A/N: A combination of 2 tumblr prompt requests being mixed in with an old one-shot. (If you're asking why it is so long, thank the one-shot)

Prompt 1: To this day, Heat from J&S has been one of favorite fics from you. Could you do a reversal of the situation where Eren repays the favor?

Prompt 2: Okay since I am able to send another request ^^ how about one where Eren has like this momentary fear that Annie is going to leave him one day or is scared of being abandoned by her, so he just embraces her right then and there and holds her tight so that he can show her how much he cares for her and how much it would hurt him to see her leave. My ahahahah yes for my angsty heart ^^

Rendezvous [Rahn-duh-voo; French; rahn-de-voo] noun [ C ]

an arrangement to meet someone, especially

secretly, at a particular place and time, or the place itself

Annie didn't expect to see him again. She figured the Survey Corp would've kept him bound in chains, miles underground where no civilian could reach. Where they could freely interrogate him as much they wanted. She thought they were as corrupt as the damned Military Police. But they had actually let him have his freedom, they allowed a monster like him— like her — to roam around, at least under the watchful eye of the infamous Captain Levi and his squad. Annie melded into the crowd as Eren drew nearer; leaving her associate Hitch to deal with the negotiating of purchasing tobacco for the higher ups, much to Hitch's dismay.

The brunet examined each crate of fruit stands laid out, Levi regarded him warily. The hood Eren kept up shielded him from unwanted attention but there were still stray spectators around whom watched his every move in fear, or in awe. They knew it was the shifter boy from the newspapers. Something in the back of Annie's mind told her that he wasn't there to just buy fruit.

"If you're going to buy something, make it quick, I don't have all day." Levi snapped, glaring at the few shoppers who stopped to ogle at him.

Eren nodded, "Yes Captain."

But even as he dashed passed the apple and oranges, he kept discreetly glancing into the crowd of shoppers and merchants, eyes roaming across every face. Hoping to catch sight of her. He didn't exactly expect her to be off duty today , he knew how lazy the senior Military Police were, and how the newbies were mostly caught with the brunt of paperwork duty. She could even be on a mission, and be out of Sina for the time being.

Yet still, he wanted to see her, before he ventured outside of the walls. He knew this upcoming expedition was actually a trap meant for the perpetrator who supposedly murdered Hanji's titan subjects. Anything could happen, even with his new found ability. Feelings of doubt clouded his mind, but Eren willed it gone.

No time to worry. He really wanted to talk with her. Where could she be? Eren caught sight of a Military Police woman, a curly haired girl who seemed to have a permanent smug smile painted on. She turned away from the merchant who was holding out what looked like a pouch to face a shorter girl. Platinum blonde hair tied in a bun, arms folded in an uncaring manner, a bored expression.

The only thing that seemed different about Annie was that the Trainee insignia was replaced with the Military Police one, and she carried the MP's standard rifle on her back. She was... fuller too. Around the hips mostly, he could see that from here. Eren sighed, placing the peach he was holding back down. Now how in Maria's name was he going to escape Captain Levi? Said older male grunted in annoyance, tossing a plum into its crate, "Kid, if you don't hurry up this will be the last time you see the light of day, you know Hanji is waiting for us, and I'd rather not deal with her pestering."

Eren bit into his lip. Eyes flickering between the fruit crates to the small blonde just a few feet ahead of him. She seemed to fall back into the crowd, leaving the smug looking girl to pay for the pouch item. The girl didn't look all too pleased about it either.

"Look mommy, it's Captain Levi!" A tiny voice piped up, both soldiers turned to look at a child dressed in rags who was skittering up to them from behind the crate, a merchant woman in tow. He stopped in front of Captain Levi, who simply raised an eyebrow at the child.

"My daddy said you are the best Captain he's ever had!" The boy spoke excitedly, the frail woman behind him wrung her hands in a worried manner. As if disturbing Captain Levi from his shopping reverie would have her hanged. Levi immediately took notice of this. He got on one knee to see at eye level with the child, Eren wondered if Captain Levi always hoped to that kind of thing.

