You'd been a private for about ten months now and already had a reputation for being optimistic and happy go lucky, even during the roughest training Elías put you and the other privates through.

It's also the reason he hated seeing anything but a smile on your face. Despite knowing how wrong it was, Sergent Elías took a liking to you.

One night after training, he went down to the communal bathroom and saw you crying. The moment you saw Elías quickly whipped your tears away and acted fine.