"I was so jealous of that girl. Now she's closer to you than ever."

Year 842

"Karl? No. Cameron?"

"Keiji, ma'am."

"Keiji. Keiji. Keiji." Reina repeated to herself, attempting to remember the soldier's name.

Reina was sitting with her squad at lunch, playing the name game with the group. It was a week after Levi had confronted her that night, and everything since then had pretty much gone back to normal.

"You," Reina pointed to a man with lightbrown hair, "Are Mobile. No! Mosbey! Ugh! This is hard! Your last name is Berner, though!" She half yelled.

"Yes, Moblit Berner, captain." The man gave her a nervous smile.

"Victory, Hanji!" Reina pumped her fist in the air, throwing her other arm around the squad's second-in-command.

"Hooray, Captain! You're getting better!" The brunette cheered.

"E-excuse me?" A small voice cut through the air, causing all heads to turn in the direction it was coming from. A small raven-haired girl stood at the end of the table, a tray of food in her hands. Her hair was cut into a bob with bangs in the front. Her cheeks were red from embarrassment. "Is this squad four?"

"It is," Moblit gave the girl a soft smile, "You're a new recruit, aren't you? What's your name?"

"Didrika Engel, sir," The girl put her tray down on the table and saluted.

"Welcome to the crew," Reina grinned.

"Thank you, Petra! I'm so glad to see a familiar face!" Didrika said happily.

"Petra?" Reina asked, pointing to her face. The dark-haired girl nodded slowly.

"It's you, isn't it? Petra Ral From training?" Didrika asked with a nervous look.

"I'm sorry, but you have the wrong person," Reina began, letting out a small laugh, "I'm Reina Oldman, captain of squad four." Didrika's eyes widened in disbelief.

"What? B-but you look just like her! I-I'm sorry, captain! It won't happen again!" She looked down to her feet in embarrassment.

"Oh, it's okay. Have a seat, Engel. We were just playing the name game. You see, I'm new here, too." Reina patted the girl's back as she sat down.

The group conversed, getting to know each other for about half an hour before Reina spotted her favorite corporal sitting at his table with the rest of the squad. She walked over, noting the presence of Levi, Gunther, and some blond-haired man facing away from her.

"Wow, Eld. You've gotten old. Did you get a haircut?" Reina said, placing her face in between the blond-haired man and Gunther. The man turned his head in shock, and a little bit of hurt. "Oh, sorry! You're not Eld!" Reina giggled nervously. The man continued to harbour a confused expression, however.

"Captain Oldman, this is Oluo Bozado, one of my new recruits." Levi mumbled to the strawberry blonde.

"A new Special Operations squad recruit? You must be talented." Reina praised. A small blush crept onto Oluo's face.

"Excuse me for saying this, ma'am, but you look just like-"

"Oluo! Have they been making fun of your age again?" A small giggle sounded to the right of the group. Reina looked over to see a girl with strikingly similar features to her own - strawberry-blonde hair (cut virtually the same way), fair skin, and a height just above five feet. The girl stared in shock at Reina, completely confused at the fact that she was practically staring into a mirror. Gunther had a muddled expression, too. His gaze kept switching from Reina to the girl, trying to make sense of the situation.

"You must be Petra Ral," Reina stood up to meet the girl's eyes with a smile, "I'm Captain Oldman of the fourth squad."

"H-how did-" Petra stuttered.

"I caught wind of a new recruit looking almost identical to me, and now I suppose she's joined the Special Operations Squad," She smiled and walked around the table to stand beside Levi's sitting figure, "I wonder why that is," She muttered into his ear with a sadistic grin. He frowned.

"I-it's nice to meet you, Captain Oldman. Corporal Levi and Gunther have told us all about you," Petra said with a nervous smile.

"All good things, I hope?" Reina smiled.

"We told her about the horse incident," Gunther smirked, picking at his food. Reina's smile immediately faltered, causing Petra to give them a questioning look. Reina reached across the table to grab the front collar of Gunther's shirt, aggressively pulling him toward her. She opened her mouth to yell at him, but was interrupted by the corporal.