"Is that so," Levi spared a glance to the boy's mother, "Where is your father?" The boy's grin widened, "He's in the Survey Corp just like you!"

Eren decided whether or not he should help his Captain as he watched Levi's stony expression soften in front of the child. Never once had he seen that look on Captain Levi before, it was as if Levi had dropped his guard, completely. His cool facade crumbling to reveal the empathic man underneath.

Eren realized that the boy's father may have- could have been one of the many nameless death counts of the last expedition, and Captain Levi might've known him. He placed a steady hand on the cheerful boy's shoulder. Eren made his decision to escape than, with some regret, he slunk away from his Captain, far enough until the crowd seemed to swallow him. It won't be a moment too soon until Captain Levi noticed his disappearance and he was sure going to go through hell for this, but this may or may not be the last time he saw her.

So he continued on, walking by shoppers who eyed him, and the merchants hollering out cheap prices, until he reached the stand where he had spotted her, it was a tobacco stand. When he asked the merchant tending there if he had seen where the blonde Military Police woman went, all that shady man said was he hadn't noticed her, then proceeded to offer him a special brand of grass that had a potent smell. He waved the merchant off, deciding he'd go look for that smug looking girl instead.

It didn't take long for him to find her at least; she hadn't gotten far. The girl was observing an entertainer while chewing on some caramel corn. Eren strode up behind her, tapping her shoulder, the girl startled spinning around to face him. She scrunched her face as if she was trying to figure out why a Survey Corp member would seek her out. "You want something titan-bait?"

Eren scowled at the insult. "I'm looking for someone." He answered gruffly. The girl pursed her lips haughtily.

"Listen I'm off duty right now, so go bother some other MP." She turned, but Eren abruptly grabbed ahold of her arm, causing the girl to drop the caramel corn she was holding, she yelped angrily, "You asshole! Look what you did!"

"I don't have time! I just need to know if—"

"Get off!" She ripped her arm away from his grip, Eren wished she hadn't shout like a mad woman, now there were more people watching him than before. He quietly apologized to the girl, telling her his name, he rummaged into his pocket to retrieve some coins to pay for the damned caramel corn she dropped.

The girl calmed when she saw the money, her eyebrows disappeared into her curled fringes. She snatched the coins, then stepped closer to get a better look at him; checking him up and down like he was a street walker. Eren felt just a bit uncomfortable.

"Eren, huh?" She held out her hand, smirking "I'm Hitch." The two shook hands, Eren wondered why this girl couldn't have just been more civil from the start.

"So… You said you were looking for somebody?" Hitch folded her arms.

"Yeah, Annie Leonhardt, she was with you not too long ago."

Hitch's mouth formed an O shape at the mention of the stoic girl, then she smiled like she caught in on a secret. Narrowing her olive eyes mischievously, Hitch clicked her tongue, "Oh, I see."

Eren disregarded her, "I need to talk with her, can you tell me where she went?" Hitch drummed her fingers on her cheek, "Hm, not really, she's kind of weird, you know. Doesn't really say much to anybody."

"I know." He sighed. "It's just… This is important."

Hitch considered him for moment, "Mind telling me what it is you're begging to talk with her about?"

"It's… personal."

She smirked wider at this, "Why would a scout want to talk with an MP on personal terms?"

Eren flushed, tugging his hood further down over his head, mumbling, "Reasons."

Hitch cackled loudly, drawing in more attention. Eren's cheeks only burned brighter. "Alright, alright I don't know where she went exactly , but I can bring you to the Military Police headquarters, don't know if she went there but I know there's a secret backdoor that has a staircase leading directly into the ladies dormitories ." She waggled her eyebrows at him as she said the last sentence, Eren looked away, face tinged pink. From where he stood, Eren almost missed the small stature, raven hair and Survey Corp cape bellowing in the dusty wind buried among the crowd, slowly approaching them.

Oh shit.

