Hi everyone! Thanks for taking the time to read this. Thank you to all of you again! Have a lovely day/night wherever you are! It made me smile so much to see all the new followers for the story ^_^ Warning, story contains: Boyxboy, extreme violence, character death, OC's, gore, mentions of past abuse etc and ratings will be turned up in the later chapters.

Kaon smirked slightly to himself as his horse came to a slow and steady pacing. In front of them towered the great walls which he had on so many occasions found himself glowering at.

At least underground, he hadn't felt like a rat caught in a bleeding cage.

The tunnels of his home had stretched on for miles on end. They had been in their own little underground hidden world. No titans had ever bothered them and yet they had been trained from birth like soldiers. The weak and helpless weeded out and killed. No mercy given. No exception made. In their underground hell paradise they had been safe and yet always constantly in danger.

And he had paid the price for his ultimate weakness.

But he would have had it no other way.

The towering giants which were the gates were an almighty sight to behold... well for someone who hadn't seen them before at least. How many times had he come here under the cover of the shadows. Slipping in between the gates and the walls to find out information. Constantly worried that the Titans may have finally struck through the barrier and made their way into the city.

He had been the silent warrior often trying to ward off wondering Titans with his soldiers.

While they had been hiding, covering themselves, hidden in the cold and the harsh terrains, those people had been living inside of their walls, protected, content. Yet when their moment had finally come, they had been as about as useful as a knife in a gun fight.

He narrowed his gaze slowly and dismounted his horse, whispering in it's ear and watching as the others dismounted, they themselves stared when the horses walked in line and towards the stables along the length of the wall. He still noticed one horse rather restless, kicking the ground and snorting loudly. Pegasus, I know you miss your friend. He thought, turning his gaze over his shoulder.

"NOW YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS!"

Kaon tilted himself back, arching his back as the fist sailed out in front of his face, missing him, but still in his reflexes a slow grin slid across his face as Eren's eyes widened. The boy barely had time to throw another punch and shout; "WHAT THE HELL?!" Before Kaon had flipped his body back and now rested himself upside down, holding himself up with his palm.

Others watched as he spun and twisted his body, sending his legs out and kicking Eren in the face, launching the boy back slightly who went tumbling to the ground.

Kaon righted himself and brushed off his shirt. Flexing his fingers slowly and whipping his hair out of his dark eyes which glistened like burning sapphires. He said nothing but slowly slid his feet out slightly, adjusting his stance. His elbows pulled in close to his body and his fingers slid into a tight fist. His eyes burned with amusement as he watched the younger boy.

Eren's eyes burnt with anger, ferocious and wild. His mind painted and possessed by the events which had nearly ravaged his soul and sent him to the grave. His body ached, the blood running down his body was making the ash and the layers of fabric stick painfully down, like his skin may rip away itself. Now this guy, who he didn't even knew, was treating them as though they were prisoners?!

That had been the last straw.

He staggered slightly finding his balance as he stared down at the older boy. Kaon had eyes live jeweled ores. Solid and remorseless. The grin of excitement at the side of his face didn't go unnoticed by Eren which just made the younger boy's blood boil all the more as he glared Kaon down. He rubbed his cheek and wiped away the blood from the side of his mouth, spitting out the rest onto the ground.

"Look kid." Kaon kept that smile at the side of his mouth. "You really don't want to do this." He said smoothly, making Eren's anger sweep over him completely and fully. He saw nothing but red and the boy who was provoking him beyond the point of reason. He was like a raging bull, (which on reflection was quite ironic since Kaon's family symbol was the bull), but still Eren didn't care.

Kaon however studied the boy, the excitement of enjoying a possible good fight was wiped clean behind the mask of his impassive smile. His eyes skirted over the boy taking in every ounce of detail as his mind worked over time as it always did when he was faced with an enemy. Kaon's eyes were first drawn to the calf where Eren seemed to be taking most of his weight off. His stance was unbalanced and his form undisciplined.

Strike point one.

Kaon's eyes slid across to the boy's shoulder which Eren kept dipped, unlike the other. Blood trickled down his arm slowly and dripped from his wrist onto the ground. It was weighing him off balance as it looked like the boy may have broken it, if not badly damaged it.

Strike point two.

His eyes now caught on the most important bit.

Eren's chest.

His chest rose and fell short quickly, stopping just before his shirt could constrict too much on it.

Inwardly Kaon grinned but still felt disappointing as he realized the full potential of this fight slipping away.

