I smiled softly to myself as the I rode my horse out the gates along with the rest of the scouting legion. This day, today would be the day we rid the earth of titans. There were few titans left, though they're mutated, we would kill all of them.
I rode with my squad right next to Levi. "Hey... do you think we could go get a drink after all this?" I said glancing over at the older man.
He smirked, "Sure, brat." He said using probably the nicest of all the names he has for me.
I smiled and nodded "Ok, great!" I said looking on to the sun ahead of us, today would be a day to remember.

Squad Levi rode for hours with no titan encounters leaving us to be one of the lucky few. "Hey I think I saw a titan go into the forest just now!" Armin yelled out from his place. We sped up are horses with simple taps and made way for what was believed to be a titan.
The forest is shaded and cool compared to the plains were the sun beat down on your back. "Rrrrrrgg." A titan groaned from within the forest. "Switch to your maneuver gear and get into the formation." Levi said following his own orders as well. We stalked in the trees, following after the sound, until we ran into the titan. As normal he had a hard covering on the nape of his neck, nothing like Annie's, more like a heap of melted flesh gooped on. "Armin, Jean, Eren, distract the Titan, me and Mikasa will kill it the rest of you stay on alert." He said motioning for us to begin operations. Following Armin and Jean I maneuvered around the titan causing it to swing towards the three of us as Mikasa and Levi attack the nape of its neck. They dug there blades in and using a joint effort dissected the meat out. The titan's last dying swing was aimed towards me, catching me off guard he flung me against the tree 5 or so feet behind me. Levi rushed over to me, "Are you ok?" He said with a hint of concern cracking through his hard exterior.
I looked up at him to reply but my lungs felt as if they had collapsed in, I coughed and shook my head before doubling over. Coughing, uncontrollably, erupted from my mouth and wracked through my body as I began to cough up blood. Levi put a hand on my back and rubbed gentle circles. "Mikasa! Take the squad and continue operations, We'll catch up as soon as we can!" He yelled out to her as he pulled my canteen out of my bag. Mikasa opened her mouth to protest but Levi cut her off, "That's an order!" He said. pointing for her to take the others and leave.
She sucked in a breath and nodded "If you let him die I'll kill you!" She yelled and took motioned for the others to leave with her as she leapt from the branch she was perched on. Levi turned towards me just as my vision began to fuzz. "L-levi." I coughed out.
"Drink." He said, handing me my untwisted canteen. I shakily took the canteen from his hand accidentally spilling some on him in the process. As I greedily gulped down the water Levi grunted and tried his best to dray the water on him. My vision had begun to focus and I sat back on my calf's and tried to settle down. I had lost about half a pint of blood at least. "Thank you for staying with me cap-" I was cut off by the shock of his warm embrace. "Levi...?" I said in confusion as my arms snaked around his shoulders. He buried his head in my shoulder, his warm breath heating my shoulder. "Don't... ever scare me like that again... That's- That's an order!" He said meeting my eyes sea green eyes with his own tear-stained steel orbs.
I nodded "Yes, sir."
The rest of the mission went smooth as we only encountered two more titans and had no more accidents. The total titan kill by the whole scouting regiment for the day added up to 38... the number of titans estimated to be left. All the scouting legion except for two squads made way back to the wall, while the two squads scoped out for remaining titans, none were found.

"So Levi, how about that drink then? I mean that's all there's left for us to do... having no titans to kill and all. It's weird." I said leaning on the counter as I watched the man fix his cravat. He looked over to me "Eren... I know you heard Erwin talking with those council men..." Levi said his voice beginning to die with every word. I felt my face began to droop, my eyes well up, and my heart began to ache. "I'm scared." I whispered. The tears began to pour down my cheeks, "Levi, I'm s-so scared!" I said once more as I felt myself break down. I had been ready to die, I had, I was ready to die by the hands of the titans, not by the hands of humanity. Levi approached me, saying nothing, he simply picked me up and carried me into his room.

Levi set me down on his plush bed, it was the softest thing I had ever touched, the only rival being Levi's hands. Levi sat at his desk, the desk was practically bare compared to normal, none of the scouting legion had work anymore, really. His desk had writing utensils a few papers, and a velvet box.
Levi looked at me, not bothering with any of that. "Will you..." He looked at the box "Run away with me?" He paused, noticing my puzzled expression. "I already heard some of the other squads talking about it, we could all go, me, you, Mikasa, Armin, Jean, and all your other friends. Face it. There's nothing left for us in these cramped walls. The only people we know that actually has family is you, not even Jean has family left and he's from the interior. There's barely anyone left, no one would care." Levi finished his short rant.
I looked at him still trying to take it all in, "What if we come across a titan?"
"We'll kill it, I'll kill it. Nothing's and no one's going to hurt you anymore."
A knock wrapped against the his door. "Who is it?" Levi called out.
"Dr. Jaeger." The man on the other side of the door called out. "I've come to speak to a man called, Levi Ackerman?"
I stared at Levi then at the door, before my brain could process my movement I tore the door open. "Dad?" I said as I felt Levi's hand rest on my shoulder.
"Eren." He said with a gleam of mischief in his eyes. "I guess I won't need to talk to your friend since I found you... I've come to take back the present I so graciously gave you." He said.
The basement!