~from (y/n)'s POV~

You followed Eren into the arcade you'd been waiting at earlier. Because you'd been waiting for Erwin, you hadn't gone inside, and now you were greeted with the stereotypical gamers' stowaway: black lighting that cast shadows over Eren's face in direct contrast with the neon glow generated by a plethora of machines: PacMan, a classic; Galactica, which drove you nuts; Space Invaders, an oldie but a goodie; Pinball, a personal favorite...Also contributing to the cacophony of beeps, buzzes, and whistles that engulfed you were Millipede, Skee Ball, Donkey Kong, Mr. Do, Tetris, DigDug, Mortal Combat, Pokemon Tournament, Crazy Taxi, and Mappy.

The air was a bit stale.

It makes sense, you reasoned. Hard-core gamers will melt if they come in direct contact with sunshine, and the outside air causes the marrow in their bones to disintegrate. In order to build up enough immunity to make the journey from the safe inside to the car, risking roughly ten to twenty seconds of the unknown outdoors, a gamer has to drink Mountain Dew or Monster in order to give his blood special healing qualities or stock up on anything with enough sugar to force a horse into a coma.

Or at least, that was your interpretation. Hard to judge whether it was true or not.

You became suddenly aware of Eren's mouth moving, but you found that you couldn't hear him over all the noise. Blinking, you stepped closer to him and tilted your head towards his ear.

"WE SHOULD CHECK OVER THERE!" Eren yelled, pointing towards the prize area, and you nodded, heading over to where he'd pointed.

Eren had the black lights to thank that you hadn't caught the blush on his face.

You rifled through a few bins of obscure items - cheap plastic sunglasses in gaudy neon colors, Chuck Norris bobble heads, cheap iPhone chargers that would last roughly half an hour before mysteriously breaking, metal slinkies that were begging to become tangled and useless, bouncy balls with alien faces, bug catchers, mood rings, bunny ears, and a few boxes of Monopoly for the low price of 30,000 tickets - before finally reaching something useful.

"JACKPOT!" you shouted, only to realize that the arcade had gone quiet while you'd been focusing on your search.

Levi appeared then, nodding towards the games. "I turned them off."

Whoops... "Oh," you said, taking care to speak more quietly. "Uh, thanks."

He ignored your awkward gratitude and gestured to the bin next to you. "What'd you find?"

"Oh, right," you said, picking up the bin and showing it to him. The bin was full of candy - tootsie rolls, suckers, Fun Dips, and every other chewy, gummy, or sour candy you could imagine. "It's not much for nutrition, but it'll keep us from starving," you offered quietly.

He just nodded. "See if there's anything else we can use."

You nodded and were about to resume your search when Eren jogged over to you guys. "Cmon! You guys should check this out." Seeing as he sounded fairly excited and you didn't really have anything else to do, you shrugged and followed him, Levi trailing along behind you, to a tiny food area in the corner.

"Look," Eren said, smoothly hopping the counter and bending down for a moment to open a drawer before standing back up with boxes in his arms. "Frozen pizzas. There's got to be at least twenty in here."

Levi frowned, and you were a little proud that you were able to tell that it was a "thinking frown," not an "unhappy frown." "We'll need a freezer of some sort and a microwave or an oven."

Eren nodded. "So we have to make sure that the electricity stays running, or we'll have to rig something up."

Levi nodded, still wearing that thoughtful frown. "For now, let's leave the pizzas here. We'll take whatever else we can find that doesn't need to be stored, and we'll search the area around our current base and see if there's a closer freezer and microwave or oven."

Eren slid the pizzas back in but hesitating, leaving two out.

Levi noticed his gesture and raised an eyebrow.

"It's just, it's our first day being stuck here, and everyone's kind of scared. I think it would be best if we made a decent dinner, at least for tonight. We can ration everything afterwards, okay?" Eren pleaded.

Levi paused before slowly nodding, his frown tightening.

Oh, that's an unhappy frown, you thought to yourself. You sensed that he probably didn't like his authority being questioned often...

"Fine, but you're responsible for cooking them and carrying them back. (Y/n) and I are going to take back whatever else we can fine."

Eren nodded, looking relieved. "That's fair. I'll meet you guys back by the base in a little while."

Levi turned back towards the prize area, and you followed, going back to rummaging through all the other useless crap in hopes of finding something useful.

"A compass?" you asked Levi.

He shook his head. "Won't help. The electric field will probably mess it up."

"Right...then...how about shoe laces?"

"No."

"..." In the end, all you were able to find was candy, although you did retrieve the phone chargers - crappy quality that they were - just in case.

You and Levi were heading back to the base when he put a hand on your shoulder, stopping you. "What is it?"

"There's something you should know."

Why did you not like the sound of that?