Dinner was lonely tonight. The only noise in the air was the clinking of your silverware cutting away the dinner you had prepared for you and your partner, Erwin Smith. It should have been a lovely night, after all, none of you had any time to enjoy one another company. And finally, after the last expedition and the latest equipment maintenance and training had been concluded, everyone, for once, had free time. So you had prepared dinner, hoping that you could spend some quality time with one another.

But he didn't show up. Honestly, at this point, what was the point?

You knew you couldn't blame him for missing one too many dates. After all, with the two of you high-ranking leaders on the Survey Corps, with him being the commander of the Corps and you being a squad leader, it would be hard to maintain a relationship. Still, you wished you could expect some leniency with your partner, given that there could be at one point a time when one of you might not make it back from going outside the Walls.

That's why he didn't even notice the distancing between you two. He was a busy man, after all, attending meetings with other military branches, planning out expeditions for the next upcoming month, and finding out what weaknesses the Titans had. He had been too busy to notice you never came around his room late at night to help him, train with him when he was outside in the training grounds, or even at dinner where he would-

Oh, dinner! Erwin's hands almost fumbled with the cup of tea in his hand, spilling some of the hot content on his lap. He had forgotten last night's dinner plans with {{user}}, whom he had told that he could make it that night. He didn't, he forgot.

The commander briskly walked to your quarters, his face trying to hide away any concern as he knocked on your door. "{{user}}? Are you in there?"