"Eren!" Armin ran up to him as he got off his horse.
"Oh, hey, Armin…" Eren sighed.
His tone didn't go unnoticed by his best friend.
"What happened?" the blonde asked with concern.
"Huh? Oh well…"
"Eren," A soft voice made Eren flinch. "Where were you?" Mikasa walked towards him.
She grabbed him by the shoulder and inspected him, looking for any signs of injury.
"Why didn't you tell me where you were going?" she said quietly.
"O-Oh, well I was in a rush so-"
"Make sure to tell me next time." She said sternly.
"Y-Yeah…"
"So? Where were you, Eren?" Armin asked.
Eren sighed as he scratched his head, "I went with Levi heichou to…to go check up on Annie."
Mikasa blinked as Armin stared at him.
"A-Annie?" Armin whispered. "Why? What happened?"
"That's classified information, brat." Levi walked towards them, obviously not in the mood for anything.
"P-Please forgive me, sir!" Armin exclaimed loudly.
Levi gave him an irritated sigh before looking at Eren.
"Hey, shitty moron, follow me." He ordered.
Eren nodded and quickly ran after the captain.
"Mikasa?" Armin said quietly.
She didn't seem to hear him as she stared after Eren's back.
"…Armin, why do you think they went to go see Annie?" she suddenly said.
"Huh? O-oh…the only reason I can think of is…"
"What did you need, Levi heichou?" Eren said firmly.
Levi leaned against a wall, crossing his arms.
"I'm going to tell the news to Erwin." He said. "We need squads to take that bitch down."
Eren gulped as he detected the tone of hatred in the captain's voice.
"Y-Yes, sir!" he nodded.
"Actually you're going to tell him the news." Levi said. "I'll be in my office."
Eren held his breath as he watched Levi walk away. He exhaled deeply once he was an earshot away.
Everything was happening way too quickly.
His meeting with Annie was too quick, lying to Levi was too quick, talking with his friend and adoptive sister was too quick.
He shook his head before heading towards Erwin's office.
How was he even going to report this to him?
"Oh um, hi, but like the female titan sort of escaped thanks to my inability to sort of stop her?"
Or,
"Hi, I saw the female titan girl in front of me, she flipped me over, then walked away into a forest."
Or something like,
"Hello! Annie escaped. I sort of let her. Levi is out to murder her. He wants soldiers. So what do I do?"
Eren came to a halt and smacked himself on the forehead.
This was going to be very, very difficult.
He could lie but leaving out information on a report wasn't really recommended here.
What should he do?
Before he knew it, he was in front of the two wooden doors. He took a deep breath and knocked softly.
He waited, his heart beat increasing with every second.
Again, he knocked, this time a bit louder.
"Come in."
Eren gently rested his hand on the handle and taking in another lungful of air, he pushed the door open.