Previously: They giggled, "At first I was unsure if it was a father-son bond, a master-pet bond or a lover-bond, but I have a feeling Jaeger is good at picking up unsaid and hidden signals and the way he acts around you shows signs of the possibility of this becoming more."

I froze, and everything seemed to tunnel out, "You really think so?" realizing I didn't insult them I added "Shitty-glasses" after a second.

My college smiled broadly and clapped me on the back, "I think so Shorty, be careful and approach this situation with secrecy, we have no idea how the others or the government would react."

3 POV:

Outside the door, fierce amber eyes widened before the person bolted quietly.

Profiles for the public:

Auruo, the attention seeker, unknown title

Eren, the Demigod of Death and Destruction, bringer of Order, humanity's hope

Erwin, Commander of the Survey Corps, open-minded

Eld, the shaman, and hippie

Gunther, the healer, and user of nature's gifts

Hange, Mama Hanji, the mad scientist

Levi, Humanity's Strongest, the best soldier, has surprisingly low self-esteem when it comes to his body at times

Moblit, maybe an alcoholic, the sketcher, and Hange-babysitter

Petra, skeptical to what can´t be explained, unknown title

Erwin POV:

I noticed Levi was a little bit softer to Eren Jaeger the day after a half-naked Hange ran into my office and squealed about Ereri. The ship name of Levi and Eren together. It seemed the Special Operation Squad seemed to notice a change as well and did not know what to do with that. Petra´s eyes would always glace over when Eren came bouncing past her today to catch up with Levi. Auruo frowned slightly and would cross his arms every time he noticed Eren catching Levi´s attention. Gunther raised an eyebrow this morning when he noticed Eren´s new mug, but then shrugged. Eld was the one with the best reaction, he gave a slightly confused smile whenever he saw Eren run after Levi and clean the roof.

They were slowly opening up to the newest member. Becoming used to his constant presence. Mike´s sniff-report was correct once again, Eren Jaeger was no danger to the Survey Corps. It had worried me when he had said Jaeger smelt more than human, but it seems like it does not truly matter.

It was now nearing lunch and I was signing the last papers, putting them in envelopes, and stamping them with the green and blue Survey Corps wax symbol. The job went fast since I was not an MP commander, rather one of the Survey, so I did not get as much paperwork as the Garrison or the Military Police. Sure, there was a good few papers, but the finances were easy, the reports were okay, and the titans were not exactly the most creative in crimes, so I did not have to get a lot of different reports like Nile. My job was basically planning expeditions, planning the expenses, make sure my soldiers were as safe and happy as possible. To request titan catching's and send Hange´s and Levi´s requests farther after giving my approval.

Another experiment was to take place today right before breakfast. Eren Jaeger has been practicing some phrases that he would later try to tell the others in his titan form. "Abnormals are attacking" "Titans" "West" "North" "South" "East" "Walls" "Captain" "Commander" "Horse" and "Gear" are some of the ones he has been practicing along with basic military words in sign language.

Looking out my window I noticed Hange, Moblit, Levi and his squad ride out to some of the flatter lands that the Scouts owned. Eren Jaeger was riding his horse right next to Levi with the rest of the squad surrounding them. Hange in the very front with Moblit speeding after to make sure they would not do anything stupid.

Taking that as my cue to end my work I stacked the papers once more onto each other after importance, the most important at the top so it could easily be grabbed and sent away in a haste. Ignoring my jacket as it was hot today I walked out the door of my office after strapping on my gear as I would not know how this experiment would go.

My trusty horse, Francis, the true hero of humanity since he never failed me, shot off like a bullet after I got onto him. Francis always seemed to know where to go, without me saying anything. I think he could read my mind, all I had to do was picture the place and route in my head and he would know where to go without ever being there before. Eld, the head shaman in the Corps, would also easily know what you think about. He says that since our minds are so often open for connection, he can easily understand what is going on.

Maybe that is why he opened up to Jaeger faster than his other squad members.

I never truly believed in what the shamans on the street said. Those were obviously faking. Eld however, was never 100% sure about what I was thinking, but still would be pretty point on. I once told him that I would visit my grandma at her house and that Hange would be in charge. He had gotten quiet and asked if the house was a faded chipped yellow with heart-formed windows in white. It had totally freaked me out since it was exactly how it looked like. Few knew of where my grandmother had lived, Eld was not one of them, but the soldier had apparently picked up a "thread" from me, leading to how the house looked like when I unconsciously thought of how it looked. Eld was one strange soldier.

Francis slowed down to a canter as we neared the flat grassy area where the others were. There were a few Scouts here and there, but they all were a good distance away, knowing the veterans would keep an eye on the Shifter. Gunther had his hands on his healer bag that Eld had made for him. Not that Gunther would need to use it now, so I wondered why he had it with him. It was a bag made of cow skin and a wooden box filled with jars of honey, lavender, valerian plant, reishi mushroom powder, and acupuncture needles.

