TAIL SIDE # 1 - DO NOT LEAVE ME

Disclaimer: Shingeki no Kyojin is not mine . It all belongs to Isayama-Sensei.

[Paradise Island, Year 851]

After the success of closing big holes in the Wall Maria and reveals the truth of their the world history, the Scout Legion continues to cleaning up the Wall Maria from the remaining Titan inside it. New squad recruitment is also undergoing inside the walls. This time, there's a lot of people want to join the Scout Legion after the achievements they've made for mankind.

Hanji Zoe, who was promoted to be a successor of previous Scout Legion Commander, Erwin Smith, she began to prepare for the first scout trip outside the wall after victory over Wall Maria. This expedition will be considered as the first expedition because it was develoved with some different purposes from before. That purposes grows from exterminate and studying the Titans to explore and learn about their land, Paradise Island.

This expedition reached the farthest point they had ever taken before. They are the first group in the history of the people within the wall that can reach the shore. The place where the story begans, the place where the Eldians was exiled and transformed into a Titan by the Marleans. All of their eyes are focus on to the beautiful landscape they find in that place, the unbelievable ocean.

Various expressions was radiated from their faces. Some are very happy because of their dreams come true, some are just staring at the blue ocean with blank stares, some are have a pure admiration of its beauty, some are too happy to find out something lies beneath it, even some are very hungry just from imagining a very large fish inside the ocean.

Once they are satisfied with the panorama in front of their eyes. The Commander Hanji Zoe, gathering all the squad for team briefing and some job description. The main objective was divided into two teams, the First Team led by Jean was tasked for mapping the geographical landscape around to invented the Island Map, some senior members of Scout Legion such as Eren, Mikasa, Connie and Sasha as well as several new members appointed by Hanji to participate in it.

Second Team led by Hanji herself and her deputy, Armin will be in charge of studying the Ecosystems there, while some members who didn't get one of those two main objective tasks were ordered to standby as back-ups, making perimeters, preparing tents and dinners. They will spend the night and days at least they have enough data to bring back into the wall, the field coordination is handled directly by the Veteran, Captain Levi Ackerman.

When the cadets set up a tent camp, of course it is separated between men and women, Levi setting up a tent in a different place. A bit far from the tents of the members, more precisely far above the harbor barrier wall. This tent is for The Commander of Scout Legion, Hanji Zoe and aims to ease the supervision of the members who are located right under the Commander's tent, in the sand.

The sun was about to go back to set at the end of horizon as they were all busy with their own activities. The journey itself has taken more than 8 hours with a minor annoyance from some Titans, this time the scouting formation that invented and inherited from their former commander Erwin Smith felt so useful. As Levi was busy cleaning up the tent he had done, a member approached him.

"Sir, all tents have set up. Do you need some help to set up your tent after this?" He asked Levi in a straight-forward and eager manner.

"Tent? I don't need it. I'll be on guard and prioritize the security of Commander here ..." Levi pointed to where he was, right beside Hanji's tent. "If you really want to help, bring me a chair and some firewood up here, that's enough for me" he replied expressionless as usual.

"Yes Sir!"

When he finished with all the things he was preparing, Levi rolled down the wall to patrol. From a distance he can see Hanji looked so happier than when she seeing a Titan, Hanji drowns her feet into the water of the beach then reaches out everything lies beneath it. Somehow, it makes Levi feel relieved, at least this isn't as dangerous as when she merrily laughed in front of the captured Titans.

Levi looked at the vermillion sky above the sea that was ready to turn into a dusk, he was actually happy to be here, he just don't know how to express it. The memories of his fallen comrades slowly embracing his mind and then he murmured, "I hope you all could see this beauty of the sea, just like what I see right now ..." and then he walked up toward Hanji.

Hanji picked up some shells and anything that seemed unfamiliar in her eyes, kept walking in the strange sea waters without noticing her surroundings.

"Hanji, stop it. We still don't know whether it's poisonous or not ... "

Levi continues to worry about Hanji's carelessness, he knows that if Hanji gets too enthusiastic about new things she can't be stopped nor realize how careless she was. Levi always thinks, why this woman (Hanji) is always bothering him, she's too old for her childish silly behavior. Before Hanji could turned to look at Levi, a strong large waves crashed and dragged Hanji's body farther to the depths of the sea.

"Hanji!!!" Levi shouted out of his consciousness loudly... He knew that Hanji wasn't good at swimming. All eyes of the cadets who have heard Levi's howl immediately searching the source of the sound, no one except Levi was aware that their Commander was dragged along the ocean's wave. Levi immediately took off his robes and his 3DMG equipment which is heavy and can't float on the water then thoughtlessly swam toward Hanji, who had now waved her hand to ask for help.

