We all wear mask to show around everyone else. As much as we try to be sincere, our attitudes change depending on who's accompanying us and we adapt to the environment and people, wearing masks to hide our feelings and fit in better.

I am not the exception. Since I was a little girl, I tried to be a good daughter with my parents and, when my mother passed away, the façade of daughter became tougher so my father wouldn't worry about me. We both got along very well since I was little, but when only the two of us were left out relationship became closer and I tired to help him by dealing with some house chores, but years later I knew my place was somewhere else and I began to consider joining the army.

The stories and legends of the things outside the enormous walls always seemed fantastic to me and my wish to protect my dad and close people were enough to make me join the scouting legion. It was then when I began to wear my soldier mask, which wasn't only rigid, but it could also be adapted to any dangerous situation where I had to test my strength, but when my training was over, and I finally wore the wings of freedom in my back, the soldier mask wasn't enough anymore.

I realized my mask no only had to be strong and skilled, it also needed courage, intelligence and compassion; something I never though it would be necessary in the army. It's a shame I didn't understand that until my first expedition was over, but without a doubt, that experience would mark me forever and the mask would become part of my identity, not only because I needed it to survive, but because we never knew when it will be the las time we spend time with a colleague and kind words of encouragement are always welcome.

A couple expeditions later, I was chosen to be part of the special operations squad, and its leader would be Captain Levi, with whom I had spoken a few times before, but beyond his fame of being "humanity's strongest soldier", I always thought he was a brave mane with a superhuman ability to eliminate titans, which made me admire him almost immediately.

Since the first time I saw him using the 3d maneuver gear, I knew he was extraordinary, but what caught my attention the most about him, was all the mystery around him. Captain Levi's serious and sometimes rude demeanor is part of the mask he uses to protect himself from the constant losses of soldiers and comrades; something quite frequent in the scouting legion. And on top of that, I could tell he's had a harsh life.

From the beginning, the captain managed to see through my mask, being that one of the reasons why he chose me to be part of his quad, along with my abilities with the 3DMG, and the more I spent time with him, the more I learnt to read him, without noticing he did the same with me, forming some kind of complicity that is hard to explain, but that slowly turned into something else.

Hiding my feeling towards him was very hard, even when I built myself a mask to conceal how fast my heart beat every time we spoke, or the happiness I felt when we spent time together alone, working in his office. I spent so much times trying to hide behind that mask, that I didn't realize he could perfectly see right through it, and little by little, he took his as well, showing himself as he truly is.

I'll never forget the first time we took off our mask in front of each other in that autumn night, when he looked relaxed and comfortable while we finished arranging the horses for the training next day. Our eyes met, noticing something different inside them and, as if it was inevitable, we kissed.

That was the first of many kisses, and for the both of us, the first chance to look at each other without remorse or masks. Without a doubt, something I never thought I would find in the scouting legion, but that I'll cherish for the rest of my life.

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Story for Rivetra trick. I hope you liked it. This one is happier than the first one lol. It's been a long time since I wrote from Petra's pov, and I enjoyed it a lot! I really miss this, so as soon as I finish with all my stressing duties, I'll keep writing more.

I realy hopw you enjoyed rivetra trick! The original idea was from a friend of mine, but unfortunately,she doesn't have tumblr, but you can always check her beautiful stories in wattpad, Look for her as MelMew-Smith