Some kind of time skip~
"Ha! Sorry love, you're going to have to be a lot faster than that if you wanna pass me," Elliot shouted over her shoulder. The sound of a strong wing rushing by her as she flew through the air. "You're cut isn't nearly deep enough cadet Falkenrath!" she heard Shadis yell from wherever he was currently perched, she could practically hear Marco smirk from behind her as he made a deep cut into the back of the same titans neck. "Good work Cadet Bott!" Shadis yelled over toward the freckled man, 'Elliot Falkenrath, great at keeping moral high and is a master at the 3D maneuver gear, but she greatly lacks the physical strength to kill a Titan', he thought to himself before looking over the other cadets. Elliot landed on a near by tree branch, Christa landing beside her gracefully as well. "Maybe you could ask your boyfriend to help you train?" Christa suggested looking over at her friend sweetly, of course Elliot only groaned at her comment. "I don't need that freckled little show off to teach me anything!" she muttered under her breath just in time for Marco to land on her opposite side and smirk over at her. "What was that Eli dear?" Marco spoke, his smirk only growing as he placed a hand on the small of her back. "You heard me freckles!" she yelled at him blushing a bit at how him and Christa both started laughing at her outburst. "You guys better get a move on before Shadis starts yelling at you!" Sasha called out to them as she easily flew passed them. "R-Right," Christa called after Sasha before allowing her hooks to shoot forward, in the next second she was gone. Marco grinned a bit at Elliot before planting a sweet kiss against her cheek and then taking off himself. " Stupid Freckles," she muttered under her breath before taking off herself, quickly catching up and the passing the others.
She soon enough crossed the finish line, first one to cross but, Shadis looked less than happy to see her. " You expect to kill Titans with those sticks?!" he yelled over her gesturing to her small arms. "Yes sir!" Elliot shouted back placing her right hand over her heart in a salute. "That's a foolish dream then cadet! Push ups now! " he yelled watching as Elliot dropped to the ground and quickly began performing set after set of push ups. It wasn't long after that the other cadets came onto the scene, some got stuck running, some were right next to her doing push ups, and others were able to get away without having to do anything. Elliot groaned aloud when she saw two shadows over her, one was a snickering Sasha the other was an overly concerned Marco. "You okay Eli?" Marco asked flinching a bit when she set a glare his way. "I just don't get how you can have the legs of a god, but then the arms of an old woman," Sasha said earning herself a glare as well. "Sasha, you may be my best friend, but I will not hesitate to trip you when being chased by a Titan," Elliot muttered under her breath, earning a bit of a laugh from the brown haired girl. "Oh, you think I'm kidding, huh?" she growled out between breaths only earning an even louder laugh from her friend. " Marco, I give you permission to smack her," Elliot said listening as he stammered out the word 'what', she couldn't see his blush from where she was, but she knew he was probably bright red in color. "I'll meet you in the mess hall later, okay Eli?" Sasha said receiving a grin as an answer from Elliot. The brown haired girl smiled a bit before running off with Ymir and Christa toward the mess hall. "So, how many more you have left?" Marco asked as he took a seat in front of her. "God knows, Shadis didn't give me a number," she said between breaths, ignoring her boyfriends laughter. "Cadet Bott, if you're so desperate to be with the weakling then why don't you join her, push ups, now!" the booming voice of Shadis rang over to them and Elliot had to resist her laughter as Marco laid beside her and quickly started on his own set of push ups.
After about god knows how long, the two of them were able to stumble into the mess hall together. "God, I hate that bald bastard," Elliot spoke rubbing her arm gently with the opposite hand. "I wouldn't say that, he might hear you," Marco said and watched as Elliot jumped a bit and started to look around the mess hall a bit frightened. "Please, don't joke like that Marco, my heart can't handle it," she said placing a hand over her beating heart before her eyes settled on her friends. "Well, go have fun with horse boy," she said laughing a bit and gently released her hold on Marco's hand to stumble over to the table with her friends. Marco did the same, watching for a moment as Elliot fell into her seat rather ungracefully. "Elliot, I got you a plate already," Christa said watching as Elliot's eyes lit up, she laughed a bit at her friends antics before pushing the plate of food in front of her. Just as Elliot was about to start digging into her lunch though Sasha tried to sneak a hand in and steal some. Elliot made quick work of stabbing her friend with the fork. "Oh no, don't even try that!" Elliot growled out before placing her arms protectively around her food and then hunched over it. She scarfed it down ignoring the face Ymir and Christa made or how Sasha whined about how mean she was for not sharing. After a bit of time, they were being summoned into the field once more, Elliot groaned aloud still rubbing her arms as she left the mess hall with her friends. She held back an even louder groan though when Shadis mentioned sparring each other, try disarming your opponent and what not. "Well, wanna pair up then Sasha?" Elliot asked but, watched as her friend shook her head 'no'. Elliot frowned a bit about to say something, but was soon interrupted when Sasha pushed her back, knocking her back into someone's chest, arms snaked around her steadying her. "Sasha what the hell was that for!?" she yelled out as her friend retreated all while laughing. Elliot only stood back grumbling out a few profanities until she heard someone scoff from behind her.
