*This chapter has been revised/rewritten for improvement purposes.
All spelling/grammatical errors are my own mistakes. Beware: this has not been beta'd.
All credit goes to Hajime Isayama for AOT/Shingeki No Kyojin. Alice Arlet is my OC and I ONLY own her.
I felt the strong sun rays shining on my face as I grudgingly wake up. I let up a slight yawn observed my surroundings. Right...I live in this room right next to Captain Levi. I literally live under the same roof as him. Just the thought of it made me blush as I cupped a hand to my cheek.
I lowered my head slightly, thinking about the events of yesterday. I can't believe that everything had happened just yesterday. It all seems so surreal. I had a home in Shingenshina and now...it's all gone. People that we love are gone as well. It's pretty sad.
Letting out a heavy sigh, I got up from my bed and closed the curtains. "Time to get ready for our assignment." I whispered quietly.
I planned on using the bathroom to do my morning routine but just as I turned the knob opened the door, I see a shirtless Levi brushing his teeth.
He turned towards me slightly, making sure toothpaste wouldn't land on the floor and raised an eyebrow at me. "Morning Alice" Levi said mid-brush.
My face was unbelievably red at this point. What do I say!? What is Levi doing in the bathroom shirtless!? Why isn't he wearing a shirt?! How can Levi be so calm after this!? I feel so embarrassed for walking in on him like this! What do I do!?
"M-Morning Captain Levi! I'm so sorry for barging in!" I shouted and slammed the door. I then slid to the ground and placed a hand over my chest, feeling the rapid heartbeats beating uncontrollably.
Suddenly, I felt a knock on my bathroom door and Levi calling out. "Oi. You can use it now so you don't have to be embarrassed anymore" With that, I could hear him going through his bathroom door.
I peeked inside the restroom to make sure that he left. So I went in and did whatever needs to be done in the bathroom. After getting ready for the day, I picked up my green cape with the wings of freedom emblem and put it on just in time for Levi to knock on my door to rush me.
"Let's go. You're too slow" said Levi.
"I'm coming!" I opened my door and smiled at him. "I'm ready."
Levi kept his stoic expression and replied nonchalantly. "Let's go."
With that, Levi and I walked towards Wall Rose together to do the assignment Commander Pixis ordered us yesterday. To help the Garrison Troops cover Wall Rose to ensure the safety of the civilians.
"Tch. Its annoying that we have to do this." An annoyed Levi spoke softly.
"I know this doesn't fall on our job description to help the other Militia but its what Commander Pixis and Erwin wants us to do at the moment." I replied.
"I rather clean" Levi said looking away.
I just chuckled at his comment. Cute.
"What?" He asked with an eyebrow raised, questioning my sudden laugh.
"Oh nothing" I said sarcastically while looking away.
We made our way to the equipment center and received our gear and flew up on top of Wall Rose to meet up with the other soldiers. I see the Garrison Troops cleaning the cannons and within the group of soldiers, one of them happens to be Hannes.
"Hey. Good morning Hannes" I greeted the older gentleman.
"Good Morning Alice" Hannes greeted back as we saluted each other.
"Do you know if Eren and Grisha came back? Grisha took him away in such a rush that I couldn't do anything to stop him" I said while looking at the ground.
Hannes frowned and shook his head. "No. They didn't come back yet. I went to check on the kids before coming here."
"Not back yet?" I asked with a slight gasp.
Where did Grisha take Eren? Are they safe? Are they alive? Will I get into trouble if I suddenly abandon my post to search for them?
"Don't worry. I'm sure they'll be back soon" Hannes said as he put a hand on my shoulder to reassure me.
"I guess so. I just pray that they're safe." I said as I started to walk away.
Levi remained silent and followed after me and grouped up with the rest of the Levi's squad including Commander Erwin. I walked towards my group of friends and Levi went to talk to Erwin.
"Good morning Alice" Petra greeted me with her warm smile.
