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It was still raining when we finally made it back to the walls. I could feel the mud on my face from the horse's hooves spraying it from the ground; I felt filthy and exhausted.

There were many people that we lost, some we managed to bring home with us, others were still lying out there forgotten. I looked around to the injured, some wouldn't be returning to the Survey Corps; their time in the military was over.

I could hear the citizens whispering angrily at us, wondering if we were successful this time or killed their children in vain like all the others. We can finally say we completed the mission, our goal was to take down the Deviant Type Titan and we did it.

Three small objects in the back caught my attention and I noticed the three friends from before. The one was still smiling, just as excited as he was before we left. I couldn't look at him; he has no idea what actually went on beyond these walls, the death and terror that took place.

It felt like hours went by before we pathetically trudged into the Survey Corps camp. Once we got our horses in the stables, most of the soldiers immediately left, heading for the showers and food. I decided to stay behind and wipe Dexter down of mud before going; the showers would be packed now anyways.

When I jumped off Dex I slipped in the mud, I had to grab onto his reins, jerking his head to the side. "Sorry Dexter."

When we were finally inside the barn I took my goggles off and hung them around my neck, they were caked with mud like the rest of me. I saw Hanji and Levi at the back of the barn, I made my way towards them, briefly waving to Oluo and Petra who had already tidied up their horses and were leaving the barn.

I mentally sighed in relief to see that they made it back safely; I saw Eld and Gunther earlier too.

"Hey guys," I greeted Hanji and Levi as I came towards them, I noticed that they were covered in mud too. Hanji had her glasses pushed up on her head, a ring of mud around her eyes; I probably looked the same from my goggles.

"Oh, hey Charlie! Good job out there, you did great for your first mission!" Hanji had a huge smile on her face; nothing seemed to bring her down. The two of them were sitting on stools working away on digging mud out of their horse's hooves.

I took the empty stall across from Levi's and started un-strapping the saddle, I slid the wet leather off and wobbled from the weight, hanging it over the stall door. Grabbing a towel hanging on the wall, I began to dry Dexter's back.

"Hey, do you know the three kids that always watch us leaving and coming back?"

Hanji looked up, thinking intently. "Hmm, three kids...I think the one kid is the child of doctor Grisha Yeager. I talked to him briefly when he came in to treat an injured soldier, seems nice. Did something happen with them?"

"No, nothing happened. I was just curious, they just seem like an odd pair is all." I shrugged my shoulders and continued drying my horse off.

When I was done with that I grabbed a bucket and ran out in the rain, sliding on the mud on my way to the well. Quickly filling the bucket with water, I walked back to the barn and saw Hanji packing her things up.

"Well, I'm all done here. Time for a nice relaxing bath and nap; see you guys later!" And with that she's running out of the barn and through the rain with her bags.

"Does that girl ever run out of energy?"

"Not really," Levi said this as he stood from his stool and dumped the dirty water out the small window of the stall. He kept the cloth and dragged his stool to the other side of my horse, sitting down he dipped the cloth in my bucket of water and began wiping down Dexter's dirty legs with me.

"You don't have to do that."

"It's fine, the showers are going to be busy right now anyways." I noticed that he took his cloak and brown jacket off, revealing his white shirt that had its' sleeves rolled up and the 3D MG straps.

I decided to take my cloak off too; it was heavy with rain and had begun to soak through to my clothes underneath. I sat back down on my stool and reached for the cloth I put on the rim of the bucket when Levi's hand reached out and caught it.

His hands were warm over mine; I looked at him curiously. His eyes were focused on my hand, as if he was seeing it for the first time.

"Charlie, what do you think of me?" His eyes finally shifted to mine, they were dark from exhausting.

"What do you mean?" I was beginning to become conscious of his hand, I hated that my face warmed to easily because of him.

"Do you see me as someone who could never be loved because of the way I am? Or would you see me as someone who you could grow to like?"

I stared at him, I got the feeling that Levi never had someone who stood by his side and showed him any kind of compassion. Like he was a forgotten child left to grow up in a world unloved. I closed my fingers around his, holding tightly.

"I think you're a lot like me, Levi. And if I can get along with myself just fine, then I think I could get along with you just as well."

