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Late Night Stories Vol. 05 Reiner Braun A Story of Absent-Mindedness

“…You know it’s your turn today, Reiner.”

The recruits were busy training, marching through the night. They dragged their heavy feet, weary from the afternoon, as they carried torches in their hands.

“My turn for what?”

“…Remember when we pulled an all-nighter studying the other day?” Bertolt said next to him, causing Reiner to remember.

“Oh. To tell a story to keep everyone awake?”

“I’m begging you to… I feel like my feet are about to stop. I won’t fall behind if it’s an interesting story. I’d need to be in the group to hear it, after all,” Armin said, looking up at Reiner as he staggered back and forth, just barely keeping up.

“Okay. In that case… I’ll tell you a story from the other day.”

••••••

A few days earlier, Reiner was training with a group outside, when they were caught by a heavy evening squall. Of course, rain was no reason to stop a training exercise. If the soldiers didn’t have any rain gear, that just meant a drenched uniform. Their one saving grace was that they would be heading back to the barracks immediately afterwards.

“…Once all of you guys got back, the first thing you had to do was dry your clothes and wash off any mud with well water, right?” “ But you were squad leader then, Reiner, so you had to go and give a report before that,” Armin continued. Reiner nodded while a shiver ran through his body, as if he was remembering how cold he was that day.

“I finally gave my report to the instructor and went back to the well, then took off my shirt to start wiping off my body, but just as I did…”

••••••

“Aahh?!”

Reiner turned to face the shrieks and saw two female Training Corps recruits, Mina and Krista, passing by. Thinking that they must have been shocked to see him shirtless, he turned his back to them in a panic and apologized.

“S-Sorry. I’ll be done fast, so, just a minute…”

“N-No, we’re sorry, too! Don’t worry, you can finish up!”

“Really? Okay, then…”

Reiner paid no mind to the girls as they watched him wring his shirt with his exposed, muscular body, before starting to wipe it clean…

“Hey, Reiner? Um… Can we ask you a favor?”

“…And then the girls asked if they could touch my abs. It’s not like it would hurt anyone to say yes, so I let them, and…they said things like, ‘Wow, it’s really a six pack!’ or “What do you do to work out?’”

The girls didn’t hold back as they put their hands all over him.

“Heh! You’ve got a pretty solid chest, Reiner.”

“Wait, Ymir…! Hey, both of you!”

Ymir’s teasing stirred the girls on, as they started to touch not only his abs but also his chest, arms, and back. Reiner sighed at what a mess the situation had become.

“That…was surprising.”

“Wh-What did you just say happened…? Really? I’m so jealous of you!!”

While the situation could be seen as fortunate depending on one’s point of view, Reiner spoke of it as if it were a complete mystery to him. Jean, who was next to Reiner, impulsively threw his torch to the ground.

“Oh! Well, Mikasa wasn’t there, you know!” Reiner said.

“That’s not the problem here!!” Jean replied through clenched teeth. Marco tried to calm Jean while picking up his torch.

“Why don’t you try working out until you have a body like Reiner’s?”

“O-Oh, so I just have to keep working out…”

“I wouldn’t if I were you,” a smiling Armin said as he listened in on the conversation, shutting Jean down completely. “Vertical Maneuvering is your specialty. If you put on any more muscle, you wouldn’t be able to use your skills as well.”

“T-True, balance is important… Wait, don’t tell me that right now, Armin! Can’t you leave me the smallest bit of hope to cling onto?!”

This made Reiner notice that Armin, who tended to lag behind, was still in proper formation with the rest of the squad. He saw that everyone else was there, too and was satisfied to know that he had accomplished something by telling his story.

SOURCE: Attack on Titan: Short Stories 2

TRANSLATION: Ko Ransom

READ ALSO:Late Night Stories Vol. 03 Krista Lenz : A Heart-Pounding Story

Three Viewpoints: Selected Cases

The Case of the Anonymous Invitation - File No. 12 Reiner’s Side (3/3)

Dinnertime, a few days after the training corps received the anonymous letter…

The young soldiers was busy gossiping about who had the right to accept the invitation to a meal described in the letter.

“Is Reiner Braun here?”

“Huh…?”

Just then, the instructor’s voice filled the mess hall, quieting it in an instant. Not only that, he had called a name that would normally never come out of his mouth.

“Come to the instructors’ office after dinner.”

“…Yes, sir.”

Reiner stood and saluted, but he didn’t understand. The Instructors ’ office was normally a place where troublemakers went… He barely had any familiarity with it as someone with high marks.

“Hey, that’s pretty rare. You getting called into the office?”

What could it be for…? I haven’t messed up lately.

******

Reiner visited the instructors’ office after finishing his meal, but his instructor’s attitude was as indifferent as ever.