"Hey Petra" I said, smiling back.
"I heard that you live in a room right next to Captain Levi now. Am I right?" Gunther whispered to me while winking.
"Yeah. I bet he's pretty anal about keeping the room clean huh?" Bozado said as his tongue got bit in the process. "Ouch!"
"Uh...well..." I didn't know what to say. It's all embarrassing that my friends know.
"Pretty soon the two of you will get married" Eld said with such a serious tone. He had his arms crossed and head nodded.
"Huh!? What!?" I shouted with my face getting heated.
Petra stood next to Eld and lightly slapped his arm. "Oh Eld. Don't tease the girl like that"
They all know that I have some strong feelings towards the Captain. I just didn't think that they would playfully tease me about it. Even more embarrassing...
"Oh maybe they're in a secret relationship. You'll never know." Gunther said while winking at me again.
Now my face was heating up even more and I can feel my ears burning. My palms were even getting sweaty.
"Look her head is about to bake!" Bozado shouted, pointing and laughing at me.
"You men are so mean" Petra said as she linked arms with me. "Respect Alice!" The serious tone in her voice made the guys shut their mouths.
"Thanks Petra" I said while smiling at her.
"Don't worry. That's what girls are for" She smiled back. "You know, I bet you must've seen Heichou half naked or something huh?" Now it was Petra's turn to wink at me.
"P-Petra!" I couldn't get any words out of my mouth. The crimson color began to flush across my face once again.
"Ha! So it did happen!? Ooh Alice you naughty girl!" Petra said while patting my back and giggling.
Eld, Gunther and Bozado had their jaws dropped and just stared at me, shocked from what they just heard.
"N-No!" I stuttered. "T-That didn't happen! Honest!"
My hands were waving around in the air in sheer embarrassment. Why must it come to this!?
Bozado then whispered to Gunther's ear. "I bet she enjoyed the view." This caused Gunther and Eld, whom must've overheard it, began snickering among themselves.
Petra was still laughing from her comment earlier as she hunched over with her arms over her stomach. "This is so funny!"
"Oh my gosh" I buried my face in my hands. I'm just too embarrassed to say anything.
"What are the four of you doing to Alice?"
Everyone stopped their laughter and froze in place. We all turned and faced the owner of the voice. It just so happened to be Captain Levi with Commander Erwin standing beside him. We all saluted towards them and stood in a straight line.
"What is so funny about Alice today?" Erwin asked with his usual calm demeanor.
"Oh. It's nothing Commander Erwin. Just an inside joke. That's all. haha..." I said to him, waving my hand off to assure him that it really was nothing.
"I see." He said, raising an eyebrow towards me but then changed back to his usual expression. He then cleared his throat, "There is a special mission I have for the Operations Squad right now." Erwin said as we all put on our serious faces.
"What is it Commander Erwin?" Eld asked with curiosity.
"We're going to the Reiss chapel." Levi answered nonchalantly.
"Reiss Chapel?" I questioned, eyebrow raised. "What for?"
"The Reiss Chapel was destroyed last night. There are reports of several corpses discovered." Erwin began to answer. "There seems to be no indication on who or what had done this. I would like all of you to head there immediately to investigate. I'm sure the Military Police has done their investigation but I would still like the six of you to do a closer inspection. I believe they might have missed something."
Looking at the Commander, I could tell there was something about this case that has drawn to him. That's the Commander for you. I know that he's determined to find out the truth about the society and why Titan's existed in our world. If only I can know why this particular case at the Reiss chapel is so interesting to him.
"You heard him. Let's go." Levi spoke, interrupting my train of thought as we all saluted towards Erwin and saddled our horses.
"Levi Heichou, why is it so important for us to investigate the Reiss chapel?" Petra asked
"Erwin suspect that there may be some foul play involved. But we will see for ourselves when we get there." He answered.
