It was clear: Levi didn’t know the first thing about celebrating your birthday. Hange had suggested streamers and balloons, which looked far too childish for Levi to imagine putting up for you. Erwin had offered to help Levi by setting up a dinner in the city for you and him to share, but Levi found restaurants suffocating. He looked around your shared quarters, thinking of what to do.

Did he dare as the cadets for advice? No, he wasn’t so sure they’d lead him in the right direction even if he did ask. All he had were some flowers he’d hand-picked from the field by the stream you loved and a cake…or well…something resembling a cake that he’d tried to make himself, and you’d be by any minute now. What was he to do?