"Take off your shirt." I instructed Levi as I grabbed my bag. We managed to find an old rundown barn for us to stay in for the night after our plan had gone completely wrong when we tried to rescue Eren and Historia.

"That's a little forward, don't you think?" He said as he lifted his shirt over his head. I saw the open skin on his shoulder from a lucky miss of a gunshot.

"You wish that I wanted you badly." I said as I pulled out my emergency kit and started shifting through it. I pulled out some napkins and began to press down on the wound. "Hold." Levi placed his hand on the napkin.

"You're too obvious. That's why you're a terrible liar." He said as I placed a Band-Aid on his cheek from another injury.

"You're the only one who knows when I'm lying." I told him. Levi didn't reply as I grabbed the hot water that I had boiled over the fire. The rest of the squad all quietly sat down in their spots as they continued to relive the day.

"Don't worry about them too much." Levi spoke. "They're changing now." He took the napkin off of his wound, so I could place the now damp napkin that I had on his wound. I needed to clean it, so it wouldn't get infected.

"They're just kids." I told him.

"They have to grow-up, Ryder." I nodded my head. I knew that he was right, but I guess I didn't want him to be this time. I wanted them to stay kids.

"This is like old times, remember?" I smiled to myself as I grabbed the needle and thread and began to sew up his wound. "I would always have to fix you up again whenever you came back from some 'secret business' you wouldn't tell me about."

"That would only happen after you would yell at me and hit the back of my head." Levi stated.

"That's what you get for being an idiot and always coming back to me with new injuries. How else do you think I become so knowledgeable in the medical field?"

"Maybe because you always get yourself hurt?" Levi joked as I sighed.

"I don't know where you get this idea that I always hurt myself because I think I'm pretty self-sufficient." I said as I continued to sew up his wound.

"I don't know about self-sufficient, but you're definitely in denial." He told me.

"How can you two do that?" I looked up and saw Jean look at me. "How can you two still talk like nothings happened?"

"Maybe because we're monsters." Levi said in a monotone voice.

"Or maybe it's because we're grateful that we can still talk like this. I made a decision that I was going to continue living today, so I won't stop doing that just because we killed the people who would've killed us." I added in my two cents before finishing up Levi's suture.

"Ryder…I need to tell you something." Levi came and sat down beside me. The others were asleep except for Armin who was on duty at the moment outside.

"What is it?" I asked Levi. I was packing up a few things in my bag before we set out that morning.

"I saw Kenny…" Levi's words trailed off as I looked at him. My brain was trying to work out what Levi had just said and it just kept coming up with zero.

"That can't be." I stated.

"He's working for the Military Police now. He was the one chasing after me."

"This isn't good. He taught you everything you know. He'll be able to read our movements." I told Levi my concerns. He didn't answer. Levi looked down at his hands instead. I reached over and grabbed one of his hands. "I know you'll find a way, Levi. You always do."

"I want to kill that bastard, so you can't go near him." He instructed me. Levi knew I had grown strong feelings towards Kenny. The fact that he's the person who taught Levi how to fight and always got him into trouble as a kid made me despise him. Kenny also left Levi one day and never returned and I had to pick up the pieces again. He broke Levi's heart and I wanted him dead for that.

"That's not fair." I whispered.

"I'm the only one who can kill him, Ryder." I sighed because I knew he was right. I squeezed his hand as my head hung low.

"But he's dangerous. He'll know exactly what you're going to do before you even do it."

"I'm the only one and you know that." I raised my head and looked at him. Our faces were so close once again as we looked at each other. "You can't go near him because he won't hesitate to kill you. He knows how to get to me and he will kill you if he needs to do that and if we give him the chance. Do you understand what I'm saying?" I nodded my head. I didn't like this idea, but it was the truth and I couldn't deny that.

"You better kill that son of a bitch." I mumbled.

This chapter is shorter than usual, yes, but I hope you still enjoyed it! :D