I zipped up my bag and flung it over my shoulder. As much as it was nice being in this room for a week, I needed to get out of this city. I also needed to get out of this room and have some actual human interaction. Levi didn't permit anyone to come into my room over this past week, but he would allow me to go see Erwin. Probably because the two of us wouldn't get up to any trouble by ourselves. After our meeting with Erwin today I headed back to my room to quickly grab all of my belongings because I knew Levi would want to leave today.
"What do you think you're doing?" I turned around and looked at Levi. He leaned against the door with his arms crossed over his chest and his bored expression on his face.
"I just needed to grab my things, but I'm ready to go now." I said as I placed both my arms through the strap and jiggled my bag onto my back.
"And where do you think you're going with those?" I walked up to him with a smile on my face.
"With you. We have to leave now, so we can make it to our group and tell them our plan."
"Ryder…"
"I wonder if they made some food. I hope so because I'm pretty hungry."
"Ryder…"
"Do you think Eren got them to clean the place perfectly for you? I'm sure he learned his lesson after the last time-"
"Ryder!" When I looked at Levi's face again I noticed that his facial expression was now that of a serious one. My smile dropped and I mirrored his expression.
"What?"
"I left you out in there because I don't want you to come with me." He said slowly. He knew how I would react and I think he was just trying to soften the blow.
"Why not?"
"Because you still need to rest and you'll be safer in the city." He explained.
"I'm not safe here! Do you think they'll protect me here? I'm Survey Corps, Levi. They don't like us here and they'll use any chance they get to throw me and Erwin in jail." I told him as I took a few steps back from him. "Granted, Erwin can't go anywhere at the moment, so he has to stay here, but I can come with you! I'm no use here."
"No. I've made my decision."
"That's your decision, but it's not mine. I swear we have to have this conversation all the time! Stop making decisions that pertain to my life for me!" I yelled at him. This was a reoccurrence in our relationship that never changed. Ever since we were children, Levi would always make my decisions for me. He would trust everyone else to make their own decisions, but when it came to me – he had to make it. I would always have to tell him otherwise in order for him to let me do what I want. Granted, there were many times where he did make the right call, but this time he wasn't. "Why me? Why do you trust other people to make their own decisions, but me?"
"I thought that was pretty obvious." He sighed as he dug his hands into pockets.
"If it was then I wouldn't be asking this question now, would I?" He looked at me through the corner of his eye before looking away completely.
"Because I want to keep you safe." He said it in a tone that almost made it seem obvious. That I was completely blind all these years of this goal of his. I took a few steps towards him again and took his hands out of his pockets. I held them in my own and he looked at me with a quizzical look.
"Every decision I make, I make sure that I keep myself and us safe, Levi. So just trust me with my decisions from now on, okay?" He sighed as he took his hands out of mine and placed them back into his pockets.
"Why are you always so stubborn?" He asked. I smiled and hooked my arm through his and made him open up the door, so we could leave.
"What can I say, I get it from you." Afterwards we made our way to the horses and left with Hanji and her squad. The ride wasn't too strenuous, but I started having this eerie feeling that I was somewhere that I used to know. As we continued our ride the trees and bends began to look very similar to me. The mountains off in the distance also gave off this feeling of a safe haven. Then we cleared the path and came towards a cabin in the woods that was on a raised ground. There was a horse stable right beside it too. As we tied up our horses, our comrades began to talk amongst themselves. I grabbed onto the straps of my bag as I looked at my surroundings. This place looked so familiar. I felt someone slap my back and I looked over to see Hanji smiling at me. I couldn't hear her words, so I just smiled and nodded my head. I walked behind Levi as we walked inside and was then saluted by the new members of Squad Levi. Without speaking to anyone, my legs carried me off deeper into the cabin. I walked pass doors until I arrived at the last one on my left. With quivering hands I opened it slowly and was met with a bed in the middle of the room that could easily fit two people…maybe three if they were small enough. My legs carried me to the mattress and as I looked out the window that's when I remembered. The view from this window was breathtaking with the mountains and at night the stars light up the sky. I turned around and saw Levi standing at the door. "Levi…this is the cabin that we…"
"Yeah…"
OMG WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CABIN?! ANY GUESSES?! AHHHHHHH~