I've heard that the Reiss family is a wealthy family with a lot of royalty. Their chapel is located in a within Wall Sina which makes it difficult to get to. Usually all chapels are located near the city like area within Wall Sina, but this particular chapel seems to be located at a secluded area within Orvud District. It just seems very strange to me that we are travelling to a chapel in an unknown area.
Once we all made it to the Reiss chapel, the first thing I noticed was the sight of the destruction. The chapel itself looked like it was torn apart by something big. No. Gigantic. Yeah. Gigantic. Almost as if a titan was here and destroyed the entire building. But that's just a dumb theory in my mind.
My nose immediately caught some vile odor. I smell blood. Dry but still fresh in a way, as if it just happened overnight. This chapel was destroyed last night. Not too long ago. Even going around the area, I noticed five corpses. They were all crushed to death in a horrible way. Each body had a significant amount of blood around them. It was a gruesome sight to see. Three of those victims were just kids too.
"This is so sad." I said while staring at the crushed bodies.
I kneel down on what could possibly be the youngest victim and examined it. The way that the body was crushed seemed as if something huge had stomped on the person. Some of these bodies even had their limbs ripped out in a vicious way too. I went to examine another body and it was another kid. This kid had his body crunched and curled up like someone used the body to make a paper ball. His bone was sticking out of his skin and his eyes even popped out of the socket.
"Gruesome huh?"
I turned around to see Levi talking to me. Our eyes met instantly and I looked away slightly to not feel embarrassed.
"Yeah. Who are the victims anyways?" I asked.
"These five victims here are none other than members of the Royal Reiss family" Bozado came and answered my question.
"The Royal Reiss family?" I questioned, even though it should've been obvious that the bodies are respectably theirs.
"Yeah. It seems almost the entire family got killed last night" Bozado said, crossing his arms and biting his tongue.
"Why would anyone harm the Reiss family though?" I asked. I turned my attention to Levi. Maybe he can explain more about the royal family.
"This family are well known among certain types of people. They usually keeps things to themselves and don't like to get involved with people outside of their family line. Even though this is the family, I counted five dead bodies. They have a family of seven. Two are missing." Levi explained.
I walked around again and took a closer look at the dead bodies to get a better idea of who the family members are. The two bodies I saw earlier were definitely the children of the family. The next two bodies I found were just as gruesome as the young ones. They were also gruesomely crushed. One body was possibly a teenage boy but I couldn't tell because his body parts were missing. The other body was a woman's body. Her head was separated from her body and she had her eyes wide open. What a sad death for them.
Gunther and Eld pointed at a body underneath a huge pile of bricks and rocks. This must be the fifth Reiss member. This body must have been crushed from point blank when this building collapsed. The only thing we can see from the body was his or her feet as they are twisted in opposite ways.
"Heichou was right." Petra spoke as she stood next to me. "Two members of the Reiss family are missing"
"Do you know who are the missing family members?" I asked
"One of them is most likely the father. I did not see an adult man as a victim here" Bozado said.
"Then that means the other person is probably another child" Eld added in.
"What makes you so sure that it's another child that's missing?" Gunther asked
"Because I have a feeling it is." Eld replied coolly.
I just stood there and stared at the man. How is Eld so sure? Does he know something that we don't know?
"Guys, look at this." Petra called to our attention as she led us to an area where there were massive piles of ashes
"Where did all these ashes come from?" Bozado questioned.
I walked up to the pile of ashes. I wanted to touch it because there was steam emitting from the pile. As I watched the steam floating around, I slowly reached my hand forward to touch the ashes but then Levi's hand stopped mine from moving further.
"Don't touch it." Levi said. "It may burn you judging from the looks of that steam."
The both of us made eye contact and I could feel my face getting heated. I don't know if it's from the steam or the warm feeling of Levi's hand. After blinking a couple times, Levi let's go of my hand and I darted my eyes away.
"Oh" Was the only thing that escaped my lips as I moved my hand down. "What could this be Levi?"
