A/N: Sorry this took so long! After I wrote it my phone decided to delete half of it so I had to rewrite it. Hopefully the next chapter won't take as long. I'm still trying to improve and stuff so sorry if it's not as good as expected. Enjoy!~
Trying to find out who it was was a lot harder than he first thought. Rivaille was determined to figure out who Eren was crushing on. He shouldn't care this much, nor should he be delving into such personal information, but curiosity was getting the better of him.
It had been two days since the cleaning incident and from that he managed to narrow it down a little. Still he was planning to check through the main suspects. Since practically everyone in the elite squad had authority over Eren the ones it was most likely to be were; Erwin, Hanji and Petra. However since Eren's blushing increased when he asked about it being closer to home he was almost certain it was Erwin. He noticed how he kept looking over in their direction in the court, and how flustered he was afterwards upon meeting them. Rivaille wouldn't say he was jealous, just looking out for the boy.
The squad were currently outside training. Rivaille stood spectating as Eren was paired with Petra, perfect timing to watch his actions around her. She may be small, but she was certainly one of the best, so him training with her would be somewhat beneficial on Eren's half. Plus it would be fun watching the brat get beat up.
Rivaille watched as the two threw punches at each other, both blocking and dodging most swipes. Occasionally Eren would topple over. Petra would worry and check him over, making the boy spit out apologies and clarify he was alright about a hundred times. Then they would continue. Nothing too much to note down, just the odd blush here and there creep across Petra's cheeks. Happily there was nothing like that from Eren's side, though.
The longer the Corporal stared at Eren the more he noticed about him. All the details he had let slide suddenly became more interesting. Like how Eren's hair hugged the side of his face, or how his eyes were his favourite shade of green. His uniform straps comfortably sat on his body, making his shirt press against him more, revealing what little muscles he had. He hated to admit it, but he did have a nice body. And a cute smile...
'No. Stop, there isn't anything cute about him. I hate him. I hate his stupid laugh and-'
His thoughts were interrupted, thankfully, by a yelp. Rivaille looked over, Eren was on his side clutching his shin, Petra hovering over him with a confused look on her face. He hesitated a moment before running over.
"Sir I, I didn't mean to hit him that hard..." she said, staring down at Eren.
"What's the matter Jaeger, cant handle a little pain?"
"Sir I-"
He clutched his leg tighter, visibly holding back tears. In basic training it was strictly kept torso only, but this wasn't basic. However he knew Eren already knew this. When Rivaille trained briefly with him before he had avoided all leg attacks, so he couldn't understand why he had made such a stupid mistake.
"He was distracted, sir, daydreaming." Petra giggled, practically reading his mind
Everyone was staring now, not knowing whether to interfere or continue as if nothing happened. A few members held back chuckles, whispering among themselves. It just made everything more tense. Surprisingly Eren wasn't phased by this, it seemed he couldn't care less. Almost as if he expected it. He continued to roll about, breathing deeply.
"Tch, daydreaming. If you continue with such careless behaviour you'll end up getting eaten. Now, get up." he said, nudging him with his foot.
They stood there watching as Eren picked himself up, wobbling and hopping around. The image was quite amusing, but that didn't change the fact he was wasting everyone's time. When he finally steadied himself Rivaille took his arm and offered him support.
"Petra go work with someone else until I get back, I'll take him to get some ice."
"Sir I can do that, after all it was m-"
"Petra." he hissed.
Rivaille turned and started pulling Eren towards to castle, noticing his reaction to not being helped by her wasn't negative. In fact he looked pleased with himself. Rivaille mentally noted this down. If it was going to be her then Eren would've been more upset about not being able to be so close with her. Which could only mean one thing; it wasn't Petra.
