The rambunctious red haired girl stood with her arms crossed over her chest as she watched the pair talk. She watched as the black haired girl smiled at her best friend. Isobel's eyebrows knit together before kicking Farlon's shoe – who was looking over his blades on the grass.

"What's that for?" Farlon yelled up at his friend. Without taking her eyes off of the pair she nodded her head towards them,

"Have you noticed anything between those two?" With a confused look, Farlon looked to where Isobel was gesturing. A small smile played on his lips as he saw Ryder and Levi talking as they normally did. Ryder's eyebrows knitted together and her bottom lip poked out in a slight pout as she looked at Levi. He shrugged his shoulders and then received a smack on the back of his head from an upset Ryder. Levi then began to stomp his foot as he told off the girl in front of him.

"You're only now realizing what's going on?" Farlon sighed as he stood up from his crouched position. He could feel Isobel's eyes looking at him with a confused look. "They've known each other for a very long time, so they have a certain…connection." Farlon struggled trying to explain what was happening in front of him to Isobel.

"Didn't they grow-up together?" Isobel asked.

"Yup. I asked them once when they first met and even they can't fully remember. They just remember always being together." He explained.

"Huh…" Isobel continued to look at the pair from afar. Ryder was now laughing as Levi continued to scold her, but he paused as she continued to laugh at his seriousness. With a sigh, his shoulders relaxed and the smallest smile played on his lips. A smile that Farlon and Isobel had learned was only saved for Ryder. "You know, Levi-bro and Ryder are the parents I wish I had." Farlon looked at his red haired friend with a raised eyebrow. "They're so different, but they balance each other out, you know?"

"Ya, I get what you mean." Farlon nodded his head. They really were like parent figures to many of the people back home underground. They would both help and listen when they needed to. Ryder would always cook, but Levi would always clean. They were an odd pair that worked.

"Farlon?" The blonde haired boy looked down at his friend. She continued to watch the pair with amazement in her eyes.

"Do you think their connection is love?" She said it so innocently and pure. She sounded like a child that was watching her parents from a far and was idolizing what they had in her brain. Almost as if that's what she wanted in the future.

Farlon looked back at the pair and smiled. He knew that anybody who looked at those two would see two people in love with each other. That's what he wanted as well – someone to love unconditionally.

"Love sounds just right."

"We won't find it no matter how many times we look. It's probably best to assume it isn't in his room." Farlon groaned as the four reconvened in the supply room. The four of them were looking for the document that would help secure their above ground citizenship.

"Then where could it be?" The red haired girl asked.

"What do you do with something you really want to keep safe?" Farlon asked the younger girl.

"Inside my stomach band, of course." Isobel smiled as she patted her stomach. Ryder shook her head at her comment.

"No, but she is onto something – he's probably keeping it on him. Which means that the only way for us to get it is to-"

"Kill him." Levi finished Ryder's sentence.

"We could use the Expedition to our advantage." Farlon said to his three friends. "Outside the walls, Erwin and the others will be concentrated on the Titans. We just have to wait for an opportunity."

"I see. Great idea!" Isobel chimed in.

"You okay with that, Levi?" Farlon asked his long time friend. Levi leaned against one of the boxes with a stern look on his face.

"Sure. But I'll go alone."

"What?" The three seemed baffled by the idea of him doing it alone. They didn't know that he could only picture Farlon and Isobel being captured by the police before and how they threw Ryder onto the floor like she was some kind of meat to them.

"You three, just think up of any excuse and stay behind." He said.

"Bro…why?" Isobel yelled.

"We haven't even seen a real titan yet, and it'll be our first time outside of the walls. It may take all we've got to come back alive. But if I'm by myself, I'll manage somehow." Levi explained.

"But-"

"So what you're saying is that you don't think we can handle it, right?" Farlon interjected Isobel's sentence.

"That's right. That's at least, how I feel." Levi said.

"How can you say that? You won't know until we've at least tried! What's wrong? This isn't like you." Isobel stood up form her spot on a box and stood right in front of Levi.

"If you won't stay behind, then we're done talking!" Levi told the red haired girl off. "Then we'll wait for a different opportunity." Levi walked pass his three friends with his hands balled into fists. Farlon and Isobel turned around and was about to yell for him until they felt someone place their hand on their shoulders. They looked behind them to see Ryder, who was uncharacteristically quiet. She just shook her head before walking pass them.

Ryder opened up the roof door and stood outside. She saw the black haired boy's back to her. He sat on one of the raised ledges, with on leg bent and his forearm placed on top of it. There was the smallest of breezes that passed the two.

"Don't just stand there like a stalker." Levi said to Ryder without having to look at her. She kissed her teeth before walking towards him. She sat right beside him on the same raised ledge.

"You do understand what they're saying, right?" She asked him. Ryder's eyes scanned the side of Levi's face and she could've sworn he looked different in the lighting of the moon.

"Ryder, can you not come talk to me about this right now?" He asked as he continued to look in front of him.

"They're hurt because they think you don't trust them." Her words floated around in his head before he felt her grab his hand that was closest to her. He looked at her and noticed that they were just inches away from each other. He couldn't remember the last time they were this close together. He couldn't remember the last time they were alone. "They think you don't believe in them." Her words now rang in his ears. He did believe in them, but he just wanted to keep them safe. They were the only family that he had.

"I do believe in them. I believe in all of you, but I'm doing this because I have to." His eyes were pleading with hers. This was the first time Ryder had ever seen him so vulnerable. It was almost as if he was begging her to side with him because then the other two would follow her lead.

"If you put all your trust and belief in them then how can they fail? How can they not come back to you?" The two onlookers watched the two adults speak about their children's future. "This is their decision to make, Levi. Now all you can do is believe that they'll come home safe."

"I can't agree with you going alone. That's still just as dangerous for you!" Ryder and Levi looked over their shoulders to see Isobel and Farlon standing behind them.

"You said that the first time we step outside, it'll be the four of us all at once. Have you forgotten?" Isobel said. Levi looked away from the two.

"It's the same. When you can't see the moon or the stars, the sky up here is just the same as the sky down there." Levi spoke.

"The colour of the sky, sure." Farlon stated.

"But it's different. We know that there's no ceiling! It's completely different!" Levi looked over his shoulder to look at Isobel once more.

"That's right. The sky is endless. It may be just as dark, but it's far different from the one underground." Farlon said with his hand on his hip.

"Look!" The four looked up at the sky and saw the clouds begin to move out of the way. "The moon is so bright!" Ryder smiled to herself. Isobel was right; the moon was extremely bright and beautiful. A sight that they have never seen before. Farlon and Isobel took seats beside Ryder and Levi. "Right? It's different."

"Yeah, we're not underground." Farlon added. The four continued to look up at the sky in amazement. "We'll never go back down there."

"He's right, bro. The four of us have always pulled through. It'll be the same with the titans. Let's do this together."

"Levi, believe in us." Levi looked at the three faces that he saw everyday, but they almost seemed different to him in that moment. Almost as if he saw how much Farlon and Isobel have matured and how Ryder was there supporting all of them.

"Alright. I'll believe in you." With that, Isobel yelled with joy. Farlon laughed at her outburst, but Ryder smiled to herself when she felt Levi squeeze her hand a little tighter. She knew that he was scared for them, but as she gave his hand a reassuring squeeze – he remembered that he wasn't in this alone.

Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! Also, sorry for the late post! I was thinking about posting a chapter every Monday because then everyone will have something to look forward to on a Monday? What do you think? Also, tell me what you think about the flashbacks! The next chapter will be the last one for the flashbacks and then back to present time!