He latched onto Hitch's upper arm once again ignoring her protests, though this time he was more gentle. Hitch huffed. "Well then, please lead the way." He ushered her further from the merchant stands until they reached the forked end of the shopping district. Hitch lightly wretched her arm away from him.

"You need to stop manhandling girls buddy, it's not charming at all." She rubbed at her arm in a fake hurtful way. Eren peeked behind them, trying to single out the features of his Captain. He didn't notice anything, but Eren knew he was coming. Eren was just grateful they hadn't chosen to wear their omnidirectional maneuver gear today or he would have been far more screwed.

Both young soldiers made their way passed the expensive large mansions of nobles and rich looking inns to the central Military Police building. Eren followed closely behind Hitch, there was not as much people in the luxurious parts of town as there was in the shopping district, only some higher class citizens in rich garb riding around in horse drawn carriages. But they barely spared him a glance. They reached the entrance to the building but kept out of sight, only some miscellaneous Military Police stood around on guard.

"Okay, so you're going to go around in the back you see, but you'd have to wait a bit because the back door is always locked so I'm going to have to open it for you from the inside." Hitch whispered. Eren narrowed his eyes in disbelief.

She sighed, " Look , I'm not going to rat you out or anything, you have my word." Hitch put her fist to her chest in the traditional salute. Eren pinched his eyebrows together, "I don't know, she might not even be in there."

"Oh Sina you are so Indecisive!" Hitch dropped her arms, "You know what? I'm going inside, if you trust me enough in the five minutes it's going to take me to do this, then wait by the back door, it won't be long, and I'm sure she'll be there."

With that Hitch spun on her heel, heading for the entrance, the other MP's that lazed about acknowledged her with a sloppy salute, one of them merely nodded his head as he unlatched the front door for her to walk in. Eren considered whether or not he should go with this plan, could Annie really be in there, especially this late in the afternoon?

His mind lingered on the petite blonde girl, and her cold sapphire eyes. Eren rocked on the balls of his feet, turning his head from where he suspected his Captain would appear any minute to the Military Police building where he could have been locked up in and autopsied on.

He began shrugging off his Survey Corp cloak. It would only draw in more attention from the scattered MP soldiers, luckily he was wearing his civilian clothes underneath. He hoped to the three goddesses nobody recognized his face, he hoped the Military Police's incompetence was high enough for them to not read the newspapers. Eren folded his cloak over one arm, hiding the wings of freedom insignia. He slowly approached the side of the building, he had to get to the back door, like Hitch said. That girl made it seem like this whole thing was going to be easy. She could have warned him ahead about the sneaking part.

It's not as if any person could just waltz in into the Military Police headquarters, Sina resident or not.

He ducked behind a tree as one of the MP's passed by, still taking precaution. Eren felt like a man on a mission as he slid from his hiding spot then darted for the right side of the building, just as he reached the corner, he heard a voice bellow, "HALT!"

Eren froze in his tracks. One of the guards have caught him, he turned around to face an MP soldier more or less his age with a peculiar bowl cut and undercut combination going on. The soldier was stern as he observed Eren. He definitely hadn't been there before. Eren gulped.

"Civilians aren't allowed in the Central building unless you are involved in or bear witness to a crime" bowl cut guy stated matter-of-factly. Eren secretly thanked the goddesses for this guy's cluelessness of not knowing who Eren was exactly.

"Who are you, and what business do you have here?" He queried.

"Well I—" Eren racked his mind for an excuse, "I–Uh… I was robbed you see, and I was just hoping if one of you officers could help me find the thief?"

"They are plenty of other officers on duty about the city, if you wanted to report a robbery you could have gone to one of them." Bowl cut guy said, folding his arms in an authoritative manner. He glanced at the half asleep Military police that were supposed to be guarding the entrance. "But I guess I could be of service to you." He sighed.

"Can you describe to me the culprit?" Bowl cut guy immediately whipped out a notepad and a pencil from the pocket of his uniform.

