"Damn you, sh**ty Four-eyes!" Levi screamed again.

Levi decided to check the Science lab the next day, knowing that Hange made a mess yesterday that made him lose his footing and acquire some icky liquid on his pants. It seems that though Hange had the first year students clean the lab, everything was fine, except for one detail: Hange placed a bottle of soda inside the fridge of the lab. And it was a major no-no to put in food in a lab fridge.

"What's the problem, Sweety?" Hange teased him as she danced tango in front of him.

"Will you stop dancing in front of me?" Levi screamed. "I am not entertained with your sh**!"

"But dancing is exercise!" Hange rationalized.

"Pfff, never mind that!" Levi said in resignation. "Why did you ever put a damn bottle of soda in the lab fridge? You know very well that it's against the rules!"

"I know," Hange told him crisply. "But it is not for personal consumption."

Levi was unconvinced. "Oh? So what is that for, then?"

Hange turned her back on him, faced the window, and with all passion and conviction, raised her arms like she was talking about taking over the world.

"That soda is for my experiment, the hope of mankind!"

Levi was astonished for a moment, before letting out a little sneer. "Hope of mankind, huh? Are you trying to make me laugh?"

Hange turned around and solemnly told him with a straight face, but with an aura that told Levi that she was just being ridiculous again, "Of course not! I am being serious! I will use that soda for the experiment!"

"Pfff, suit yourself, Four-eyes," Levi replied, tired of arguing with her first thing in the morning.

He exited the premises hastily because he could not be bothered with her sh**s. The next thing he did was go inside the classroom and straight to his table. It was always his habit to open the drawer of his table to check if any of his things had been disarranged during the night.

But the one thing that surprised him the most today was that, despite the order of his pencils, pens, erasers, paper clips, and all other school materials, there was a cream-colored envelope with its back facing him. Written in cute handwriting was the phrase "To My Captain."

"Nani?" he thought pensively as he retrieved the envelope from within. He turned around to see that no one among his classmates bothered to speak to him, let alone inform him about the envelope. "Hmm, maybe no one knows."

Mike, Erwin, and Nanaba were busy studying, while Gunther was pleading Aurou and Petra to stop fighting. Aurou and Petra were so engrossed in their debate about current events. Their other classmates were also doing whatever they were doing, and Levi thought it wasn't any of them.

As Levi was about to go out of the classroom to read the letter in utmost clandestine, their instructor, Pixis-sensei (one of the board members and Hange's godfather, remember?), came in.

"Going somewhere, Young Man?" asked the teacher.

Levi was flustered. He could have read the letter by now. Oh well, he could be patient and read it later.

"Anou, I'll be calling Zoe from the Science lab," he lied.

"Oh, so my goddaughter is still at her prodigious experiment, isn't it?" Pixis-sensei asked with a smirk. "All right, go ahead and call her. We'll be starting class."

Levi bowed and exited the room. He tucked the envelop in his jacket and muttered, "Sensei's goddaughter sure is a pain in the a**, skipping class and coming in late whenever she likes. Hmph!"

~~.

Lunch time.

While most of his classmates were in the other premises in school, eating lunch, Levi sat under the tree outside of their classroom. He finally had the chance to read the letter, so he grabbed it from the pocket of his uniform. The letter was still as fine as ever because he took great care in putting it in his pocket. Nevertheless, he was caught up in his own world as he read the contents of said letter.

~~.

To my Captain, Levi-kun,

Today is (date), Tuesday. It's a nice day. However, it seems so ordinary to me. Everything passes by, like they always do. Mundane time, mundane world. I wonder where I would be today, I thought as I woke up.

Do you know why there are birthdays and festivals? And do you know why we always feel excited by it? It's because these come only at certain times of the year, and they are not everyday. If they were done everyday, they won't be special anymore, and we won't be looking forward to them. I hope you get what I mean.

We all live in this ordinary world, but despite the ashes around us, we always get to see a sparkling diamond or two. All we need are eyes to see them clearly. I mean, despite the day being ordinary, I still find the time to recognize special things in my ordinary school life. These are the things that make waking up enjoyable, and going to school looking forward to.

In my case, Levi-kun, the special diamond I find in my life, and that special occasion that I want to celebrate is you. I always love seeing you everyday, even if we seldom talk. I'm sorry for writing my confession in a letter because I am too shy to say. I hope that I have to courage to tell you this, but in time, I know I will have the courage to be honest with you, face to face.

~~.

Levi loved the writing in the letter. The way it started out did not freak him out, but he was annoyed at the apology the writer had for confessing in a letter.

