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Eren's gaze shot to his own feet, though he still felt Levi's eyes on him. Levi smirked to himself and ran a hand through his short, raven hair.
'What the fuck is wrong with you, you delusional creep. Keep your dick down. What is wrong with you.' Eren thought to himself, eyes going wild at what his subconscious was trying to tell him.
He glanced up and saw Annie sitting directly across from him. He immediately undressed her with his eyes to feel like a normal teenage boy again. To his surprise, his dick did go down. 'Ugh, fucking creep.' He decided.
Eren couldn't help but look up again to see if eyes were still on him. Their stare met. Levi's cool gray to Eren's emerald green.
Levi was the one to break the contact. He turned his nose up as he passed Eren's table. He swore he heard Levi mutter something about some "damn brat" under his breath. Eren's breathing hitched and he looked back down to the floor.
With the sound of a door swinging open then closed, Levi and Erwin left.
Eren felt his neck burn and he knew he turned crimson from his hairline down to his chest.
Mikasa glanced at Eren and gave him a soft nudge, telling him to look at her. Her nose screwed up in confusion and her eyes asked 'what just happened?' Eren looked at her, eyes wild, confused himself. He shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.
Armin noted the exchange and invited Eren from the table for a walk.
The pair walked along the stables in the sunshine. The light illuminated Armin's golden tresses and the wind ruffled them.
He pushed his hair back and gave Eren a smile from under his bangs.
Eren returned it then heaved a heavy sigh. They slowed to a stop and he leaned his back against the stable and slid down until he sat with his arms resting upon his knees. Armin sat beside him, but Indian-style.
"In thirty minutes we'll be the new recruits for the Scout Regiment. I'm so excited I think I might piss myself." Armin thought aloud. Eren's face screwed up and he belted out with a gut-busting laugh. Armin joined him and wiped away a tear after a moment.
"Tmi dude!" Eren couldn't contain his laughter. It was more than enough to take his mind away from his wandering thoughts.
Armin began again, "I'm glad to hear you laughing! You've been such a tight ass for suuuch a long time Eren!" He looked at his friend and grabbed his hand. "I'm glad we've done this together. I couldn't have done it without you. You kept me going when I didn't know I could pick myself back up from the ground after someone laid my ass out in sparring practice." He gave his hand a squeeze and released it. He turned his gaze to the blue sky and closed his eyes. A smile crept across his face and he tilted his head back until it rested against the stable.
Eren played the many memories of Armin getting his ass handed to him in some way. Eren was always there to encourage and extend a hand to pull him back to his feet. That's what friends are for.
The loud speaker a few yards away on the wall of the stable rang it's tinny ring and said the following; It was Commander Erwin.
"Trainees, please make your way to the grand room for our ceremony to commence. Quickly please."
Eren ' s stomach lurched and the nagging feeling of nausea crawled up his torso to burn his throat. Armin heard the deep grumble and chuckled again. He quickly stood and held his hand down for Eren to grab.
"This doesn't even halfway makeup for all the times you did this for me. But, where else can I start?" He pulled him to his feet and they turned and made way for the main entrance.
The grand room was beautiful and all marble, columns, and stained glass windows. Eren and his friends were proud to be given the room to commemorate their success.
The trainees began to split into alphabetical order and found their seats. Eren's unlucky fortune of having a last name that started with A J always put him near Jean Kirstein, and assigned his bedroom with him for almosr four years. That was probably the thing Eren was most excited for upon graduation, no Jean snoring the whole night through. Peaceful sleep for once in half a decade. Eren swore he heard the pictures on the wall shake one particular night Jean had a head cold. Though as pissed as he was at the time, he recalled it and considered it a fond memory now. He might miss the horse face's tremendous snore one day. He hoped that day never came.
The students settled into their seats and a hush came over the room as the commanders and captains came into the space to begin the ceremony. Erwin Smith followed by Levi, Dot Pixis, and Nile Dok entered the scene and took their places atop the small raised platform at the head of the room.
Erwin began the ceremony with the list of the top ten trainees that could be accepted into the military police if they so choose.
The ten students joined the leaders on the platform and formed a line in front of them.
"-number five, Eren Jeager. Which regiment will you choose to ally with?" There was no question, Eren's eyes turned steel and he took a step forward. He curled his right fist over his left breast and did the same behind his back with his left arm. "I choose to ally with the Survey Corps and serve under you and Captain Levi Rivaille." He turned his head so he could see both of his commanding officers.
Erwin smiled and gave him his new uniform, complete with the wings of freedom badge.
"Eren Yeager, we humbly accept you." Eren felt his throat burn as his breakfast threatened to make a second appearance. This voice hadn't spoken a word the whole ceremony, and this familiar, silky smooth voice was taking to him now. "T-Thank you Captain Rivaille. I will do my best to make you and Commander Erwin proud."
"See that you do." His cool voice was audible velvet. He extended his right hand to Eren and he accepted the shake. Eren felt a soft heat escape his superiors hand and traveled up his own arm. Thank goodness a long handshake is awkward or Eren would have melted into a puddle on the floor.
He returned to his place in line and Jean stepped forward to give his decision to Commander Erwin. To everyone, including their superiors' surprise, Jean chose to join Mikasa, Reiner, Bertolt, and Eren In the Scout Regiment.
The rest of his graduating class chose and received their new regiments' uniforms. At the end of the ceremony, out of over two-hundred graduates, the Scout Regiment was thirty-two members stronger. A sinking feeling came over Eren and he had a gut feeling he would be making his way to the list of new recruits on Levi's squad. Call it a hunch.