I gave him a warm smile and he leaned forward to kiss me. I didn't push him away this time, I let him press his lips against mine and I welcomed the warmth.

"Hey! Is anyone in here!?" Levi and I quickly pulled away, he started cleaning Dexter's legs again and I stood up to step out of the stall and look around the corner.

"What is it?" I recognize the girl; I think her names Nanaba.

"Oh, Charlie! The squad is going to have a celebration tonight for the successful mission today, let your friends know!"

"Sure." With that she left, running in the rain. I looked back at Levi with a smirk on my face, "so, you guys actually have parties around here?"

"If you could call it that." He stood up, ringing the cloth out and dumping the now dirty water. "I'm having a shower, I feel disgusting. If you want to hang around here and roll around in the mud with your friend, be my guest."

He began to gather all of his stuff and I scowled at him before doing the same. Giving Dex one last pat on the back, I ran out of the barn to catch up with Levi.

I spent as much time as I could in my hot bath. The rain had really chilled me to the bone and I needed the time to warm up again…and think about what happened in the barn.

I don't know what our relationship meant now, were we a couple or still friends? Would I want to be a couple? Levi and Charlie, couple.

I was now in my room sitting in front of my wooden table with a mirror attached to it that I managed to snag, trying to tame my wet, wild, curls. I heard a knock on the door and told them to come in.

Levi stepped in wearing a simple white long sleeve and black pants, his hair was still a bit damp from his shower, I couldn't help but blush a little. He closed the door behind him and walked over to my bed, sitting down on it he stared at me with a raised brow.

"I think your efforts may be in vain."

"Shut up, I think I can handle the hair I've grown up with. It just needs to dry some more. Besides, this isn't half as bad as it was when it was long."

"You had long hair?" Levi laid on his side, a leg propped up and his hand supporting his head. "Hmm, I don't see it."

"It wasn't very versatile for the Underground, it would get pulled in fights and hard to keep clean." My hair used to go down to the middle of my back, now it was cut above my shoulders. I liked it shorter; my curls bounced more.

"Anyways, what's up? Is Hanji around?"

"No, she's already down at the party probably a drunken mess by now. I've just been waiting."

It was scary to imagine Hanji drunk, she was already pretty crazy. "What are you waiting for?"

"You."

I jumped up from my chair, "oh! Sorry! I'll be ready in a moment!" He only grumbled in response as he rolled onto his back.

I hadn't realized how late it was, looking out the window I noticed that it was now dark out and the rain had finally stopped.

I need to stop daydreaming.

I grabbed a red cardigan from my wardrobe to keep the cold night off, pulling it on I told Levi I was ready to go and he lazily rolled off my bed and walked towards the door with his hands in his pockets.

When we got to the dining hall it was loud with drunken laughter and music that was playing from a small band towards the back of the room.

"Heeey!" Upon walking in, I was immediately attacked into a sloppy hug from Hanji's usual greeting. "You guys made it! Come over here, I'll get you a drink!" She wrapped an arm around my neck and dragged me towards the bar, leaving Levi at the entrance.

"What'll you have?"

"Um, a beer I guess?"

"You heard her! A beer for the little lady!" I grimaced as she yelled towards the poor man behind the bar; he only rolled his eyes and grabbed a brown bottle, popping the cap off.

"Drink up!" Hanji handed me the beer and I took a sip. I didn't want to get plastered; I've had to many nights of those in the Underground. Ever since I got here, I've lost the taste for alcohol.

Another arm was added to my shoulder as someone else leaned on my other side and yelled in my ear.

"Charlie! Hello! Have you missed my presence?" I sighed as I recognized the voice, Oluo was slurring into my face with his stupid grin plastered to his face.

"Oh, yes Oluo, I was so lost without you."

"Ahaha! Charlie, I love you!" He gave me a sloppy kiss on my forehead; I couldn't help the smile that spread on my face.

"Hey!" Levi appeared in front of us and was pushing Oluo's face away, removing his arm from around my neck. Levi grabbed my hand and pulled me to his side, I noticed a bottle in his hand. "No physical contact allowed."

"Levi, there's no need to be jealous of this magnificent being." He gestured to himself and took another swig of his drink, grinning from ear to ear.

