"Hey Eren, could you be a little more careful?" Armin's words went unheard as he scrambled to pick up his fallen book. It had been knocked off his desk by none other than Eren Jaeger and Jean Kirschtein, fighting again. The two were often seen to be at odds and it was becoming quite tiring for Armin to keep up, so he just tried to ignore them by reading his book before his homeroom teacher arrived, though it looked like he couldn't even do that in peace. Eren and Jean were shouting pretty loudly and had the majority of the class' attention. Mikasa Ackerman, Eren Jaeger's adoptive sister, was one step away from intervening before the teacher arrived and the two boys stopped.

"Eren, Jean, why are you the only two out of your seats? I hope you weren't fighting again" Mr Hannes warned, becoming bored with their antics.

"No sir." Eren muttered, taking a seat beside Mikasa who shook her head. Despite being annoyed with their behaviour, she did have a relieved look on her face because she didn't want Eren to wind up in detention again. His mother was already angry enough at him as it was.

"What he said." Jean gritted his teeth, taking a seat beside Marco Bodt.

"Good!" Mr Hannes smiled, "Now that I seem to have everyone's full attention, I have something to announce." at that, Hannes turned his attention to the door and said, "You can come in now, Annie."

A girl of short stature and light blonde hair that was tied back into a sloppy bun stepped into the room. She was wearing a white hoodie and loose jeans, Armin noticed that she had long bangs which were put to one side of her face, almost completely covering her eye. She had a large nose, but it didn't look obscene, in fact it suited her quite nicely.

"This is Annie Leonhardt, she just transferred here. Now kids, I want you to make her feel welcome, okay?" Hannes smiled. The class began to buzz with light chitter-chatter.

"Why would someone transfer in the middle of semester? That's just weird." Connie Springer said just a bit too loudly.

"Right! Annie, would you like to say anything about yourself in front of the class?" Hannes looked down towards Annie, whose expression looked sour.

"No." she said bluntly.

Armin thought it was strange that she didn't wish to introduce herself, but maybe she was just shy? Other members in the class whispered a little more and Armin knew they probably weren't whispering nice things about the new girl. She hadn't exactly given the best first impression of herself, and at this school first impressions were everything.

"Ok," Hannes was slightly surprised by the girl's reaction and moved on quickly. "Let's find you a seat then". He scanned the room for an open seat, like most classrooms, the desks were arranged in twos. The only person who sat next to an empty desk was Armin.

One of the main disadvantages of being in a trio was that one person was always sort of the third wheel. More and more frequently these days Armin seemed to feel like that, especially since it seemed that Mikasa was beginning to develop feelings for Eren. Eren of course was oblivious to this, the only people who noticed were Armin and Jean. Jean noticed because he had a huge crush on Mikasa, and this was probably one of the key reasons to why Eren and Jean were always fighting.

"You can go and sit beside Arlert, over there." Hannes pointed towards the blond boy's direction.

Armin suddenly felt his heart race, feeling nervous as the new girl approached him. She didn't really seem that friendly at all, then again, Armin believed in giving people a chance. Never judge a book by its cover, he reminded himself. People were often more deeper than they first appeared. When Annie sat down she didn't even bother to look at him, that much he expected.

"H-hi there, I'm Armin Arlert." The girl barely turned her head as she let out an almost inaudible sound of recognition. Armin didn't expect that, or maybe he did. Either way, he instantly felt uncomfortable.This is going to be…interesting. He wanted to try and make the best of the situation and although he knew little to nothing about her, he had a feeling there was definitely a lot more to this girl than met the eye.

Throughout the whole fifteen minutes of homeroom, Annie did not speak or as much as even look at Armin. He on the other hand, kept glancing at her from the corner of his eye. Armin was quite proud of his ability to be able to read people and he wanted to see if he could figure Annie out, but without her actually noticing. When the class finally ended, Hannes made his way over to the pair before they had a chance to leave.

"Armin, would you be so kind to show Annie around today? I gather you've got to know a little bit about each other in today's class."

Armin smiled awkwardly at Hannes, but nodded, "Sure."

"Don't look so glum Annie, Armin is a wonderful boy." Hannes smiled at Annie who had the same sour expression on her face as she had when she was standing in the front of the class. It was an 'I don't want to be here' type of face and was making Armin feel more uneasy by the minute. Everyone had left the class in the meantime, and as Hannes walked out of the door, Annie headed out leaving Armin behind.

"Hey w-wait," he called out to her.

"I don't need a babysitter." she muttered.

"I know but…we can compare timetables can't we? Maybe we share—"

"If you're not stupid, you'll leave me alone." Annie cut him off with an irritated tone in her voice and scowled at him. The look she gave him made Armin feel extremely intimidated and scared. She disappeared around a corner and he was left standing still and completely dumbfounded.

She's small but she's fierce…