Eren's eyes widen as he could take no more. "NOW GIVE ME THE ANSWERS!" He screamed as he lunged forward.

That's when everything seemed to slow down.

Just as Kaon side stepped out the way bringing his fist down quickly onto the boy's wounded calf with as much force as he could, watching out the corner of his eye as Eren's leg began to flail out of control after Kaon had disturbed the nerve system. Eren's eyes widened but he barely had time to scream out as Kaon brought down a sharp punch with all his might onto Eren's shoulder.

"You should have listened." He whispered quickly before bringing his fist back around and slamming it directly into Eren's lower ribs.

Kaon watched the boy's scream for air as the earlier impact into Eren's shoulder now sent him twisting through the air till he came crashing down on his wounded arm, howling in complete agony. Dislocation. Kaon thought. Kid got lucky. "There's a reason why we survive out there." He whispered as he looked at Eren writhing on the ground.

Just as he was about to reach out his hand, he barely managed to hear the urgent shout of a member from his squad before two of his cloaked soldiers where suddenly launched into the air behind him in what felt like the blink of an eye. Their blades drawn, one of their members using their preferred dual swords and still trembling as they held off the single attack of one, impassive faced man.

He's fast. Kaon observed.

Then he finally noticed that from under the blood stained cloak, the arm of his soldier was bulging and nearly exploding with a vein as even with the two of them, using three of their strongest blades against this boy's single one?

He's strong too.

"Levi?" The black haired boy on the ground, his friend said astounded.

"Now this is interesting!" Kaon grinned from ear to ear.

For a moment it was like the speed which the three had collided was still waiting to take effect as they were still slightly off the ground, their collision having brought them to a complete standstill till Kaon's men took a slight leap back in front of him.

The man's face was completely impassive, like a unreadable mask, clouded over and not daring to reveal a single fact about itself. His eyes were an astounding and nearly complete midnight black with dark grey circles underneath. It was like staring into the abyss of darkness when Kaon studied his eyes for any give away of emotion. Levi wore the standard uniform of the scouters who would wonder out of the city, the only difference being between he and the other's uniform was that he wore a neckerchief and maintained a pristine pose of elegant dominance. "I wondered why the return was taking so long."

Kaon noticed that even Levi's voice was an impassive drawn out cut of sharpness. It was curt, to the point and final but still open in it's observation and gathering as Kaon was looked over.

"Damian. Star." Kaon said quietly to both in front of him. "I've got this." Slowly from his back he pulled out the blade he had been using since he was old enough to slash it into the flesh of another being. The familiar humming of the blade beneath his grip was certainly a comfort but also a reminder to him of how many battles he had been in and won.

"You know." Levi stated, casually reaching up and unfastening on link of the cloak so that it released from his shoulders and billowed behind him onto the ground covering Eren. "We don't stand for this, inside of the walls."
"Well it's a good thing we're still outside isn't it?" Kaon smirked before Levi made the first lunge.

Both men were startled to find that their mid clash was interrupted slightly as a new one presented it self to each of them.

Levi found a sword it his neck, while Kaon did too. But for the movement, Kaon quickly mirrored the gesture at the red and black cloaked figure next to him, wile Levi copied the gesture with a spare blade. "What do you think you are doing Star. Same for you Nova." Kaon growled slightly, his eyes full of brimmed curiosity.
"Back down." A soft voice whispered.
"Not in my nature." The other cloaked whispered in their purring.
"What is going on here?" Levi frowned.

Then in a split second, it all descended into chaos.

Nova and Star were lunging for their respective opponents, clashing blades as they went so, each of the four fighting with a mania against each other as it almost became a strange dance of twirling, lunges and quick made slashes, with an accompanied music of metal on metal fighting frantically.

The last two hooded cloaked figures of Kaon's squad stood back and watched on with interest.

Both pulled down their hoods to reveal they were both male, looking to be about twenty. The taller paler skinned boy who had army style, buzz cut short hair, kept his arms folded, revealing the intense and built up muscle. His raw strength by itself was intimidating to say the least. He looked as though he could take anyone in that small fight by himself alone and have time spare to fight the others at the same time. His eyes were a dark brown, no where near as harsh as Levi's but more like bark on a tree. He wore the same colour uniform s the rest, but his shirt had no sleeves and those on his jacket were torn off. The symbol on his back was clouded from sight due to the cloak clinging to him.

His gaze became very focused as his eyes moved from the various attacks. Constantly locked onto Kaon, making sure the blade struck no where far near him, or wasn't getting close enough to harm him.