Eren stared dumbfounded at the solder, shifting from foot to foot. "Uh… He was very tall… and um..." Goddamn it, he was wasting time here! Eren scratched the back of his head, grimacing as he pretended trying to recall the face of his imaginary thief. "He had hair… like yours but uglier, and a... horse face."

The young man stopped scribbling (mindful of the hair comment), he raised an eyebrow at Eren, "A horse face?"

Eren nodded his head, looking not at all the like the poor victim of a crime. "Yup, the last I saw him was in the Market Square."

Bowl cut guy pursed his lips into a thin line, seeming concentrated on something, "Odd… I just came from there."

"Which side of the Market Square were you on?" He asked, now looking more skeptic.

The thought of the Market place brought Eren's attention back to Captain Levi and his awaiting punishment once the Captain got his small, but powerful hands on him. His mind worked in a haste to get rid of this pesky officer already. He only needed to talk a specific one anyway.

"The south side." Eren answered, adding on, "But I saw the thief run north, I couldn't catch up to him what with the crowd and all."

The taller solder rubbed at his chin, peering down at Eren, "I was just at the south side of the Market Square, I don't exactly remember anyone suspicious running, did you yell anything? Stop thief? None of that?"

Eren groaned, more out of impatience than misery, "No- I- I don't know..."

"What do you mean you don't know? You said you were robbed, usually a victim would draw attention to the thief, at least."

Eren could feel the MP's scrutinizing gaze on him. He was beginning to feel exasperated already, Eren tried to think of another plan. If only that girl Hitch could have just guided him in to the backdoor before taking off like that. It had been way passed five minutes already too; she probably lied to him. Damn her.

"Marlowe, move." Bowl cut guy, or rather Marlowe froze in place at the cool tone of voice that spoke from behind him. Eren recognized that voice, her voice. His heart unintentionally skipped a beat. Marlowe hastily stepped out of Annie's way, she immediately locked eyes with Eren. Glimmering jades met calm sapphires. His eyes drifted to the little bundle of sweets she carried, then back to her passive face.

"Eren, what are you doing here?" Annie raised a blonde eyebrow, actually appearing surprised for a second, she turned to Marlowe, "Are you arresting him?"

"No! No, he claimed he was robbed, I'm helping him out like an officer should." Marlowe explained, eyes flitting between the two soldiers. He huffed in annoyance, folding his arms, he glared at Eren from the corner of his eye, "I just think he's been lying to me the whole time about getting robbed by a thief with a horse face."

Behind him, Eren sniggered quietly. Marlowe sneered, "I believe he was trying to sneak into the Headquarters.

Annie blinked. "And why would he do that?"

"I don't know! Ask him! " Marlowe threw his hands up. "Ugh, I'm tired of this nonsense, I've got actual work to do y'know! You handle him Annie."

Marlowe stomped off to the entrance, leaving both Annie and Eren alone on the shadowy side of the HQ building, what Eren finally wanted.

Annie watched Marlowe's back retreat in the distance, then her cold blue's focused again on Eren, who appeared just a bit intimidated by her. Annie's presence seemed to have that effect on him from time to time. Eren cleared his throat.

"So." They spoke in unison. Eren prompted her to go first.

"Were you really trying to sneak into our headquarters?" Annie nudged passed him, Eren followed after her. Guessing she was going exactly where he'd been headed too in the first place. How convenient .

"Maybe..."

Behind the Military Police HQ was the backdoor Hitch had mentioned, though it didn't appear to be heavily locked. Annie knocked twice, waited, then knocked again.

"So, you come through here too?" Eren shuffled idly by her side.

"No. But it's not as if you can waltz through the entrance doors now can you?"

Eren's felt his cheeks flush with heat, "No, well… The real reason I'm here is because I wanted to have a talk with you… before the expedition, is all."

Annie peered up at him through long lashes, "Oh?"

On the other side of the door, there was an audible click, accompanied by the sound of a latch being lifted. Then came a brief breeze as the door swung open, and there standing inside was Hitch.