Hange jumped up and down as they all looked at a nervous Eren Jaeger standing on green grass with his hand on a small acupuncture needle to prick himself on. So that's why Gunther had his bag out. Looks like he has warmed up to the Titan Shifter pretty fast. It was now just the two must stubborn ones in the original Levi Squad to accept the young man-kid. Petra who tried to ignore how Eld could "read" thoughts and see spirits, the one most critical in the veteran group to Gunther's medicine. Auruo who tries his best to get the attention and appreciation of Petra and Levi.

I focused on Eren as he pricked himself on the needle, a puff of smoke coming from his punctured finger before an explosion of smoke and lightning made all our hair fly back.

Fixing my ruffled hair, I looked up at the glowing green orbs standing 12 meters above me. A 15-meter-tall muscle machine stood there with an unnerving lipless grin, looking down on us all like we were ants.

Auruo shouted up blades drawn, "Is it you brat?" even in the face of possible danger, the veteran still tried to sound like his idol Levi.

The muscled arms moved and formed the sign of "Hello" in sign language. Eren was in control.

The titan before me shone in the sun, tan skin drawn over strong muscles that I knew were not just for show. A hooked nose leads up to two green eyes that glowed in the dark eye sockets that looked like a raccoon's dark markings. Long dark locks of hair hung like a curtain over the titan's face, giving it an ominous shadow. The hair looked both soft, but also like it was as strong as iron bamboo. Maybe I can use it for something?

Hange squealed and jumped around, "He did it!" Auruo crossed his arms and sniffed, "Wow, the brat did what he was supposed to do, what a show." He put his arms on his hips, "We all know that if it was I- ""You would have made it looked less epic by biting your tongue" said Petra with a smirk, admitting that the transformation was cool now that it was expected and not out of the blue.

The titan huffed and carefully sat down on its naked rump, crossing his legs as he had nothing to hide or be embarrassed about. "Did me scare yous?" Jaeger´s hands moved uncertainly and Hange beamed, "A few wrongs I and You, but no, you didn´t scare us. Atleast now me." I noticed how Levi twitched at how dirty the titan's feet were after digging into the dirt.

"Oy brat!" the titan moved its head, "We need to give you a thorough wash after this." Hange cocked their head, "Why though? It is the titan body that is slightly dirty, not Eren?" Levi stormed up to them waving a finger like an angry mother after a bedroom was not cleaned, "Slightly? Look at this!" he waved his hands at the dirty foot causing everyone, including Eren, to look at the slight dirt-covered foot sole. "This is a disaster! And who knows how unhygienic it can be to be covered in flesh and fumes from a titan from the INSIDE."

Hange´s eyes lit up, "Ooh, I wonder how it is for Eren inside there! I have to ask him later and maybe cut into the nape, so I can move in and study it as it closes up!" they scrambled for a notebook and wrote that down, "EREN! CAN I CLIMB INTO YOUR MOUTH RIGHT NOW BEFORE WE START TO TRY TO GET YOU TO TALK?" the titan's eyes turned to Levi with a suffering glance causing a lot of us to try and cover up our mirth. "Sorry brat, but they won't give before they get to try this."

The titan let out a moan before laying down on its stomach, feet in the air and chin next to an ecstatic scientist. "OPEN! OPEN!" Hange put on their goggles, making their eyes look super large. Kind of like a bug or a manga character.

The mouth made mostly up of teeth opened up and a long sharp tongue rolled out as well creating a soft squishy walkway for Hange to scramble up. "MOBLIT TAKE NOTES OF THIS ALL, DRAW THIS! I AM IN A TITANS MOUTH! LOOK AT ME!" Moblit scribbled and sketched the best he could while sweating buckets, probably wishing for some alcohol. The poor assistant turned into quite a drinker after being around Hange for so long, the stress leading him to the bottle each night, I was seriously unsure if he had a problem or not since it never affected his performance or general happiness.

The examination of Eren´s titan mouth continued, and I took a seat at one of the benches close by eating my lunch while keeping an eye on them all. The Special Operation´s squad did not have their blades drawn, Levi was drinking tea, Moblit was nervous, Hange was jumping around, Eren looked bored to death and it was all ay-okay. Mike joined me soon and we both sat and talked about the strangest of things. From forcing Hange to get new clothes no matter how economically it would affect the Corps since they seriously needed new clothes like damn! To conversations about the sun and Moblit´s maybe drinking problem.