The other boy however, his eyes dared not move from any single individual. His gaze was starving, looking for something, almost as though this was a good show for him, or a interesting book. A slight smile played along the edge of his lips. In the free morning light, his skin almost looked like coco, his fingers flexing and tapping his biceps as his mind was racing at what felt like a hundred miles an hour.

Unlike the others, his jacket had a faint amber shine to it. Like the first boy, the arms were torn away to show the power of his muscles. His shirt was white just like Levi and Kaon, but like his comrades Jasmine and Harry, he tended to wear a black style material which was wrapped around his well toned legs.

"It would be wise to break them apart Damian." The second boy began. "After all, considering our mission. They preferably need not disembowel each other."
"You know what Star and Nova are like Joshua. Star's loyalty is unconditional, just as Nova's sense of justice is, but both have a drive for fighting. It's in their blood." Damian stated. "I thought that they had been trying to put a better control on it."
"Ah, but still, how long has it been now for Star-"

Both fell silent as they watched the last thing they expect to have seen happen, during a four way blood for all fight.

As Star moved to parry Levi's blade since he and Kaon were working back to back deflecting the various swift cuts. Star using his dual blades found that he had better chance against Nova than Levi.

But as Nova took a step back, the hidden girl underneath found herself surprised when Star knocking into Levi during his step away and the two ended up crashing together head first.

Or lip first would be a better observation as all four became still for a moment.

"Now? Really?" Kaon sighed.

But as the cloaked figure stepped away, Levi found himself staggering back as a fist punched him square in the face while he was still rather shocked. While he was still staggered he was surprised to find one of the cloaked figures leaping over the other's as the one called Star round house kicked Levi in the chest before trying to hit him with a barrage of slashes. "Don't. Ever. Touch. My. SISTER!" He snarled in a sweetly soft voice.

Armin and Eren who had been off to the side slightly looked up at this point, Why does that sound familiar?

"Please excuse them." Kaon smirked as he lunged forward. His blade loudly ticked drawing Levi's attention. "Very protective over each other." The blades were quickly moving within being able to slash open either one of their faces. "But then again... most blood tends to be like that."
"You're way too arrogant."
"But I tend to-"

Kaon paused as he looked over to Star who had fallen into a crouch. "Game over." Kaon stated instantly, shoving Levi back and stepping quickly over to his soldier.

Joshua, Nova and Damian quickly took their place stood directly in front of the two. "Now if you have had enough, maybe we can get down to the business. Why did you attack our squad." The girl voiced one. Nova. She spoke with a strong certainty and at her voice Eren seemed to frown slightly. His brows furrowed together as he desperately was trying to placate something familiar, but with everything around him still spinning, his breathing still hurting and his ability to stand still struggling to wake back up.
"Taking prisoners ins't something I tend to look calmly on-"
"Neither is snogging some one else's sister!" Star shouted, the voice wavering and weak, trembling with evident pain.

Armin and Eren who were crouched next to each other and who had one arm wrapped the boy from the village. "They didn't kidnap us-" Armin spoke up those his voice wavered at the last second.

Levi's gaze snapped over to him along with the rest of the others.

It was strange, out of all the faces that now looked at Armin out of surprise, he was sure that he could feel a smile being slide his way from beneath the hood of one cloaked person; Star and then more importantly in the dark, he could feel the onslaught blaring glare of impalement from the one they called Nova.

"They lost two members of their squad saving us. Eren... lost his cool."
"Attacked our leader would have been a better phrasing-OW KAON!"
"It's a misunderstanding sir! Completely and simply that." Armin paused for a minute. "Kind of like you kissing their team member." He added quietly, avoiding Levi's gaze which now was smoldering like an inferno.

For a moment, there was complete silence, long and peaceful, only broken by the sound of the breeze.

"And do you confirm this story, Eren." Levi said finally, moving his gaze over to the black haired boy, filthy in his own blood.
"I do." He admitted begrudgingly, turning his head away.
"Well, I know this little place in the city, and in all my time I've learnt that nothing goes down so well between people trying to make a friendship..."

Kaon's squad sighed and groaned, while the three boys and Levi watched him, waiting for his answer.

"Is alcohol." Kaon beamed.

-Break-

The morning was still far too early for a lot of people in the city, but it seemed to have just made moving through the streets quietly all the more easier and a lot more convenient as Kaon said, agreeing with Levi, that the less they were seen, the better.

