He froze, Looking into her glazed over eyes. "That wouldn't be smart." He grunted trying to pry her arms off of him, but she wasn't budging. Instead she giggled and flipped him over onto the other side of the bed. 'She couldn't stand earlier, but she can flip me over.' He thought.

"Come on, just stay the night. You seem like a good enough man." She nudged up against him. "Just till I fall asleep" She paused. "I haven't been treated this way in a very long time."

He peered down at her. "What do you mean by that?"

"With kindness. Like, " She scooted face to face with Levi. He had his normal poker face. "Oh , how can I explain it... He was everything a man shouldn't be." She closed her eyes. Calming her drunken brain. Then her eyes flew open. "Sooooo!" In a playful voice. "Whos your partner?" The question startled Levi. Just so bluntly she spoke. "Oh come on, do you like female? or male? You gotta tell me something!" Her smile was wide, but she was clearly hiding behind it.

"Well" Levi spoke up. "I've never been in a relationship. Close a couple of times."

"Uh oh, what happened." She inched closer.

"They died." Silence fell over the little room. How do you even respond to that? Tiffany lowered her head to his chest and pressed against it. It was nuzzling more than anything. Her drunken arms felt numb yet heavy. Levi exhaled heavily, making her random stands of hair dance around. "Don't think about it to much. Death has clung to me since I was born." He placed a hand on the back of her head, cupping it. "But, I must leave. If i am to be seen leaving this place in the morning, rumors will pass around that will do nothing but harm." He backed away slowly , not wanting to be away from her warmth. As he stood up, fixing his shirt, He noticed Tiffany out stretching her hand to him. She sat on her legs, the V neck line shifted to show a hint of a bra. 'Is she pleading for my return?' He place his rough hand into her small slender hand and held it.

Pressing his fingers to her cheek, she closed her eyes letting go of Levi's hand. She didn't reopen her eyes. 'I've only been here for a matter of hours. You are no slut Tiffany Fox!' Her hands tighten in her lap, but she put a soft gentle face on. "Thank you for everything Captain Ackerman. Your kindness will not be forgotten." Small pause "Tomorrows a new day right?" she nervously giggled.

"You hide your feelings poorly." His voice was stern. "Vocally lying is bad enough. But If you can't keep your face from giving it away you shouldn't even try." He leaning over and poked her forehead. " I get you are alone in this world. Truly , I can only imagine your confusion." Tears started to build up in the corners of her eyes. Oh, shes such a ball of blubber when she drinks. "However, If you ever try hiding your emotions from me again, you'll be punished." Her tears almost went into rage, till he kissed her forehead and started walking away. "Try to sleep at least, or Hanji will be pissed if you pass out in your breakfast." He spoke while we walked to the front door. Without looking back at her he stood in the doorway. "Good night, Ms. Fox. If you need anything I'm on the second story of HQ. 3 window in from the left side. I'm usually awake." With that, the door closed.

She sat on her bed, face completely red and it wasn't because of the wine. 'Holy shit' she thought. Getting up and wobbling/running to the front door and locking it. she wobbled back to the bed and flopped down. Her legs were numb, her head felt light but her heart was beating so quickly, 'When was the last time I felt like this? This budding feeling of a crush?' She pondered. 'It's been so long that I have been listened to and not be told what I thought was dumb or crazy.' She rolled over onto her back. 'If it wasn't for this whole Titan thing, I would've pondered staying.' She giggled to herself , closing her eyes and drifting off to sleep.

The sun blared through the bedroom window, no mercy. "Oh my God my head." It wasn't the sun that woke her up, it was Hanji banging at her front door. "Hanji! stop banging on the damn door!" Tiffany stumbled to the door, unlocking it and peaking at Hanji through a little crack.

"GOOD MOOOORNI... Wow, you look like shit!"

"And a glorious morning to you too Hanj." Tiffany opened the door more but hid in the darkness behind it. Then slamming it when she entered with food, Making Hanji jump. "I think this worlds Sun is brighter than mine." Tiffany groaned.

"Possibly. But, its possible you are hungover." Hanji sat down a plate of eggs bread and a glass of water. Bare bones meal but they haven't secured the Wall Maria enough to start farming for the masses again. Hanji sat down opposite side of the plate. Clearly not leaving till Tiffany finishes her food.

Tiffany did not like company when she was hungover. She sat down and started devouring food. Gulping water from her dehydrated body. Asking about the squad and their personalities. "Sorry, I drank wine last night and it went straight to my head. Trying to trick myself 'Things aren't so bad' mentality." She leaned on one hand , covering half her face. Having a guilty smirk "But, I need to get things in town. Learn how to blend in. Do they except jewelry as trade?"

Hanji looked at her, eyes wide. "What kind of jewelry we talkin about?"