"Took you long enough!" Hitch's attention dropped to Annie who walked passed her as if Hitch weren't there at all. "Hey Ann', I see you've caught up with your lover boy."

Eren cringed. "Don't call me that."

"Well it doesn't take a genius to put two and two together." Hitch grinned.

Eren desperately tried to ignore the smacking kissing noises Hitch made as he trailed Annie up the stairs. He stayed silent behind her, until the two stopped at a door on the far end of the hallway. He was glad Hitch hadn't followed them.

Annie pushed her sweets into his arms. "Hold this, do not drop them." She fished a key from the pocket of her uniform, then unlocked the room door, holding it open for Eren. He stepped in, instantly he was smacked with the stench of an overly fruity perfume. He wrinkled his nose, "Argh, that smell."

"It's Hitch's." Annie shut door behind them, locking it with the very same key. She removed the rifle from her shoulder, placing it on a stand near the large curtained window. "I always tell her not to stink up the room with it, she never listens."

"I feel bad you have to share a room with someone like her."

Eren held out Annie's sweets, but she wasn't done getting comfortable. Annie shrugged off her uniform jacket, she folded the jacket, placing it a top the dresser that stood between the window and the bunk beds. She turned to sit on the lower bunk , then began tugging off her long black boots.

"So," Annie struggled to get her left foot free. "What was this dire thing you wanted to talk with me about, Eren?"

Eren swallowed a lump in his throat. The sweets in his palms crinkled in their plastic. He stepped over to the dresser to place them near Annie's jacket, along with his own cloak. "Well, this is going to be my first expedition." He eyed her, Annie just got done freeing both her feet from the boots. She looked up at him than, apathetic as ever. "And?"

He sighed. " And. I don't know if- This is not to sound like I'm being pessimistic- but, I'm not sure if I'll ever get another chance to see you again, so…" He trailed off, then swallowed again. "I just wanted to see you, one last time, in case I don't come back from this."

Annie's chilling gaze became warmer, her expression, more softer, akin to Captain Levi's when he was consoling that child.

"I see." Even her tone went gentle. For a moment, there was more silence. Only the ruckus from the offices downstairs could be heard. Eren would never refer to Annie as his lady, she hated putting a name to everything, and she loathed being someone's property, as she would refer to going steady as. But they had established something a year ago, in their trainee days. Regardless of what it was, admiration for one another, respect, trust, loyalty, love ? It was something , a bond they had made from being reckless, and perhaps even a bit stupid. But they were young, and they were still young even now.

Eren wanted to kiss her.

"Eren, you're a shifter, you're not even human, you shouldn't worry that you won't make it back."

He huffed. "That doesn't change much of anything. I don't even know how this power works, I could hardly grasp a spoon correctly! I'm not saying that it's determined I'm going to die, but in the case that you never hear from me-" he cut himself off there. "Goddesses, Annie, I just wanted to spend time with you."

Annie held onto his pleading green gaze awhile, she nodded over to the sweets he had put on the nightstand. "Give me a donut, you can have one too, if you want."

Eren blinked. "Huh?"

"You said you want to spend time with me, well, here is your time."

He did as she asked. Opening the plastic of baked goods, inside was the sweet powdered cakes Annie craved so much, he wondered how, and when was it she'd gotten such a sweet tooth. It certainly couldn't have been a trait she stole from him.

Annie scooted over on the bed, making room for him, he sat down next to her, handing her the treat while nibbling on his own. It was delicious, but he found he couldn't focus so much on the sweet flavor of the cake, as he could Annie's delightful moans when she bit into it.

So they ate together quietly. Occasionally urgency would go off like an alarm in Eren's head, reminding him that his Captain was still looking for him, and he shouldn't make Captain Levi wait any longer. the longer he was gone, the longer the punishment would be. Eren finished the last bite of his donut, feeling less at ease than before. "The woman who makes these is also an artist." Annie wiped crumbs from her mouth with the back of her hand. "She does embroidery, and likes to paint birds."

"How do you know this?"Eren gawked at her, "you actually talk to other people besides soldiers?"

