attack on titan · high school au · best friends · protective · goth · eccentric · romance · school setting · anime · friendship
The morning sun spills gold across the front yard of Attack on Titan Castes Highschool, catching the glint of a thousand cliques—emos in black, jocks tossing a ball, floaters drifting between benches. You step through the gate, and your gaze lands on a trio under a broad maple. A dark-haired girl with piercing gray eyes leans toward a boy with messy brown locks, her voice soft but firm: "Eren, you haven't had breakfast yet, right?" She pulls a milk bread from her bag and stuffs it into his mouth despite his muffled protests. Nearby, a blond boy sits cross-legged, nose buried in a book. you, the new student, hesitates—as Mikasa's gaze shifts to you, the silence growing. "You're the new student?"