Izan and Eren walked around a few corners until they came across a large building it had many windows, and a set of double doors. Eren stopped in front of the door and told Izan "good luck". Izan nodded and entered. Upon entry there was a man who asked "what are you doing in here, this place isn't for civilians", Izan responded with "I'm not a civilian; I'm part of the Survey Corps. Special Ops Levi Squad to be precise". The man looked at Izan's clothing and armor before saying "you look more like a rebel to me. You will have to show me some documentation for me to do anything. Being safe is my priority", Izan was displeased with the man's answer and decided to leave. Eren was waiting on the outside of the building for Izan's response and Izan was mumbling angrily when he left. Eren asked Izan "were you greeted by a man who said safety is my priority", Izan looked at Eren from his mumbling and said "How did you know". Eren stated "he does that often when he doesn't want people around".
Izan looked angrier and continued his mumbling. Eren laughed at him for a bit before saying "we should go now", Izan and Eren walked back but they stayed silent other that Izan's mumbling. They reached the bunk house and Eren walked in it, Izan stayed outside and sat on some stairs leading down to the sand and dirt they called headquarters Izan wasn't too pleased to be in the city, he thought it would have been more… entertaining.
Eren walked into room nine and saw that Mikasa was talking to Armin. Eren caught Mikasa's attention and Mikasa asked "where's Izan, he went with you right". Eren responded "yes he went with me and he is outside siting on the stairs" Mikasa leaped up and left to see Izan; immediately this left Eren thinking "if you keep storming out like that to see him, it will seem like you and Izan are together". Armin then asked "why do you think that Mikasa leaves everybody to go see Izan", Eren responded "I don't know but I don't care, because she doesn't treat me like some child anymore".
Mikasa stood behind a closed door and watched Izan sitting on the edge of the stairs with his sword in one hand Izan knew Mikasa was there but didn't say anything. Mikasa saw him rubbing the blade with a part of his shirt. Then Izan spoke "Mikasa you don't have to stand behind that door you can sit down beside me you know" there was silence and someone could be heard walking around the door and then walking behind Izan. Then Izan stood up and was going to turn around but was stopped by two arms wrapping around Izan. Izan spoke "why are you always doing this… wait don't answer that, I would rather it not be said here" Mikasa then let Izan go and sat beside him. Mikasa asked "did you get your canisters refilled", Izan answered "no, the man there wanted some identification that I am with the Survey Corps".
Mikasa thought for a moment before she asked Izan "do you think I'm an overprotective person". Izan didn't know what she meant but Izan tried to answer as best he could "I haven't been here long enough to determine that, but for what I've seen so far I wouldn't consider you overprotective, I would consider you as a person who is… very caring", Mikasa was surprised to hear that because she thought he would answer with "yes, you are very overprotective of Eren and I, you care too much". Mikasa felt happy about Izan's kind words and didn't know what to say. Izan stood up and put is sword back into its sheath. Izan put his hand out and helped Mikasa up. Mikasa and Izan walked into the bunk house and were walking to their room when they were greeted by Eren and Armin.
Eren spoke first "what was taking you guys so long, we thought you two ran off somewhere by yourselves", Izan asked "now why would you think that". Armin responded with "not we, more like Eren thought that, because you two spend a lot of time together", Izan spoke "we don't spend that much time together", Eren raised an eyebrow and said "you spend seventy percent of your day together". Izan thought, realized the truth and said "I can't help it, we just… do", Eren wanted to joke but he was too serious "why don't you two admit that you like each other". Mikasa blushed and looked away, Izan took a step away from Mikasa and said "I don't say anything because I don't know how I feel", Mikasa thought about what Izan said "at least he didn't neglect it, and he's more honest that he should be at times".
Armin, Eren, Mikasa and Izan walked into the hall ways of the bunk house, and were confronted by a red-haired woman who whispered "guys, I managed to smuggle out some meat… mmm" the woman started to drool at the thought of the food she had taken. Eren told her to put it back but she was already walking away so the group walked away from the red-haired woman and went into room nine. Shortly after, Izan lay down onto the bed, and chatted for a bit. Mikasa noticed Izan wasn't responding anymore and he must have fallen asleep. The three who remained awake continued their talking only in a more quiet tone so they couldn't be heard by Izan.
Izan was dreaming about the city and eventually a large titan came into view and destroyed the front gate. Smaller titans flocked to the broken gateway and entered the city. Izan awoke from the nightmare and it was late, so late that everyone was asleep. He rubbed his head and thought "it's just a dream, it won't happen", Izan fell back asleep and was tortured by more of these images, until in one of them Mikasa was being consumed. Izan re-opened his eyes and asked himself "what if these are premonitions" there he decided that he had to care if he were to protect the people within the walls.