Annie glared. "She loves to run her mouth, and I'm there for a whole twenty minutes until my order gets done."

"Ah."

Then he was at a lost for words, because Eren was never good at idle chit chat. Especially when it came to Annie Leonhardt. He could see Annie from the corner of his eye, studying him. Waiting for him to humor her. To fill the silence. Had the tension in the room become more stifling? Or was it just him? The clock was ticking, the seconds going away into minutes.

"Eren?"

He turned, enveloping her in his arms. Their position was awkward, but he neither cared nor payed attention. He felt Annie go stiff, her nose was pressed into his collarbone, and he could feel her lips trying to form words, but her voice had run away.

"I'm sorry." He hugged her tighter. Could feel her small frame quiver as she wriggled in his hold to get her arms free. "I needed this." He breathed her in. Smelling of donuts, and gunpowder.

It took a while, but she eventually gave in, slowly wrapping her arms around his waist.

Eren relished in the comfort she provided, he tucked his head into the juncture of her neck, Annie mumbled something into his shirt, then his lips found her pulse, and he kissed her there. Annie made a shocked little noise- immediately pulling back from him, blue eyes blown wide, one hand shooting up to cup the spot of her neck where he marked. She furrowed her eyebrows. "Hey…?"

"Hey." He touched her cheek lightly, unafraid, he leaned down until his lips brushed her own. He waited for Annie to pull away again, to shove him off. But she did not, instead she firmly pressed her mouth against his.

His chest swelled with this delightful feeling, ecstatic, his heart pumped faster- Annie put a tentative hand on his shoulder, sliding her palm to rest at the nape of his neck where her fingers smoothed the wisps of hair there.

Eren tilted his head, desperate for more- he nipped at her, she parted her lips in a gasp, he caught it, slanted his mouth onto hers, caressed her tongue with his own. Annie groaned, and he tasted sugary sweetness. The temperature between them increased; was it part of Eren's new found ability that he felt his skin grow itchy, and hot beneath the surface? What was this gnawing feeling churning inside him, this hunger- he wanted more of her.

Eren reluctantly parted from her, slightly out of breath as she, her cheeks were tinged a hot pink, and her lips just the same color. Wet, swollen, and panting. Eren swallowed. His throat gone dry, "Can you-" He cleared his throat, "Do you want to… Want me too …?"

Annie cocked her head, the thumb of her hand rubbed small circles on his nape, made him shudder. She was nearly on his lap, from their position, if Eren could get her to move a bit closer, just a bit- Annie read his mind, because she unfurled her arms from him, then stood, Eren missed her warmth momentarily as she stepped in front of him, he gazed up into those sultry blue eyes, half-lidded, full of affection, of want. Those eyes were for him , only.

Annie grabbed a hold of his shoulders, placing one knee by his thigh, and with the other one, straddled his lap, she sat comfortably, hooking her arms around his neck.

"I missed you." Eren murmured, the feel of her thighs surrounding him, and her breath on his lips, filaments of blonde tickling his cheek was giving him a sensory overload. Annie hummed.

"it's hardly been a month."

He shook his head, "Doesn't matter." Craned his neck to peck her on the lips. "I want to be closer to you." Another kiss. "Always."

Annie scoffed. "You're far too clingy."

Eren touched his forehead to hers, his body felt light as a feather, on the inside he was burning .

"Let me take care of you," he brushed some strands of hair from her eyes, "You look like you could use some relief."

Annie was hesitant, Eren shifted his hips to get a reaction out of her, a barely audible "ah" left her lips.

"Just for today, please? "

Annie's slitted eyes spoke her answer, she clung tighter to Eren's broad frame as he lifted her up, then gently laid her back on the bed, his gaze never left hers as he got to work, carefully removing her uniform slacks, Annie lifted her bottom so he could tug them free of her legs.

"You've always had nice legs…" Eren slid his palm down her bare calf, could feel the prickle of goosebumps on her fair skin. "Cold?" Carefully, he draped himself over her small body, lying to the side as not to crush her, "Don't worry," He whispered hotly into her ear, "I'll make you warm."

