I felt as if people kept looking at me when I stepped into the hall. Whispers were heard from all over the room as I tried to find the rest of the Survey Corps. As I continued to walk around the massive hall, the feeling of nervousness began to slowly build in the pit of my stomach.

"Ryder?" I turned around to be met with a short curly red head that smiled up at me.

"Hi, Rose." I greeted her. She grabbed my arms and looked me up and down before reaching up and touching my newly fresh cut hair.

"You cut off your beautiful hair." She said to me. I smiled as I lightly shook my hair from side to side. My new shoulder length curly hair felt refreshing and light.

"I did!"

"Why would you do such a thing? Do you know how much I envy how long your hair gets?" She practically scolded me. I laughed as the older and shorter woman pointed her finger at me like she was my mother.

"I felt like a change would be good." I explained. Rose brought her finger down and she sighed as she placed her hands on her hips.

"I guess that's understandable after everything you've been through. How are you?" Rose's demeanour changed as she asked me that question. She was now a soft and loving mother that was caring for her child.

"I'm fine. I'm a little lost right now, but I do feel better today." I explained.

"I hope my cupcake helped with that." She smiled at me. I smiled at her as I answered,

"Your cupcake helped me a lot more than you think."

"I must say, that boy I sent to go give you the cupcake yesterday came back to me asking me if you were single." I laughed at Rose's words. "He was very disappointed when I told him that you're as good as married to your handsome man friend."

"Rose, you know Levi and I are not married." I explained.

"Yet. You're not married yet. I know that when that day does come, I'll be invited and I'll be cooking for your wedding."

"I don't think Levi is the marriage kind of guy though. I could just see us just always being together, but never needing a ring or the title to show people that we're as good as married." I explained to the red head.

"Well, married couples do get some sort of tax break." She wiggled her finger in front of me.

"I'll propose the idea to him, but don't expect a yes from him." She clapped her hands together and nodded her head.

"That's all I can ask for. Now, go and find the rest of your group before we start."

"Okay, thank you for speaking with me. I'll come by the kitchen to see you." She grabbed my hand and left me one last squeeze,

"I know you will." Then Rose turned around and walked away. I turned around and began to scan the room – looking for my teammates. As I scanned the room, I made eye contact with Armin. I smiled and waved at him before I made my way over to him and the rest of our group. As I walked towards them, I saw the back of Eren's head tilt to the side before he turned around to look at me as well. Connie, Jean, Sasha, Mikasa, Floch and Levi. Their expressions showed surprise and shock as I approached them.

"What's wrong?"

"You-your…" Armin was stuttering his words as he looked at me.

"You cut your hair." Levi blandly stated the obvious. I reached up and now touched my bouncy curls that now sat at my shoulders.

"I felt like I needed a fresh start." I said as I looked at the team.

"You look really nice!" I looked over at Connie due to his outburst. His cheeks gained a light blush colour as he began to stutter, "I…uh…I mean…you look," Jean elbowed his friend in order for his words to come out straight "The hair looks nice…on you." A small smile formed on my lips.

"Thank you, Connie." I answered. "What were you all talking about anyways?"

"Nothing you should concern yourself with. Come, we should get going." Levi said as he began to walk away from us.

"What were you guys saying to put him in such a bad mood?" I asked the others in front of me. No one would make eye contact with me as I looked them all over. My eyes landed on Floch and he looked the most suspicious. I walked over to him and stood in front of him. "Look at me, Floch." With hesitation, he lifted his head to look at me.

"Yes, Ryder?"

"Was it you? Did you say something?"

"Why would you think it was me?" He became defensive.

"That's the first clue, you're extremely defensive. Another reason is that you're the only one who hasn't been with us long enough to know how to work with us. So, by process of elimination, you're the best case." I explained myself to him.

"Look, Ryder-"

"I don't want to hear it." I lifted up my hand. "Just know that if I catch you then I'll take care of you myself." With my face inching towards his as I spoke, he swallowed the lump that had gathered in his throat. I leaned back in my original position and placed my hand behind my back. "Let's get a move on, the ceremony should be starting." I turned on my heel and began to walk away.

Historia called us all up to the front of the hall where we all kneeled in order to receive our medallion. We would al need to kiss the back of her hand before she would move on to the person next to us. Once the speech was over, we all stood up and turned around to face the crowd that was invited to the ceremony. The all clapped as we looked at all of them.

Afterwards, there was food that was being served for everyone who had showed up. We were all separated because many of the people who were invited to watch the ceremony wanted to speak with us. I turned around when I felt someone lightly tap on my shoulder. Chase stood in front of me with his perfectly light brown hair combed back, so everyone could see his green eyes.

"Chase!" I lifted my arms and wrapped them around his neck, so I could give him a hug.

"How are you, Ryder?" He laughed as he asked me the question. I let go of him and took a step back, so I could look up at him.

"I'm a lot better now that you're here. How are you?" I questioned.

"I'm good. I can see that you cut off all your hair." I lightly flipped my shortened hair, so I could show off my new haircut.

"I did. Thought it was time for a change." I stated.

"Well it definitely is, you never wanted to cut your hair. I guess it makes sense to want a change after everything that happened." I could hear the sadness in his voice. A small smile played on my hands as I placed my left hand on his bicep.

"Hey, at least I made it back." I comforted him.

"I know. I'm so glad you did. I was terrified when I heard what had happened. I don't know if you got my message…" I gave Chase a quizzical look. "Judging by your face I guess you didn't. I came to see you, but I ran into Levi and I told him that I wanted to see you because I wanted to see if you were okay. I also wanted to see if you would be up for a walk, so we could catch up?" I sighed at the mentioning of Levi's name.

"You know, I'd love to go for a walk with you."

OMG GUYS! GUYS! THE MANGA IS GOING TO END SOON! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?! I CAN'T EVEN! SORRY FOR DISAPPEARING FOR SO LONG...BUT IM BACK! Okay...enough of the caps...also...do any of you watch Riverdale? Let me know! I've been working on a little something...