Rivaille wakes up and looks up at Samantha, who has a smile on her face. He gets off her quickly, thinking her was hurting her. Samantha just smiles at him again, her eyes closing.

"How are you feeling?" Rivaille asks, placing his warm hand on Samantha's forehead. She smiled again and grabs Rivaille's hand, placing it on her stomach.

"Yeah… But is Eren okay?" She spoke very softly, almost too softly for Rivaille to hear her. Rivaille admired Samantha's selflessness, but felt that she should be focusing more on her.

"Yes, Eren is okay…" Rivaille caressed Samantha's face, brushing a strand of hair out of her face. "He has no injury, only exhaustion from being a Titan." Samantha smiled, she had accomplished something she wasn't able to months before. A single tear rain down her cheek, Rivaille wiping it away with his thumb. He looked at her and saw that she was happy, and that she began to giggle. Rivaille smiled and kissed her the bandage wrapped around her head. He got off the bed and put on his jacket, looking back to Samantha.

"I'll be right back, Commander Irvin wants you and Eren's reports on the Ape Type Titan, but Eren is still asleep." Samantha nodded and she watched as Rivaille walked out the door and closed it behind him.

"Commander Irvin…"

"Ah, yes… Rivaille, come in." Rivaille walked past the doorway and stood in front of Commander Irvin's desk.

"Samantha is now awake-"

"Good, good… We should probably hurry as I'm sure she's tired." Commander Irvin said as he walked towards the door, Rivaille followed.

"Right."

"Hello, Samantha…" Commander Irvin says quietly as he comes through the door, while Rivaille tends to her bandages, taking them off to look at her wounds. Samantha just smiles weakly. Commander Irvin grabs Samantha's left hand gently, softly placing it on his left leg as he sat down. He looked at her hand, seeing her bruised and scrapped up palm. He then turns his head, looking at her legs; her right leg was a darker purple fading into a lighter purple from the calf down. You could see where the Titan had held her leg, thus cutting off blood circulation. The Titan had cracked her bone, being the reason why her leg was so bruised and that she couldn't walk. Her foot on the left leg was also bruised, and her ankle was sprained by the Titan that was ready to eat her holding her foot so tight.

He looked up her body and saw the scrapes and gashes from sliding across the ground at such a high pace. He got to her left arm, it looked just like her right leg – swollen and purple; she had pulled a muscle in her forearm and shoulder blade by the way the Titan had been holding her. A distraught face came across Commander Irvin's face. He then looked back her face; her eyes closed and face emotionless – much like Eren's.

"Samantha." He says softly, separating Samantha from falling into a heavy sleep. She moans as a response, as she had been woken up. "What did you witness on your venture?" He continues to speak with a soft voice, afraid that speaking too loudly would give her a migraine. Rivaille scoots and chair close to the bed, and holds her hand to his lips – continuously grazing them side to side against her soft hand.

"It had intelligence…" Samantha breathed in after her sentence, as if it were painful to speak. "Eren and I stood up later than every else… Just talking about our lives before and after the first Titan attack to the Walls… And we all saw that it was looking through our stuff... So, it too can move in the night…" Rivaille was happy at how well she was speaking, he was glad to hear her voice again. He hadn't heard it in so long, and he missed it accordingly.

"But… When we all woke up, at dawn, none of us bothered to look and see if there was any Titans roaming around at the bottom... And I didn't worry about it in my half-awake state… So, I made no commands... Which is unfortunate…" Samantha felt guilt as she felt as if she caused many comrades to die; everyone just jumped down so quickly and was so focused on that damned Ape Type Titan…

"Don't feel like it's your fault," Rivaille spoke up, in a somewhat angered voice. "We didn't see the Titans… It was as if they appeared out of… nowhere." Rivaille realized what he just said, pausing, stretching out his sentence. Could there be others like Annie? Could they be inside the Walls like she was?

Rivaille was now getting Samantha ready for her bath, he went into the bathroom – running the tub just the way she wanted it – between lukewarm and hot. She has remained naked since arriving back from the venture, as Rivaille didn't like seeing her in pain as he helped her change in and out of clothes. He went back into the room, and saw Samantha sitting at the edge of the bed, ready for him to carry her into the tub. She flashed him a smile as he flashed one back. He went over to her and wrapped his left arm around her back and his right at the bend of her knees. Her breasts jiggled with each step Rivaille took. He placed her slowly into the tub, her bottom touching the base of the tub first, then her legs and then her back.

She laid her head back against the wall as she sunk into the nice water. She closed her eyes and Rivaille began to massage her feet. He went on her awhile, but stopped as he felt it would be better to massage her while in the tub – at a better angle. He began to undress – taking off the straps of his uniform for the 3D Maneuver Gear, next his white collared shirt, then his white pants, and finally his boxers. Rivaille looked down and was kind of surprised that he wasn't tempted – he was just glad Samantha hadn't notice what he was about to do. He bent over the tub, grabbing the edge with his hands for support, and placed each foot beside Samantha's. He picked up her feet over his head so he could sit down, revealing her small entry for a second. He placed her feet in his lap, covering his cock with an extra towel so it wouldn't disturb her or give her the wrong idea.

He felt that they, as a couple, had a healthy sexual relationship – sometimes she was submissive, other times not, which surprised Rivaille, since she's so shy when it comes to sex and even Rivaille on occasion. He felt it was time to settle down, and just enjoy each other's company; they have plenty of fun, so they should have plenty of relaxing, and loving in a different way, too. He notices that they moved pretty quickly in their relationship, buuutt… neither of them could help it – the attraction was definitely there. And it wasn't like they were strangers; they talked for hours, covering their whole life story to each other – even the things they usually never tell anyone.

They had met before, but as said already, briefly. But many times, they have worked together, though not in the same team. Rivaille had the eye for her, but one day, he didn't see her again and he just forgot her. But Rivaille set that aside and just enjoyed the fact that she was his now. He began to kiss her feet to tickle her, to see if she had fallen asleep. She giggled, making Rivaille smile – he continued to his her feet, gradually moving up her body. He kissed her ankles, switching legs to kiss her injured ankle. Samantha giggled and felt some of the pain melt away.