The next day, the tired soldiers happily sleep in. Even Levi who is normally up cleaning or doing paperwork is asleep. Eventually, however, Eren gets up to finish all his chores, as to not not have to worry about them later. After an hour or so in the horse stalls, Eren heads back towards the castle, whistling a light tune as he walks. He stops when he hears a rustle come from a nearby bush. Tentatively, he crouches down and peers into the bush. An outline of a cat can be seen. Said outline is now slowly creeping out towards him. "Come m'ere kitty, it's okay." he scoots closer and the cat retreats back towards the bush. "Come on, it's alright." The cat meows and escapes all the way back into the bush. He sighs and begins to stand again.
"You have to let it come to you."
"Huh-" Eren whips his head around and sees Levi leaning against a nearby tree, making a face that could almost be taken as a smirk-almost. He shifts his weight back onto his feet and walks over to the bush.
"Did Eren scare you?" he coaxes, "I bet he scared you." He reaches out one hand toward the bush and uses to other to signal Eren to be quiet. Slowly, a timid looking cat creeps out of the hole. Now that it's fully immersed in the sunlight, they can see that it's a small, brown spotted cat and by the looks of it, it hasn't eaten for days. It strolls up to Levi's outstretched hand and rubs it's face up against it. Eren stares in awe, "Wow, it just walked right up to you!"
"Hm-hm," Levi answered before standing up and walking away.
"Hey, uhm, Heichou?" asks Eren.
"What?" Levi grumbles.
"Can..can I bring it in and feed it?" he asks, eyes hopeful Levi looks down for a moment before answering.
"As long as you keep it from making a mess and shitting on the floor, I don't see why not." Eren's eyes light up.
"Thank you, Heichou!" he smiles before scooping up the cat and dashing off to the castle.
"Welcome, brat." Levi mutters, a fond smile threatening to show.