"I don't know. But there is something suspicious going on." Levi said as he examined the area again.
I followed his gaze around our surroundings and spotted something on the ground near the pile of ashes.
"Hey!" I shouted while running towards the object. "I see something!" I knelt down and picked up a syringe. What is this doing here?
"A syringe?" Petra questioned, eyeing the said syringe in confusion.
"Why is there a syringe here?" Bozado questioned, puzzled as well.
"I don't know. But I will report everything we've seen here." Eld said as he kept a mental note on the discovery.
"Hey! There's a trail of blood here that leads inside the woods!" Gunther shouted as the rest of us turned our attentions towards him.
I walked towards Gunther and looked at the trail he found. The bloodied trail was a bit dry but it does seem as if someone was trying to escape this area. Escaping from what though is the real question in mind...
The trail leads us out of the chapel and onto an open field towards the woods. Just looking at the woods seemed a bit dangerous. Yet at the same time, I have an anxious feeling. I don't know why but I have a very strange feeling that there is something wrong with this area.
"I'll go in the woods. Everyone else stay here and keep looking around." Levi said as he stepped forward, approaching the suspicious looking area.
"Captain wait!" I said while running after Levi. "I'm coming with you. I have a very strange feeling about this place and I don't want you to go alone."
Levi looked at me for a long minute then looked back at everyone else before nodding his head. "Okay. Just stay close to me."
With that, the two of us entered the woods together. It was fairly dark with all the trees and shade around us. We kept following the trail of blood and it felt like the trail was never ending.
"Levi, there is something wrong with this place." I repeated my statement from earlier. A shiver suddenly ran down my back as I tried my best to ignore the feeling.
"What do you mean?" He asked, raising an eyebrow towards me.
"I just have an odd theory of what could've happened to the chapel last night." I paused briefly before taking in a deep breath to say the next thing. "Call me strange but, I suspect that somehow..." I paused again and turned my head slightly to stare at my captain. "I strongly believe that a titan was involved. I don't know how, but it's just my gut feeling."
"What makes you think a titan was involved?"
"Well" I said, placing a finger to my chin. "The way the victims were placed before us. They were all crushed by something that doesn't fit the description of the building collapsing on them. Also, with the pile of ashes discovered, there are no signs a fire at the chapel. Those ashes and steam reminded me of titans decomposing." I took another deep breath and spoke about my main concern. "What bugged me the most is that we are in a secluded area that's in the middle of nowhere. We're absolutely nowhere near Wall Maria or the Shingenshina District. So how could a titan get this far?"
"Seems to be a logical theory you go there." Levi spoke after a moment of silence.
I couldn't help but to let out a slight frown. This theory would fit more towards Hange than me. "We don't know for sure if this is actually true. I may be right but then I could be wrong."
"I'll keep your theory in mind."
Right when Levi finished his sentence, he immediately stopped walking and just stared at the distance ahead of us.
"Something wrong Levi?"
I stopped next to him and looked at him, unsure of why he suddenly stopped walking.
His facial expression changed to a more serious look, being on high alert now. That means something's up.
"There someone up ahead." He spoke quietly.
I followed Levi's gave and realized that he was correct. I can faintly see a small child standing there alone, hands to the child's face. The both of us nodded in our heads in unison, signalling to take our our weapons and not let our guards down. I quietly took out my blades and slowly approached the figure. As the both of us got closer to the child, Levi whispered something to me.
"The trail of blood ends with that person." Levi said as I stopped walking and looked at the trail. It did end over there.
"Who is it?" I asked as we once again walked closer to the child.
When we finally had a good view of who this person was, my eyes went wide and I dropped my blades. This person whom Levi and I were sneaking up on was Eren. Eren was just standing there crying alone.
Why is he by himself? Where's Grisha? What is Eren doing in the woods near the Reiss chapel? It all just doesn't make sense.
"Oi. Isn't that your kid?" Levi asked, pointing his blade towards Eren.