Steam soon rose and a tired Eren slumped into the ready arms of Levi, causing me to smile slightly, something Mike caught on quickly. He looked over at the scene where Levi was wrapping Eren up and carrying him around before he joined me in smiling, both of us knowing Levi was FINALLY taking a few steps the right way. We had worried Levi would try to push Eren away.

Hange jumped after Eren to study the burn marks on his face but was met with Levi´s boot, kicking them away from the precious cargo that he cradled. This continued before Hange gave up with a loud laugh before running at Moblit to look at the drawings and notes that he had made.

They all soon joined Mike and me for lunch, Eren protected by Levi who woke him up by forcing food down his throat. Levi had done it since he didn´t want the titan brat to die of his own laziness, Levi´s words, not mine. It was obvious he cared about the young soldier and knew that he needed the food to get energy. I knew Levi hated wasting food, as well as his comrades not getting enough of it. His own trauma of never having enough to fuel him seeping into his actions.

I knew Levi´s rations were barely enough to give him the energy he needed. Levi burned more energy than others (I even asked Hange about it) and it was a constant fight to balance the finances so that he would get what he needed.

Levi has had it tough after Wall Maria fell, most of the food the Scouts got were from farms inside that territory. So, in the past few years after the fall of the wall, Levi burns more energy than he gains.

As a friend and leader, it worried me to see some of his ribs poking through his skin. To see him exhausted and hungry. To hear his stomach rumble even though he tries to hide it. Eren´s apples seemed to be a small contribution to get the strongest soldier the fuel he needed. Whatever apples Eren feeds him it is not enough even though I secretly believe they are magical, since they come out of nowhere.

I really hope titan shifters down eat too much, because if Eren needed re-fueling after each transformation like now, I would have to invest in a garden for the Scouts. Couch couch a garden to feed Levi and Eren couch couch. Not that I could say that to the Higher Ups, they would attack the usefulness of the two like rabid wolves to a slab of prime meat. I somehow felt that some deity would make it so that Titan Shifters eat a ton just to joke with me.

Levi POV:

I ate my dinner slowly and listened to the others talk. I knew that if I hurried with my eating it would feel a lot emptier in my belly later and it would cause me to be gassy. Not a good combination. The potatoes sat heavily in my belly. The green beans that I didn´t like sat on my tongue. I ate them anyway, even if they probably came from a can.

I had been happy after I was guaranteed a job as a soldier. It included food, clean water, and sun. I had slowly but surely gotten more muscle mass and a little bit of meat on me. I still never got satiated from what I got, and the stronger I got the more it nagged in my stomach but at least it was all right. The fall of Maria crumbled that though. Without that farmland inside that territory, my stomach was never happy, constantly moaning for something to fill it and give me energy.

I knew that I was five kilos over the perfect BMI body, but I still had a good few ribs visible, and not in a good way. I should be a little bit overweight if the BMI calculations were correct. Hange concluded I burned more energy, but I already suspected that.

Eren´s apples were my saving grace. For each year I got stronger, and for each year I got hungrier and each night was spent desperately trying to sleep with a growling stomach. Ever since Eren came each night with a bowl of sliced apples however, it settled my stomach enough for me to fall asleep if I was fast.

I was in my office now taking off my uniform and putting them in the hamper, readying for bed earlier than usual. I wished for a split second I could ever experience having to put my belt another buckle to fit in my uniform, just to know I would be full. I shook that thought off.

My stomach growled loudly for the 10th time since dinner, even with all the tea to try to trick it. It was almost painful this time and I gripped it slightly letting out a quiet moan. I really hoped Eren would come with those delicious apple slices soon, there was no way I would be able to sleep without something to eat.

A subtle knock broke me out of my misery giving me something to focus on other than the hunger. "Come in." I continued to dress myself off, knowing it was Eren since only he had a knock like that. I realized I was just in my boxers and prayed to whoever was up there that Eren didn´t bring Petra. She always stares when we are in the public Scout showers making me seriously uncomfortable. I didn´t like her more than a friend and did not want her to look at me in such a way, Eren however? He could look all he wanted if he was interested. Not that this was a plot to get him to approach me more intimate, I was not that shallow and desperate yet.

A startled squeak made me turn my head fast and make eye contact with a blushing Eren Jaeger. I had my bare back to him, giving him a view of my scarred back and, well, plump butt that years of training created.

The boy was in casual clothing, a forest green shirt and black comfy jogging pants, his feet bare against the stone floor. In his hands was a large plate of juicy apple slices that made my eyes widen and my stomach to growl so loudly that I thought the walls were crumbling for a second.

I blushed lightly at the loud noise my stomach made and held it slightly while turning my head away from Eren. I am always ashamed when my stomach complains, knowing that it was loud and basically a signal to everyone that I was hungry and craving something. I knew that others had is so much worse, I was after all one of those who had nothing, and I really wished my stomach followed orders to shut up.

