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Eren:
Petra showing up had been a godsend, not only did she have the supplies but it gave me a break from awkwardly dancing around Levi. She even had the curtesy to explain where he was and why it would be a while before he got back. Heck she made the room brighter just by being there, and at least she didn't give me insults every five minutes, endearing or not.
"Hey Petra, you must be going out on the training expedition right?"
"Hmn" Her head swivelled up to look at me, her soft hair bouncing in the light. "Yep, since Levi can't join us I'll be in charge of my own set, instead of being the usual second in command" She bit her lip, clearly this wasn't what she had planned originally.
"Hey. Listen you're a great leader and don't let anyone tell you otherwise, you're one of the most caring and open leaders we have and god knows it's nice to be able to talk with your leader without getting the vibe they're going to bite you." Petra smiled clearly she knew what or rather who I was on about. "Levi isn't that bad once you get past his emotionless scowl" She tried so hard to keep a straight face but to no avail. Once we were able to make eye contact with each other without snickering I picked up the conversation again,
"Well I think I may have gotten somewhere with that already…" She shot me a questioning look, prompting me onward. "Well, earlier I made him laugh so I gue-" And at that Petra nearly tackled me to the, thankfully clean, floor. Gripping the collar of my uniform she was surprisingly intimidating for someone so short, I could see why Levi liked her. "HOW? What sorcery did you use?" Her comment had me laughing and before long she gave in too, her serious face dissipating. "But seriously, how? I've been in his squadron for years and I've only heard him laugh like twice and one of them was sarcastically!" Before I could be interrogated any further Petra noticed the lack of light in the cell and with a resounding "Shit!" started getting ready to leave. "Sorry Eren, got to dash I'm going to be late for another meeting. But I WILL head back here tomorrow whenever I'm free, the expedition isn't till the day after so you'd better tell me all about what happened!" And with that she was gone, leaving me with a clean cell and a dwindling source of light.
Levi:
Despite the meeting being rather short by Erwin's standards it was late evening by the time I was heading out towards the cells. Heading down the corridor, I was nearly hit by Petra as she hurried around, "Oh Gosh, sorry Levi. I running late for a meeting so I can't stop, but if you're heading to Eren you might want to pick up some candles or something, there's no light down there!" She raced on down the corridor, despite how late she is, her first priority is others. Well, might as well take her advice, hopefully Eren won't mind me being a few more minutes late.
Eren:
Sitting in my cell, now it was clean and was habitable it felt alright to call it mine, the light from the corridor, the only part of this building to have windows, slowly dwindled. For the first time in a long time it was peaceful, and my thoughts could run unchecked. After all there had been a lot to think about. Most of it was the usual worry for my friends and my future both as uncertain as ever. But there was a bit more this time, the worry of why I had been drugged, I was sure of it at this point. But that wasn't what had been bothering me the most. My thoughts were most tangled up about Levi. I'd be lying if I'd said it was the first time he'd been in my thoughts but it was with a new light. Why was he so relaxed around me? The dropping of titles, heck even making him laugh was apparently an achievement. The thoughts churned around as night settled in and still no answer surged forward.