"Pfff, this girl, really," he frowned.

Nevertheless, he was touched by the honesty and the grace in the letter, so he read on.

~~.

This is our last year in high school. For the year after that, I don't know where you'll be. They say that you will go to law school or be a Math teacher. After all, the kouhais who fear your style of teaching math also adore you at the same time. You could be a lawyer who could change our system, and I know you can. As for me, I want to be a kindergarten teacher. I am still ironing out my plans, and hopefully, I can polish them out at the end of the year.

But then, Levi-kun, for as long as we'll still be in the same school, you will always be the Captain of the ship that I cruise in. Your presence always make me think I am heading towards the right direction. And forgive me for writing this all. I hope I did not distress you at all.

~~.

Levi smiled a bit. There was no indicator regarding the sender. Surely, it's not a kouhai, though he was hoping it came from Mikasa, who had taken his fancy yesterday after she hastily exited the coffee shop. It has to be one of his schoolmates or classmates, but he was hoping it was not a joke from Hange. Why would Hange want to be a teacher?

"Levi-kun?" a soft voice called him out.

Levi, in his usual poker face, looked up to see Petra holding bento.

"Yes?" he asked her in his gallant yet fabulous manner.

Petra fidgeted as she replied, "Ano... has Levi-kun eaten lunch?"

Levi remembered that Mike wasn't able to cook for their lunch because of his sinusitis. He suddenly heard the massive rumbling of his stomach.

"Not yet," he nonchalantly told her.

Petra sat in front of him and invited him to lunch. "I made some bento for Levi-kun as well."

He watched as Petra took out the packs for them. He had been offered bentos in the past by his classmates, batch mates, and kouhais. Because, let's face it, he's just too cool and fabulous. Yet, it was the first time he received a bento from Petra. He took one lunch box and found out all the appetizing food that Mike was supposed to make.

And when he tasted it, he swore that it was so good. The other person he thought that could make a good bento as this was Nanaba. If Erwin and Levi were the losers in the kitchen, Mike bested them, but Nanaba seriously was the champion.

One of his housemates could cook like this, but what set Petra's bento apart from Nanaba's was a special something that he could not point his finger into. Or could it be the effect of reading a feel-good love letter before eating?

"Oishii," Levi complimented with a smile.

Petra felt the blood rushing to her cheeks as she saw the quiver of his lips. He looked so fine and dandy, and for her, there's no one in school like him.

"If so, can I make you bento everyday?" she asked him.

Levi told her to do whatever she wants to do. It made Petra smile, and it made her energetic to finish her lunch too.

~~.

At the end of the day, Levi found Mikasa sitting under the tree outside his classroom, the tree where he and Petra ate the bento this lunch time.

The kouhai was very silent as she sat and hugged her knees. Something seemed to be very wrong.

"Oy, Ackerman!" Levi called out. "Daijoubu?"

Mikasa lied again as she nodded. Her lips were hidden once again behind her scarf. Levi walked to her and sat on the grass beside her.

"You are a great liar, do you know?" he told her. "Heck, when you lie, you're obvious as f***."

Mikasa did not reply and continued to let what was bothering her occupy her.

"Jaeger, right?" he asked. He suddenly got interested in her yesterday, but seeing her getting all depressed because of Eren began to irritate him.

"Hai..." she finally confessed.

"Doushite?" he asked.

"Doushite?" Mikasa asked, turning to him in confusion. "It seems I always will be a jealous girl. Getting jealous of Loss. Because Loss always takes Eren away from me."

"Getting poetic, aren't you?" he told her. "Get your sh** together, and don't let your world revolve around him all the time. Did I not tell you yesterday that you aren't his guardian?"

But he wasn't able to convince her.

"What did he do this time?" he was started to get annoyed.

"Loss... Loss comes in different forms, like the way she did to my parents and Aunt Carla," Mikasa started out, her voice cracking. "And now, Loss comes to take Eren away, and she takes the form of Annie Leonhart."

Levi began to laugh. Mikasa was being poetic, but it was clear as day that her hormonal self was simply just jealous of Annie.

"Naze? Are the two of them dating?" Levi asked before clicking his tongue. "Well, I don't see why they can't. After all, both of them love music, and they enjoy each other's company."

It was just his way, too, to make her look at him.

But Mikasa's fist tightened all the more. She could not let anyone take Eren away from her, not when he confessed to her last night that he was in love with her. But will fighting for her feelings for him be worth it?

Why was she suddenly so sullen when she woke up happy that day?