I heard Eren walk in and I pretended to be busy with finding my pajamas in the drawers, hoping he would not have heard my stomach by some miracle. Erwin would always look guilty and pitying when it growled near him.

"Oh, sounds like you are hungry Captain." Of course, he heard. I would be worried about his hearing if he didn´t, to be honest. Why did he have to sound so kind though, like he was some kind of food messiah? My stomach answered for me by growling louder than all the walls in the world falling in an earthquake.

I made the mistake of looking behind me. For right there was Eren Freaking Jaeger with an apple slice ready to be eaten. I had to crane my neck to look up at him but by the time I had made eye contact, the brat had forced the apple slice into my open mouth. Looks like my body had been gaping ready to be fed before my mind could process it. I must have looked dumb.

The apple was sweet as always. Melting in my mouth making me slip up a small moan, causing Jaeger to smile like his life goal was fulfilled. I held a hand before my mouth as if trying to physically stop my body from making any more sounds, impossible as it is. The fruit Eren gave me had to be magical, just like the ice powers he had, for there was no way apples could be this good without them being from some sort of goddess or something. Maybe the Wall´ists were right?

Eren frowned slightly and felt along my side, leading me to sit in my bed, all of the sudden causing me to stop chewing. He put the plate down next to me and studied the area where he had his hand. He had seen my disgusting ribs poking proudly through the skin. I probably looked like some sort of freak. A muscle and bony mess stuffing my face like some sort of pig wishing for my master to come and feed me each night.

His hand ran over my ribs like some sort of grotesque xylophone.

I slapped his hand away and swallowed the apple in my mouth. "What do you think you are doing? You are my subordinate and yet you still just threw yourself at me like Hange. Why did you do so soldier?" I concentrated on feeling angry, thinking back to the time's someone angered me, trying to summon that anger.

Eren just looked at me. He did not look bothered at all by my poisonous tone. "My dad was a doctor and I am one without a certificate yet." I tried not to be interested, "Your ribs should not be that visible. It is not healthy. Should not the rations make sure you never got to this level of hunger?"

I took another two apple slices, giving in to my complaining stomach. "Hange thinks my body burns more than it gains." I didn´t know what else to say, I didn´t want to talk about my time in the Underground, there is no way he can get to know about that. Son of a doctor or no.

Eren knew I would not say anything more about that and continued to look at my ribs, ignoring my glare. "My sister is very similar to you then. She needs to eat more too to fuel her body since she is so strong and uses that strength too. "his thoughts seemed to run several miles an hour. "You look a lot like her as well. The same type of hair, very similar eyes and lips too. Sharp jaw structure- "he ran his eyes over me, his eyes glinting beautifully catching my breath. "Both of you are incredibly strong and burn energy faster than a furnace. You don´t happen to be an Ackerman, do you?"

My thoughts went immediately to the A cut into my right inner ankle. My mother had told me before she died that it was a brand that went through generations of our kind, the Ackerman's.

Eren noticed a slight shift in me that few could ever spot and smiled in triumph. "So, you are. Well, then I can guess your weight is all in the bone. Mikasa, my sister, has a very strong bone structure with bones that can handle a lot."

I really didn´t like him finding it out that fast. I was growing soft around him. It had to stop.

Eren giggles, "You know what? I will tell you a secret about myself to cheer you up. I have no idea why I trust you so much, but I do." I looked at him suspiciously, what could Eren possibly say to cheer me up after he points out the flaw about how my ribs show?

The tan hand of Eren waved through the air and small Survey Corps blue and green sparks formed in the air creating a nice picture.

It was me. The sparks hung in the air to look like me, my face. They soon rearranged themselves to look like a fox and then a bird.

It was magic. Real magic!

Eren certainly managed to entertain me with the unexpected. I knew about the ice, but this was spectacular.

I continued to eat while Eren made images in the air with the sparks and it was all over way too soon. Eren was sweating slightly and my apple slices were all eaten up by then.

"Was that to your liking Captain?" he looked a little bit smug.

Slapping his shoulder, I pushed the empty plate into his hands and shooed him off my bed. "Clean this up Jaeger and take some rest. Take a shower too, a warm one will help you fall asleep faster. I am retiring for the night." Eren looked cheekily at me, "Sure you are not old enough to retire from the army oldie?"

Throwing a pillow at the retreating soldier I fell asleep soon after, dreaming about magical sparks and Eren.

A/N. I honestly think Levi would eat more than an average human, much less a soldier. He is the strongest to of them all and to both keep his bod and to gain more strength he would need to eat A LOT, something the walls don't have to provide him. Plus, I think being an Ackerman is something more than just a name, the manga seems to point that way, so I want to use that.

Please review so that I find out what you liked and dislikes as well as ideas.