"I'm going to get something to eat, care to join me Hanji?" Hanji was ecstatic; we wandered off to the bar again, leaving Levi and Oluo to their stare down.

"Hey, Petra." I waved at her; she was sitting off to the side of the bar on a high stool with a couple of other girls I didn't recognize.

I settled down next to her, struggling a little to get on the high stool. Hanji sat beside me, the other girls waved goodbye to Petra and left.

"How's it going?" I asked as Hanji ordered some food for us.

"I don't even know!" I looked at her in surprise; she started to wail and hug me, sobbing into my shirt. I awkwardly patted her back, being drunk and upset was not a good combination.

"What happened?"

"I'm angry with myself because I may be beginning to like a complete idiot who's completely full of himself. What should I do!?" She gave an ugly sob and I grimaced.

"I don't know." I was never good at giving people advice, especially when they were a complete mess like this. "Just bare with it…I guess."

Petra finally let go, there was snot running from her nose and her eyes were puffy. I grabbed a napkin and wiped it away, trying to not look grossed out.

"You're right! I shouldn't let this control my life; I'm stronger than this! Thank you Charlie!" She hopped off her stool and walked away with confidence.

I stared after her, I don't remember saying any of that stuff but if it worked then it worked.

Two hours must have passed when I finally met up with Levi again. I was talking to Hanji, Oluo, Petra (who seemed to be sticking close to Oluo), Nanaba, and to my surprise, Mike.

We were laughing at something dumb Oluo said when I felt arms drape over my shoulders from behind and a head rest on my right shoulder. He put his full body weight on me and I had to steady myself.

"Levi, are you drunk!?"

"No…yes." His voice was muffled against my back. I couldn't believe it, a drunken Levi.

"We've only been here for maybe 3, 4 hours? What did you drink?" I gave Hanji the bottle I was holding and grabbed onto the arms dangling over my shoulders.

"Ask him." He whipped a finger and glared towards Oluo, who proceeded to put his hands up in defense.

"I just gave him what I was drinking earlier, look at me, I'm fine!"

"Oluo! Levi has a smaller body mass than you!" Petra hit him in the arm.

"Okay Levi, I think it's time for you to go home. I'll see you guys in the morning."

They said their goodbyes as I walked away with Levi. I had to shift him so I had his one arm over my shoulders. Halfway to our rooms Levi stopped and started groaning, his hands on his knees.

"You good?"

"Of course I'm good."

"Really? Because you don't look so good."

"Shut up, brat! I'm concentrating." There was silence between the two of us before he finally stood up and leaned on my again.

"It would be better if you just threw up, get it out of your system."

"Don't worry about it." He poked my cheek; I frowned down at him. He was actually shorter than me right now since he was leaning so awkwardly on my shoulder.

After what seemed like hours we finally made it to his room. I opened the door and stepped inside; ready to drop him on his bed but he stopped me.

"Wait! Your shoes, you have to take your shoes off."

"Are you serious?"

"I just cleaned this place, I don't need you bringing mud in." He was glaring at me but it didn't have much effect with his unfocused eyes.

I sighed and kicked off my boots, dragging him over to his bed. I sat him on the edge and he immediately fell back onto the mattress, his feet dangling off the side. I began to pull his boots off; they stopped just below the knee so they were hard to pull off. The second boot was the hardest, when I finally pulled it off; I fell backwards onto the ground.

I blew the hair from my face and stood up, placing the boots to the side. I pulled the covers of the bed back and grabbing both of Levi's hands, I hauled him up into a sitting position.

"Okay, lay down. I'll go get you some water." Quickly walking to the bathroom, I grabbed a glass and filled it with water. Walking back I saw that Levi managed to get his head onto his pillows but the covers were still off.

Placing the glass on the bedside table, I had to put a knee up on the bed to reach across Levi and grab the blankets. I just grabbed them when I gasped in surprise, Levi's arms wrapped around my waist and he flipped my over onto the bed.

I was lying on my side facing him; I could feel my cheeks heating up. "L-Levi! What are you doing!?" I began to push on his face.

"Would you stop it? I'm not doing anything!"

I stopped pushing on him and glared, "let go."

"No." He smirked; he actually smirked. "Sleep with me tonight."

I could feel my face becoming warmer, "no way, pervert!"

He frowned at me, "I'm not a pervert."

