Hellllllo my beautiful readers! Just here to celebrate my story passing 100 followers! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, that's right, party with me people! Hahaha, anyway it's all to you that this little idea turned into a not-so-little 60 chapters and I am entirely grateful to you all :) A special shout-out to my followers who have left a review on this story, they really make me realise how much of an impact my written words have in making peoples' eyes glue to the screen hahahaha :P A little longer than usual chapter as a happy token from a very grateful author :D And as always...

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Recap:

A warmth suddenly encased my wrist and I glanced down. Levi's hand had shot out and gripped my wrist.

"How will I know that you won't leave me again?"

As I glanced over my shoulder at him, my eyebrow raised slowly at the question. Leave him again?

Levi instantly realised his mistake and hastily released my wrist, abruptly turning away from me.

"I meant, leave us again."

I sighed in frustration, fisting the sheets. "You know I left to protect you. How many times do I have to say this?!"

"That doesn't make up for the weeks of hatred and-"

"-and what?" My eyes widened involuntarily, flaming.

Levi hesitated before murmuring his next words, his back still turned away from me.

"…and nothing. Get out."

Growling in annoyance, I continued my previous action, sliding off the bed and snatching my clothes up.

"Leave, don't leave. Stay, get out. For God's sake, he's giving me whiplash." I grumbled and made a beeline for the door. It wasn't until I reached out for the handle that Levi had the audacity to speak up again.

"Rina, wait."

At this, I promptly turned and hurled my pile of folded clothes at this face, smacking him right in the dome. Shirts and pants went flying and my beloved green Wings covered his head completely. I would have laughed if I wasn't so pissed off.

"For fuck's sake Levi, make up your mind already!" I whisper-shouted, still wary of the surrounding rooms. I stalked up to the edge of the bed, fuming and waving my arms around. "Why are you acting like a goddamn-"

"-loneliness."

I paused in my rant, blinking. "Excuse me?"

"Weeks of loneliness. My best friend and – although I hate to admit it – my confidant, left for the MP without a trace or a hint that she was even considering leaving. For most, I am a Corporal to the Corps, Humanity's greatest Soldier, a leader. I never got to be…just Levi. Fuck, I sound like a bloody homesick cadet. On second thought, you can leave now." And with that, Levi tossed my clothes off his head and dived under the covers.

My mouth twitched. Then it slowly grew into a full smile.

"I guess you really are a human after all."

I quietly knelt by the bed and pulled the blanket up, revealing Levi curled into a ball underneath. This just made me smile wider. He sort of looked like a kid this way.

"Levi." I called, a slight smugness in my voice.

He glared, remained silent and turned his back to me again. Chuckling, I dropped the cover and headed to the other side before sliding back onto the bed. Forcing him to move, I leaned back against the headboard and tucked one hand under the covers, palm upwards. I don't know what made me reminiscence about the past but before I knew it, my mouth began to move. My gaze wandered through the air, not really paying attention to anything.

"The first time I saw you, you were only a newly added cadet, nothing too special. Fresh from the Underground and obviously with an agenda against Erwin. There was a specific day though, when you caught my attention for the first time. It was in the afternoon, in the pouring rain, where you were standing by a smoking Titan, at the end of your first Expedition."

Glancing across, the covers jerked. He was uncomfortable with the topic.

"It was that moment, when I made a vow to myself to protect you. It wasn't because you were vulnerable, crying or anything like that. It was because I wanted to be like you."

Levi's head popped out from the covers, now interested. I shrieked and shoved his head back, blushing with embarrassment.

"Don't! It's embarrassing enough, okay?"

"That hurt, you brat."

I cleared my throat. "Anyway, when you made the decision to follow Erwin despite everything that you had lost, I don't know, something clicked in me."

I moved my thoughtful gaze to his side window and reached out with my free hand, brushing the thin fabric covering it away and letting a small sliver of moonlight in.

"That's why I took the task on, to move to the MP. It was to protect you, like you try to do for every single cadet out there. Since that rainy Expedition though, I've watched you train and just trained myself harder but every Expedition we went on, I saw you save others over and over again and thought how could I ever do the same-"

"That's enough."

