Pulling on your boots you lean back and let out a sigh while a ball of anxiety is bubbling away in the pit of your stomach. It's your first day as a member of the Survey Corps, the elite military force who explore the lands beyond the wall and hope to reclaim it from the Titans. The purpose of the Survey Corps isn't what you were worried about, you've already had a brush with death and you won't be easily rattled by the thought of another. You were worried about the people in the Survey Corps, namely Erwin Smith and especially Levi Ackerman. Both extremely gifted soldiers in separate ways and their talent was what worried you. You were a talented cadet; passing top of your class even above Mikasa Ackerman who was no push-over herself but compared to Levi and Erwin you were pathetic.
You stood up and stretched; "I can always better myself" you thought to yourself as you left your room. "Levi didn't become humanity's strongest fighter in a day, right?" You felt a little more at ease as you thought about all the training to come and how much you'd improve.
You bumped into Jean on the way to meet the rest of the cadets, greeting him with a small smile. Jean had been your best friend for years, he was practically a brother to you. You worried about him a lot as joining the Corps wasn't his choice really. He wasn't a bad fighter but if anything happened to him it'd probably kill you.
"Nervous, huh?" he asked you, his eyes crinkling up as he gave you a big smile. You felt the ball of anxiety in your stomach unravelling, you couldn't help but feel at peace around him.
"Talk about an understatement" you said, your voice lightly shaking. Jean stopped walking and held his arms out gesturing for a hug, you rolled your eyes at him but you complied, placing your head against his chest. He chuckled, "You're our best fighter and you're nervous, how do you think the rest of us feel?" You slid out of the embrace and sighed "You know why I'm nervous, we better get moving. I don't fancy been late on our first day."
You met with the rest of the cadets outside, it was a warm spring day and the warmth eased a little more of your nerves. Mikasa gave a wave of acknowledgment in your direction causing Eren to turn round and throw a big smile at you. Jean wandered over to talk to Armin and you zoned out as you stood on your own.
A stern voice called everyone to attention, snapping your thoughts back to where you were. It was Erwin with Levi learning against the wall behind him. You examined Erwin as he spoke to the group, you could hear the respect he had for us all in his voice and I could feel my admiration growing for him. He'd been in the Corps for years and he knew the dangers. My anxiety about him started to drain as he continued his speech. You glanced over at Levi and nearly chuckled out loud, he was so small up close. He had stormy grey eyes and you could see he was muscular under his uniform. The next thing you knew your eyes were locked and you looked away awkwardly, he'd just caught you basically ogling at him. You looked back at Erwin and tried to focus on his speech and stop yourself from blushing.
It's always interesting meeting new cadets. You can tell who are the strong ones and who are the ones who are still naive to what they're about to face just by looking at them. Looking at them all you didn't see anyone who didn't realise what they were going to be doing. After all a Titan was amongst this group so it's hardly surprising they'd be different. Mikasa Ackerman glared at you and you smirked, "Someone's obviously still pissed about what I did to that brat, Eren" you thought to yourself. You sensed someone was watching you and you looked down the lines and spotted her, her eyes darted away once she realised she'd been caught. She was feminine but definitely a strong fighter and she had an air of innocence about her but not to the point of naivety. She was attractive as well. Her cheeks were blushed pink as she focused on what Erwin was talking about. You smirked again. "Well this may be interesting."
