Yayo

"You already lost your job?" Your sister asked with a somewhat disappointed voice.

"I'm sorry, Annie." You said softly as you sat down by her.

"Don't apologize-"

"I'll get another one soon! I'll go over to-"

"Don't worry about it. I make enough to support both of us and still have extra. Besides, the only reason I wanted you to get a job is to learn responsibilities." Annie said monotonously.

"No! I hate being useless! You know that! I don't like when other's take care of me when I do nothing for them." You argued.

"You do a lot for me (y/n)." Annie whispered. You smiled and pulled your sister into a hug.

"But still.. I don't- I want to get one."

"I'm not gonna stop you." She said as she pulled out of your embrace.

You brought a hand to the back of your neck and grinned sheepishly, "I also might have gotten a parking ticket..."

×××

Sitting on the couch, you pulled out your phone and scrolled through the contacts until you stopped at Eren. You tapped the call icon and waited. The phone rang three times before the familiar voice answered.

"Hey (y/n) what's up?"

"Hey Eren, Uh do you know if Marco is still hiring at Bodt's? I kinda lost my job this morning."

"Uh yeah I think so. There's an opening for a waitress. Don't you think its a little soon to be-"

"Yeah yeah, but I need something productive to do or else I'll wither away in boredom."

Eren laughed, "Alright I'll talk to Marco for you."

"Thanks a lot Eren. I owe you."

"Nah, It's cool. Remember I owed you one for the night out at Garrison?"

"Hm... Oh yeah! Well thanks anyway."

"Anytime (y/n)."

"See ya."You ended the call and sighed. What the hell am I supposed to do right now.

Annie took my car privileges... Fuck.

Boredom gnawing at your mind, You stood from the sofa, walked to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and scanned the shelves.

"A-ha! We don't have milk!" You noted, happy because you found a reason to leave the house.

You slipped on your navy Sperry Topsiders, grabbed the house key, and skipped out the door.

×××

The automatic doors slid open and you walked through. The cool store contrasted from the warm weather.   You strode through the aisles eyes scanning the overhead signs until you found the one that said "dairy" and followed it. You looked through all of the milks and frowned.

  "What kind do I get? One cap, two cap; Red cap, blue cap... Red cap it is."

So apparently I need Dr. Seuss to help me pick out milk.

You opened the door, picked up the gallon of whole milk, and walked to the express checkout. You exhaled in relief as you saw there was only a few people in line. You stood there somewhat patiently but you couldn't shake the feeling of being watched. You straightened up and heightened your senses. Your face smoothed out and your (e/c) eyes became calculating. You turned around in line and examined each person. Out of everyone, only one stood out to you. He was obviously trying too hard to act normal. He stood by the magazine racks and "casually" flipped through one.

 You laughed. The man peeked his eyes over the magazine and furrowed his brows.

You smiled brightly and waved.

  He looked somewhat alarmed as he didn't expect you to catch on to him.  

You shook your head and turned back in line to let the clerk scan the milk.

With the plastic bag in your hand, you walked out the doors not bothering to see if the same man was following you.

×××

Everything was fine until the halfway point to your house. But you, of course, had never let your guard down. Behind you, the scuffling of shoes on the uneven sidewalk was heard. You came to a dead stop. The feet behind you also stopped.  

"Who are you and what do you want?" You asked.

  There was no reply.

You turned around and and was met with the shadowy figure of a man, he was pretty tall, broad shoulders.   To your initial surprise, the man advanced towards you. You dropped the milk when you caught the glint of a weapon in his hand.

Before he could strike, you trapped this arm, then delivered a knife-hand strike to his collarbone, while shoving him backward and down, locking his weapon wrist and breaking it.

 The man shouted in agony.

In a blinded pain, he aimed a roundhouse kick at your legs. You sidestepped his kick, trapped his leg, and delivered your own kick into his standing knee, breaking it backward, then whipped him around by his raised leg.  

Now that he was incapable of retaliation, You picked up his knife and took a seat on his chest and put the blade against his throat. "Want to tell me what your motives are?"  

The man still didn't speak.

 "Hey buddy what the fuck's your problem?"  

You heard slow round of claps from behind you.

"So, she does have some fight in her." a familiar silky voice stated.

You pulled the knife from where it threatened to cut, stood up and faced the short male.

"Levi."

"(y/n)."

"So I take it this is yours?"

"Indeed. Oluo! Get him outta here!" The raven haired male shouted without breaking eye contact with you. A figure ran out from an alley and scooped up the injured man from the concrete.

"What's this all about?" You asked as you tossed him the knife.  

The raven caught it and pulled the cravat from his neck. He wiped the blade forward and backward a few times. "I want you to work for me."

You blanched."Listen, I don't want to get involved with all of... this. I just want my sister and I to be safe." You explained.  

Levi pocketed the cloth and knife and regarded you once more.  

"You got involved when you decided to show up on my doorstep." He stated.  

"I was just doing a fucking favor for a fucking douche-

"Oi brat. Would you just shut the fuck up for a minute? It's not just me that you have to worry about. You came over at the wrong time yesterday. Apparently someone was there, a spotter for another group. I came to tell Annie when I noticed you leaving the house. So, instinctively, I had my men follow you. Maybe to test your abilities seeing that Annie isn't anyone to be messed with. "

"Exactly. We can handle ourselves, Thanks." You said as you turned around.

"Don't be a stubborn ass (y/n). Think. This group is no joke."

You paused. "Don't be a stubborn ass." Heh. That's exactly what Annie says.

You turned back around. "Alright. I'll do it."

×××

Milk safely in the refrigerator, You stared at your phone.  

I hope I made the right decision. If not, Ill deal with the consequences from the choice I made.

  You pressed the call button.