Just recently accepted into the Recon, Eren Jaegar, an ambitious young lad, was now waiting. Waiting to get his upgraded equipment was such a drag. Sighing, he looked upwards into the sky. How boring it looked. The same old blue sky, the same old thin clouds, the same old sun... "Hey Eren, daydreaming again?" Mikasa Ackerman nudged him as the place in front of him was empty. He looked forward again, and sighed softly. "No... I'm just bored." Mikasa and the rest behind them moved forward in line. There were so many in line, that Eren couldn't even see the end. What a drag. What a drag.. "Mikasa.." "Yes, Eren?" Eren thought for a moment. "Do you think we'll make it through?" "Make it through what?" Mikasa asked, already knowing what Eren was thinking. "This war." "I do think so." With that, Eren smiled a bit. "I think so too."

The young Raeye was the one handing out their new equipment, she was beautiful with her blonde hair glowing in the sun, she greeted ever recruit with a warm smile and a 'thank you for joining our force, you will be a great help', you could say she was one of the type of person that made humanity worth fighting for. Eren and Mikasa's turns were approaching, after maybe half an hour, Raeye was of course getting tired at this point but alas, she kept on smiling.

After it was only three more before it was Eren's turn, he was growing restless. The stuff looked so shiny and awesome. So much better than the ones he was used to using. "The training equipment was so dull, wasn't it?" He said as the next one moved forward. Mikasa simply nodded, and moved forward behind Eren. Eren was trying to peek at the equipment when he got a glimpse of the blonde who was handing them out. "..Never seen her before, who is she Mikasa?" "Raeye." An answer came from behind. Eren shifted his glance to the guy behind them. "One of the best smiles I've ever seen. I swear she'll get famous for her looks if not for her skill." After hearing what he had to say, there was only one person before Eren, where he got a better view. "He might be right.." Finally, it was Eren's turn.

"Why hello there!" Raeye's voice was cute and quirky, much like her personality. "I welcome you to the Recon Corps, we'll be glad to have you." She handed Eren his gear, a new harness for his maneuver gear, the recon corps uniform and of course the shiny new 3d maneuver gear that came along in the package.

Accepting the gear from the blonde's hands, he nodded and took a glance at his new equipment. Smiling happily, he looked at the girl standing in front of him. "Thank you! I bet lots of the Recon are happy to have you too." He turned to leave, but looked at her again. "I'm Eren Jaegar. And you?"

"My name is Raeye Detsuka." Her smile was warm and welcoming as her eyes were. "And thank you, though I'm more of an errand girl than anything else." She giggled slightly.

He gave his best smile and nodded slightly. "That's a name I'll remember." Being nudged a little by Mikasa, who was waiting for her own gear, he turned and left. "And a face I'll remember too.". He thought to himself.

Raeye greeted Mikasa with the same smile... Almost... she seemed to put more feeling into it when she saw Eren, she knew the kid had potential, she handed Mikasa her gear too and finished her shift.

Soon after that encounter with the cheerful blonde, Eren was starting to undergo training in the Recon troops. The titans weren't attacking for now, so they had to hone their skills. Rumours were spreading that a technology was being developed to increase their gas tank capacity without increasing their weights, making the soldiers much more efficient. Completely exhausted from the training on that day, Eren was slacking on a fine evening, when he spotted the blonde whom he met that day. "Raeye huh?" He thought. "Her hair wasn't brown when I saw her... wonder what she's handing out now." He got up and walked over to the girl, waving as he came. "Good evening."

"Oh, hello!" Raeye smiled over at him, she was actually handing out well earned drinks to the soldiers in training, "Would you like one?" She held out a silver cup to him, her smile never ceasing to calm one.

Having had the same drink a few times just before he greeted her, he almost sighed. "..." That smile was one he could never say no to. Smiling politely, he accepted the drink. "..Thank you for the services." He smiled sheepishly, taking a sip of the drink he got fed up of.

"Happy to help, I'm sorry there isn't much variety at the moment." She poked her own cheek cutely as she said that, everything about her was just too perfect, although she was average in combat. "Maybe later I can start serving different drinks."

"It's okay, really." The tone of his voice just almost showed his frustration with the drink. He could just pour it onto the ground after he left, but his heart wouldn't let him. He continued sipping the drink. "I think people would come anyway for that smile." He tried putting it in the friendliest way possible, giving a slight smile.

