' Excuse me, Hange.. I have to check up on something. '

Those were the last words that Erwin said to Hange before he excused himself to go outside the headquarters of the Survey Corpse. It was raining, everyone was inside either grieving their lost friends or either just trying to sleep. Everyone failed to do those two, although.. There was just one person, apart from Erwin, that hadn't had the chance to stop to grieve or take a break, and that was Levi. Erwin had seen Levi standing in the rain some hours ago through the window, but he hadn't had time to go up to him until now — After Historia gave them the medals for being the new Elite of the Survey Corpse and surviving that hell of a mission that they had gotten involved into.

.

Erwin didn't die when the Beast Titan attacked them when they arrived to Shiganshina, he hadn't died in his own planned attack. It was just adding a load to the pressure. Everyone else was dead except some soldiers, Hange, Levi and Erwin. The Surveys Corpse was lower than ever because of that dammed ape titan.. If only Erwin had thought of something else, maybe he wouldn't be running down the stairs of the quarters towards Outside, going to check up on someone he actually somehow genuine cared about. Erwin opened the back door that led to the horse stables, and as soon as he placed a foot outside the quarters, he could already feel the coldness and the raindrops furiously dropping against his body.

' Levi, come inside. '

Erwin called out to Levi, using his authoritary tone to aware Levi of his current situation. He could see that Levi was just undoing and tying a knot in one of the reins of one of the horses in the stables, like if he was trying to mesmerize himself away from the fact that almost everyone was dead — And that his promise to Erwin of killing the Beast Titan hadn't been full filled yet thanks to the fact that he escaped. Levi was probably furious, disappointed maybe, but it was clear that he needed a distraction apart from the rain.