ℬℯ𝒶𝓊𝓉𝒾𝒻𝓊𝓁 𝒟𝒾𝓈𝒶𝓈𝓉ℯ𝓇 ⤕[𝓐𝓽𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓞𝓷 𝓣𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓷 𝔁 𝓞𝓒]

Chapter 24

"I'm sorry, Aki, it's all my fault." Eren, for the 100th time, apologised, sincerity lacing through his tone and gestures as he stared at her blood-caked face. 

Throwing her fist into his arm in a hard punch, she shook her head with a disregarding tutt, "Stupid, it wasn't your fault, and the Corporal had a reason for doing what he did, it was his way of winning the case for us so we didn't get dissected and killed, so within all that beating, he was saving our lives." 

"He was?" Eren murmured, suddenly realising it himself as his emerald orbs grow wide, "I can see it now, you're right." 

The two arrived outside of a small room, the door slightly ajar. Before either of them could enter, an excitable brunette frantically swung the door open and yanked the two in, harshly slamming the door closed behind her. The goggles atop her head slid down and dropped onto her nose from the way she ecstatically bounced around the room, forcing Akira to roll her eyes as the the female readjusted them on her head, "Sit down, sit down, you can clean up your wounds before we do anything else." Hanji grinned, carelessly throwing a first aid kit at them, hitting Eren smack bang in the forehead with it, launching him back onto a small couch which leant against the wall of the office-like room. 

"Hanji, you're gonna knock him out." Akira face-palmed as the male groaned, the box laying across his face as he sprawled over the couch on his back. 

Throwing her arms around the white haired female, Hanji let out her signature chuckle, "Oh, it's so cute the way you informally address me, please call me Hanji from now on!" She nuzzled her face into the shorter female's cheek, causing the green eyed female to look away and huff a sigh from her nose. 

"Okay, okay, that's enough!" She flung her arms up, throwing the brunette off of her, making Erwin, who was stood watching the encounter the entirety of the time, catch her in his arms before quickly releasing her and placing her down on the floor. 

Hanji let out some sort of maniacal laugh, "She's so strong, and she is just like Levi, I love it!" 

"What'd you say about me, shitty-glasses?" A deep, stoic voice rolled through the silence of the room. 

"You and Aki are very similar." She toothily smiled. 

Akira growled lightly, "I never gave you permission to call me Aki." 

"See!" Hanji giggled, gesturing her hands towards the female, "She's also short." Mumbling under her breath, the two shortest people in the room death glared the female, forcing her to step back into the corner of the room. Akira sighed out and planted herself next to Eren, pushing him upright by his shoulders. 

Plucking the kit from his lap, she flicked it open and snatched out some alcohol and cotton pads, putting the small box down at her feet before proceeding to soak the cotton in the medical alcohol. She grabbed Eren's face gently in her hands, her left hand resting on his cheek as her other held the cotton pad, "This will sting a little." She warns before pressing it to an open wound on the brunette's cheek. He lightly hisses, however lets her continue as he ogles her. Being so close to her allowed him to realise just how perfect she was; smooth, pale, clear skin, despite the cuts she had now accumulated, large, round, light green irises, pink tipped, white hair that perfectly framed her face and rolled down her shoulders, a cute small nose and plump, pink lips. His cheeks began to paint over with a light pink as he looked at the wall from the corner of his eye as she slowly moved the cotton down to his chin, clearing up the dry blood. Disposing of the used cotton, she patched his face up with a few bandaids, "You're all done." She patted his cheek twice to signal that he could move. 

He smiled brightly at her, "Thanks, it's your turn now." He leant down over her leg, his cheek brushing her thigh as he did so, and grabbed the medical box from the floor, catching a glimpse of her pink cheeks in reaction to his head basically being in her lap, forcing his cheeks to flare up gently. Shaking it off, he commenced with the same procedure she had and began cleaning her face, slightly surprised at the lack of reaction she gave from the burning sting of the alcohol. Patting down her lip, he, again, blushed lightly as his fingers grazed her smooth lips. Once done, he threw out the blood soaked cotton and placed his finger on the fresh scar under her eye, dragging his finger down it, "I did this, didn't I?" A guilt-ridden expression clouded over his face as he stared intently into her eyes. 