"I'm not sleeping with a drunk person, you'll throw up on me!"

"They don't call me humanity's strongest for nothing. I won't throw up."

"That has nothing to do with this, idiot!"

"Whatever."

His arms tightened around my waist and he closed his eyes. "Hey! Don't go to sleep, I'm not staying here, let go!" But he was already fast asleep, the alcohol completely wiping him out.

I tried to release his arms around me but he was too strong. I sighed in defeat. Looking at his face, he looked calmer than he did when he was awake but his brows still had a slight frown to them.

I was surprised to feel my eyes begin to droop, the day finally catching up with me. I fell asleep to the soft breathing of Levi beside me.

I opened my eyes slowly to the light coming in through the window. I blinked a few times to get the sleep out of my eyes. I was lying on my side, staring at the back of a head, Levi's head.

He was on his stomach now, his one arm still draped over my torso. I began to move, wanting to get up but Levi shifted, tightening his arm. Turning his head, he sighed heavily before opening his eyes.

"Good morning."

Levi groaned into his pillow, "my head hurts."

"I guess humanity's strongest soldier has a weak point; hangovers."

"Shut up."

"Let me go get you something to help it." I slid out of the warm bed and slipped on my boots. This was a job for coffee, bananas, and greasy food.

I set out with my mission in mind, heading for the kitchen I found Betty the Baker. It was pretty early in the morning and since everyone was out last night, she didn't have to make breakfast right away with people still in bed sleeping.

"Hey, Betty!" I innocently walked up to her with my hands behind my back; I think she was still mad at Oluo and I for stealing her desserts.

"What do you want?" Yeah, still mad.

"I was wondering if you could cook me up some bacon and than deep fry an egg in the grease, it's for Levi," I leaned in to whisper, "He's got a wicked hangover."

She looked at me sternly, determining if I was telling the truth or not. Whenever I used Levi's name in these situations, it seemed to solve the problem.

"I will get you the things but I'm not cooking it."

"Okay, sure, that'll do. Thank you!" Betty got the ingredients while I got the firewood for the stove. I neatly piled it in the oven and lit it, shutting the door I started making the coffee while waiting for the stove surface heat up.

Betty was watching my every move and I kept smiling innocently at her. Betty was a short, pudgy, older woman with red short hair kept back in a bandana. She always wore an apron and had a thick accent that I could never put my finger on. Betty the Baker was kind of everybody's mom around here; she could be nasty but had a kind heart.

When everything was done I piled the bacon, eggs, banana (I grabbed one for myself and an apple), and finally the two coffee mugs on the tin plate.

Betty stopped me as she opened the door; she put two muffins on top of my pile. "It's blackberry, his favourite. You look after that boy."

Pausing I look at her, her chubby face was stern. "I will. Thank you, Betty."

When I got back to the room, Levi was now on his back with an arm over his eyes. "Okay, up and at 'em. Breakfast is served!"

"Ugh, stop being so loud."

I put the plate on the little round table in his room and set everything up. I saw Levi moving from the corner of my eye out of bed, he suddenly stopped and bolted to the bathroom. I heard him throwing up, and I scrunched my face up. How attractive.

The water pump ran for a few seconds before he came out of the bathroom, the colour returning to his face.

"That feels better." He walked over to the table and sat down, "what's all this?"

I clasped my hands together, "oh, just a little something yours truly made. A little grease, some potassium, liquid pain killer, and a dessert for the side."

I sat down across from him and he reached for my apple, I quickly snatched it away. "That ones mine."

He scowled at me before picking up a piece of bacon. "How are you so lively, did you not drink anything?"

"I drank one and was half way through my second when you came to me, begging for help." I grinned as his face twisted in horror; I knew he wouldn't remember it.

He cleared his throat, "Who made the food?"

"I did, it's delicious right?"

He shrugged his shoulders, "I've had better."

"Jerk!"

I waited until he started on his muffin, as he bit into it, he sighed hungrily and mumbled, "I love you Betty the Baker."

"I'm going to Wall Maria today, I've never been so I thought I would do some sight seeing. You're welcome to join me." I bit into my muffin and would've have said the same as Levi, this was good. I stared at Levi hopefully; I wanted him to come with me.

"I'll come."