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~Sum-Won~

Chapter 1: Heated Measures

The sun beat down on the training fields as every soldier did their best to keep up with their schedule. It was unbelievable that they had to train even in this weather, but no one complained-

Well...

Atleast in front of the squad leaders and captains. But of course, in the cafeteria where soldiers were switching in and out from break, a certain brunette and his gang were squandering about with every little detail about the outside conditions.

"I can't keep this up anymore..." the young german soldier groaned, his head beading with sweat from the heat.

The quiet raven head next to him sighed, "It can't be helped, Eren. Just deal with it." She too was having a hard time standing up to the burning monstrosity.

"I hope the weather clears up soon," commented the blue eyed bob head seated on Eren's other side.

The green eyed titan shifter pulled his head up from the table reluctantly, "I think I'm going to the infirmary you guys."

Mikasa immediately stood up at the completion of Eren's statement, "Me too."

Armin sighed, "You can't, Mikasa. Remember you have a meeting with the other squad leaders?"

Mikasa's eyes darkened in defense, "I can always skip."

The german brunette nervously interjected, "I'll be fine you guys! I'm just a little bit nauseous is all. I'll get a bit of medicine in me and then things should be good. Besides, you've got to keep up your perfect attendance or your efforts of getting honors will be wasted Mikasa!"

The female soldier wavered some degree, Eren could see in her eyes that she still wanted to go with him so the titan shifter shifted his gaze to his bob headed friend pleading some sort of escape route. Armin saw Eren's hopeful eyes boring into him and so added into Eren's argument after a thoughtful exhale.

"Eren's right. You've been doing your best with the squad leader responsibilities and seeing as you've already worked this hard there's no need to ruin it. I was going to go meet up with some troops from the other squad passed the infirmary anyway, so I'll make sure he get's there safe and sound."

Mikasa felt her stance slipping and so gave in, "Fine then, but make sure to let me know if you feel any worse later, okay Eren?"

Eren nodded in response, not wanting for his adopted sister to have to invest in him any further. Eventually Mikasa parted ways with them and headed out to the training field back towards the burning heat. Armin and the titan shifter quickly followed afterwards, pacing towards the medical room instead. When the two arrived there, they realized that the place was empty of nurses. Eren didn't want to have Armin wait for him seeing as his friend did have an appointment to attend to, so he urged the blue eyed soldier off. With the white washed room smelling of aesthetics and cleaning alcohol all to himself, Eren surveyed the shelves in hopes of getting some good head ache pills to soothe his throbbing brain.

The soldier wasn't sure what was the problem exactly, but he hadn't been getting the rest he needed ever since the court placed him under Corporal Levi's squad. Every night Eren laid himself to bed only to wake up feeling like he had only closed his eyes for a mere second. He hoped that perhaps it was just a side effect of him snoozing away in the dungeon, but the symptoms didn't fade away. And now that the heat was hitting on him and the military, he was feeling bad enough he could go to the toilet and just completely release his stomach's contents. The horrible gagging feeling was nawing at him so much that he was failing in performance during training. Luckily the heat that hit had been a good excuse to buffer his deteriorating fighting skills, but once the weather cleared up he would be at loss on how to conceal his descending health.

Eren finally found a bottle of pills directed for "ache" at one of the far glass shelves on the lower level of the sink. Pulling it out, he read the instructions to himself outloud, "Take two pills for every six hours. Do not underdose. Underdose? What the heck? They probably meant overdose."

It seemed simple enough. Grabbing a glass cup, the titan shifter poured out two pills and popped them into his mouth before taking a large gulp of water to wash it down. Eren hoped that the pills would work quickly so that he could return to the field and be active again soon. As Eren put away the medicine back to where it had been found, he heard voices echoing in the hall way. Pulling himself up from a kneeling position, the brunette looked up at the door just in time to catch Hange skipping in with Levi trailing behind with an expressionless face.

"Oh! Eren! How nice to see you here," greeted the happy eccentric.

Eren saluted, "Y-yes! Good to see you both looking well!"

The brunette moved out of the higher-up's way and attempted to make an exit, but as he was just about to leave he heard a voice call out to him.

"Eren."

The titan shifter froze in place and turned around nervously, "Y-yes, sir?"

Corporal Levi stared at the younger male for a bit and then looked away, "Have a good day."

Eren, somewhat confused, smiled sheepishly, "You too, Corporal!" before leaving the room as calmly as possible- if calm at all.

Hange quirked an eyebrow at the corporal as she watched Eren make his leave.

With a grin, the female soldier whispered to the French soldier, "I know you're wondering why he was here in this room, Corporal."