Kaon however had both arms threw up behind his head beaming to the morning sky. "Ah, 'The Bleeding Heart Thorn', never there be a place where you can have better alcohol, better company, and better rooms in which you can have a mind blowing time by finding someone and fu-"
"KIDS PRESENT!" Star barked, whacking Kaon on the back of the head, while from below his cloak, fanning his face.

Armin had come to notice the difference between Star and Nova beneath their cloaks. Although both wore a black and crimson cloak, Star tended to wear his with more effect, moving fluidly in it, looking far more graceful, similarly in resemblance to how Nova wore it. But she seemed to let hers move out behind her like fluid water, her heeled boots making more of an impact as she passed like a deadly angel.

But as they rounded the corner on a street by the river, Kaon's smile grew impossibly wide.

There sitting by the bank of the river, still illuminated in the dark morning light was a humble what appeared like on first appearance, tavern. It was layered as cobblestone bricks with a strong set foundation into the ground. The wood beams showed on the outside of the house, a feature Kaon had always admired, like the black tile roof which had always stood out, even among the area, the crystal like white paints and the way it was always clean, it was why he had decided to buy the place when he first saw it. Above where Kaon personally knew the rooms were, curtains were drawn and the faint stirring noise of some people chattering loudly was audible, which led to him knowing what would come next as he took a long side step out of the double door entrance and onto the side path.

"This dump?" Eren wondered out loud.
"Hey! I'm very close with the owner who works here. She is, loyal, strong, amazing, dedicated , adventurous-"
"AND DON'T COME BACK!" A voice screamed, followed shortly after by a man flying out of the double large oak doors and crashing along the cold, stone ground.

Kaon looked down at the man who was heavily dazed and smiled. "Ah, home sweet home!" He smiled.

Eren, Armin and Levi exchanged glances as if to say: Really?

The inside though however was certainly not what was to be expected.

As they followed the nineteen year old in, they were amazed to look around and see the expensive vintage furniture. Red velvet couches lined the lobby where a desk stood with various mail plots for any of those who took up long term residency in the place. Leading off to the right was a flight of stairs to the various rooms and a corridor which led to the dinning rooms and kitchens. "PUDDIN!" A voice eagerly shouted.

All watched as Kaon was all but tackled with a hug as a figure leapt into his arms, a wave of blonde hair flying out behind them, flourishing with dips of crimson, like blood it self had been poured in streaks through her hair.

Armin turned his head away out of decency as the two started making passionate noises and the girl had pushed Kaon up against a wall, grounding their bodies and mouth's together like there was no tomorrow, or like it was a life saving medication which she had been restricted of.

Her corset like dress was a sharp red, crimson velvet with wing trails which pointed out like diamonds behind either side of her. Her legs were tightly wrapped in a matching black and red leather which was dip dyed on either side with small diamond like patters plastered along her waist in a belt, though the clasp itself was circled with a shinning steel. Though the point of her matching outfitted crimson and midnight boots were certainly strange to those who didn't know of her obsession.

Much less that the knife like heels of her daggers, were just that.

Her eyes glittered just like the symbol of her affection like the summer sky as she half closed her eyes lustfully and leaned in, painting Kaon's mouth with her own. Moving his hands around the curves of her lusted body and then finally letting them come to a stop at her waist as she bit his lip, purring almost as she did so while her fingers swept the warmth of his pale skin underneath the layers of material. "You're late." She teased, gently grinding the sensitive skin of his lip between her teeth and seeing how many moans she could get out of him.

But as the grinding and groans grew wilder, Star coughed and cleared his throat loudly just as the first articles of clothing were being taken off Kaon. "Always a pleasure Harley." Star said, turning his gaze away and fanning himself in the direction of his hidden face. Armin found himself quietly thanking the boy as it seemed that the bluntness of his purring, lilac voice seemed to be what caught both of their attentions... well after he threw a sword into the coat holder next to them, that helped as well.

Slowly walking forward he ripped the blade out of the wood. "Cock block." Kaon growled quietly.
"I prefer to look at it as, I'd rather not see what you guys get up to in your own time." He smirked, slowly striding his up the stairs as he sheathed his weapon. "Plus." He called something out in some words which most of them didn't catch. However the young boy now started sobbing lightly before running and hugging Star who wrapped a parental like and protective arm around the boy, the child kept whimpering speaking in those strange words which had earlier in the village. Nova wasn't that far behind either of them, standing like a protective guardian. "You seem to keep forgetting that their are children around."

With that the three of them vanished up the stairs.

Armin shuffled his feet, his face glowing with a blush from embarrassment. Eren had a wet cloth places to his face in an attempt to wash the blood off it.

