Survival (Rivamika)

Survival: 6%

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"This is for the real girls who stay up all night listening to music that reminds them of their current situation. Who hides their fears, their hurt, their pain and their tears, under all the smiles and laughs on a daily basis. The girls who wear their hearts on their sleeves. Girls who pray that things will work out just once. The girls who scream and cry into their pillows because the rest of the world fails to listen. The girls who have it hard, but don't let anyone know. Girls who may never have it easy. The girls who have so many secrets but will never tell a soul. Girls who have regrets and mistakes on a daily basis. The girls who don't always win, or may never win. Girls who stay up late at night thinking about if he will ever notice her. The girls who get what they get, and don't throw a fit about it. And lastly, the girls that love with all their heart, but always end up getting broken heartbroken"

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"Mikasa, meet my Squad" Levi sighed as he came to a stop by a couple of old worn long wooden benches with an old wonky wooden table between them, only making up a picnic bench apart from being mismatched and falling apart. 

"YOU!" Armin cried out as he looked up from the book he was ready and staring at Mikasa who just nodded her head in greeting.

"Hey" Jean muttered out as he stayed focused on the chessboard before him, no chest pieces was seen just old stones and broken buttons used at the pieces. 

"Nice to meet you" Marco sweetly smiled, his eyes staying on the chessboard as well as he waited for Jean to make his next move. 

"You're not gonna try and kill us .. right?" Connie awkwardly asked as he looked to Mikasa, rubbing the back of his neck as the old throbbing pain returned from their last farewell. 

"She's been assigned to me, I'm her new watch dog why she's with us. Meaning you'll all be keeping an eye on her and working with her from now on as well. She's be staying in our barracks as well, I need someone to return to our bunks and fill up the free bunk bed above me with a pillow and blanket" Levi explained as he crossed his arms, trying his best not to shiver over Mikasa stand standing in the white jeans, white shirt and boots why a chilly wind blew past. The rest of his squad shivered from the wind and they were dressed in full uniform with straps, jacket and cape making Mikasa seem even more of an ice queen for not shivering. 

"I'll do it, I needed to head back to the barracks anyway. I can grab a pillow and blanket for Mikasa on my way" Connie volunteered himself as he pushed himself to stand leaving Levi to just nod. 

"Are you sure about sharing a bunk bed with you? We have a whole spare bunk bed, why not let her take that as her own and than you can keep having the bunk bed to yourself. I thought you didn't want to ever share your bunk since no one is clean enough" Jean mumbled back, moving a broke button that he was using as his queen.

"I'm a light sleeper and if she tries climbing down from the top bunk why we're asleep, I'll be woken up. I can't risk letting her sleep in the other bunk and she sneaks out or kills half of you in our sleep" Levi sighed as he rolled his eyes why Mikasa lifted an eyebrow.

"Need me to take top bunk since your little legs can't reach top" Mikasa tease slightly, earning an eye twitch from Levi before he silently glared daggers at her. 

"Will it be safe to have her in our barracks, we have all our needed gear or tools inside?" Marco asked with a little worry as he moved one of his tiny rocks and took Jean queen. 

"Look, it's either she stays with us or we leave her locked up in an old office until she finds a way to escape. At least we can keep an eye on her if she's with us, what would you all prefer" Levi scoffed back in annoyance over his squad talking back instead of just going with it. 

"If you think it's best to keep her with us than we'll trust you on this captain. We're just a little nervous after our first meeting with her but you've never been wrong over someone before, so we really don't have anything to worry over" Armin smiled kindly as he looked to his captain, glancing to Mikasa who just stared at him before he returned back to his book. 

"It's good to have trust with your men, a leader will never win without someone having faith in them" Mikasa commented, glancing to Levi who looked to her slightly surprised before hiding it with his cold face. 

"Tsk, just play nice with them or I will leave you in Hanji hands" Levi huffed back, glancing away and missing the slight smirk on Mikasa lips. 

"God damn it Marco!" Jean suddenly yelled out, glaring to his friend who held the piece he was using as his king.

"You're easily distracted Jean, you focus on all of your own pieces too much to take notice of mine" Marco grinned as he twirled the broken button that was Jean King, showing off his victory of the game.  

"You lost within the two minutes, better luck next time" Armin spoke up with a pity smile, placing a comforting hand on his lover shoulder. 

"And I thought I was doing better after watching you play" Jean whined like a child, wrapping his arms around Armin and snuggling his head in the shorter man neck. 

"Watching won't always help you to win" Armin reminded, running his hand through his lover hair while wrapping his other arm around him.

"Urg, get a different open area" Marco joked, throwing Jean king at the two. 

"If you haven't worked it out yet, Jean and Armin are dating. It's been going on for a couple years now and it's allowed within the camp. We sometimes separate squad members who are dating, letting them stay together but just placing them in different squads to stop emotions getting in the way of orders. But these two were allowed to stay in my squad as long as they follow my orders and pull their weight" Levi mumbled as he turned to Mikasa, letting her take in the given information's and letting her learn at least one of the rules over relationships within squads. 

Plus, Armin get's upset if people think he and Jean are just hooking up and being nothing more than friends with benefits. Jean doesn't care, he's happy with Armin being the love of his life and don't care what other's think over them as long as he get's to keep Armin in his life. 

After all, it wasn't out of the normal for people in the squad to become friends with benefits, to help out with each other needs. In a way it was supported by everyone, after all a happy soldier is better then an angry drunken one. But of course, true love happens and people form a real relationship .. it's not as common as just having a good time but it's cheered on as well. It's just not expected to last with soldiers, after all their lives are at danger daily and it's easy to lose a love one fast. Sometimes just being friends with benefits stopped any heart ache and pain to come if one of them suddenly dies. 

"I see, well as long as they feel love. After all, words says that love can be the most powerful thing alive" Mikasa replied with a hand on her hip as she turned to Levi who had to nod in some agreement over it.