She blushed a little, "To be honest sometimes it hurts me, it feels like my face forces their hearts into not doing anything rude, it's like I put them in a state where they can't be themselves." "So please, if you don't like it anymore you don't have to keep drinking it." She looked over at him.

That took an unexpected turn. He couldn't understand how what he said could have been hurting. "I'm sorry." He said, gently placing the drink on the table she was handing them out from.

"No, it's not your fault, I'm sorry if you took what I said the wrong way." She was reluctant, but shot him a half smile, "I would like to know you better..."

"I guess it wouldn't hurt." He smiled back slightly. It was hard to understand her way of thinking for him. He was way too simple minded. "What would you like to know?"

"Just you, nothing else, I want to be your friend." She leaned back onto the table with the multiple drinks on it, her hair falling back.

This was confusing. So, they weren't friends already? He did what he knew friends would do and held out his hand, smiling.

She was a little confused, despite her good looks she didn't really have any friends ironically because of it, she didn't know how to respond, and instead she stared at his hand for a long time trying to figure out what to do.

"..." He stared at her, waiting to shake his hand. "Don't want to shake hands?" He said, getting ready to lower his hand. He had a slightly puzzled expression.

"Eek!" Almost instantly she took his hand, "Sorry... I've never really been in this situation before... Hehe..."

He smiled sheepishly and shook hands before letting go and lowering his hand. "Everyone talks about you though. You really don't know?"

"Yes but... Everyone's too shy to come and talk to me, you're the first in a long while.." she sat her hands on her lap neatly.

Wow. So many unexpected turns. What is going on? Is the problem with her or everyone else? He sighed softly and took a seat in front of the table. "That's too bad."

She yawned quietly; she had been running around the facility doing odd jobs all day long. "Is it?"

"Well of course." He made himself a little more comfortable in the chair, leaning back on it. "Doesn't it get lonely without friends?"

"Sometimes..." She sighed, looking down at her feet, "But I do get to talk with Captain Levi often enough."

His ears twitched as he heard that name and he smiled without his knowing. He leant forward a bit. "Really?"

She nodded with a smile, "Other than him only a few members from his squad, that's why I'm interested in getting to know you better..."

"That's a surprise..." He seemed very interested. "Tell me, what's Levi like?"

"You should meet him soon enough, he's straight to the point and he always looks angry, but he has a good heart."

"Ooh…" He slowly nodded, as if he was thinking. He was a big fan of Levi, so he wanted to know everything about him. More information about him was always welcome. "But.. you really think he'd meet me? Well.. maybe if I try hard and get better, yeah.."

She smiled a little, "He'll meet you soon enough, Eren." She started to watch the other soldiers train.

"Alright then." He leant back again and looked at the sky. What a lovely shade of orange. It was as if the sky wore its best set of clothing and came to show it off to everyone. He slowly looked at Raeye again. "Hey, Raeye?"

"Mmh?" She turned her head to face him, "What is it?"

"You think we'd win this war?" He looked a bit more serious now.

This question took her a bit by surprise. "I think..." She paused a little, "It won't be instant, but one day we'll reclaim this world.."

A smile slowly reoccupied his face. It was good to know the recon weren't as frightened as the others. Like the garrison. "I think so too."

A look of reassurance swept across her face, "It won't be easy, but we'll get there..." She trailed off again.

"We can do it. I just know it!" His voice had so much will in it that it could shake even the strongest minded people. And his smile was very confident, along with his determined expression. "If we all stop being afraid and find out more about these titans, we will get our victory, and stop living in this shell."

"Wow, you're pretty confident aren't you, we need more people like you." She couldn't stop smiling when she was around him, even if he had turned the conversation into a serious matter.

"Eheh.." He smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head. - "Eren!" Mikasa was gesturing to him to come. His glance shifted to the training ground, which was behind them. "Oh, it's Mikasa." He turned to Raeye again. "We'll talk again later." He smiled and waited for her response.

"Definitely, it was nice talking with you." She waved him off with a politely formed smile, she took nothing of Mikasa, she wasn't about to make enemies on base.

He gave a little wave back and slowly turned to trot to Mikasa, just stopping to say, "It was nice talking to you too."