"Well, I have couple of diamonds, couple things with rubies in it, silver and gold" Tiffany started listing things on her fingers. " Tiara that I bought for a Military ball. Hell, I still have the damn dress."

"Were you royalty in your world?" Hanji stood up , leaning over the table, looming over the small woman.

"What? Oh no. I use to make good money at an older job. When I traveled the world.."

"YOU TRAVELED THE WORLD?!"

Tiffany was getting frustrated and glared at her. Making retreat slightly. "Well yeah, I was military so we go where the job takes us. plain and simple. But, on my travels I'd see things I liked and bought them. I even have a belly dancing outfit and head jewelry from India... Not like you know what that is. Someday I'll draw out my world and explain what I know." Hanji nodded so quickly, Tiffany thought her head would fall off.

Another knock at the door. Tiffany glared at it, unwanting to move. Another knock, no , this time it was slamming. "I know you're in there." Levi spoke up. Tiffany went into full panic mode. Remembering last night and how embarrass she is. She ran into her bedroom, whispering to Hanji to answer for her. Hanji looked confused but did as she was told. Hanji opened to the door to the usual Levi, perfectly clean outfit and arms crossed. "She still sleeping?" His tone was flat. Not giving a hint that last night even happened.

'Does he not remember?!' Tiffany thought. She was was trying to tame her wavy hair while putting on a long black maxxi dress that had 2 inch width straps. ' Fuck this shit' she threw her brush on her bed and pinned it up into a messy ponytail. 'I should probably wear flats, I don't want him to feel SUPER short.' She took a breather , trying to make the dizziness from her hangover calm down. 'A dress, the universal " I couldn't match shit today" outfit.'

As she placed a necklace around her neck, with an onyx oval stone hanging about her cleavage line, she heard her bedroom door open. "You better be awake or im flipping your bed over.." Levi stopped and stared. When she turned to meet him, the hem of her dress danced around her feet. The dress clung to her form, showing every curve. Her hair thrown up half haphazardly, random strands framing her high cheekbone face. The sun from the window made her hazel eyes glisten. "Why didn't you answer the door?" He said in a stern voice, keeping composer.

"Couldn't open it naked could I?" She shot back.

"Did Hanji see all of you? She kinda gossips"

"Oh God NO! I was still in sleeping clothing. Is she still here? I need her to have someone accompany me." Levi's eyes narrowed

"Why do you need someone assigned to you?"

"Well, I can't request you or her, being higher ups and all. Can't have Eren or Armin because they are perfecting their Titan powers. Mikasa will never leave their side. Sasha will eat everything in site while Connie is trying to choke her out. Jean can't even look me in the eye without mincing his words."

"Damn, you picked that all up already?" Levi was shocked.

"Well, I brought it up while I was eating and Hanji told me about their personalities." Tiffany lifted a finger to physically point it out. "So I need to figure out who to take me into town so I can trade or sell something. I'm sure my stones can fetch a good price." With that she lifted her jewelry case and handed it to Levi. When he opened it he saw all of her rings, necklaces, bracelets, and even a tiara.

"You will have to space out your sales and sell straight to the nobles for anyone to afford majority of these things. Since Historia took the crown, she's taxing them more to help out the rest of the population." Tiffany look defeated.

"So everything I have is pretty much useless? How am I gonna get anything if no one will accept it"

"Well, I didn't say that. If you are willing to barter for things that are less that the value of these, I think you'll be fine." Levi tried to reassure her.

"Hanj!?" Hanji walked in behind Levi. Looking over him.

"Hey! Whats up?" Hanji asked.

"Wanna take notes about my bow? It shoots faster, further and more accurate than the bows this world has."

Hanji's eyes gleamed in excitement. "Oh my God, YES!" She started drooling from excitement.

"I have a couple of science books that I had from my years in school. I doubt you can read my language so I'll have to read them to you and you'll have to write them down in your language."

"ARE YOU A GODDESS?" Hanji clung to her legs.

"In exchange..." Tiffany lifted her finger. Hanji looked up with a blank stare. "You must have someone show me around the safe zone AND Show me a secluded area to ride my bike when I need to blow of steam."

"That's it?! Yes , absolutely! But we have to have an able scout thats free to show you around. So sadly, you can not explore today." Tiffany look defeated.

With a heavy sigh. "Well, what can I do today? I don't want to be stuck in the house."

"Well" Levi spoke up. "About this bow. Hanji and I have very little free time. But, at the moment, we can go behind this home and set up targets." Levi's said coolly, but his mind was curious. 'If we can learn more about her weapons, we can conform them to kill titans from a distance."

"OH SURE! LET ME GO GET IT!"

