Hi all! Just a slightly early update because I felt like it haha. Hope you're all well!

Taking a deep breath, I readied myself for invading someone else's privacy. Indeed. It was the time that I dreaded. The time that all those with a right mind would avoid. It was time to search Officer Andras' private quarters. His office had unfortunately yielded no results and honestly, I wasn't surprised. People entered and left his office everyday so keeping something as important as the corruption ledger there would not have been the best idea. And Andras was no stupid person. I sucked in another bout of stale air before unlocking the door and slowly sticking my head in. One glance at the interior had me blanching and slamming the door back closed. A couple of stray cadets gave me a weird look as they passed and I smiled weakly in return.

Good lord, what have I done to deserve such punishment?

Quickly making up a game plan in my head, I braced myself one more time and forced my way inside. Narrowing into tunnel vision, I picked my way to the side window and shoved it open. A rush of fresh outside air flew in and I sighed in relief. Steeling myself, I turned and crossed my arms at the room. Simply put, it was a pig sty. A domestic version of the Water Gate accident. Loose pieces of clothing were thrown everywhere. Pieces of paper and relevant stationary were strewn across the floor. Used and extra 3DMG were piling up in the corner. Despite his position as a top instructor, I guess he didn't let that take over his life completely. He should've. There was no way I could find the ledger in here within a few hours. There was only one person who could clean this place up in a flash.

Levi.

"And that's that." I scratched the back of my head sheepishly while Levi glared me to death.

"You're telling me to sneak into the Military Police base to clean up a room just so you can find some evidence?"

"No! I'll be sneaking you into the MP headquarters so you can help me clean up a room so I can find some case evidence." I corrected.

Levi rolled his eyes. "That makes all the difference, Hazura."

"Come on Levi! Even you must have some pity for me for having to wade and search in that pig sty."

"You're incorrect."

"Levi." I deadpanned.

"You always did need some practice skills for cleaning up a room. But just for argument's sake, what do I get out of doing this?"

I placed a finger on my chin and glanced up to the ceiling.

"Um, the satisfaction of cleaning up a filthy room?" I tried.

Looking back down, I met Levi's unimpressed stare.

"And apart from landing evidence for a case, what do you get out of it?"

I blinked and my eyes immediately softened.

I can return.

As the Corporal, Levi instantly picked up on my sudden change of expression, judging by the slight narrowing of his eyes. I smiled…and lied.

"Well, I get the satisfaction of putting bad people behind bars and keeping the townspeople safe."

My friend sighed in resignation, realising I wasn't going to tell him the truth.

"It is a safe job, isn't it? Being an MP."

I looked away, biting my tongue. "Yeah, it sure is."

"You don't sound too happy about it."

I turned and headed to the door, knowing Levi wasn't going to yield.

"Safe doesn't mean interesting."

With that, I grabbed the door handle and turned it.

"Wait."

A grin lit up my face and I glanced over my shoulder. A heavy sigh was released from Levi and he rubbed his temples.

"What did you have in mind?"

"You've got be kidding me."

I grinned and held up the heavy brown cloak at him once again.

"No, I'm not."

"Hazura, I'm not wearing that thing. Also, why are you bringing to the side gate? It fucking stinks here."

I dropped my hands, lowering the cloak so I could face Levi fully,

"First, you have to wear this cloak. If anyone saw your face, they'd run for the hills."

Levi shot me a glare and I stifled a chuckle, correcting myself.

"Uh, I mean, they'd run for the Commander's office. I can't risk you being held in quarantine under the suspicion of sneaking around the MP base. Second, I took you to the side gate because you can't seriously think I'd walk through the front gate with the Survey Corps' Corporal without the commander's knowledge. They'd kill me. Figuratively speaking."

"And that's such a bad thing?"

I sighed in exasperation and threw the cloak at his face, hiding my smile.

"Just put it on Ackerman."

After another few minutes of quietly arguing, I dragged Levi by the wrist through the back way of the MP headquarters. Luckily it was already dark out so the chances of people recognizing Levi were slim. Luck also blessed us as Andras' private quarters were somewhat distanced from the rest of the general dorms. Cleaning up and making a bit of noise wouldn't alert anyone. Thankfully exiting from the streets undiscovered, we continued to hurry through the walkways within the MP buildings. Silently walking through the corridors, I finally pulled Levi into the room and quickly lit several lanterns scattered across the room for light. Once I was done, I braced myself and turned to face him. A deep scowl was sketched onto his face as he surveyed the room, hands on hips.

"I mean, I'm here to help?" I asked meekly. Sighing, Levi shot me a quick look of annoyance and rolled up his sleeves.

"Let's get to work then."

Smiling in apology, I reached into the corner and pulled out a bucket full of water, several rags and a couple of spare wooden boxes for sorting. As usual, the Corporal got right to it, tossing me a rag and pointing to the window. I pulled the rag off my face and shot him a dirty look.

"You clean, I'll start sorting."