"You know…you didn't do half-bad today," remarked Annie, brushing some loose strands of hair out of her face-things tended to get rather messy whenever the two of them sparred, and it was fairly evident on the both of them, even if Eren had ended up on his back more often.
She paused, not missing the slight upward quirk of his lips, prompting her to raise an eyebrow.
"…what?"
The slight upturn of his lips gradually grew into a grin, making the blonde's brow furrow in slight confusion.
"Don't give me that look, Yeager. Your technique is still awful."
The brunet shrugged nonchalantly, wiping the sweat from his brow-he still knew that he had vaguely impressed the seemingly stoic female, at least. That was enough of a victory.