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As the days went by, Levi and I got used to sleeping in each others bed. Which bed we slept in would change, but we started to get used to sleeping with one another. I was pretty pleased with this development because it meant that Levi was slowly becoming for obvious with his feelings and emotions.

We decided to head out on our expedition to clear out the Titans from the Shingashina, so everyone could return home. As promised, I was placed in the back as support, but Levi had managed to keep me in his squad. However, I was told to not attack any Titans unless I needed to. Levi purposefully kept me with him, so he could stop me from attacking any Titans.

"Did you guys finish your section?" I asked Jean as he walked up to me with the group of new recruits behind him.

"Yes. All Titans in that vicinity were completed wiped out." Jean told me.

"Okay good. You guys can go rest up before we head back out. Was anyone injured?" I asked.

"No."

"Perfect. Go rest then." Jean's group saluted me before walking away with their horses in tow. The second group arrived and reported to me soon after. Armin walked over to me while his group stood behind him.

"How was it, Armin?" I asked.

"All Titans have been taken care of." He reported.

"Good. Was anyone injured?"

"No."

"Perfect. Then you may all rest before we head back out." Armin's group saluted and began to walk away, but Armin stayed back to talk to me. "What is it?" I looked at the blonde haired boy and noticed how he was now carrying himself. I hadn't been able to get a proper look at Armin in a while, but the way he now carried himself was that of a boy who now held more responsibility than he would probably like.

"I wanted to thank you for giving us this opportunity."

"Huh?"

"Ryder, because of you, we feel like we are trusted by Captain Levi and yourself. I wanted to thank you for telling Captain Levi to allow us to take some of the new recruits and let us be in charge of them while cleaning up the Titans." Armin was referring to the suggestion I had made for this expedition. I had said that giving the members of Squad Levi some added responsibility would be a good idea after everything they had been through. With my suggestion, I offered that each member would have their own group of new recruits to explore certain sections with in order to kill the Titans, but to also feel as though they are in charge as well. I believed that they had worked hard enough to gain this experience. With this suggestion, I compromised with Levi and said that I would stay at the main camp site and run everything there while everyone else killed Titans, so I genuinely believed he agreed to it because of my placement.

"Armin, you guys deserved this. There's no need to thank me." I smiled at him.

"I know, but honestly, you've been with us through everything and we all really do appreciate how much you've taught us and supported us." Armin said.

"Thank you, Armin. I'm lucky because you all are good kids and you guys make my job easier. But I hope you're not saying all this, so I can talk to Levi about you guys in the stables." I teased the blonde haired boy in front of me. He raised his hands in front of him and waved them.

"No no! I just really wanted to tell you that because I've been trying to talk to you for a little while now, but I haven't gotten the chance to." Armin admitted.

"Well, thank you, Armin. I appreciate it. Now go rest up. We'll be leaving soon." Armin saluted me before walking away to rest. Connie arrived with his group next and reported that everything went smoothly on his part. However, when Sasha arrived, her team all stared at her with wide eyes and stayed a few extra feet back.

"Are you all okay?" I asked Sasha's team.

"Sasha doesn't focus very well." One member admitted. The rest of the group nodded their heads and all sighed.

"Once she got hungry she stopped helping." I looked at Sasha with a raised eyebrow.

"What? I can't work on an empty stomach. Also, you want them to learn, right? So I made sure they had first hand experience." Sasha tried to reason with me.

"Is anyone hurt?" I asked the group. One man raised his hand and stepped forward.

"I ended up twisting my wrist." I looked over at Sasha and raised my hand. I brought it back down on top of Sasha's head in a chopping motion.

"Ow! Ryder!" She yelled out as she began to rub the top of her head.

"Everyone else has come back and none of their groups are injured, but yours are! You need to stop thinking about food so much!" I scolded the red head in front of me.

"But I was hungry!" She whined.

"I don't care! You will take this man to get his wrist looked at and now you'll stay by his side until we get back!" Sasha sighed and leaned forward with defeat.

"Okay."

"Good. Now get going." I sent off Sasha's group with everyone else and waited for Levi and his group to return. Once they did, Levi sent his group off to rest and walked over to me by himself. "I see that you're not letting me give my speech to your group."

"I'm still the Captain." He pointed out.

"I'm basically Captain now, too." I said.

"You're second in command." Levi reminded me. He would always be Captain and I would never have my own team, but that never really bothered me. Being in Levi's team is where I wanted to be. "How did everyone else do?"

"They all came back successful. Sasha's group had one injury, but it was just a twisted wrist, so it's not too bad. Other than that, everything is fine. I do think that Sasha should never lead a group though." I sighed.

"She can clean up the stables again for her laziness." Levi said.

"No no. I'm having her stay with the guy who twisted his wrist until we get back. That's punishment enough."

"Fine. If everyone is here, we should get going." Levi looked up at the sky and I did as well. We would have to leave now in order to get back to the wall before night fell. I agreed with Levi and we grabbed everyone and left. Once we arrived back to HQ and reported on our day, I was very pleased with our job well done.

Oh Sasha...what will we do with you...

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