The next morning, the cold hit me like a punch to the gut and I yelled out, scrambling up into a sitting position. Levi stared down at me, my blanket dangling in his hand. Blinking away my sleep, I glared at him.

"I freaking hate you."

"We have some shitty paperwork to do." He informed. Not the news that I wanted to hear first thing in the morning. I grabbed my pillow and chucked it at him, to which he smoothly dodged. Lucky bastard.

"What a fantastic thing to do to begin our day." I grumbled, forcing myself out of bed.

"Hurry up. I'll be in my office." And he left as briefly as he appeared. I groaned and rubbed a hand over my face, pausing by my bathroom door. What a workaholic friend I had.

"Rina!" and Brian was the next person who invaded my bedroom, bursting through the door only to trip on my blanket which Levi had left on the ground. I exploded, spinning around with my arms up in exasperation.

"WHAT?!"

Brian froze from getting back onto his feet.

"Sorry." I immediately apologized and sighed. "Had a rude awakening just then."

My comrade chuckled and fully straightened. "Captain Levi?"

"Who else?" I muttered and moved into the bathroom to brush my teeth. "So, what's causing you to bombard my room so early in the morning?"

"Well, Steve was supposed to supervise the training session of Cadet group 2 but he caught a cold and can't make it. The rest of the squad is busy so you're the last person I had left to ask."

I paused in my teeth brushing and poked my head out the door, giving Brian a foam-covered grin.

"Ahny-ting to bet owt of papawurk." I gurgled. He nodded.

"That's what I thought. I'll let Captain Levi know."

Giving him two thumbs-up, I brightened at the thought of leaving Levi to finish the dreary work by himself.

WHOOT!

The whistle signalled the beginning of the training session and the wooden cutouts of Titans began to swivel in their spot, other soldiers pulling on the attached ropes. I watched from a tree branch as cadets from the second group began to flood into the training forest. I gripped my notepad in one hand, spinning a pen absently in the other. The sounds of blades slicing into fake patches of flesh resonated through the trees, followed by the blurred bodies of several cadets. Mikasa, as usual, flew ahead of the group, twisting smoothly between the Titan dolls, cutting as she went. Jean, a tall boy with an even taller confident level, followed behind.

"Follow Jean and you're bound to find some Titans!" called out another boy and I watched as a group of three others flew in the same way Jean had come. I raised an eyebrow. That boy always had a knack for leading a team of people behind him. Jean yelled out something intelligible and I began to take note of how and who took out each fake Titan. As my watch area was the most secluded, only a handful of cadets managed to find it.

Eren: Had an incredible sense of motivation that kept his energy level above everyone else. His technique with the blades could use a little more work.

Mikasa: her cuts and movements were as smooth and strong as always. She held great potential to become an elite Survey Corps officer. Her only weakness was Eren Jaegar.

Jean: His slices into the flesh were solid but improvement could be seen for his 3DMG. Had a habit of leading people around and losing targets to others.

Katy: her 3DMG movements were the fastest out of today's sessions but she tended to aid in killing the targets, rather than kill them herself.

Simon: seemed somewhat dim-witted with complex attack plans but his reflex skills turned out to be surprisingly quick.

I was forced out of my thoughts as the familiar click of a grapple hook embedded itself on the tree trunk behind where I stood. The reel of the lines pulled a familiar tune and I hid a smile.

"Levi."

Sure enough, the Captain leapt into place beside me.

"You left me with the paperwork." He stated grumpily. I shot him a quick wink.

"You did say it was shitty. Then I got offered a wonderful position to train Cadet group 2. Which one did you think I would pick? Anyway, you got it done in the end didn't you?"

"Tch."

I sighed dramatically and placed a hand over my heart. "Your cold responses wound me, Captain."

"Captain Levi!"

Both Levi and I cringed at the all-too-familiar voice. It belonged to Stacey, one of the fellow officers of the Survey Corps from the year below us. It was no secret that she had a thing for the Captain. She wasn't shy in flaunting her obsession with him. The only secret to her was how she always managed to find Levi. Sure enough, the officer reeled herself to our tree, plopping herself onto the branch above us as to not disturb my duty. I moved my focus back to the cadets, keeping an ear out for the interesting conversation sure to come.

"Captain, my cadet group is up next for training in the woods. Would you like to grab a bite to eat in the meantime?" Stacey blinked innocently down at my friend. Being ever polite but cold, he simply shook his head.

"I have other tasks to attend to, Officer Stacey. Perhaps another time."

Stacey pouted, clearly disappointed. "You said that last time, Captain Levi. How about we just grab a quick break right now? I mean, my cadet group are with the training officers and no longer need me around and it doesn't seem like you have anything to do, what with you chatting to Officer Rina here."

I stifled a chuckle, biting my lip to hold it in. She got him there.

"Check mate." I murmured. Levi heard it loud and clear, judging by the death stare directed at me afterwards. I loved teasing him about this and he knew it.

"Oh, go on ahead, Captain. I'll finish up my training duties here and we can discuss the Operation plan later today." I brushed him off, turning away to hide my giant smile.

"But-"

"You heard the woman, Captain. We better listen to her before she blows." Stacey said, almost squealing in delight. Before I knew it, she had leapt down, grabbed Levi's arm and whisked him from the tree. As soon as they were out of sight, I released a howl of laughter, just imagining Levi's face.