(December, 847)

It had been a few months since the enlistment ceremony where most of the recruits were scared shitless by the Commandant, Keith Shadis, but now it was the middle of winter and the recruits were being sent off in pairs for the first of three winter survival training exercises.

During the past few months the "pillow incident" as it was referred to by his comrades had occured about fourteen times, leaving many of his friends to wander what went on inside his head at night. Of course he never told them, because no one would believe him and because he thought it was a private matter between him and Frieda, his now official, to them, girlfiend.

His relationship with Historia as Frieda liked to refer to her as, not accepting her Krista personality, had progressed well, with Nick giving her tips about how to improve with the ODM gear on occasion, mainly to help her get into the top ten so she could choose the path she wanted to, however this involved Nick holding back, a lot, although there were many others who were more than capable with the gear, namely Jean and unsurprisingly Mikasa, since he had figured out she also had her own "Awakened Power" running in her blood, given her skill with the gear.

When he found out her last name was Ackerman, he was slightly shocked, not expecting to find a relative of his at the training camp, he hadn't told her and he also made sure that no one had seen the tattoo on his back, because he didn't want to explain how he was related to her if she found out.

Ymir was growing suspicious of Nick because of his closeness to "her precious Krista", although she was aware that she was the illegitimate child of a noble from her time in Sina, she wasn't aware of her real name, she suspected that Nick had a "thing" for Krista, like many of their male comrades in the class, but he was different because she could tell he was holding back so Krista would rise up the ranks.

Ymir wanted to talk to Nick to make sure he knew she was off limits, so imagine her surprise when they were paired up for the first winter survival exercise.

"Alright listen up" shouted Shadis to get their attention, "I'm going to read out in order which pairs will leave first, second and so on, your task is simple, you have 10 hours from starting to make your way through the valley to the other Instructors waiting for you"

Nick listened intently hoping he would get a decent partner for the exercise.

"First up, Krista and Connie, next up is Mikasa and Reiner. Eren and Mina. Franz and Thomas. Hannah and Emily. Armin and Jean. Marco and Annie. Ymir and Nick."

"Oh shit" Nick thought, "She's gonna be on my ass about Historia."

He looked around to see everyone partnering up as he looked around for Ymir, seeing her make her way over with a smirk on her face, "Hey there lover boy" she spoke, making fun of him for his fun times with his pillow.

"Hey Ymir" he greeted with.

"You don't sound too good, did your pillow not satisfy your needs?"

"Ymir, don't be mean" Krista interrupted with.

"You two have to get along if you're going to be a team" she continued with, smiling sweetly at the pair.

"C'mon Krista, I was only joking with him, isn't that right lover boy?"

"Yeah, it is" he replied with.

"See, he's fine, you don't need to worry about him, just worry about yourself during the exercise"

"Of course I need to worry about him, he's my friend and he helps me with the ODM gear for nothing in return, he's just a sweetheart", Krista exclaimed.

"That's because he's after your heart" Ymir angrily thought.

"That's nice of you to say Krista" he said while scratching his cheek, tring to hide his embarrassment.

"No problem Nick, now I hope to see you both at the cabin at the end of the trail in perfect shape, Okay"

"Yeah, sure" Nick replied

"Whatever" Ymir scoffed.

"Alright then, bye guys"

"Bye" replied Nick with a wave.

"See ya" Ymir said.

(2 hours later)

Nick and Ymir had set off about 15 minutes ago, each pair leaving fifteen minutes after the previous had left, in order to prevent recruits from overtaking each other, although he suspected Mikasa would purposely slow down to check on Eren, he had noticed her overprotectiveness of him and he thought it was just a "creepy obsession", a childhood crush gone too far, even to the point she would scare away other girls from him, effectively leaving him no chance of getting laid in camp, unless he was into perceived incest, even though they weren't related, even then it would still be creepy.

His relationship with Mikasa was almost non-existent because he once floored Eren during combat training only for her to come rushing over and demand that he fight her as a punishment of sorts for hurting her precious brother. He of course accepted wanting to see if she had the Awakened Power within her.

(Flashback)

Eren came flying forward towards him, wooden knife in hand, prepared to stab his opponent. "Too easy" Nick though as he bent his knees, blocked the blow and used the momentum to effectively lift him over his head and drop him on his back on the other side before stepping on his hand, grabbing the knife and placing his boot on his chest.

