Guyyssss. It's RivaMika Week!

This is set after the Annie titan fiasco but before we find out about Levi's lineage. I know he knows but for the purpose of this story he doesn't okay. Sounds crappy, I know.

Disclaimer: I only own my imagination

Day One

Forget-Me-Nots – Memories

It was a routine patrol. Levi had divided his squad into pairs and told them to search the area. He, per usual, had rode west with his reluctant prodigy, Mikasa Ackerman. They were to investigate a segment of the forest and needed to report back within 2 hours.

Although he would never admit to any living soul, he rather enjoyed Mikasa's stoic company. She was always to the point and was never afraid to speak her mind, especially to him. He didn't really know when he had started to admire her but sleepless nights and long glares from across the dinning hall had made him settled on the idea that it would be something that would never be reciprocated.

After all, what teenage girl would want to be romantically involved with someone who was old enough to be her father? And it wasn't exactly the best timing either seeing as anyone could die at any moment. She was also strangely similar to him in many ways and instead of reducing his growing feelings, only increased them more and he found himself in the worst predicament he had ever been in. He was in love with someone. She was a rare and exotic beauty that deserved someone far better then any mortal man. Although at times, he was seen as in a god-like way…

Deep in his thoughts about his beautiful patrol partner, he had failed to notice that she had stopped. She sat on her horse staring with wide eyes at a pathway that seem to lead into a clearing. Suddenly realising that she wasn't right behind him, Levi turned to find her as still as stone.

"Oi" He shouted at her, trying to get her attention "We don't have all day Ackerman"

Normally, when he shouted at any of his cadets, they would apologise profusely and carry on with whatever they were supposed to be doing, most likely cleaning. Even Mikasa, who would glare at him with hateful eyes and would sometimes mutter curses like "evil midget" under her breath but she still obeyed a direct order, especially after the Annie incident.

After her non-existent reply, he decided to take a different approach. He turned his horse around and retreated back to her. At closer inspection, she looked awfully pale and her eyes were glazed over with deep sorrowful thought.

"Mikasa, are you okay?" He asked, trying to hide the concern that boiled within him.

Suddenly, and at a startling pace she direct her horse up the path at quick pace, without even a glance in his direction.

Levi was rarely without words but this girl had a horrible way of making him feel dumbfounded. The path she had taken was not on the patrol route and according to maps lead to a clearing with a small-uninhabited cabin. He tried to rack his head for an explanation. Surely she had been on this patrol route hundreds of times and gone past the clearing without a second thought but why had she suddenly taken an interest?

"Sir, can I take that patrol route instead of Mikasa? I know the area better"

It was something Eren had mentioned before they had separated. At the time, he had dismissed the boy and said that good soldiers learn to adapt to new areas and surroundings. He however did not miss the look of worry in Eren's bright green eyes as watched Mikasa. He had just dismissed the look with a hateful glare, which might even be seen as jealously. He had gotten to know the strange dynamic of Eren and Mikasa's relationship and suddenly realise that Eren's lame ass excuse was not to make his life easier but was to help Mikasa. But why?

He let out an irritated groan and followed Mikasa, who had gotten out of sight.

Damn brats…

As he reached the clearing, it was very clear that the cabin had been long forgotten. He saw over grown bushes and reminisces of a vegetable garden. The overall structure was still intact but the windows were dirtied and cracked. The flowers that used to sit at the window were dead and decaying. Mikasa's horse was standing outside the front of the cabin, munching on the over grown weeds.

He sighed and got off his horse, letting it join its companion and headed to the front door. There was a sign on the front door that was covered in dust and moss and Levi cringed. He hated dust with an undying passion. It reminded him of his days of living in the underworld of the inner city, where everything came coated with a thick layer of dust. Forgotten and broken.

He reluctantly brushed the moss and dust away to read the sign and he felt the air in his lungs become very heavy.

In a clear print, someone had caved into the bit of wood "The Ackermans".

Suddenly, as if he had been plunged into icy water the memory came to him. The memory of Eren's trail. When he had beaten the boy into a bloody mess to save his sorry ass, but it had also been the first time he had ever seen Mikasa. She glared at him with such an intense hatred; he could feel it burn into his skin. He remembered one of the men had cried out saying that they should put the girl on trail too because…she had kill someone when she was only nine years old.

He had remembered digging through file after file about what had happened on that day. The day when Mikasa's family had been murdered and she'd been taken, only to be saved by Eren.

His hand was clutching to doorknob tightly as he decided on what to do. It was obvious where she was but he had never been good with emotions and he wasn't sure if he was ready for he was about to walk into. However, his doubt was overridden by his concern for her and he opened the door.

The inside of the cabin was in similar state to the outside. The furniture was covered in dust and out of place and a slight smell of rotting entered his nostril but that did not concern him. His focus was solely on the girl that knelt on the floor. He rarely saw Mikasa as a helpless girl because of her immense strength and cut throat ways but he did not forget that she was barely an adult and could, although rare, be swayed by her emotions.

He stood behind her as the soul-crushing sound of her crying entered his ears. It echoed inside his head and his heart tightened at her suffocated sobs. He could only imagine what she felt towards her once home and did something that totally out of his character.

He knelt behind her and pulled her into his arms, embracing her tightly. He heard her gasp with shock and the sudden contact but after a few awkward seconds and melted into his arms, still crying.

He rested his face in her soft, dark hair and pressed his lips to her head. In this moment, he wasn't her commanding officer but someone who wanted to comfort her. In this moment his dream of possibly having this girl as his came true, however bittersweet. He knew he would have to let her go but as he held her in his arms, he knew that his feeling would never falter.

"I'm here Mikasa, I'll always be here"

So day one – check! Wooo

Sorry if there are any mistakes, I did this in an hour and half but please review! I will be trying to the whole week but if you have any suggestions or prompts I would love to hear from you!

Peace out.