Levi:
The door that blocked my path was just like all of the doors in this damn castle, gloomy, chipped and aged as fuck.
"They were really dedicated to the whole gloomy castle aesthetic, huh"
Eren piped in with a small smile.
With a small smirk playing on my mouth from the brats input I banged on the door and pushed it aside opening it to the office behind. And into the meticulously organised hell we stepped.
"Commander."
Formal greetings are the worst but someone had to show the Brat the ropes. Eyebrows himself was sat behind the only tidy surface in the room, a large desk and matching chair stood out like an island among the waist high towers of paper and files that Hanji had insisted on bringing. His sitting form the same height as me.
"Levi, Eren. Good, let's finally get this meeting started."
At his name Eren's eyes shot up with the speed of a cat's. Goddamn he was nervous, poor kid intimidated by Eyebrows of all people.
Erwin motioned to some chairs precariously loaded with paper and with a purposely loud 'Tsk' I swept them as clean as I could and sat down. This is going to be meticulous.
"Eren, as you are aware this mission at the castle was a set up for a training camp for you and the rest of the 104th training squad."
A small nod from Eren
"Due to your… Unfortunate incident I'm sorry to say that you won't be taking part in the first expedition as the teams, places and positions have already been organised"
The poor kid looked like he was dying to object, not one to play by others rules then…
"Levi this is the bit that affects you. As I said places have already been organised, including the commanders leading the practice expedition. Due to the change of Eren staying you were moved to station him in case of a titan shift."
"And does this mean the brat will be guarded at all times?"
"That will be your decision as you will be in charge of his safety from tomorrow till the end of the expedition next week". His gravelly voice drawled on. "However it is a command that he is moved back into a basement as soon as his health is stable."
Humph that's as kind as I've seen eyebrows in front of a newer recruit. There's a first for everything I suppose.
"Is that everything?"
A curt nod excused us and he went back to the hell of paper he had stacked everywhere.
Eren:
Who knew a 20 minute meeting could do so much damage?
As I stepped through the mangy door trailing after Levi like a goddamn dog, his voice shattered the silence of my thoughts.
"That went well, Eyebrows is never that nice to a recruit straight off the bat."
"Well? You thought that went well! Were we even in the same meeting? He just told me I can't assist my friends and team on vital practice missions, I have to stay in this fucking castle and to top it all off I'm being shoved back into a shitty basement!"
Well shit. I did NOT mean to lose it in front of my leader.
My voice hitching I turned round in an attempt to apologise only to find him visibly shaking with laughter. Oh god what have I done now?
"Damn it Brat. Don't bother apologising that was the first time I've heard a recruit call out Eyebrows on his pompous attitude. Anyway Eyebrows was saying that you had to move into the basement, nothing about staying there during the day."
"Oh"
Shit now I look like an idiot.
"C'mon Brat we have to move all of your stuff out of shitty Glasses headquarters and tell the other brats what's going to be happening."