Erwin sighed. He looked at his dusty room, the desks thrown to the ground and the floorboards ripped off the ground. The military police had ripped the curtains off the wall while they proclaimed Erwin a murderer. Erwin just decided to sit on the floor. Maybe I can get Levi to clean up this mess, he thought.

"Clean up this mess yourself!" A girl teased.

"But I'm tired Heichou," he replied to no one.

"That's no excuse to not clean up a mess,"

Erwin smiled. "Here I am talking to a ghost. I've really lost it haven't I?"

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It was such a long time ago... when I fell in love with you.

"Erwin!" Mike yelled.

"Hm?"

"Stop staring at her... it's getting creepy. What happened to that time you raved on about titans?"

"Mira wants to join the Survey Corps,"

"Are you even listening to me?"

Nile sat down next to Erwin. "She's a dangerous one Erwin," he said knowingly.

Erwin looked at Nile with his intense blue eyes. "So am I,"

Mira didn't at all look like a fighter. She was beautiful, like a dove who didn't belong on a battlefield. And yet she was stronger than all of us. Faster. Stronger. Smarter. And most of all, special.

"Heichou!" Erwin said while running towards Mira in the empty Survey Corps building.

"Erwin, you know you don't have to call me 'Heichou'. I just became captain,"

"...right... to be honest, this is kind of weird. They were just calling us 'green' yesterday,"

"Yeah. But being captain of the special operations squad sounds cool. We should call ourselves Red Squad. How does that sound?"

"...very cool. According to your words... Heichou,"

Mira smiled. "Now you're just doing that to annoy me,"

"It's your new title now. You might want to get used to it,"

Mira sighed, walking over to a table. She sat down. "We're no longer recruits, Erwin. We've seen battles. And now that the veterans of the Survey Corps are gone..."

She closed her eyes and bit her lip.

"...Mira..." Erwin said putting a hand on her shoulder.

She opened her eyes and looked at Erwin. "...right. I need to stay focused. I'm a captain now,"

Erwin slipped his hand off her shoulder and looked down.

"Would you like to grab a drink with me?" Mira asked casually.

The tips of Erwin's ears tinged red.

"S-sorry?"

"Get something to drink. It's on me,"

"Sure- yeah I'd love to,"

"Good, but first..." Mira said her eyes scanning the floor. "...we really need to clean this place up,"

She threw a broom at Erwin, who caught it with one hand. "Let's start with that side," she said pointing at one particularly dirty corner of the room.

Erwin swept his broom as fast as humanly possible. He put a cloth over his face, mainly to hide the red tinge on his cheeks.

"Alright," he heard Mira exclaim. "We can get going now,"

Erwin followed Mira to a small cafe in the capital.

"I heard they have really good falafel here..." she said coming to a stop.

Mira dragged Erwin into a small closet. Erwin breathed heavily. Their bodies were pressed together, and his face almost touched Mira's.

"Hey, Mira! Where are you?" A man with a nasty voice said.

Mira's hands shook. Erwin reached down and grabbed hold of her hand.

"You know... I did take your advice to ask Uri about who you were... I know your secret. It's a pretty big one!"

Kenny began throwing open small doors and closets in order to find Mira. The owner of the cafe squealed and ran out the back door. Erwin drew out a small handgun.

"I've been sent here to kill you, girl. Please make it easy for me,"

Kenny threw open the door as Erwin shot his gun. Kenny dodged, the bullet splitting skin on his cheek. Mira punched him as he flew back into the opposite wall. Mira stumbled out as she took the gun from Kenny's unconscious body. Mira and Erwin left through the back. She threw off her military uniform and grabbed two cloaks from the back of the cafe.

"Let's go," she said as they threw on the cloaks.

"Who is that?" Erwin asked.

As they ran through the streets, Mira tried to explain.

"Have you heard of Kenny the Ripper?" she said panting.

"...yes. Slit the throats of more than a hundred military police. He's just a legend though,"

"No. He's real. I knew him when I was a kid,"

"Why does he want to kill you?"

Mira scowled. "Because I know too much,"

She looked around. "We're being followed," she said grabbing Erwin's hands and leading them into someone's home.

"Mira... someone might be in here!"

"They're not home. It's alright. We need disguises," she said. Mira flipped through drawers. She found a nice shirt and black pants for Erwin. Mira found a light blue dress and began throwing off her clothes. Erwin looked away, slightly embarrassed as he began to take off his own clothes and put on his disguise. Mira turned around as Erwin buttoned up his shirt. She put on a large white hat adorned with flowers on her head.

"Put these on," she said handing him a pair of glasses.

"What?"

"Just put them on," she said putting them on his face. She then reached her hand up to his head and parted his messy hair. "There. You look like less of an idiot now,"

"Thanks," he said smirking.

"Alright. Time to go,"

Erwin kept his eyes peeled for the shady-looking tall man as he walked through a crowd of people.

"We need to make our way back to headquarters," Mira said. "The commander will know what to do,"

Erwin looked at Mira. Even she didn't seem sure about that.

"It's him," Erwin said. Kenny and two more were getting closer.

"Kiss me," Mira said bluntly as they stood underneath a tree.

"Wha-What?"

"Public displays of affection make people uncomfortable,"

"But-"

Mira grabbed the back of his head and pulled him close. Erwin's heart thumped out of his chest as he felt the warmth of her lips.

"Tch!" Kenny said as he passed looking away.

Mira pulled away from Erwin. Erwin's face was completely blushed. But he didn't care.

"Let's get going," she said grabbing his hand.

Her hand wasn't shaking.