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﹝𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦﹞

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"Arlert! Cleaning inspections."

Not this again...

I turn around leaning on my broom, already knowing who it is. I stifle a laugh at seeing his cleaning outfit. 

"Well, not to brag or anything but this room is pretty spotless."

"Pretty spotless? We'll see about that..." He goes around checking every crack in the ground, the windowsill, and underneath the empty tables.

He stops for a minute to look at his finger.

Is this it? Have I finally done it!? Have I reached his standards??

"This is filthy. Start over."

I let out a tired sigh, "Fuck me..." 

Then I realize what I had said farrrr too late.

"What was that, cadet?"

"NOTHING, NOTHING AT ALL. Just uhh, I said 'gladly'! I will gladly clean this room again!" Gee, nice save.

"Right... well since you're so glad to do it, clean the stables as well once you're done. And do it before the sun sets, not a minute longer. Am I clear?"

The way he gets on my nerves amazes me. He really expects me to clean all of that perfectly when sunset is in less than 3 hours?? Tch. What an asshole...

Suddenly he's in my face.

"I said, Am. I. Clear?"

"Your wish is my command, legendary Titan-Slayer." I curtsey and give him a fake smile.

I refuse to let him just order me around, I won't go down that easy.

"Tch. Get to work cadet."

Finally he stalks off to god knows where. Probably to beat the living crap out of Eren again... 

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  time skip

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This must be the 57th time I've had to clean the stables. Why does he pick on me so much? What's so great about him anyway? Oh sure, he can spin a lot and kill some titans, whoop-dee-fricken-doo.

I look outside. Shit, it's almost sunset.

Suddenly I hear someone walk in and I look up. I swear if its that short stack again...

"Hey Y/N! I heard you were stuck cleaning in here from Captain's orders."

"PETRA!!! Where have you been!? I've been dying without you for the past 4 hours." I run over to her with tears of joy.

"Hahaha! I was trying to keep Eren from getting eaten alive. Here let me help you hang these harnesses up."

"You're a saint, you know that?"

"Oh please. So how come Captain's got you doing so many chores?"

"He always gives me the most work, I swear he has some grudge against me that I can't figure out... I cleaned my originally assigned area just fine, but it apparently wasn't up to par, so I may have talked back a bit more than I should have..." 

Petra just bursts out laughing at my pain.

"You never learn!" she says.

"Ugh, but even then he gave me more than double the work for that. It's like he has some secret grudge against me." I sit down on a stool next to Petra and sigh.