After a great struggle against the strong waves, Levi was finally able to draw Hanji back to the sandy land. Hanji, now loss her half consciousness. she feel her vision was blurred, her hearing also be somewhat worse, probably because of the salty water that entering through her body cavity when she was dragged by wave earlier. Several members appeared to swarm around the Veteran couple in the Scout Legion and offered some help.

"Oi you boys ... She's okay, she just drinking too much salty water there, I can take care of it. Get back your work! I don't want any bad things happen because of your negligence." Levi said it a little bit loudly and carried away by his emotions. Levi's word automatically disbanded all the swarmed squad and sent them back to their posts.

Levi then took soaked Hanji to her tent he had made before, laid her on a thick straw carpet with a very clean lining and covered her with a warm blanket. The cold air breeze of a nightfall starting to freeze every human bone through their skin.

"Hey, shitty-glasses. Put on your consciousness ... You must change your wet shirt before you catch cold and get sick." Levi's words pulled Hanji's half-blurred eyes on him.

"Ah~ Le-va-iii ... I can feel my body's numb, my finger can't even unbutton my shirt , how could I take this 3DMG Harness off my body? "She replied with a forced smile and then coughed because her throat is still itching by salty water she'd drank earlier.

"Tch, such a troublesome ..."

Nevertheless, Levi kept walking to Hanji's backpack to get the change clothes. Of all the people in Scout Legion today, only Levi knows for sure what excactly Hanji's gender. But he was used to it, thanks for the Commander's laziness all the time.

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This story happens when Levi forces Hanji to take a shower after the meeting at the Scout Legion was done. Levi who is best known as a hygiene-maniac can't stand with Hanji who hasn't bathed for days because of her research of Titan . Hanji still insisted to not taking a bath and continuing her research, Hanji's statement completely made Levi's patience run out and then he finally made Hanji unconscious and forcely bathe her.

At first, Levi thought Hanji was a man until the moment he released Hanji's clothes. He felt strange and then he gulped in silence, why there was little bulge in Hanji's chest, whereas when she was in uniform her chest was quite fieldy, he thought.

Levi goes on to removing Hanji's pants. He really surprise to know that there are no single cannon and the two bullets that used to stand in the men crotch. He couldn't find it in Hanji's. This is the time where he finds out the facts about Hanji's gender, Hanji is a Woman. Levi then continues his activities to bathe Hanji, he was sweating cold while holding back his man's wild passion when he learns that facts.

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Levi replaced Hanji's wet clothes with warm new clothes swiftly. No one spoke, this piercing silence is more than the cold breeze of a nightfall. Levi was changing Hanji's clothes from top to bottom without any single light, Levi always complained to Hanji, that he was very uncomfortable with Hanji who never wore any underwear in her suit, for more accurate she didn't have any. But this time he's thought about something different.

"Hanji, you must get used to being clean. I can't always change your clothes anytime you want to. What if a member of Scout Legion seeing this? There's will be a chaos out there. "

She who's asked can only to surrender her body to be clothed by the questioner due to her body stiffness, her gaze was blank, just like her soul had long drowned as her body shivered with cold, her lips and tongue were too stiff to answer the question. But she tried…

"I don't care about that ..."

"Tch, it's still inconvenient for me." Levi replied as his Commander's clothes had been changed.

He then stood aside the dirty clothes and lit a candle to light and warm Hanji inside the tent.

"You, stay here, warm yourself and rest. I'll take care of the boys outside, They shouldn't know that their 'mother' is sick right now. They'll be negligent their duty. I will be back soon."

Hanji felt something strange, she didn't want Levi to leave. Even for a while she just want him stay with her, but a not single word come out of her mouth. Her right hand upraised in shiver try to reach Levi whose have been turned away from the tent. Why? Why am I so afraid right now? This fear… is so different from the first time I came out the wall for an expedition. In the shadow of Hanji's thoughts and feelings, she covers her face with her both palms, as if she wants to contain every single warm raindrop falling from her eyelids.

Levi climbed down the harbor barrier and headed for the centre of the swarm, the camp-fire. The place where some of his troops gathered to warmed theirself up against the wind, when they saw Levi headed towards them, all squad immediately stood up and paid tribute to Levi. Armin who saw their Commander's absence immediately threw the question to the Captain.

"Captain, how's Commander going? I heard she was swept away by strong waves on the beach." Hours before, Armin was on the task of researching the flora that grew up around the beach and didn't watch it.

"She is fine. It's just that I didn't allow her to go to the field for a while. So for now the Ecosystem Research Team responsibilities is all yours, Armin.

"Ye-yes Sir..."

After that statement, Levi saw the Island Mapping Team have return. Without wasting any time Levi provides a brief briefing for tomorrow's missions and tonight's guard rotations. Once completed, the troops are allowed to eat their dinner, but some must go on their first watch, to keep an eye on the perimeters they have made. Levi took a plate of food and two cups of hot-freshly-made-tea and then going back toward the Hanji's tent.