"Yeah..." I said softly, regaining my composure from the shock. "Eren!"
I immediately took haste and ran towards the young boy. "Eren! Eren!" I cried out to him.
Eren moved his hands from his eyes. Eyes all puffed up from the crying. His eyes widened at the sight of Levi and I. "A-Alice?"
Once I got to Eren, I quickly fell to my knees and pulled him into a hug. Tears suddenly streamed down my face from touching Eren's cold body. "Shh." I cooed at him. "It's okay Eren. I'm here now. You're safe in my arms."
In that moment, his body began to shake and I could feel my shoulder getting wet. "M-My Dad..."
"What about him?" I asked him calmly.
He couldn't answer my question. Eren just kept crying even more. I used my free hand to wipe the tears away and looked at the boy. "Eren. What happened to your father?" I asked again.
Suddenly, a hand was placed on my shoulder and I turned to see Levi. "Look around you Alice" He said.
My attention was so focused on Eren that I didn't bother to check my surroundings. When I did, my eyes widened in horror. The entire area surrounding us was covered with blood. There's even a trickle of blood down the corner of Eren's lips!
This is truly a horrid sight to see.
"My God...Eren" I tried speaking, still speechless from I'm witnessing. "W-what happened here? What did your Dad do to you?"
I looked at him and Eren looked speechless as well. His eyes were dry, possibly from dehydration from all the crying, and wide.
"He's...He's...over there..." Eren pointed at a spot where I think Grisha was. That specific spot had Grisha's glasses on the ground and a severed arm lying next to it.
I made eye contact with Levi and he looks like he's on the same page as me. Without any hesitation, I stepped away from Eren and cautiously walked towards the spot Eren pointed at earlier. The glasses and severed arm was just a couple feet ahead of us.
As I approached the two objects, I couldn't help but to gasp. Is that Grisha's arm? The article of clothing on the arm was brown with a white ruffled sleeve at the end. Exactly what Grisha wore last night. If that's the case, then where's the rest of his body? What happened last night?
"Eren." I called out the young boy's name again. "Talk to me. What happened here last night? Where is your Father?"
I was hoping I can get an answer but Eren remained quiet. I then looked back at Levi and he just stared at the arm on the ground. Kind of made me wonder what he's thinking about right now.
"I...I don't know where Dad went. Over there was the last time I saw him." Eren finally spoke softly.
"Do you know anything about the Reiss chapel?" I asked calmly.
"I...I can't r-remember anything." His voice started to crack. "T-The only thing I can remember is l-leaving the shelter with my D-Dad and then I woke up not too long ago."
I knelt in front of Eren and stroked his hair back. "Did you see your father when you woke up?"
He shook his head as new streams of tears ran down his face. "No. I didn't see my Dad when I woke up. I don't know where he is. That spot was when I last saw him."
I looked back at the glasses and severed arm. I can't tell whether Grisha is dead or alive. Everything is seriously becoming very strange around here. I touched Eren's forehead and its burning. His body was also shivering. The poor boy must be really cold from being out here all night. I quickly removed my cape and wrapped it around Eren to keep him warm.
"Levi. I need to take him back now." I said, looking up towards my Captain.
He nodded his head in agreement. "We'll all go back. I think our investigation is done."
Once Levi and I regrouped with the rest of the squad, I knew my comrades were going to gang up on us with loads of questions. I managed to get them to leave Eren alone and Levi only told them very little information on our discovery.
We all made our way back through Wall Rose and I kept a close eye on Eren. Questions kept swarming in my mind:
What did happen last night? Why did Grisha bring Eren to the Reiss chapel? Where exactly is Grisha? Is he alive? Is he dead? There's just his severed arm. If Grisha is dead, where's his body?
I can't believe all of this happened. It all seemed too fast. If this is what's going on in the present, I'm afraid to know what's going to happen in the future.
