heaven that we can’t reach 

Porco can only recall those two lines, but the rest of the muddled melody plays in his mind for days on end. Sometimes he doesn’t know if he’s imagining it or if it’s just Pieck humming it beside him. When he’s lost in a daze, that song playing in the background of his mind, he’ll startle from his daydream and turn expecting to see her by his side only to realize that it was all in his head the entire time.  

He doesn’t hate music. In fact, he actually kind of likes it. He might not go out of his way to attend concerts or buy musical tickets. Hell, he hasn’t even paid attention to any of the low-budget productions that his school puts on every semester until recently. He just likes to strum the lonely guitar sitting in his living room every once in a while, and he admittedly doesn’t mind hearing Pieck humming beside him when they should be focusing on their chemistry experiment. It’s just that he has other things he should be thinking about: how to improve his free throws, the upcoming basketball game with Shiganshina High, and the basketball championship that his team is set on winning. He has no time for songs or dances no matter how many fliers Pieck shoves under his nose.  

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the worst things come in small packages

Levi’s colleagues look skeptically at the pen where the preschoolers are currently playing with each other. He had gathered them here saying it was an emergency, but there hardly seems to be anything dangerous about the group of toddlers stacking blocks and playing with stuffed animals. Nobody has said anything because, despite being reincarnated in a life where they no longer have military rankings, they still feel weird about refusing any orders from their former captain. They just exchange perplexed glances with each other as Levi continues to glare pointedly at one golden-haired toddler sitting in the center of the pen with a stuffed ape. 

“Are you sure it was necessary to call everyone over?” Petra asks. She glances at Eld and Auruo. “I know you mentioned he was your adversary in our past lives, but we shouldn’t be leaving the other class unattended.”  

“They’re not unattended. Gunther’s looking after them,” Eld says. 

On the other side of the room, Gunther is standing at the open door that connects his and Eld’s classroom with Petra and Levi’s. At the mention of his name, he shoots his friends a smile and gives them two thumbs up. He hasn’t joined their circle, but he’s been watching from the side of the room because he hadn’t wanted to miss anything. Every once in a while, he glances back at his own classroom just to make sure that his students haven’t gotten into any trouble. 

ty this was fun :) it made me enjoy writing again even though i've been tired lately. have a good day

my brother is a top model

When Eren was younger, he loved the fact that his older brother was a celebrity because of the numerous perks it came with: autographs from other celebrities Zeke had collaborated with, free promotional goodies and merchandise from companies Zeke modeled for, and all the luxuries that Zeke treated him to because he couldn’t help but spoil his younger brother. Even though he wasn’t in the entertainment industry like his older brother was, Eren got to enjoy fame just by being associated with Zeke, and Zeke always liked to mention his younger brother during interviews. Classmates would clamor at his desk during breaktimes and fight to sit at the same table as him during lunch. Even the older students tried their hardest to get his attention. Paparazzi, journalists, and fans of Zeke would chase him down after school to get any information they could about his brother, and it caused such a disruption that the school had to hire security just to ensure everybody’s safety. It’s something Eren had bragged about in his younger years, but he’s since outgrown the attention.  

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right here waiting

Once again, Levi misses the entrance to “Wings of Freedom,” a song he and his friends have rehearsed at least a hundred times by now. He knows the song by heart, but he keeps coming in half a beat early because his mind is elsewhere. Mike and Hanji are about to keep going, but Levi makes a rewinding gesture with his finger to signal them to go back to the beginning even though this is the fifth time tonight he’s messed up the beginning. This isn’t even the first song Levi’s messed up. They’ve been at it for an hour already and the entrances that Levi hasn’t missed have been sung with flat notes and were completely void of feeling. At this latest mistake, Mike and Hanji exchange looks.  

cupid's helper

Pieck loves her boyfriend even though he’s not necessarily the most romantic person in the world. Porco is not one for large, romantic gestures. He’s more practical, always giving her gifts that are functional in addition to fulfilling at least one of her wants. He doesn’t splurge on restaurants, selecting more economical places to wine and dine on dates because it’s more financially responsible. He opts for substance over style, trying to avoid overcrowded and overhyped date spots in favor of timeless and classic date spots that they’ll remember forever. Pieck loves all of this about Porco. She loves how responsible, thoughtful, and practical he is, so it’s unusual when he tells her that for Valentine’s Day he’s planning something big and romantic for them. When she had offered her help, he had staunchly refused, telling her that he had everything covered.  

It’s not as if she doesn’t expect Porco to surprise her every now and then, but it does seem out of the ordinary when she comes home to their apartment one night and rose petals are scattered everywhere on the floor. Candles are lit all around their apartment, their aroma filling the entire living room and filling Pieck’s lungs with the scent of sandalwood.  

best kiss goes to...

A girl comes up shyly to Zeke’s booth, a tentative smile on her face. She’s in his class, sits somewhere in the middle row on the right side of the room, but he can’t remember her name even though they’ve had class together for over half a year. Nonetheless, he smiles broadly as she slips a dollar bill across the table. He sets it aside rather than slipping it into the donation box right away and leans across the table, one elbow resting on the table while his cheek rests against his hand. The girl, unused to the attention, flushes a bright pink when she realizes just how close she is to Zeke. 

love with flaws

Mikasa finds it odd but not at all that surprising when Valentine’s Day rolls around and her boyfriend doesn’t call to say he’s picking her up. She had offered to plan their date for today because she knows how overwhelming it can be to schedule a date on Valentine’s Day, but Eren had insisted that he could handle all of it. He just asked her what she would prefer to eat that day and told her he’d pick the best restaurant and that she shouldn’t worry about it. As the day approached, Eren would hint to her about what a wonderful surprise he had for her. She would smile and tell him she was looking for it, but obviously it had slipped his mind because he hadn’t even shown up for their date.  

Mikasa calls him a few times but gives up after the fifth time that he doesn’t pick up. With a sigh, she begins to get dressed and wonders what it is that has made her boyfriend forget today’s date.  

love is overrated

Auruo despises Valentine’s Day. He’s fully convinced that the holiday was invented to torture him and him specifically. Never mind that the holiday originated in the 4th century and wasn’t even associated with romance until the 14th, Auruo is personally offended by everyone who chooses to celebrate it. He’s been grouchy ever since stores started setting up Valentine’s Day displays and promoting their Valentine’s Day products: teddy bears, candies, Him & Her gifts. In recent years, stores have been pushing their Valentine’s Day products earlier and earlier. Sometimes they start promoting it even before New Year’s, choosing to deck out their stores in red and pink hearts as soon as Christmas is over. As usual, capitalism has to make everything ten times worse than it already is.  

This year, Auruo vows to at least try to be a little more mature about the holiday rolling around. He tries not to scowl at every couple making googly eyes at each other or the Valentine’s Day displays that are mocking him from every store window. He makes it ten steps from his apartment building when a couple holding hands and walking their dog in a knitted sweater with a heart pattern passes by and causes a permanent scowl to settle on his face.