"You're not learning anything by charging straight at me" Nick said, getting frustrated at Eren's hardheadedness.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw the raven haired oriental tossing Reiner to the side and making her way over.

"Hey Nick" Mikasa spoke coldly, "Think you can teach me some of your moves"

"I don't know Mikasa, I wouldn't want to hurt your pride when I kick your ass" he challenged.

"Holy Shit dude, it's happening" Connie spoke to his partner Sasha as they were slacking off.

All the cadets dropped what they were doing and made a circle around the pair of cadets glaring each other to death.

"Who do you think will win?" Asked Reiner.

"I bet my whole lunch on Mikasa!" Exclaimed Jean, thinking that his crush could beat the combat expert.

"Now way, Nick has her beat all the way" Connie retorted with.

"Who do you think will win Eren?" Asked Reiner.

"I think Nick will win" he said shocking the recruits that he just went against his adpted sister.

Mikasa however didn't take Eren's vote of confidence to Nick very well, "I'll show you Nick, I'll beat you and show Eren that I can protect him"

Mikasa advanced aiming a punch at his midsection, he saw this coming but didn't make a move to block or dodge, only shifting his body slightly so there wouldn't be a risk of her breaking his ribs, he tensed his muscled as her fist made contact on the now hard surface, the power of the punch made him keel over as he lost all the air in his lungs. Seeing her chance Mikasa swung her leg for his head aiming to end this quickly, he raised his hands to block the attack as he kicked out at her thigh, connecting with his shin, making her yelp in pain.

"Why didn't you block the punch?" She questioned as they both got back up.

"I wanted to see how hard you hit, and I must say, you didn't disappoint me"

"What's that supposed to mean" she angrily thought as she charged again, aiming a kick for his ribs, he saw this and braced himself as he used the kick to his advantage as he mover in closer, trapping her leg with his left arm as he put his right arm under her left leg, lifted her and threw her to the floor, using the momentary pain to lock her in an armbar, he cranked up the presssure on her arm until it looked like it could snap at any second.

"Just tap out already" Nick growled out, annoyed at her persistence.

"No" she spat back.

"Just tap out Mikasa" Eren shouted out, "He's gonna break your arm if you dont give up"

"No Eren" she thought, "As long as you live I'll never give up"

(Present)

They had gotten four hours into the exercise before Ymir decided to ask the dreaded question to him, "Hey Nick, What's your deal with Krista?"

"What do you mean?" He asked, trying to play dumb.

"Why are you holding back on her behalf?, is what I mean"

"Don't tell her" Frieda pleaded.

"Ymir, what do you know about Krista?" He asked, unsure whether or not to tell her the truth.

"Nick please don't" Frieda pleaded with him once again.

"I won't say anything incriminating Frieda, please don't worry, I hate it when you worry."

"Alright love, I trust you"

"Thanks love"

"What do you mean by that?" Ymir asked, now trying to play dumb.

"I mean about her past" he clarified, "Do you know about her life before the cadets?"

"What do you know about her past?" She asked trying to extract information from him.

"I know some of her past, but I won't say until I know what you know"

"Alright, fair enough, all I know is that she's the illegitimate child of a noble, and was forced to join the Military to save herself"

"So what do you know about her past?" She asked, wanting answers from him.

"I know she changed her name to Krista, and I think she had a sister that I knew but I'm not sure" he partly lied, not wanting to reveal Krista's real identity.

"Why do you think she was her sister?"

"Because Krista is a smaller blonde version of her, her name was Frieda, she was literally the most perfect girl in this shitty world, she was so nice and caring, kinda like how Krista is, but she died the night of the fall, some bandits killed her."

"So I take it from your description of her you had a crush on her", she spoke seriously for once.

"You could say that" he replied with.

"But why are you holding back in training and helping her at the same time?" She asked, already guessing what she was about to say.

"Because she reminds me of Frieda, and I want her to live her life choosing her own path, rather than being forced to do something she doesn't want to do"

"Wait a minute" Ymir said, shocked by his answer, "I thought you had a thing for Krista, and that's why you were helping her out"

"No it's not like that, because no matter how much she looks and acts like Frieda no one could ever replace her"

"Is that who you dream about when you mush your lips into your pillow?" She asked now getting amusement from his answer.

