What More Could I Want (Book #1) AOT Fanfiction *COMPLETED*

Still Injury

Solo training consists of each recruit showing me how the take down a Titan and me along with the squad leaders give them criticism. They begged I go first and I automatically worry. It's been years but my body still isn't the same. I doubt it has healed properly. I exhale and shoot through the trees. I don't pull any swords yet. The prop is pulled out and I go under it and bring myself up to fall down above it. I attach two swords and hold them sideways on the way down and slice at the cushioned 'weak point'. As I'm going away from the first prop, a surprise one comes out from the opposite side. I take myself up and spiral back down to take it down. 

I feel a slight pinch in my shoulder and hit the ground without landing on my feet. I find myself tangled in my wires. "Captain!" I sit up and sigh. I retrieve my triggers and hit the button. The wires slither from my body and back where they belong. Eren kneels next to me and presses his thumb into my left shoulder. I wince and slap him away. "Still giving you problems, huh?"

"Don't get cocky with me, Eren." I get to my feet and brush off my clothes. "Take things from here. I'm going inside to talk with Hange and Armin."

I remove my gear and leave it where I stood. Inside my office, Armin wraps my shoulder while Hange scolds me about my irresponsibility. "You need to be more careful."

"I have been careful. I took a break from the gear like you asked."

"But you're getting older, Saichi. You might need to consider retiring from using the gear all together. You can see be the commander but I don't see you being in action again."

"Oi!" Levi comes from the doorway out of nowhere. "Don't bring something like that up."

As usual, the two begin to bicker. Armin cuts the end of my bandages and tucks away the roll. I pat his head as I did this morning and run my fingers through his silky blonde hair until it falls over his shoulders. He still has dark circles around his eyes. "Armin..."

I move his head down until he's resting on my stomach. "Comm-"

"Shush. Rest, you idiot."

I continue to run my fingers through his hair as he wraps he slowly closes his eyes. It isn't long before he begins to snore lightly. All the while Levi and Hange are going back and forth. "Oi. Both of you need to grow a pair and cut the crap." I move slightly and rests Armin's head on a pillow and push his body fully onto the couch. Damn. He has gained muscle weight over the years. "Hange did you bring the journal?"

"Um..." He nervously laughs and shuffles toward the door. "Of course..."

He forgot. He rushes out of the room and down the hall. I roll my eyes and shift back to Levi. He has his eyes pinned on Armin. "You spoil them."

"He's been up for days. He won't admit out loud but he was almost at his limit." We walk to the dining hall together and find everyone eating while speaking in small whispers. Suri is sitting with Eren who's playing with her like he promised. Their favorite thing to do together is to read or pick flowers from outside then draw them. I continue on outside. Nile comes riding up with Pixis. Pixis is much older now, close to retirement. 

"Commander Saichi!" Nile calls. 

"Old and older," I reply with a smirk.

"What do you two want?" Levi asks.

Pixis steps out a carriage with a cane and laughs, cracking a smile. "We came to inform of tomorrow night's plan."

"Tomorrow? What about it?" Levi pushes.

"Back to the old traditions," Nile explains. "Three days of nothing but pure waste."

Ugh, not this again.