Tiffany showed all the parts of the bow describing each bend and curve. She thought it'd be funny to add more weight on the draw back when Levi wanted to shoot, but it seemed to have no effect. Hanji fumbled with it at the beginning. Over analyzing and picking it apart instead of calming her mind and aiming. Levi, unshockingly, picked it up quiet easily. He seemed to enjoy the power the bow had. How it fascinated him. Tiffany watched his back muscles flex under his white shirt. Every ridge, rounded muscle and arched spine. His Steel eyes would lock onto a tree target, letting the arrow fly past his face , making his air gust up. Tiffany bit her thumb.

"As much as I love playing with your toy." Levi turned to her. Locking on to her thumb that was slightly in her mouth. 'oh, dont do that...' he coughed. "I have formations to sketch up for our next mission."

Hanji grabbed her notes walking passed Tiffany, saying her thank you's as she left. As she left it was only Levi and Tiffany. Should she bring up last night? Did he forget? 'I'm gonna convince myself it never happened.' She bit her thumb harder in thought . " Soooo..." 'Oh, smooth Tiff. Really, Fucking, Smooth.' "Ummm, so when is your mission?" 'Yeah talk about work, that makes EVERYONE happy!'

"Tomorrow. With our formation we scout out the areas to see what we find and kill titans along the way." He put so bluntly.

"Oh, well that seems straight forward" another awkward silence. 'He doesn't talk much as is so this one sided convo is not gonna get any better. "Well, I guess I'll let you go to work. Maybe I'll see if my guitar needs tuning. Clean my rifle for the millionth time haha never no when an assassination job will pop up hahaha." 'OH MY GOD! YOU DID NOT JUST MAKE A JOKE ABOUT KILLING PEOPLE! WHAT THE FUCK!' Her inner self screamed at her how stupid she was for making horrible joke about killing people for money. "I was kidding you know" Tiffany tried to back track.

"..." Levi just stared at her. He sighed and walked up to her. "You are horrible at jokes." He handed the bow and arrows back to her. "But, I do need to prep for tomorrow." He was about to round the corner of the house to ride back to HQ, but he paused before he did. He didn't look directly at her, but he looked down and side glanced in her direction. "You shouldn't bite your thumb, you don't know how it makes others feel." with that, he took his leave.

Tiffanys face was bright red. When she heard him and his horse leave she ran back into her house. Locking the door, she ran to her room and flopped on the bed. "What was that about? Such an odd man. Handsome, strong...and short." Tiffany never went for short men. She liked being towered over. She liked the feeling that she was protected."This is so weird!" She yelled into her pillow.

As time went on she grabbed her cleaning kit for her rifle. Making sure her baby "Diamond" was ready for any case. About 1pm she heard another knock at the door. But this time, it was Jean. "Oh! Hey kid, whats up?" he tried to say something but instead lifted a tray of food. "Oh cool , lunch! I was gonna try to figure out how to get food soon. Thought I would have to dig into my stash haha." Jean was about to walk away until she called out. "Hey, Jean is it? Would you mind chilling with me? It gets awfully quiet here and my phone is hooked up to a solar charger so I can't play music. I'd like to pick your brain."

"Oh, um, I don't know if Captain..."

"Just blame it on me. Trust me, I've dealt with worse." Tiffany laughed dragging him into the house. They sat down at the table while Jean told her about his life and how he wanted to be an MP. "Interesting. I was once military. But I didn't have a squad since my job was a solo thing , most of the time... Some missions I had a spotter." Tiffany finished her food and look at Jean with the most Flirtatious look. " Jean, can I ask you a small favor?"

His face got extremely red. Teenage boys were so easily flustered. "Um, what is it ?"

"This wall you speak of, I'd like to go on top of it. Scout out the areas outside them from a safe distance. I have this device that I can see miles out. So, I can't interrupt anyones job." She batted her eyelashes.

"I don't have the authority to allow a civilian onto the wall!" He spoke quickly and uneasy. "I'm sorry, but I can't. Captain Levi would have me fed to the Titans."

"Like I said , blame it on me. Tell him I forced you." She smiled. "Come on, What harm would it be? Wall Maria is the most outer big wall right? Take me on top of that one." Jean nodded and sighed, knowing he was getting played. "Great, I'll grab my case and you can take me there."

Tiffany had an attachment strap to her rifle case, so she slung it across her back. Jean grabbed a horse from the stable because he feared if she walked, she'd draw too much attention. They rode for a good 2 hours to get to Maria. A small stairwell went up to the top, which took a half an hour to get up. Once to the top, Tiffany wasted no time setting up her rifle. she laid on the ground peering through her scope.

And then she saw them. Titans.

"They are an ugly bunch aren't they?" Tiffany spoke out but didn't move.

Jean was startled. "You can see them? From here?"

"Well, yeah. they are about 4 miles out maybe a little more. Here. "She rolled over and patted for him to look through the scope. He rushed over and laid down.

"My god, I can see them!"