He remained silent which is all she needed to hear.

"Wow Nick, fantasising over a dead girl, that's cold, even colder that Annie's personality" she taunted him with.

"If you knew her, you'd probably be doing the same" he simply responded with, "Can we go now"

"Alright then, I trust you won't make a move on Krista then"

"If you're worried about that, you should threaten Reiner instead of me"

"Okay, lets go then"

( 9 hours 12 minutes after startimg the exercise)

"Look, I can see the instructors up ahead" Nick announced to his partner Ymir.

"Good, I can't wait to see Krista again after being stuck with you for 10 hours" she said, back to her usual self.

"At least we didn't have to camp out here, I'd hate to mistake you for my pillow" he teased back with.

"Yeah, I'm sure your pillow feels great when you're fantasising about another girl when you're kissing it" she sarcastically replied with.

"Whatever" he grumbled, secretly hoping to get rid of Ymir as quickly as possible.

"Nine hours and fifteen minutes, good timing cadets", one of the Instructors said as they pointed them towards a cabin where they were promised double rations if they beat the 10 hour limit.

Nick and Ymir made their way to the cabin for their double rations for the night, when they entered Nick sat down at the table with Annie, Mina, and Emily, since he liked to avoid Reiner snd Jean's constant teasing over his love for pillows.

"Hey", he said as he sat next to Annie and across from Emily with his doubled rations on his plate.

He recieved a "Hi" from Mina, a slightly stuttered "Hello" from Emily, and a simple nod from Annie.

"How did you guys get on with the exercise"

"Fine" they all replied in unison.

There was a slience befor Frieda appeared at the table and started speaking to Nick, "Thanks for not telling Ymir about Historia and our family"

"It's fine, I wouldn't do that on my own free will"

"Maybe I should treat you for keeping your promise"

"But what if I start moving in my sleep again?" He questioned, not noticing Shadis enter the room.

"So you don't want a reward then?" She replied, looking sad at the suggestion.

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant, it's just that I'm quite concerned that I'll use Thomas instead of the pillow one night, I couldn't face anyone again if that happened"

"MEIER, GET YOUR ASS ON THE CART NOW, WERE HEADING BACK TO CAMP" Shadis yelled at him as he shot up before getting onto the cart outside to take the first set of recruits back to camp for their day off tomorrow.

When they arrived back at the camp they were told to put their snow gear away at the supply depot.

"Hey Nick, I hope Ymir didn't trouble you too much" Krista came up to him and said, while putting their supplies away.

"No, she's actually alright if you get to know her, she's just a bit blunt sometimes"

"I know, it's just her personality"

"How did you and Connie get on?" He asked.

"We got on fine, although I felt as if I was slowing him down a bit"

"C'mom Krista, don't put youself down, your great at a lot of things, your better than me at the stuff that matters for our final grade"

"I guess you're right, but thanks anyway" she chirped with a smile.

"No problem, see you tomorrow"

"Bye" she said as she waved at him while going out the door.

He finished putting his gear away before getting ready for bed, it was about two in the morning, he climbed over Thomas, got under the covers and hugged his pillow, hoping that he didn't act out his dreams on Thomas instead of his pillow.

"Hey sexy" he spoke as he woke up in his room once again seeing Frieda wearing just her sleep wear this time, she usually changed clothes to make things interesting, one time she was wearing the ODM gear before he had to take it off of her for "safety reasons".

"Hello love" she said as she slowly walked towards him, her legs and bare feet on show for him to look at, "You like what you see", she purred when she reached him, taking her index finger and stroking his chin with it, causing a shiver to run down his spine at her touch.

He reached out with his hand to stroke her hair as she smiled and leaned onto his chest, relishing the contact between their bodies, "Are you just going to play with my hair?, or are you going to play with something else?"

He lightly laughed as he traced her lips with his finger before pushing it into her mouth, letting her suck on his left index finger, he pulled his finger out of her mouth and then she did the same to him, except her finger was slimmer than his, and her skin was so soft, he could honestly suck her finger all night if she wanted him to.

She pulled the finger from his mouth and stroked down his neck with it, leaving a barely noticeable trail of saliva down to his collar bone. He smiled at her actions before finally leaning in for a kiss, she smiled as he led her into the kiss, hands in her hair, pulling her closer to him as she moaned into his mouth.

