captain...? (aot ft. you)

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     friday. two more days until a full two weeks will pass, three days until the expedition. you haven't heard anything from hanji, nor have you seen them since yesterday. jean is still m.i.a as well, but you at least know why he is now. you, your friends, and your captain all sit at your usual table during breakfast. you're currently cleaning off levi's face from the food you just fed to him as your mind wanders elsewhere, ignoring all the chatter between everyone.

hanji said that they finished the cure. i wonder if they were able to give it to jean. if so, did it work? maybe i'll go and find them once breakfast finishes. maybe i'll ask armin to come along, too? or not. don't wanna let him skip training for no reason. speaking of training, i haven't been able to participate. i hope it doesn't affect my performance... and levi... will he be back to normal in time? we can't really afford for things to go wrong right now.

"(...ame),"

i mean, anything could happen if humanity's strongest soldier isn't there to help us. okay, i'm wrong. anything could happen regardless...

"(name),"

we still have mikasa if it comes to that. yeah... yeah! maybe... maybe it won't be so bad! but then again... if we have double the strength, we might have more success? ughhh, i'm just not sure—

"(name)!"

"huh? what?" your thought bubble is popped by armin, who's looking at you and levi with concern in his big, blue eyes. "um..." he says, voice timid, "you're kind of suffocating him..."

"what?" you ask. what is he talking about? then, you hear a muffled whine come from your right, your (e/c) following the sound before they widen. "oh!" you gasp, ripping away the cloth from levi's face. you had been so lost in thought that you didn't realize you had stopped cleaning his face, nor did you realize how tense you are. at some point, you had the cloth over levi's nose and mouth, tensing up and pressing down as your anxieties about the said man and the expedition grew.

you aren't sure what brings you to pull him into a tight hug, but you do, apologizing profusely in a soft, comforting voice.

you don't notice the entire table looking at the two of you in complete awe. levi is just sitting there, blinking innocently as your form envelopes him tightly. you feel sad. why do you feel sad? you almost hurt him.

i almost hurt him!

feeling multiple eyes burning holes into you, you pull away and clear your throat, awkwardly shuffling away from your captain that you were previously hugging. "are you okay, (name)?" mikasa asks, to which you nod in response. "yeah... just got lost in thought there for a minute." breakfast continues normally after that.

"hey... has anyone seen jean lately? he hasn't shown up for any meals or training..." connie says, concern laced in his voice. you don't know where jean is currently, but you guess that he's possibly be with hanji somewhere. you notice eren, whose cheeks are puffed and pink as he tries to stifle his laughter. what's so funny? you think. though, you have to admit that the sight is kind of adorable.

"maybe he's sick?" sasha suggests, hungrily eyeing the half-eaten bowl of oatmeal that levi decided to give up on. eren, knowing full well that jean is most definitely not sick, replies, "ha, well, ackshuwally, he's—"

you decide to spare jean some embarrassment (even though he'll be plenty embarrassed once eren approaches him at some point) and cut him off, "yeah, i think he came down with some kind of fever. at least that's what i heard," you shrug, ignoring eren's tiny glare directed at you. it's ok, i don't mind your eyes on me—