While arriving in the tent, Levi found that Hanji was sitting on her simple-made-bed still wrapped in a blanket, but this time her eyes looked swelled, red and slightly watery.

"Hey, feeling any better?" He greet her briefly as he entered the tent, and approaching her.

"Um-ah ... Yeah ..." Hanji replied as she wiped both her watery eyelids.

"What's wrong with your eyes?" Levi gave her a plate of newly-made food and tea.

"Ah, this ... It looks like the salt water effect earlier ... Levi? This tea is so sweety…

"Hm ... Why? You don't like it?

"Aah, no, I love sugar. It's good for tired body, you know... I thought you were going to give me some of your bitter tea ... "

"..." Levi stood in silence before Hanji start to talk again…

"How do you know that I like sweety tea?" Then there was a moment of silence for both of them because of Hanji's question, Levi throwing his gaze into his own cup of tea.

"I just make a standard taste tea for human tongue, I don't even know that you like sweety tea."

"Ah, so yes ... That means your tongue is abnormal for human standard, right? Ahahaha ..."

When Hanji's absurd laughter begins to lose their echoes, a silence ensues ... For some reason the atmosphere between them becomes more heavier. Hanji bowed her head.

"Nah, Levi ... What happened when I wasn't in the Scout Legion anymore?"

Brrrrrrffffffttt ... Levi spouted out the tea he just drank as that sentence came out from Hanji's mouth.

"Yo-you ... What did you just say? You know what? I'm not interested to come in for your current position as Commander of Scout Legion. Anyway what's that? Do you want to die soon, huh? "

"I didn't expect… death's so near, it'll come at you any way ..." she still bowed her head, Hanji said it very-very slowly and vaguely to be heard in Levi's ears.

"What? Louder, you shitty-glasses ... "

"A-aaah ~ Sorry, I mean that, like, hmmm-ah-yeah ... Like you who want to open a tea-shop somewhere when it's all over. Yes-yes, like that, maybe someday we will retire from this regiment, you see… we are the last Veterans in here, right? "Hanji replied with panic, try to covering her pessimist answer earlier.

Levi snorted, "Oh, I thought you just say something else ... Just do what you wanna do, fucking-shitty-glasses..."

"Such as?"

"Tch, use your brain. Every now and then throw all the Titan things in your head and think about your own fucking future, for God's sake "

"Hmm ... Is that so..."

Hanji just slumped back again, why the answer wasn't what she expected, it couldn't calm her troubled heart right now. It all started when she was almost drowned last afternoon, she almost crossed the line to another world, world where her fallen comrades waiting to pull her up there.

When her consciousness half-returned, when Levi pulled her from that strong waves ... All the pictures of her friends in her mind were disappeared one by one. Erwin, Moblit, Petra so on the others and leaving just her and Levi, but for a moment her consciousness had fully-returned, Levi's pictures in her mind also faded away and left her alone. Somehow she was so afraid of being alone, for some reason she couldn't bear the rest of her life in loneliness.

Being drifting away to her daydreams, She's not aware of Levi that already sat beside her and shake her body.

"Hoi ... Hoi ... Hanji! Pull yourself together ... What's wrong? "

"A-ah ... It's okay ..." throw away the word she said, her face turned more pale.

"Hey, you must eat. And after that, just shut your eyes, try to sleep, okay... "Levi stood up from his position and walked out, before he coming out of the tent, he said, "You don't need to watch tonight, the boys are enough. I'll keep an eye outside your tent. So if you need anything, I'm out there, just call me…"

Hanji simply nodded to agree that and pushed Levi out of her tent. Ignoring the food nearby her, she just laid back to her bed and covered herself with a blanket and murmured softly,

"Don't Leave Me Alone ... Levi ..."

Her body fatigue comes to their peak and make Hanji sailing in her subconscious sea, drifting into sleep, brace herself for the coming tomorrow and a new reality that God would give her, a miracle that would change everything on that day ...

TAIL SIDE # 1 END

-To be Continued-

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Author Notes:

Yo, Nice to meet you all, Readers…

This is my first English Fanfiction in Attack on Titan Fandom, so I wanna say "SORRY" for my bad English, I'm Indonesian anyways. So, I already give my best to this story.

The 2nd is, this Story will be a multi-chaptered, and the show will begin on the next chapter (I told you, this is a TimeSwap story already in summary, yes?), so next chapter will be mark as AU/AR/AT.

(C'mon, this chapter just a Prologue, man)

I know this story is still far from good, so please ge me a review, comment or private message as you wish. I will learn it all to give my best for your future satisfactory. And if you read it in Wattpad, don't forget to click the star icon below, okay. :)

Thank You/Arigato-Gozaimasu

~ Justaway-Madao