He prodded her lips with his tongue, but she kept them closed, tugging at his hair so she could put her tongue in his mouth, surprised by her action he smiled and gently bit down on her tongue, dragging his teeth across it as he slowly pulled away.

"Are you trying to bite my tongue off?" She asked, half serious about it.

"But then how would I get my kisses then" he teased back with.

She huffed before pulling him down again and pushing him into the wall this time, he gave a soft moan at the aggression shown by her, she pushed herself harder against him, rolling her hips against his, earning a louder moan from him this time, she was going to make him beg for her this time, because she knew deep down that Nick had a very submissive side to him, she could sense it everytime they did this, the thoughts about her making him yearn for her, making him hers.

As she pushed herself up against him in the wall, she dragged her nails down his neck, she also knew he loved it when she used her nails anywhere on his body, she pulled back to tear his shirt off before pulling hers off as well before taking him and pushing him onto the bed, straddling him in the process as her bare chest was in full view for him to see.

She leaned down to kiss his neck and suck hard on his "sweet spot" getting a very loud moan from the man beneath her, before pulling away and smirking down at him.

"Don't stop" he whimpered.

"What was that?, I couldn't hear you love"

"Please don't stop" he begged louder this time.

Satisfied with her work she began sucking on his neck again while he runbed his thumbs across her nipples, successfully getting her to moan while she sucked on his neck.

She was aching for him now, all this teasing was getting her wet, and she could tell he was extremely hard just from seeing his face as she pulled away from his neck.

He leaned up and kissed her before pushing her onto her back, with him now on all fours above her, grinding his hips against hers, feeling the wetness coming from her shorts made him even harder if that was possible, he stopped the kiss while he still had the self control to, he moved back slightly, trailing his fingers from her nipples, down her slightly toned stomach to the waistband of her shorts, he slowly and teasingly pulled them down and off her sexy legs without breaking eye contact.

He quickly did the same to his shorts, eager to let the magic happen once again, she stopped him getting any closer by putting her bare feet on his thighs, he playfully tried to push through them, but they stood their ground.

He responded by grabbing her leg and placing gentle kisses on the top of her left foot, each one getting further up as he licked all the way up her shin, once he reached her thigh he began to playfully bite at it, making her moan with the pleasure of being teased so much before speaking, "Stop teasing me and put it in already" she demanded, but he knew she enjoyed his teasing but decided to obey this time.

He slid towards her as she parted he legs more to give him better access, he slid the tip against her entrance, not quite taking the plunge, making her moan yet again, he repeated this action action twice more before she grabbed his shoulders and whimpered out a "please", deciding that he should oblige her, he slowly pushed his length in, quite easily given how wet she was.

He slowly slid in and out, teasing her with the slow, but deep strokes, he grabbed her hands and interlocked their fingers, making the moment more intimate between the couple.

"Would it kill you to go any- Uhhh- faster" she groaned out as he rubbed over her sensitive spot.

He slowly started to thrust in and out faster and faster, constantly hitting the sweet spot with his fast and accurate strokes.

"Fuuuuuck, love, you're so deeep" she moaned out while she wrapped he legs around his back, preventing him from a possible escape.

"How can you be so tiiiight- Uhhh" he moaned out as she tightened her vaginal muscles around his throbbing cock in an attempt to drain him of all he has inside him.

"Shiiiit" she moaned out, "I'm gonna cum all over you loooove"

He was still thrusting into her sweet spot while she was writhing underneath him, until she arched her back upwards as she came and attempted to draw out her orgasm for as long as possible, "Oh fuuuuck, don't stop love" she panted out as he kept thrusting aiming to make it as good as possible for her.

He felt himself about to cum as her walls clamped down on his throbbing cock, "Oh fuck Frieda, I'm about to-"

She responded by tightening her muscles around his cock as hard as she could and wrapping her legs around him as hard as she could as he came inside of her with a very loud groan, he thrusted a few more times before pulling out of her and laying next to her, sweat glistening off their bodies from their session.

"That was outstanding love" Frieda spoke after regaining her breath.

"I love you Frieda" he said with complete confidence in his voice.

"I know" came her reply before adding, "And I love you too Nick"

His heart was filled with complete and utter happiness as she had said it for the first time, and he knew that she meant it.