"It he was human, I could kill him from this distance too. Closer the better of course, but you do what you gotta do with whatchya got. Depending on their anatomy, Armor piercing or impact explosion tip bullets would be best to kill one." It was more of her speaking out loud. She'd never waist a bullet if it was absolutely necessary.

"How much power does this thing have?"

"Well, If I shot you point blank range, It'll rip you in half." Jeans eyes widen and his face paled. "Oh Jean, I'd never hurt you. You brought me here so we are all good." He smiled and chuckled. "Oh, What Gate are you leaving out of?"

"Well if you look to your left, the gate is about 2 miles that way. I think thats the one we are going out of but the final word is up to Hanji and Armin." Jean stood up. "We need to get back, I've been gone for to long." And with that , Tiffany disassembled the rifle , packed it up and made the trip back down the stairs. Each step down she got this feeling in the back of her neck something is gonna go wrong. Her Primal senses kicking in.

'Something isn't right. I need to get back now. I should've taken my fucking bike out. The villagers be damned.' She mentally kicked herself. "Jean, lets pick up the pace. I feel a disturbance in the force." Wow Tiff, he's not gonna get the reference.'

They quickly got back on the horse and made her go full sprint. He must've felt it too. They've must've been out for too long that people are now looking for them. As they ran through the town they didn't see any scouts walking about or any other military paying attention to them. 'So, they aren't searching for them. But why do I get this sense something is not alright.' Jean thought. Once they reach her home they saw a horse tide up front. 'OH GOD NO! THATS CAPTAINS HORSE!' Jean was in full panic. Tiffany felt it.

"Just drop me off and go." She spoke into his ear. "Thank you Jean. I think you are my only friend at the moment!" His face was beat red. "If only you were a little older." She giggled as his face look defeated, poor guy. When the horse slowed down enough, she hopped off. She didn't want Jean to get into trouble for her curiosities.

She opened the door confidently, like she ran that shit. Levi sat there drinking his tea. She walked into the spare room to put her rifle back, taking her sweet time. Silence. She walked back into the kitchen area and sat at the kitchen table in-front of Levi. He set his glass down. When he looked up at her, his eyes were cold and eyebrows narrowed. "Where were you?" He spoke sternly.

"Well, I went out." Trying to protect her newly made friend. "I just adventured around the walls, getting to know the area."

"We had the Garrison send a message to HQ that he saw a Scout with a long face and a woman in black heading to wall Maria." Levi said matter of factly.

"Waaah? Crazy!"

"Why were you going on top of the wall?" His temper was slipping. "It's not safe."

"Ok, listen up short shit." Tiffany slammed her fist on the table. " I am no prisoner. Meaning I'll do what I want when I want. I needed to know my surroundings. If shit goes sideways, I need to figure out the next step to keep me alive. I have survived Hell and when I die I might go back. But till then, I'm gonna do what ever I can to live." At this point she stood up from her chair yelling at him. Everything was silent for a moment. "Look" she softened her tone. "I've never been 'safe'. I don't know that word. I lived in a world where my job was me against them. Who are them? Anyone who wasn't me." She sat back down.

"Don't take one of my squad members without me knowing. They are on call 24/7." More silence. "Why did you go on the wall?"

"I was curious to see these things you call Titans. I took my rifle out to see them in the distance."

"Could you kill them from a distance?"

"I don't know. I've only killed humans. My world doesn't have Titans."

"That world must be nice." Tiffany busted out laughing.

"Some of it, it has perks. But a lot of evil fuckers though. Then people like me end their lives with just one finger pull." She did a trigger pulling motion with her finger looking at Levi. "Does that frighten you? Under orders or not, I still killed people. First time I puke, but after awhile, you just went numb." Levi leaned back in the chair, closing his eyes.

"Look, doing what you have to do to survive is understandable. You shouldn't regret your choices because you did them for a reason." He exhaled. "Look, just let me know if you need a soldier to accompany you or atleast let me know you are going out to adventure. I must get back to my office. Sasha and Connie will be bringing your dinner tonight." Levi stood up.

"Why am I getting brought food?" It was a good question.

"The mess halls gets kinda crazy since majority of them are hormonal teenagers. If a woman like you went in there. The boys would have an all out brawl to sit next to you. Its not for your convenience, I just don't want to deal with the brats. " Tiffany giggled, Levi loved that sound. " I will check up on you tomorrow after the mission, If you are here that is." He smirked at her.

"I'll try not to go through your stuff when your gone." She smiled back.

"Hmph, last thing I need is you in my office." He said half way out the door.

"Well, not in a formal way." Tiffany giggled at her flirtatious comment. Levi froze in the doorway. "Good night Levi, I'll see you tomorrow." He closed the door quickly , jumped on his horse and took off towards HQ. 'Oh, that got to him. Now Sasha and Connie should be here soon.' Then knocks at the door. ' FOOD!'