Levi looked... well, as always, it was hard to tell what Levi was thinking sometimes. But even Armin noticed that his eyes trailed after Nova curiously.

"Well." Kaon coughed, not really having cared whether the others had been watching him and Harley going at it so heavily. Though now he had a raging problem he would have to sort out later.

Harley however skirted her eyes over the three new guys and stayed silent for a moment. "I ain't taking in no more kids." She stated firmly, her eyes lingering slightly out the corner of her gaze on the newbies. "The last time that Star brought some strays in they nearly out he out of a home. It's not happening again." She stated and Kaon laughed, holding his hands up in surrender.
"Hey, you know what Star can be like. His mother hen instincts kick in and there's no chance. Plus, remember... you know what they went through. It's what they've always been like."
"A week." Harley stated, holding up one finger.

Finally she turned her whole body to look over at the three. "I heard about these three Puddin." Her eyes narrowed slowly. "They can stay the night... then they're out on their asses." She turned back quickly placing a finger to Kaon's mouth and glaring slightly as he had been about to form the words. "No. Arguments." She waited till he nodded and mirrored the gesture. "Good, now come along, you look like you've had a night and a half!"
"T-Thanks Harley." Armin said politely then watched as she paused, suddenly bursting out with laughter and winking before walking away, not leaving one sharp mark on the floor as she went.

Kaon patted him on the back as he went by and chuckled softly. "W-What did I say?" Armin asked turning his gaze upward toward the other boy.
"Harley isn't her name kid." Kaon laughed. "Harley is her code name. We all have code names and Aliases. It's part of how we survived this long."
"So what does Kaon represent?" Armin frowned slightly.

The leader however just carried on down the corridor like a ghost, not looking over his shoulder as he entered a room only lit by the flickering of candle light.

Star. Harley. Nova. Why with all the secrecy? He frowned in wondering. His mind trying to reel through the amount of reasons why there would even be a consideration for secrecy by them. Were they a private covert force?

"Come."

He blinked and watched as Kaon beckoned the hesitate three who were from the city.

A minute or so passed as both boys looked over to Levi who after a moment of consideration muttered; "If they wanted you dead, they would have left you to the Titans." And with that he swept into the bar room hesitantly followed by Armin and lastly Eren.

Both of who drew a sharp breath as they walked into the room and stared around at the vastly expensive and highly exquisite taste of both furniture, wall decoration and finesse of the overall atmosphere.

Soft music played in the background while the three over took the scene of handing candles against the wall which flickered with a warm glow, the ivory of a piano which was abandoned against the corner of the room. The carpet beneath their feet was a constant and never ending paradox of swirling crimson and black. Painting lines the expensive wooden walls where there weren't artistic full length mirrors. But centered through it was most importantly... well to most of them in there at the moment at least, was the bar.

A sleek black marble supported up by mahogany boards, the surface of the marble casting a faint luminous blue light against the ceiling, not harshly but enough to create a relaxed mood among the others who threw themselves down into the various chairs around the room, taking bottles or glasses and sipping them generously as the alcohol eased the memories of their mission.

Kaon took the lead by turning in his seat at the bar and relaxing his elbows back against the marble, he sipped deeply from what Armin could see as a bottle of scotch, then wiped his mouth before grimacing ever so slightly. The older boy's eyes now cast harshly at the bottle. "Never did like the stuff."
"Then why do you drink it?" Armin asked out.

Kaon paused and glanced back down at the bottle before taking three glasses and pouring it out evenly among the three, then deeply swigging from the bottle again as he pushed a cold smile to the surface. "It keeps us sane."
"Here, here." Josua and Damian called out.
"So you come back and drink like this all the time?" Eren growled slightly as Levi who was holding the glasses gingerly, passed the boys theirs.

Kaon and the others all burst out into laughter as Harley, or so she seemed to prefer to be called lounged forward across the bar. "Listen here kiddo. If they did, then I would be out of business."
"We set foot inside the walls on average once every eight months or so. Sometimes just a bit over." Kaon stated with a sigh though he burst out laughing when he saw the look on Eren and Armin's face as the drink burnt through both of the boy's insides. "The longest we have ever spent outside the wall? Probably ten months. That was a rough year." He turned his eyes over to the flickering candles, making the sapphire colour of his Iris blaze. "So when we do step inside, we tend to unwind, to relax and have a day or a night where we drink ourselves silly enough that we can forget for a while, we spend most our time out there among the beasts and the wild places."