Annie turned away, flushed pink from her cheeks to her neck, and further down her chest. Eren watched her exhale a shaky breath as he traced her breast with his finger, down to her sternum, to her stomach, where he lifted the hem of her sweater some, just to feel more of her skin. His hand hovered over her stomach- he loved the feel of her abdominal muscles, she was so strong, this pretty little thing.

His palm fell flat, fingers just ghosting over the line of her shorts.

"Look at me," Eren nuzzled her throat, pressed a kiss to her collarbone. "Please?"

Annie shyly met his heated green gaze, lips forming a small 'O' as Eren's fingers dipped into the waistband of her shorts, he felt the tips of his middle and ring finger smoothing over damp curls, then-

"Uh…" Annie made a small noise, swallowing a lump in her throat, she was nervous. Eren pecked her cheek, "S'okay."

He made sure to apply the slightest pressure, rubbing in circles, gradually increasing his tempo- hearing the hitch in Annie's breathing, and her low groan made his pants unbearably tight.

Eren considered himself lucky to have caught the interest of such an enigmatic girl; to others she was unreachable, untouchable, a closed off vessel, detached from those who formed bonds like it was nothing, who made friends, whose friends became like family. Annie had been just a mask to him, but Eren had pierced through the tough exterior of her shell- of her heart. Or so he hoped. His hand ventured down, he teased her outer ring of muscle with his index finger, Annie muffled a whine with the sleeve of her sweater, she was undoubtedly wet, he could feel it, could even hear the slick noise. Eren couldn't stop himself from smiling.

Regardless, Annie, for the moment, was his. And he was her's.

Eren pulled his hand out of her shorts, fingers shining wet with her arousal, he chuckled when he noticed Annie's adorable pout.

"Relax." He spoke quietly. He climbed over her body, steadying himself on his arms, he hovered over her pretty flushed face. "You're so cute."He kissed her nose. Kissed her cheek once more, then her throat, down her collarbone, he lifted her white sweater further up until it was bunched above her chest.

He wasted no time, because he knew he did not have any more to spare. Eren lowered himself, to feel the warmth of her breasts on his cheek, the brassiere she wore was military standard, black, no intricate patterns, plain. She looked beautiful. He could feel- and he could hear, the even thud of her ever-beating heart.

Soft. Warm. Soft, Mine. He sighed, nearly shutting his eyes.

"Eren." A hand tugged his hair, he blinked, looking up into sultry blues. "Let me take this off."

He got up immediately, not so embarrassed that his erection was so obviously outlined through his pants. Annie discarded her sweater onto the floor, then, with utmost care, she unclipped the brassiere, and it too followed the sweater onto the wooden floors.

Eren drank in the sight of creamy rose tinted skin, of toned muscle, of strong curvy legs, of disheveled platinum hair and the rise then fall of her ample chest. That drew in his gaze far quicker.

"C'mere." She beckoned to him with her finger.

He did. To finish what he started. For her viewing pleasure, and because it was so damned stifling in this room, he took off his own shirt as well. Eren stood at the foot of the bed, letting Annie feel the contours of his own hard-earned body, he steadied himself with his hand on the top bunk, he leaned down to claim her lips.

When they came apart, both blushing madly, out of breath, Eren murmured to her, "I don't have so much time until my Captain comes find me," He licked his lips, and could still taste her sweetness. "And I know you don't have much more time until your roommate comes back."

"Your Captain will be sure to skin you alive for disobeying." She toyed with the belt of his uniform pants, but her attention was on his eyes, he knew she loved his eyes, just as he loved hers.

He dropped his forehead to hers. "Then let's have this moment, like it's our last."

Annie's answer was to mock him. "Oh, shut up. You don't know when will be our last, this is not our last, you'll know soon when it will be… but this," She hauled him over her, as she slid up the bed, wrinkling sheets, and linen, "This is not it, for now, it's still a beginning."