I froze as the unmistakeable feeling of fingers wrapping themselves around my open hand shot to my brain. I twisted my body to face the contact but it remained hidden by the covers. Levi's hand tightened on mine as I shifted position.

"Stop talking. I'm trying to sleep."

This cracked a smirk out of me. "I'm trying to have a deep and meaningful conversation with you here, Levi."

"And I'm trying to tell you to shut up."

I chuckled and squeeze his hand back.

"Is that an order, sir?" I teased.

"Yes, it is, Officer Hazura."

Shaking my head in silent laughter, I held onto my friend's hand as he fought the nightmares away and fell into a deep sleep.

A bright light pierced through my eyelids and through my dream as the sun rose from the horizon. I frowned and involuntarily began to stretch my limbs, slowing waking up. A weak force prevented my right arm from lifting and I sleepily looked across. Levi's hand had remained in contact with my arm, now gently curled around my wrist. My mouth tilted into a small smile before I heaved myself up and out of the bed. I cautiously removed myself from Levi's grip and slipped into the bathroom to prepare for the morning training.

"Blades out! Keep prepared!"

"Watch your legs when you spin or they'll get caught in the wires!"

"Use your gas cannisters sparingly and only when needed!"

I called out tips when my training group flew past me. I was currently standing on one of the large tree branches, notepad in hand and pen tucked behind me ear. My eyes followed the cadets carefully as they soared through the leaves.

"Hazura!"

At the sound of my name, I whirled around to spot Levi gracefully landing and begin running towards me. I cocked my head to the side in confusion as he grabbed me by the shoulders.

"Levi? What's wrong? Did something happen?"

The Corporal's gaze searched my face frantically before finally relaxing and locking eyes.

"No."

I made a face at him, watching in disbelief as the captain released me and turned to leave. I recovered my wits quickly and took a step forward.

"Hold it." I reached out and snagged his wrist, tugging him to a stop. He slowly glanced behind his shoulder, raising an eyebrow at me.

"With our deep conversation yesterday, I would have thought you'd open up a little more." I smirked.

My friend rolled his eyes and pulled away, continuing to walk.

"If not, at least trust me a bit more!" I yelled after him, my hand falling uselessly to my side. At this, he stopped abruptly and murmured so quietly I almost didn't hear it.

"You weren't there when I woke. I thought you left." With that, he made his escape, jumping off the branch and swinging away on his 3DMG.

My eyes widened and I straightened my posture. Since when did Levi get so…

"Attached, isn't he?"

I shrieked at the voice and spun around, one hand automatically ripping out a blade in self-defence. Hanji let out a hoot of surprise as she jumped back, hands up in surrender.

"Relax, Hazura, it's just me." She grinned, showing all her white teeth.

"Holy wall of- Hanji, you scared the shit out of me!" I exclaimed, immediately sheathing the blade back.

"Well, I saw Levi flying out of here so I wondered what he was doing. Of course, it was with you."

Sighing in relief, I turned most of my attention back to the cadets training, keeping an ear out for Hanji's next words. She casually joined me, sitting by my feet, her legs swinging out into the open.

"What do you mean, of course it was with me?" I asked, eyes darting along with my cadets.

"The Captain was pretty distracted when you left. Worked like Erwin on coffee."

I chuckled. "Doesn't he always work like that?"

She tried again. "From the time you left, I didn't see him clean even once."

I tsked. "That is a pretty serious offence."

"So I can't blame him for being so attached to you. For now at least. Even if it means you two sleeping in the same room."

"I mean, I did just come back – wait." I paused, registering Hanji's words and glanced down at her. As expected, she grinned up at me like a cat eyeing a mouse. I narrowed my eyes at her. She must have seen me slip out of Levi's quarters.

"You were awake early this morning." I stated.

She nodded as I caught on. "I was. Although, you can relax, I haven't told anyone."

I quickly agreed. "This stays between us or so help me God, I will make sure Eren will never let you experiment on his Titan powers ever again."

The scientist gasped and her friendly gaze changed into a glare.

"You wouldn't."

"Try me."