"Oldman. It's almost time to get back to work. Ral, Bozado, I look forward to having you on my squad." Levi picked up his tray, nodding at Reina to follow along. The two left the mess hall, heading to Levi's office.

Reina shut the door behind her, watching Levi sit down at his desk.

"Your office is so clean," She sighed, "Labarre's old office is such a pig's sty that I can't even go in without falling into a pit of despair."

"Clean it, then."

"I don't think I could do that by myself. I'd need a two-person team at the very least," She mumbled, sitting down at her old table.

"I'll help, then." He said, walking over to her table with a pile of papers.

"Oh, come on! I'm not your secretary anymore!"

"You might as well make yourself useful," He said, setting the stack down and turning back to his desk. Reina sighed and stretched her arms across the table, the stack of papers in between them.

"That girl," She mumbled, causing Levi to pause. "She looks just like me. Why would the corporal hire someone like that, I wonder? Perhaps he got tired of his previous second-in-command not bending to his every will, so he found someone identical that does. I never knew you were so perverted, Levi." She squinted at the back of his head with a leer.

"Petra Ral…Is a hard-working soldier. She earned 6/10 in battle skill, 7/10 in initiative, 7/10 in strategy, and 9/10 in teamwork. She received a well-deserved spot on the team, regardless of her appearance."

"6/10 in battle skill? That's a little low for the Special Operations Squad, don't you think?" Reina asked, smirking.

"The girl didn't grow up in alleyways fighting for food with other kids. It's not her fault that she had no fighting experience prior to training." He was now turned around, slowly pacing toward the girl with an emotionless face.

"You sure are jumping to defend her. I didn't know that it would rile you up so much. Maybe I should go, and leave you to your thoughts of that cute girl,"

Reina stood up and tucked in her chair. She went to open the door, but was stopped when a hand flew past her head to close it.

"Don't," Levi muttered, bringing his other hand up to trap her between his arms. Reina looked down. Why was she making such a big deal over the fact that there was another girl in Levi's life? Was she…jealous?

"Let me go," She said, pushing on his chest, "This room's getting small."

"You wanted to know why I didn't want you to become a captain, right?" Reina looked up in surprise. "Why I keep you away from other guys, why I shelter you…" He stared at her with determination. "I'm not going to hold back this time, Rei. I'm going to show you why I did those things. I'll show you because I think you finally understand it from my point of view."

"Show me…?" She asked. Why not just tell?

Before she could say anything else, a surprisingly soft pair of lips crashed onto hers, making her eyes widen in shock. What was he doing? And why…

Why was she enjoying it?

Reina began to kiss back, and she could feel a small smile creep onto Levi's lips as she began to move hers. Her hands roamed up to his chest, lightly clutching at his military jacket while Levi's left hand came up to caress her cheek. The two began two cling to each other almost desperately, kissing with all of their might. Reina didn't notice until they broke apart that she was crying.

"You two don't look alike to me," Levi whispered as he brushed her tears away with his thumb, "Your eyes are the most beautiful shade of blue, and hers aren't." Reina looked away, blushing. Levi took the opportunity to place a kiss on her exposed neck, making her gasp.

"L-Levi," She whispered, clinging to his jacket tighter. He smiled onto her neck and began sucking at her skin. "You like me then. They were right. I think I knew all along, I just…I didn't want to be disappointed if I was wrong. Levi, I- ah!" Levi had reached a sensitive spot on her neck, causing a moan to escape from her lips, "I think I like you, too." She said, staring at the ceiling.

"Good," He mumbled, wrapping his hands around Reina's waist and burying his head in the crook of her neck.

Yaay! Hope you liked it! I don't think I'm very good at romantic scenes, so this was kind of a challenge lol.

Um, so school is starting back up tomorrow, and I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep updating as often as this. That's sort of why I'm ending this chapter with some resolve. I'm not going to be spending all day thinking about what to write next, so it'd be helpful if you guys left some suggestions and such!

Thanks to Adorablethor for the review!

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