"Eren!?" Hannes shouted as I brought the boy back to the shelter. He ran towards us with eyes wide, shocked to see that I had found Eren.
"Hannes. I found Eren deep in the woods near the Reiss Chapel." I looked at him and he had a serious face.
"What was he doing there?" Hannes asked.
"I don't know. I think Grisha took him there. Eren has no memories about last night. The last thing he knows was when Grisha took him away from the shelter." I told him.
"Bring him to me. I'll wash him up and take him back to Mikasa and Armin." Hannes said as he put his hand on Eren's shoulder.
"I will go report to Erwin." I kneel down towards Eren. "I'll be right back Eren. I'll see you later, okay?" He nodded his head and I patted him. "You're safe now."
A reassuring smile was given to Eren from me. The only thing he could do was nod his head and I left the shelter. I headed back to Headquarters and walked into Commander Erwin's office. The rest of the Special Operations Squad was there and I explained everything to him. Levi even proposed my theory towards Erwin.
"I see." Erwin spoke, placing a finger to his chin. "It does seem like there's foul play from the chapel then. This crucial piece of information will be passed to Captain Hange later. As for that boy you found the in woods Alice, has he said anything?" Erwin looked at me to ask.
I shook my head and frowned. "No sir. Eren wasn't able to recall last night's event. He has no clue how he ended up in that area."
"Very well. Come back in tomorrow for your next assignments and meetings. You are all dismissed for the day."
With that we saluted towards Commander Erwin and took our leave. Just as I was about to exit the room, Erwin called for me.
"Alice. Do you have a moment?"
"Eh?" I walked back to Erwin and stood in front of him. We waited until everyone was out of sight before Erwin spoke again. "Is there anything I can do for your family Alice?"
I was a bit surprised to hear this from Erwin. It's pretty strange to see Erwin act this kind before. Let alone him being kind to me.
"Oh uh...I'm not really sure. I don't know what is there you can do." I admitted. It is true though. I'm not exactly sure what I can do for Armin, Mikasa and Eren.
"Have they talked about their future plans?" He asked.
I knew where he was going with this. Erwin could probably tell that the fall of Maria would most likely give the kids a reason to join the Military. Especially Eren and the Scout Regiment. "Well Sir, they mentioned to me that they planned on joining the academy in two years to become a soldier. So I guess I'm going to make sure they prepare for it."
Looking at the Commander's face, I could tell that a smirk had escaped his lips. "I look forward to that day Alice. We must always fight for humankind. No matter the cost."
"Yes sir..."
"By the way," Erwin spoke as he took a step closer to me. I looked up and made eye contact with Erwin, slightly taken back by his sudden approach towards me. Isn't Commander Erwin standing a bit too close to me? We are literally a few inches apart from each other. He then raised his right hand and placed it on my shoulder. "You can always come to me if you need anything Alice."
"Eh?" I didn't know how to react. It's weird for me to see Erwin act like a friend towards me. I guess that's because I've been thinking of him as a boss a lot that I forget that he was the one who got me here in the first place. Erwin is a nice guy after all.
"Thank you Commander Erwin. Thank you for being so kind to me. I will go to you when I do need help. For now, I think the kids and I are fine on our own. Thank you again." I smiled and saluted towards Erwin before leaving the room.
What was that all about with Erwin? It kind of felt strange when he stood close to me. It is awfully strange of him to show so much kindness towards me as well. It was almost as if there's a sign I'm missing from him.
"Must be my imagination." I whispered to myself while heading out of headquarters and towards the shelter. Time to go check up on the kids. Especially Eren.
"Hey welcome back Sis!" Armin greeted me with joy. He ran up to up and immediately gave me a heartwarming hug.
"Hi Armin" I greeted him back. "How's Eren doing?"
Armin didn't say anything and looked at the corner. There, Eren was sitting alone, knees to his chest and remained silent.
Mikasa walked up to me and stared at Eren's direction with a frown. "He wouldn't say a word to us when he came back."