Armin pondered over that for a long few minutes as Kaon's words seemed to bring a hushed silence to all who were in his squad. Even Levi seemed to cast an indifferent but reproachful look as he gazed over them. They spend more time out there with the Titans than they do with other actual human company. He realized to his own surprise. Their squad. He glanced over the forlorn faces and the paint stitched onto each one of them. They must be like family. They only know each other.

He turned his gaze sadly down at his own drink before slowly raising it as two cloaked shadows swept into the doorway. "To Harry and Jasmine Morgenstern." Armin said gently, surprised to find that a minute or so after, Eren took up the same words.

Kaon eyed both boys carefully. "To Harry and Jasmine." He smirked.

"Ah so sweet of you." A voice purred from the doorway.

Armin barely had to time to watch as the two cloaked figures of Star and Nova swept into the room as their cloaks falling free of their shoulders.

"After all." Star began, his platinum gold hair and those multicolored eyes which had astounded Armin from the moment he had looked into them, now shined at him with a explosion of amusement. "It's not that often me and my sister are the ones who are thought to be dead."

In the flickering light, the harsh black and crimson reflection of the freshly cleaned uniform was almost intimidating like the black wing symbol which accompanied their new jackets.

Both Morgenstern siblings were pale, bruised and obviously exhausted but hid their injuries well and guarded their posture and mask of a face so that they looked intimidating, dominant.

Jasmine's hair rivaled the darkness and shadows itself. Her gaze more pointed and stabbing than a weapon.

Harry's swept spikes of hair could have defined the ice of winter. His gaze more drawing than a siren luring sailors to death.

Both slim, beautiful and deadly.

Armin's face exploded into a blush, before he even realized it, he was suddenly stood with rage painted across his face. His fists curled and thrown out in anger. "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!" He bellowed, surprising even himself by his anger and the outburst. "I thought you were dead." He said again though now he lowered his head and his words bounced off the other boy's chest.

Harry stood firm, his face growing impassive and cold as he looked into Armin's eyes.

Jasmine slowly walked over to the side of the room, stood next to her brother with a cold and harsh, stone like face as she glared down at Levi with harsh eyes.

The man however just responded with as equally as blank face. "Listen, I'm sorry about what happened out there. It was a mistake, I hope you under stand that."

Levi's words were cut off as Jasmine balled a fist into the collar of his shirt and pulled him forward, knocking him off balance and whispering a breath onto him before landing their mouths together. Stealing the kiss and making a conquest of his lips as she smirked harshly into what should normally be a romantic gesture, but with her it seemed only like another fight which she must control. But with it, the way that she held herself, leaning in but not completely, making it a game of who had dominance who didn't, it was astounding, even to Levi.

The others with the exception of Harry and Kaon all cheered. Her brother still glaring coldly down at Armin seemed to know the game she was playing.

Kaon was too busy studying both of them for their reactions.

Jasmine let out a soft whisper of breath into the air, shoving a shocked Levi back who didn't seem to understand what was just going on.

With one punch she brought Levi back to his senses and sent him crashing backwards as he had to regain his footing.

"Harry-"

Armin was shoved out the way as the nicknamed ice prince among the squad moved gracefully past barely even looking over his shoulder. "It's, Star." He purred with the tone of a blizzard as he took a seat at the piano with his sister hovering over next to him protectively. Her eyes closed softly as the boy, who had seemed to caring out in the field, who played such a beautiful tune now on the piano, now was colder and harsher than even the worst winter.

"Excuse them." Kaon said casually, watching Levi, Eren and Armin who looked shocked. "It's nothing personal. They don't play nice with others. Their best friends are each other and in this squad, and even then, they mostly only talk and hang out with each other. It's the way it has always been."

The three who belonged to the city were shocked to see no surprise across any one else in the squad's face.

"Welcome back from the dead." Kaon raised his glass, earning a smirk from the siblings.
"Good to be back." Star... or Harry, (Armin found it confusing what to call him now, surprised to see this harsh and cold boy after what he had witnessed out in the village), whispered softly out into the piano tune he played.
"It's good to be back into the snake pit." Jasmine/Nova grinned from ear to ear. Hey eyes flashing open momentarily and locking onto Levi and Eren.
"The game is only just beginning." Kaon stated as he downed the last sip from the bottle and slammed it onto the counter. "Enjoy today, for life in the rogues? It could always be your last."

A round of cheers went up in the rooms, drowned out only by the sound of the piano as the glasses were refilled only to be downed once more in attempt to bury the unsaid pain.