"Ryder, status report!" I jolted up in the air as Hanji yelled as she busted through the door.

"Don't do that! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" I yelled at her.

"How is he? Is he awake?" I shook my head as I walked towards the familiar brunette and pushed her out the door. I closed it behind me before I spoke to her.

"No. He's still sleeping and I suggest you let him do that. If we wake him up before he naturally wakes up then he'll be even more tired." I instructed her.

"But-"

"No." Hanji sighed as she looked away from me. "Good, now I have other things I need to do." I said as I walked away from Hanji. Yesterday, Eren was practicing forming into a titan and doing experiments for Hanji, but after the third transformation he became weak. I immediately placed him back into bed and began to study how long it took for his body to go back to normal. I walked into the kitchen and saw Sasha pick up a potato in her hand. She looked at it with hungry eyes, but I placed my hand on my shoulder and whispered, "If you eat that potato then I'll cut open your stomach and take it out myself."

"Yes, Ryder. Sorry, Ryder." I patted her shoulder as I walked out of the cabin and saw Mikasa and Historia coming up to me with wood in their hands.

"Mikasa, Historia, can you two do me a favour?" They exchanged glances before looking back towards me and nodding their heads. "Can the two of you go sit with Eren and tell me when he wakes up before you tell Hanji?"

"Yes, Ryder."

"Mikasa, give me your wood and Historia put yours down. I'll put them where I want." The two did as I instructed before leaving to go sit with Eren. I began to make my way with the wood and placing it in the corner in the kitchen, so we had it when we would begin making dinner.

"You're such a pain." I heard the familiar voice of Levi beside me as he picked up the remaining wood that was on the ground.

"Wow, good afternoon to you too, Levi. What a beautiful day, isn't it?" I sarcastically said to him before I scrunched up my face and looked at him.

"Don't give me that look." He said without even making eye contact with me.

"Then don't insult me first thing." I told him as we walked into the kitchen. We placed the wood down in the corner and I stretched a bit, so my back would crack.

"It's so disgusting when you crack your back." I looked at Levi with a confused face as I pointed to the door.

"Then why are you still here? Go somewhere else. I don't need you here."

"You'd probably cut off a finger if I wasn't here."

"What's wrong with you today? Why are you insulting me so much?" I asked out of frustration. I really didn't know what was wrong with him today. "Are you bored or something? Don't have enough people to boss around?" Levi's mouth opened, but he was interrupted by the sound of Historia from behind me.

"Ryder, Eren is awake."

"Thank you." I told her and the blonde then turned around and walked back to the room. I looked at Levi with an obvious face that said 'what are you still doing here?'. "Go and see Eren, I have a few more things I have to do."

"Aren't you going to come?" He asked me.

"I have some other stuff I need to finish and it'll be easier if you're not in my way." I told him.

"You know, he's taken a weird liking to you, but if you don't want to then I won't force you." Levi shrugged his shoulders before walking away from me and towards the room where Eren was. I sighed as I shook my head and continued to do what I was doing in the kitchen.

"Ryder. Someone's here." Connie told me. "Do you want me to get Levi?" I shook my head.

"No, I'll handle it." I walked passed Connie and went to the front door. Once outside I saw a man sitting on a horse and kept his head tilted downwards, so his face was hidden from his hat. "Can I help you?" I asked as I walked over to him. He looked up and I was surprised to see a face that I hadn't seen for some time. "Chase?"

"The one and only." He said as he climbed off his horse and bowed. I laughed and ran towards him, so I could give him a hug.

"I can't even remember the last time I saw you." I voiced.

"I can remember seeing you. You still look as radiant as ever, Ryder. Levi is a lucky man." I rolled my eyes at his words. Chase was one of the few people I ended up confiding in with my feelings for Levi.

"Don't say that too loud, he might hear you." I joked with him.

"I heard that he's around. Should I keep my guard up? I don't need him doing what he did last time to me." He said as he began to look around him. I laughed as I watched him panic. The memory of Levi overhearing Chase giving me a compliment filled my brain. Levi was not too impressed and ended up insulting him before kicking him out of the room. I ended up scolding Levi afterwards for hurting such a close friend of mine.

"He's inside. Do you want to come inside for a bit?" I asked him.

"I'd love to spend more time with you, but Erwin sent me here to give you something." Chases' tone changed to a serious one as he fished for something in his pocket. He pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to me. "Open it when you're with Levi and then show it to your squad. Burn it afterwards."

"Yes, sir."

"Oh speak of the devil." Chase mumbled as he waved to someone who stood behind me. I looked over my shoulder and saw Levi casually walking up to the two of us.

"What're you doing here you pervert?" Levi asked as he stood beside me.

"I had to drop something off to Ryder." Chase answered.

"And what was that?" Levi questioned.

"What? You don't trust me anymore?" Chase joked as he wiggled his eyebrows.

"I wouldn't trust you with a horse, let alone Ryder." Levi calmly said to the man in front of us.

"Is someone getting protective? Are you two an item now? You know, I've been waiting for this to happen." Chase began to mumble.

"We're not together, Chase." I answered. He looked at me with his head slightly tilted to the side. It was true that we weren't 'together' in that sort of way, but things were too complicated at the moment to be thinking about that.

"So does that mean I can get a goodbye kiss, Ryder?" Chase smirked.

"You can get a goodbye punch in the face if you want." Levi said as he took another step forward. I sighed at the familiar altercation that usually happens when the two of them were in the same room.

"Don't you need to get going?" I asked Chase. He managed to peel his eyes away from Levi, so he could answer my question.

"You're right! Looks like I'll see you two later." He smiled before hopping back onto his horse. "Ryder, stay safe for me. I love seeing your beautiful face." He winked in my direction.

"I will." I smiled.

"And Levi, don't forget that you're one lucky man." Chase said to my black haired friend before turning around on his horse and galloping away.

"What's with him and his weird riddles?" Levi asked me as we began to walk back towards the cabin.

"He was saying that you're lucky to have me." I smiled. Levi stayed silent for a few seconds before he said,

"But I can't get rid of you." I pushed him with my arm and he lost his footing slightly.

"Come on, I have something to show you." I said as I walked away from a partially stunned Levi.

All you beautiful people know what to do! See you next Monday~ :D