“I understand you rescued a civilian lost on a path during our mountain training exercise the other day,” the instructor said.

“To be more precise, I made sure that it wouldn’t interfere with my squad’s actions… and guided someone I met while fetching water back down to the trail at the base of the mountain. I believe I included it in my report…”

Had it been determined that he’d done something inappropriate as squad leader? Reiner prepared to defend himself, but the instructor held him back, saying he wasn’t blaming Reiner for anything.

“A letter of thanks from that civilian arrived addressed to the corps. It seems another one was sent to us through regular mail the other day, but that they forget to write a name on it. That’s why they sent another.”

The instructor produced an envelope with Reiner’s name on it. He had seen the paper used for the envelope somewhere before. Reiner needed no prompting to open it.

“…Hm?! This note…!!”

••••••

“So that thing that read like a love letter from the other day…?”

“…It seems to have just meant they wanted to show their thanks. The envelope, ink, and handwriting all matches up.”

Reiner returned to the mess hall, explained the entire situation to his corpsmates, then discussed the letter in his hand as well as the truth behind the mysterious letter.

“But I think that’s a good thing. You’re getting a free meal out of it, right? The handwriting’s nice, too, so it’s probably some beautiful…”

“…It was a middle-aged man.”

“…Excuse me?”

“I saved an older man, about the same age as our instructor.”

After a moment of stillness, the mess hall exploded with laughter.

••••••

“…Gah hah hah, so it really was true?”

A few girls agreed with Ymir as she held her stomach laughing. By exchanging information in the girls barracks, it seemed as though they had figured out that Reiner was the one who helped the civilian.

“Oh, so the girls knew! We didn’t notice at all!”

“Still, Reiner. I’m impressed that you were able to be that kind and guide someone back despite being in the middle of that harsh exercise. If that had been me, a compass direction would be the absolute most I’d have been able to give him,” Eren said, praising him without any laughter. Reiner sounded serious as he explained why.

“We’re soldiers. No matter who it is, we can’t let ourselves abandon people in trouble,” he said.

…While he was trying to sound cool, it seemed as though his corpsmates would take a while to stop laughing now that they had gotten started.

“You might as well enjoy the opportunity, though. Have a nice private dinner with the old man who saved you,” one of them said.

“I already told the instructor no thanks… That was something any of us would have done. It wouldn’t be fair if I accepted.”

Reiner was now fed up with everyone’s reactions and tried to get them to go back to the barracks. But then, in a rare act for him, Bertolt came up to Reiner and delivered a warning as he sighed.

“Reiner… I don’t mind you being thoughtful… But I don’t want you getting involved in anything annoying because of it…”

“Yeah, I know. I’m not at all interested in being made fun of.”

Bertolt let out another quiet sigh. Reiner the soldier took the words as simple exasperation and followed him back to the barracks as he scratched his head.

SOURCE:Attack on Titan: Short Stories 2

the gif’s way too fast but it made me develop a carpel tunnel so take it or leave it

Day 60 : Colossus Titan

timeskip bert ( i CANNOT get him out of my head) and reiner !!

marley!bertl

• If Bertolt were to find you having a panic attack, the poor boy would be absolutely terrified and not know what to do
• All he knows is that he wants you to stop crying
• At first he’ll freeze and watch you for a moment, seeing if you’re hurt or in danger. Then he’ll approach you slowly
• When you barely take any notice of him, his worry increases and he pulls you onto his lap, long arms pulling you against his chest
• He generally tries to do what he’s seen other people do. Stroking your hair and shushing you quietly, trying to get the tears to stop
• He doesn’t really know what to say and he probably gets very tongue tied. He probably gets even more sweaty as well, jut because he’s worried
• If it’s right before/after an expedition, he knows there’s nothing to be said anyway and will probably just remind you of where you are and that you’re safe with him 
• When he realises he’s just gotta let you cry it out, he’ll settle for rubbing your back, feeling pretty helpless 
• Once you’ve stopped crying and can talk, he actually gives some really good advice
• If you’re anxious about something to do with titans or the colossal/armoured titan, he feels extremely guilty and gets quite firm about it
• “Hey, look at me. I promise they’ll never hurt you, do you hear me? And next time you see them, I’ll be there.”
• You find he becomes more protective over you once he knows about your anxiety, standing in the background or having a reassuring hand on your shoulder
• He just cares so deeply about you that he wants to make sure this never happens again

This is my entry for the awesome @seasons-of-anime-exchange 2021! Dear @yeslokiisgod , this Reibert fluff is for you ❤ hope you like it!!

Last chapter of Snk in less than a week… Am I okay? No. Thanks for asking though.
We were robbed of older Bertholdt, so here he is!