"Well, it wasn't you directly, but it doesn't matter, all soldiers have battle scars, this one is only my first one." She reassured, somewhat looking better with a scar on her face. He only smiled as the two diverted their attention to the Commanders, who were strangely staring at the two. 

Hanji knelt down in front of Eren, a folded up piece of cloth sat dormantly in her hand. She unfolded it, revealing his tooth that Levi had kicked out of his mouth, "This is a precious sample...hey, Eren, let me take a look inside that mouth of yours." She leant closer to him, causing his expression to go to embarrassed confusion as he opened his mouth, the brunette gasping at the sight, "It grew back." The four commanders stared at Eren, making his cheeks flush at the attention. 

"Anyhow, we are sorry about this, Eren, however theatrics did get you placed in our custody," Erwin began, switching his gaze onto Akira, "You too, Akira, I apologise for the pain." 

"It's alright, it wasn't too much to handle." She shook her head to show him he didn't need to apologise. She only received slightly shocked stares before Erwin kneeled down in front of the two, first holding his hand out to Eren, "You have my upmost respect, Jaeger, i'm glad to have you in our ranks." 

"Thank you, sir." He, with hidden excitement, shook the blonde's hand. 

He shuffled over and held his hand out to Akira, "You have my respect too, Akira, I hope you can aid us with your strength." 

She blinked at his hand hesitantly before tightly gripping it, nodding to him, "Thank you, Commander." 

At this he smiled, despite his surprise at her strong grip. Levi plopped himself between Eren and Akira, placing both arms up behind them on the head of the couch, "You don't resent me now, do you?" He questioned the pair simultaneously. 

"No, sir." They both shook their heads in unison, making him huff through his nose in approval. 

"Sooooo, Akira, what were you even here for?" Hanji questioned, sitting on her knees in front of the female. 

"Assaulting an Officer." She rolled her eyes, remembering how she had nearly slit his throat open. 

She gave the ravenette next to her a confused glance, "So why is she with us instead? You must have a reason for pairing her up with Eren if you knew he had a chance of joining the Survey Corps." 

"Mhm." Levi hummed out monotonously, "I have witnessed her strength myself, not so much with titans, but enough to know she would be a good asset to us. In the Battle to retake Trost, she had managed to keep up with me when we killed the titans who nearly got to Eren, I was aiming for both, however she beat me to it. I also witnessed her beat up a soldier who was much larger than her in both build and height, so she for sure has the capability to defend herself, which means she won't be much of a drawback either." He kept his eyes on her the entire time he spoke, "I also had a talk with Pixis after the Tribunal, he said he was glad we won because there is someone he wants her to meet."

Erwin nodded in approval, "As well anticipated a plan as it is, she will need to stay under our personal supervision due to the potential threat, not that I distrust her, but if they catch us letting our guard down they could use it against us and take her back." 

"Alright, I understand now." Hanji nods, smiling gently, "Are you a titan?" 

The abruptness of the question caught her off guard as she coughed, choking on air, "No, of course not." 

"Are you sure? Eren didn't know until he transformed." She observed. 

"As much as that is the case, Hanji, i'm pretty certain I am not a titan, and if I am one, then I haven't changed before, so please don't do any weird experiments on me to test." The green orbed female rubbed her temples, worried. 

She waved her hand in the female's face, "Oh, no no no, do not worry, I will only do some physical tests and checks on you to see if you are capable of what Levi says, I also find your appearance very interesting in terms of hair colouring, so I would like to look at that in depth." 

"I guess I don't have much choice." She sighs, giving up with the mad scientist. 

"Well, let's head out."