Chapter 1
It has been a very long day of training with the Corporal Rivaille and his squad and Eren was completely exhausted. He wanted to do nothing more than crawl back in bed and sleep his exhaustion away, even though his bed was nothing but a wooden bench-thing located in the depths of the musty dungeon. Eren sighed as he plopped off of his horse and his eyes drooped down clearly showing his tiredness from the long day. Rivaille narrowed his eyes at the sight of the boy sighing in disappointment and decided to show the brat his place. He slowly walked over to Eren with a frown on his face and stood there in front of the boy with their awkward 10cm height difference. Eren jolted once he noticed that the Corporal had stood in front of him and he stared at Rivaille as a faithful soldier ready to take orders from his superior. Rivaille's irritation faded slightly at the sight of the boys sudden determination and loyalty but he still decided to bother the brat.
"Eren, it seems like you don't like this training. If it is too much for your bratty self, then why in the world did you want to join the scouting legion in the first place?". Eren's eyes widened by the sudden question and he thought to himself, "Crap, he must've seen me frowning and sighing" and he quickly bowed down saying, "I am sorry Corporal Rivaille! I just feel a little tired but I promise to you that I will train as hard as I can and become a soldier who can benefit humanity!". Rivaille continued to glare at Eren's now flustered face and decided to let him off the hook this time. "Fine. Lets see how well you hold out as time goes by. I will be watching you. It is the job assigned to me after all" Rivaille said and then walked off towards the others telling them to pack up and get ready to go back because training was over. Eren said a quick "phew" and got on his horse following the rest back to the headquarters.
After tucking their horses away, everyone headed back to their rooms, including Eren. As he was going down the stairs heading to the dungeon, he heard voices, causing him to stop at the end on the stairs. "What do we do?" one voice said. "I don't know, shit, this is bad. What in the world happened here?" another voice said. "Tch this woman! I told her not to do these ridiculous things near the castle!' the third voice said, whom Eren instantly recognized as Corporal Rivaille's. Finally regaining his strength, Eren turned and started walking towards the voices. Once he reached the end of the hall to his room, he froze. "Wh-wh-wha-t-t-in the worl-d..." Eren stuttered with his mouth wide open. His room, well what used to be his room, was nothing but a gaping hole. Dust and pieces of the roof of his room were falling to the ground and sunlight seeped in through the hole.
Rivaille turned around at the sudden voice of Eren and said, "Yeah brat...your room has been blown to bits by Hanji and her crazy titan experiments. Now go back upstairs and wait outside till I figure something out about where you are going to sleep." Still in half-shock, Eren stared at Rivaille's usual gloom face once more and said "Yes, Sir...", making his way outside.
Once he was outside, Eren didn't know where to go so he just sat on the ground and stared off into the distance. "This sucks...I thought I would be able to lay down but even my dungeon has been blown away. They really do treat me like a monster..." Eren thought and suddenly a wave of depression hit him. He thought of Mikasa and Armin and wondered how they were and how long it has been since he had last seen them. He then thought of the time of his trial in court and then he thought of Rivaille. Eren thought of how the Corporal fought to keep him and take him under his wing and how he saved Eren's life that day in the courtroom. As his mind drifted off in thought about Rivaille, Eren slowly fell asleep, his head falling on his folded knees.
"Shit, this fucking sucks. There isn't a damn room available for this brat to sleep in. Tch I have no other choice" Rivaille mentally scowled as he stormed towards the door leading outside to where Eren was. This was bad. Rivaille hadn't been this pissed off in a while and now he was just steaming. As he was getting closer to Eren, he saw the boy's head slumped over his knees.
"Oi Eren, there aren't any rooms available so I have no choice but to let you sleep in my room. So get your lazy self up and go take a shower before stepping into my room. I don't want your filthy sweat on my bed". The boy didn't respond and his head continued to stay slumped over his knees. Rivaille furrowed his eyebrows in frustration. Putting his hand through Eren's hair, he yanked the boys head up in full force causing Eren to wake up suddenly. "Corporal...wha-". Rivaille's face was inches away from Eren's face, causing the boy to blush hard. "He is too close..." Eren thought. "Did you hear a word I just said to you?! I have been going all over the place trying to find a room for your ass and you are over here sleeping?". Shocked and a tiny bit scared, Eren muttered, "I am sorry Corporal...I didn't mean to...".
Rivaille let out a deep sigh and let go of the boy's head. "Anyways, go back inside and take a shower. You will be sleeping in my bed from tonight".