"It's okay. Just let Eren have some alone time. He just needs to think. That's all." I said gave the young girl a reassuring smile. It's very nice to know that she cares deeply for Eren.
"Is it true that Mr. Jaeger is gone Alice?" Mikasa asked while looking at the ground. I guess Hannes must've told her.
"Well he's not exactly gone Mikasa." I half lied. "Grisha is just not found at the moment. But don't worry. We'll find him eventually." I patted her head. "I just dropped by to check up on you guys. If you ever need anything, just ask for me or Hannes. Alright?"
"Don't worry. We know what to do Alice" Armin said as he saluted to me.
A gave out a light chuckled and saluted back towards my brother. I then turned around and approached Eren. "You okay Eren?"
"I'll be fine." Eren answered softly. It was a good enough answer to me so I started to walk away until Eren spoke again. "Alice." I stopped my tracks and spun back around towards the boy. "Thank you for finding me back there. I don't know what I would've done if I was alone."
I quickly walked back to Eren and pulled him into a hug. "I was worried when you left yesterday. So finding you was one of my main priorities. I'm just so relieved to know that you're safe and well. Now, rest up. You had a fever when I found you so I want you to have a good night sleep. Same goes for you two also." I said while pointing at Armin and Mikasa.
All three kids nodded their heads and sat down to talk to each other while I headed out and went to my home. Well, technically my new home with Levi.
About halfway home, I started to feel the cold breeze and it made me shiver. I had forgotten that I gave my cape to Eren earlier so I didn't have anything to keep myself warm. I wrapped my arms around myself to stay warm and kept walking until I heard someone call my name from behind.
"Alice."
I turned around to see that it was Levi.
"Oh. Hello Captain Levi. I was just about to go home." I said.
Levi didn't say anything and walked towards me as I stood there and watched. He then took off his green cape held it out towards me. "Take this, you're cold."
"Huh?" My eyes widened in shock from this and with an impatient noise, Levi wrapped the cape around my shoulder. I started blushing at the fact that he was doing this to me. Just the idea of Levi being nice to me always makes my heart beat fast.
"T-Thank you Captain." I stuttered, hopefully he'll just think it's from the cold weather. "What are you doing around here anyways?"
"I had a private meeting with Erwin. Then I thought about finding you." Levi answered.
"Find me? Why?"
"I don't know. Maybe I like your company whenever we walk." He said nonchalantly.
He likes to have me around him!? That seriously made my heart jump. It was quite flattering to hear this from Levi. Seriously, what's with Levi and Erwin today? Why are they being extra nice towards me? Really strange...
"I see. I like walking with you too." I said while chuckling.
I could tell Levi was staring at me as we continued walking together. I avoided eye contact with him and felt the uneasiness of his stare.
"What do you think those kids will do?" Levi asked, breaking the short silence.
"Well right now, I'm not sure. But I do know they are patiently waiting for the academy in two years to become soldiers. I know I'll be there to support them." I said with confidence.
I pulled up the courage to look at Levi and we made eye contact. As we looked at each other, I could see a slight smirk coming from him.
"Did I say something that amused you Levi?" I asked in confusion.
"No. I'm just thinking about how its not so bad to have you in my squad." he responded.
"Eh? What do you mean by that Captain?" I asked, feeling even more confused.
Levi was silent for a minute and then looked back at me.
"Lets just say, I would like to get to know you more Alice." He said as we approached our building and headed inside.
I was dumbfounded to hear that from him. He wants to get to know me more? Maybe Levi and I can actually be really close after all...Maybe my feelings for him will grow stronger. I do hope nothing goes wrong with this connection I have with him right now.
As we approached out rooms, I took off the cape and handed it back to Levi. "Here's your cape back. Thank you for letting me use it."
"It's whatever. Go get some rest. We had a long day." He said as he grabbed the cloak and entered his room.
I opened my room door and went in.
I hope tomorrow will be a better day.