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The bark felt cool and rough beneath her fingertips. She breathed in the cool nighttime air. Hange sighed at the sight of her bloodied and broken leg. The leg was burning with excruciating pain.
She looked around to ensure that there were no Titans around. Hange ripped a piece of fabric from her shirt. She wrapped it around her leg and bit her lip. Hange squinted at the moon and thought, "The other squads are far away by now. I could disappear and no one would know. Levi wouldn't have-"
Her eyes turned a shade darker and a sly smirk appeared on her face.
"Oh Hange, forget that asshole. He never and will never care for you. Because of that you'll be punished by me."
Akuma cackled and whipped out a dagger. She held the dagger to her right arm and began stabbing it.
Blood dripped onto the ground. She stopped and inspected the damage.
"Hange, I'm doing this to teach you a lesson and to protect you. Now for that broken leg."
Akuma traced the dagger around the broken leg.
In her head, Hange was screaming.
"I'm sorry Akuma, I'm sorry! I won't do it again."
"You better not bitch."
Hange screamed and looked around. She looked at her arm and winced. Akuma had stabbed it multiple times.
"At least she didn't get to my leg."
She leaned back and tried to slow her breathing.
Hange heard footsteps and whipped her head around. She unsheathed her dagger and held it in her left hand. Her eyes squinted curious to see who or what was there.
In Hange's Head Sara and Akuma were arguing.
"At least this will all be over. Nobody wanted us."
"Shut up you wimp! Hange will probably try to capture it as usual."
"Why does she want to capture it?"
"Don't ask me, ask her."
Hange dripped her dagger and grabbed her head. She rocked back and forth muttering.
"Shut up you guys. Something's coming."
Levi looked around at the sound of a voice.
"Four Eyes is that you?"
"Levi, what are you doing here?"
"Looking for you, of course."
"Why, I'm not needed or wanted."
She hid her arm from Levi, but he noticed the quick action. He grabbed her arm and she bit her lip from the tight grasp. Levi inspected her arm and looked at her.
"Hange, What the fuck happened to your arm."
Hange looked down and sighed.
"It was Akuma, wasn't it. The bitch came back again didn't she."
"M-maybe L-Levi. I- I'm so s-Sorry."
Levi put a hand around Sara's back. She had tears in her eyes and was blinking them back.
"Sara, you'll be okay. Now where's Hange?"
"I'm right here, we could leave but..."
"And this, Hange."
Levi pointed at her bloody arm that was starting to form scabs.
"What the hell happened to your shitty Glasses?"
Hange opened her pocket and revealed shattered and broken glasses. "They umm kind of broke."
Levi cursed under his breath and glared at her. He faced her and asked, "Do you trust me?"
"Uh, of course!"
"Then hold onto my hand."
Levi extended his hand and Hange shakily accepted it. It was getting pretty dark and there were no scouts nearby.
"Hange we'll have to spend the night here."
"I'm the forest?"
"Hai."
"Wow! That's exciting!"
"Shh, the Titans might hear us."
Levi looked around saw a temporary shelter under two giant oaks. He carefully led Hange to the tree and sat her down.
Levi grabbed some bandages, cloths, and ointment from his pocket. He began cleaning and treating her wounds. She winced at the stinging of the ointment.
" Stop being a fucking crybaby. It's just ointment."
"It hurts like hell."
"Shut the hell up."
"Geez, Captain."
Levi stood up and looked her in the eye.
"You better get some rest Shitty Glasses."
"I don't have glasses at the moment."
"They're shittier than usual."
"You better get some sleep too, Captain."
"I have to keep watch."
"Aww, please, pretty pretty please, Levi?"
"Hell-
Levi rolled his eyes and looked into led at her. He made a mistake by looking st her eyes. Hange's Eyes we're widened and were practically begging.
"Fine, damn it."
Levi leaned against the tree and Hange laid her head on his chest. He placed and arm around her and began stroking her hair.
"Four Eyes when the hell did you last wash this rat's nest?"
"A week ago."
"When we get back to headquarters, I'm giving you a fuckin bath."
Hange giggled and snuggled closer. Levi laid his head on top of hers and began to close his eyes. Hange slowly fell asleep to his heartbeat.
Meanwhile...
"Moblit, you said Hange went into the forest?"
"Hai, Levi Heichou followed her as well."
"And you haven't seen them since?"
"No, commander."
"Follow me, we must find them."
Erwin held a lantern and looked around. He turned to Moblit and handed him the lantern.
"Moblit you look in the left side of the forest and I'll look in the right. We'll shoot a green flare if we find them."
"Hai."
Erwin walked slowly and carefully on the lookout for any titans that were still awake. He heard a small noise that was coming from two great oaks. Erwin pulled out his blades and quietly snuck over.
He raised them expecting a Titan, but found two people. They were definitely Scouts by their green cloak, one had 3D maneuver gear. The auburn haired or was laying on top of the smaller ebony haired one.
Erwin had a smirk on his face.
"They finally got together. Levi you've got yourself a girlfriend. I knew it!"
