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Pairing: Levi x Mikasa (I strongly ship them! Hope my readers are in the same boat as me~)

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Chapter 1 : The Strongest


"Hey, look at that woman. It's the famous Corporal Mikasa Ackerman! I never thought that I'll be able to catch a glimpse at the Humanity's Strongest Soldier so soon."

"Yea. Look at her eyes. It's as cold as ice, as if she had killed millions without a glitch, not to mention the lack of emotion on her face."

"I would be more than honoured to be murdered under her glance if possible. She is the most exquisite woman that I've ever seen in my life."

Countless chatter from the floor flooded the mess hall whenever the raven haired Corporal was seated quietly with the higher ranks officers like Commander Erwin and Squad Leader Hanji while savouring her meals.

She, being the youngest Corporal in the Scout Regiment history, that managed to climb the ladder from a common soldier to her current position in merely five years since she joined the team, was always one of the most distinguished news in the affiliation. Most importantly, she is only twenty years old at this very moment.

Another attention of the crowd was a raven haired man, a Lance Corporal at his thirty years of age, who was seated two tables across hers, with his squad members. Rumours of him spread like wildfire when he claimed the title in less than two years' time and he proved his abilities as the next Humanity's Strongest Soldier by slaughtering titans in split seconds, increasing the survival rate of each expeditions by three fold. Even though his time with the Scout Regiment is short, but his life experiences were definitely much heavier, who allowed him to easily blend into this survival game.

"Corporal, why aren't you eating? You need to boost your energy from the intense training with Corporal Mikasa the whole day," asked the blonde haired woman, who is sincerely caring for the man beside him.

Levi raised an eyebrow at her innocent look annoyingly before replying in a monotonous tone, "I'm fine, Petra. Don't be so persistent with my health." He then marched away from the mess hall at the speed of the lightning, leaving the rest of his team members in a confused state, wondering the reason behind the bad mood team leader of theirs.


The sun has long set its way to slumber and it was the starlight and silvery moon's turns to guard the world, leaving traces of shadows along the long quiet walkway.

Levi travelled the pathway that had been illuminated by the moonlight with peace. He is a man of a few words, or rather he hated to get involved with another human being unless necessary. Never did he dreamt that he would leave his former thug life to join an affiliation which requires serious teamwork and communication among team mates to keep everyone alive, though not every soul was kept breathing till the very end of each expeditions.

He disliked the feeling of being counted on humanity's hopes to conquer the titans, especially when he was crowned the next Humanity's Strongest Soldier and awarded as Lance Corporal for his excellent work. The only thing that amused him was the power of taking control, barking orders and throwing useless paper works to his subordinates whenever possible.

He too wondered, whether his expressionless commanding officer feels the weight as he felt when she was being thrown to that position. She is a woman of no emotion, he noticed, throughout the times he spent with her. She does not display any emotions other than plain, bland and flat towards any situation. Even though the scene may 100% looked embarrassing, the tone of her voice never ceases to maintain its flatness.

Yet, he found himself searching for her inner being, the faint thread that she might left behind for him to track down her weakness.

Now there he is, standing in front of his commanding officer's office door, waiting for the door to be eventually opened by its own for her to notice his presence.

Levi sighted heavily at his out of character behaviour, yet he does not want to leave without seeing her for the night. So, he lifted his hand and when he was about to knock the door, to his surprise, the door did magically opened on its own.

"Rivaille? What are you doing here at this hour?" asked Mikasa who stood by the door curiously.

"A-Ah, Mikasa. Nothing. I was just wondering whether you need a hand on your paper work. I noticed that Erwin had thrown another pile of work to you again this afternoon after our training ended," Levi replied in a firm tone, masking off his tensed body.

Mikasa eyed the man before her closely before she responded in a flat tone, "I was just about to catch some air before continuing those work. Since you brought it up, you are more than welcome to join me then. It's going to be your job in future, anyway." With that, she walked back to her desk while Levi shut her office door behind him and took a seat across her.


"Hmm... you should be able to handle these. Here, try finishing them before midnight," said Mikasa as she passed a stack of documents to Levi to work on.

Sitting in her silent, cosy office, just two of them, face to face, across the good-for-nothing huge desk was not their first time. Mikasa often summoned Levi to her office for many official reasons, but nothing more than that. She never tried to dig into the matured man's past and so does he. Most likely, deep within their hearts, they knew that they had some similarities. A broken soul, which lead them to this stoic character. Thus, mysteries remains between them, in which Mikasa is totally fine with it as she does not want anyone to come rubbing her scar of the past to reveal its bloody wound.

Yet, she somehow wondered what caused the man's character before her. She knew that it was Erwin who brought him to the Scout Regiment two years ago and personally trained him. It was until the mountains of work and never ending head cracking meetings that pulled Erwin away from the trainings, and he decided to park Levi under Mikasa's care, knowing that she can execute the mission fine.

Tonight was a weird night for her when she decided to break the ice between them. "Rivaille, why you decided to join this association? You look more like a lone ranger than a team person," Mikasa chanted dully, as her grey orbs moved their way towards the short man. She rested her chin on her palm while silently waited for his reply.

Levi tilted his head up a little to meet her gaze. He let out a heavy breath and drawled, "I was sick with the underground world and my lack of skills – that caused the deaths of my comrades. Erwin managed to cut me off caught when no one in the underground had ever managed to do it."

"Perhaps I just wanted to suppress him or perhaps I just wanted to have a good night sleep without thinking the next second my throat will be slit," he continued and carefully locked his gaze at her, searching for further emotion in her face.

To his discontent, she remained expressionless as ever. She just arched back to her chair leisurely and hummed lowly at his reply, which made him cracked within.

"I suppose someone like you will never understand the feeling of being abandoned, alone, in a world that you can never imagine," Levi growled sarcastically at the woman while leaning back to his chair. He hoped to step onto her sensitive zone, to piss her off in order to make her react differently.

Again, the woman only displayed another same gloomy look on her face and answered, "Maybe. Well, my position doesn't allow me to mingle with any unnecessary feelings. Otherwise, the next thing you will be doing is, dragging my corpse back to the castle."

Her words froze his blood instantly, sending shivers down his spine and stiffen his body. The atmosphere in the room was heavy and suffocating. He dared not move his gaze away from hers.

Something must had happened in the past that created the woman before him, he thought deeply.

Eyeing the confused man, Mikasa decided to put a full stop to the conversation before it drags any further. "Let's wrap up for today, it's getting late. Go to sleep, Rivaille."

Levi snapped back from his thoughts and noticed that Mikasa had already headed for the door and had it opened for him. Reluctantly, he removed himself from the chair and headed to the door. Just right before the door is closed, he heard a soft whisper, "Goodnight Levi", and the door was shut, leaving a widen eyes, flabbergasted Levi behind.


Chapter 1 end