She nearly jumped out of her shoes in surprise having forgotten that someone had caught her when Sasha made the rather violent push. "I am so s- Oh, it's just you Marco," she said laughing a bit and waving a hand rather dismissively. Marco only raised a brow. "Just me? Oh, I see how it is now," he said jokingly, holding back laughter as he watched Elliot freak out, desperately trying to explain how she didn't mean it like that. "I was just kidding Elliot, jeez, I get it," he said laughing a bit before tossing the wooden dagger toward her. She easily caught it, but not before glaring at him for his less than funny joke. "You can have the weapon first, but don't expect me to go easy on you just because we're dating," he spoke before getting into a fighting stance, his eyes watched as Elliot only grinned a bit. "I wouldn't have it any other way of course," Elliot said laughing a bit before she took a stance of her own, she reminded herself to thank Sasha later. After a moment, Marco realized that Elliot was not going to charge at him first, so he daringly decided to make the first move. Elliot easily dodged the attack before ducking a bit low, in the next moment her hands were pressed firmly against his chest and she was using his own momentum and force to toss him over her shoulder. He landed on his backside, grunting in a bit of pain behind her. "What in the...what was that Elliot?" he asked from his spot on the ground. "Well, since I lack upper body strength, I use a fighting style to use my opponents strength against them, but it's useless against Titans," she said laughing a bit as she offered her hand to Marco. He gladly took it and allowed her to help him to his feet. They quickly resumed their sparring together, only stopping to look over at Annie and Eren momentarily, then to Sasha to get a good laugh at her antics. It was clear that no one really cared about this exercise, hell, Elliot was sure Marco was only doing this to try and up her physical strength in some kind of way. "Thanks Marco," she muttered under her breath, hiding her somewhat darkening cheeks, but in that moment Marco caught her off guard. He easily disarmed her and then lightly teased her about not paying much attention.
"Oh no Marco! Don't lie like that, I so had you beat today!" Elliot said pointing her fork over at him, it was already dinner time and tonight she sat with Jean, Marco, and Connie. She had lunch with her girlfriends and dinner with Marco, she felt that that was fair enough, not that anyone would complain about her spending too much time with Marco. "Alright, whatever you say Eli," Jean said slinging an arm around her shoulder and leaning in a bit, a friendly gesture, but still enough to make Marco frown with a bit of jealousy. "Jealous over there Marco?" Jean asked, his smirk grew about ten times wider when he saw the look on his friends face. " Oh, you don't have to worry about horse face over here, he's far too in love with Mikasa to even notice other women," Elliot said laughing a bit as she stuffed her face with another overly large sized bite. "W-What are you talking about Eli?!" Jean said, cheeks turning a bright shade of red. "Oh come on, we have all noticed the puppy dog eyes you give her all. Day. Long," Elliot said, laughing hard when Jean pushed her away and did his best to deny every word without turning red...he failed miserably, which only got him laughed at by Elliot and the other gentleman of the table. "Anyways, I'm turning in for the night," Elliot said watching as the last of her girlfriends stood to leave the mess hall. "I'll walk you there," Marco offered, ignoring the perverted phrases coming from Jean and Connie as they laughed it up at the two of them. "Sure, sure, and you two, don't be jealous because you can't get any," Elliot said a smirk forming on her lips as she turned to leave with Marco, gently grabbing at his hand and intertwining their fingers.
"I'm so exhausted, stupid bald sadist...," Elliot muttered under her breath barely noticing how Marco laughed a bit under his breath and leaned forward a bit next to her ear. "He's right behind you," he said and watched Elliot stiffen up a look of fear crossed her face, but she calmed down when Marco betrayed himself by laughing. "Damn it Marco!" she yelled at him and punched him playfully with her free hand. They joked like this together until they stood outside her bunker, her hand gripped tighter though when he turned to leave. "M-Marco..I was wondering we've been together for a week now..and um..can I-I maybe...k-kiss you?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper, he had almost missed it. His face lit up red for a moment, before a small smile formed on his lips. "Sure, if you can reach," he said teasingly and watched for a moment as she pouted at him, the height difference was too much. "You could have just said 'no'," she said huffing a bit in annoyance before she felt a warm hand pressed gently against her cheek. She blinked a few times in surprise before smiling a bit, cheeks painted a rosy red color as she watch Marco lean toward her. Her eyes slowly fluttered close,taking in a small breath before she felt the gentle sensation of another persons lips pressed against her own. Her first kiss, was sweet, gentle, and full of love that she didn't know either or them had. They slowly parted away from each other, both sporting a nice shade of red. Elliot was the first to speak wishing him a good night before yanking his sleeve and pressing her lips to his cheek. She then quickly ran to her door and waved back at him, but when she entered she was quickly greeted with a lovely Sasha grinning at her. "So, how was your first kiss?!" she cried out causing Elliot to fall back onto her bottom in surprise and Marco to stop in his tracks tumbling forward a bit.