For his entire life, Eren lived trapped by the walls that surrounded him, closed in on him, suffocated him. Until one day he was taken from those walls and was able to experience the world he had always longed to know. But neither that world nor Eren himself were exactly what he thought them to be. (AU! PROLOGUE UP! CHECKING FOR INTEREST! WORKING TITLE..)

In which Todoroki realizes that maybe airplanes aren't the only thing that should make him nervous.

Since as long as he could remember, Akashi had not been bothered by dark figures that stood at a distance and shadows that crept toward him. He was born a very straight-laced child who never cried or acted out, always maintaining an unphased, unamused demeanor. He saw things that others could not, but he was not bothered. Not until he saw something, someone whose pieces fit his.

"Don't let them overthrow you — You're the King. You control the pawns."

He knew he couldn't expect to be happy, after moving away from the one person he truly cared about. He knew he couldn't fit in with the quick pace of the bustling city. He had no one. No one but a strange person he hardly knew, yet trusted completely.

It was strange of him to consider that Orihara Izaya could possibly discard of him. He didn't want to think like that, but Kida Masaomi knew all to well that this was easily a possibility, when he was just a pawn in Orihara's sick games. TWOSHOT!