He laughed, told her "I could live with that." Told her that he loved her, and then silenced her with a kiss.

Just for now, this was his. His little bit of salvation.

Outside the dorm-room, a certain smug-faced, curly-haired girl listened intently- one ear pressed against the solid mahogany door. The first loud moan she heard had her wicked smirk widen. That one was for sure, belonging to her oh-so stoic room mate.

She tried to decipher the soft whines of Annie, and the low groans of Eren that accompanied. That boy was sure a piece of work- and a finepiece of ass, if she had any right to say so herself. Annie you lucky prude!

A looming presence suddenly towered behind; HItch immediately picking up on it didn't even bother to turn around. She sighed exasperatedly, "Ugh, Marlowe quit pestering me, I'm doing spy work here."

"What exactly are you spying on, cadet?"

Hitch perked at that authoritative tone of voice. That was not Marlowe. "U-uh…" She slowly turned her head, saw a forest green cloak, she craned her neck up to look into the dark coal eyes of Captain Levi, Humanity's strongest. The short-tempered, short-statured hero.

"Um…" Hitch got to her feet, facing the Captain, she stood three inches taller than him but that didn't deter his overbearing, frightening presence.

He pointed to the same door that contained Hitch's conniving roommate and her dense lover. Hitch swallowed. As much callous as Annie could be, she was still respectful of Hitch, and Annie did her many favors as well.

"Well, you see, Captain," Hitch started, ready to regurgitate bullshit, because that was her game, anyway. "My roommate has brought over one of her many boy toys and has decided to lock me out of my own room while she has her… fun."

Levi wrinkled his brows. "Boy… toy?"

"And! Uh- Well, they're gonna' be in there awhile so, I just decided to wait outside."

"And listen to them get busy, yes I saw." He stated it so plainly that even Hitch- the joker- burned with embarrassment.

"I'm looking for one of my own, I lost him in the Market Square, he snuck off I believe- that brat ," Levi grumbled, "I got a lead from someone here that they'd seen him, trying to break into the Military Police HQ, for whatever damn reason."

"Oh- ho ho! Well, that's unfortunate!" Hitch laughed sheepishly, "I am very sorry you came all this way, Captain, but the guy you're looking for is not here, because you see, this is the girls dorm, and the only way to get in through here without passing the guards at the front door is through-"

"The back door?" Levi droned.

Hitch was taken back. "Ah- You... know about that?"

"Yes, I know about the secret door, I'm the whole damn reason there's a secret door in the first place, I know my way around. How the hell do you suppose I got in here?"

A long boyish groan was heard through the door and, very faintly, the thud of wooden mattress railing hitting the wall.

It took him a minute, no, a second or two, before the realization spread across his face. Levi pinched the bridge of his nose, eyes screwed shut, he sighed, "Oh for fucks sake. Please, don't tell me …"

Hitch sucked in a breath through her teeth.

Levi stared at her, then sighed again. " That horny little shit."

"I-I am so sorry, I didn't have anything to do with that, well, um… maybe, but not this part! Definitely not what I was expecting, especially of my roommate, who is a total hard ass by the way, I don't even know what she saw in that naive guy, I mean he does have the looks but the brains-

"Shut up."

Hitch shut up immediately. Levi got close, "I want you to relay a message for me, got it?"

"Yessir."

"Good, tell Eren this," Levi ran a finger across his neck, his finger being a metaphorical blade. Hitch gulped again. "And let 'em know to hurry it up and get his ass back to the Survey Corp Base before nightfall."

"Yessir."

Levi turned from her, not before giving one last foul look to the dorm door, "Ugh." and with that he was walking back down that long corridor. Hitch let out the breath she was holding.

Well, she tried. They couldn't say that she didn't at least try.

Another loud moan broke through the barricade that was the door. Hitch decided, it was best to leave the couple alone, for now. Best to break the moment after a blissful release. She sniggered. Better get as many shots in as you can, Eren, your Captain will certainly never let you see the light of day after this.