[A/N]: I knew that LevixArmin is a very, veeeery rare pairing… but I didn't know it's so much poor! I'd got through whole fanfiction, and all I found with this pair was basically a few single stories! And my bunch… (Where the hell can I take my inspiration from?! ;_;)
So, well… until more authors of LxA don't appear, you guys are sentenced (mainly) on my shitty stories! xD And here's my new proposition special 4 U…
At first Rose&Mary Co. was my probation place. But as soon as they heard about me achieving my degree in economics, I was offered a well-paid job. Who would refuse? It was my dream-come-true! I couldn't wish for more. But last week changed everything. Because of Levi.
Levi is the R&M's co-owner. During my training, I barely spoke to him, and saw a few times. Everything with my practice was coordinated by Hanji, the secretary of Levi and Erwin (the other co-owner), or discussed with Erwin himself. I really liked him – he was forgiving and calm, kind of good-father (demanding but nice) and seemed to be the opposite of his co-worker. Levi was considered, from the legends running through all departments, as a living devil. I sensed weird, cold aura which appeared always when he was nearby, and I also started believing he's a type I don't want to meet in dark corner.
So you can try to imagine my fear when I was called to his office…
Armin splashed his face with cold water before staring at his reflection in the mirror. He saw the young blond who was trembling a chihuahua. How it comes that simple words resounded with cheerful and familiar voice of Hanji's can make him so nervous? Hm, maybe that's because here every sentence containing word 'Levi' brings spasm of dreadful panic. And the Levi wants to see you in his office said to the newest employee is probably a bad omen.
For the past ten minutes, Armin was trying to calm himself down and find if he did something wrong that may cause him to be kicked out from the job. He realized he didn't do anything, but concluded that keeping Levi waiting wouldn't make anything better. As he dried his face, the blond grit his teeth and rushed towards Levi's office.
He knocked not too loud and after a while he repealed the door. Levi was on the phone but with a gesture he allowed Armin to come in. When the man finished the call, which felt like an eternity for the young man, the blonde dared to start first.
"You wished to speak to me, sir?" he managed to tell it fluently. Good job Armin, erudition A+.
"Yeah, I did." Shoot the man behind the desk but 'till he spoke again he wrote something in his notebook. It took him almost whole minute. Then he looked at the standing blonde. "So… Armin Arlert, 23 years old, graduated Shingashina's Economy College, freshman in RoseMarry since 6 months, isn't it?"
"Yes, sir." Armin couldn't believe that Levi had no sheet with his ID on the desk's surface.
"Well, Mr. Arlert, I'll tell it straight. The time you've spend here showed me that if you work out more at your self-confidence, it'd be really great. But still I like you – you got sober mind and something kind of style so, I want you to be my drudge." Levi frowned rethinking the sentence as he saw the worried expression in front of him, and corrected himself, "My assistant, I mean." Ocean pupils widened. Silence still. Levi sighed with resignation. "Armin, I'm offering you a promotion."
Only then the newbie reminded himself that this is reality and he's supposed to respond. "Oh, I'm sorry! I-I'm just astonished with this sudden proposal… Of course I do agree, sir! It is a huge honor to me, I am really grateful for this possibility!" said excitedly. But then hit him: ~~LIVING DEVIL~~ Oh shit.
"Good, I see you're ambitious and not afraid of new tasks and responsibility."
Please, no…
"I've prepared most of your new contract, details we'll discuss in a days."
Can't I step back now, can I?
"But you start form tomorrow, okay?"
"Y-yes, of course." What the fuck have I done?
"Good. Be punctual at 7, Hanji will introduce you, and possibly move your office stuff to the Secretary Room 'till tomorrow." saying this Levi stood and corrected his blameless suit. "I'm glad we dealt it so quickly, there's still chance I won't be late on the meeting. So, see ya tomorrow, Arlert."
Before Armin could answer Levi was out of the room.
After Levi's leaving, the blond was staring blankly at the door. He returned his senses when he was in Secretary Room with Hanji who handed him a mug of hot coffee.
"Cheers!" Hanji, euphemistic as usual, tapped their mugs together. "Congratulation about your promotion! Getting higher position is not usual thing, especially when you're starting. But I just knew you're enough smart and lucky since the beginning." The woman looked at the silent boy, who was sitting and gazing in dark, steaming liquid. "Why are you worrying, sweetie?" sang, pinching Armin's cheek caressingly. "We share the room now and work together, it'll be so much fun!"
"Fun? But Hanji… you know we're supposed to work, right?"
"Of course I do! I've been secretary both of them, it was mission hard to deal with at times… But now, as I have only half of this work, I can advise you and our work will be easier! What doesn't mean it is easy. Levi is very demanding, you know – he's a pedant and pays too much attention at things not such important. But you're the scrupulous one, so I think he won't complain."
"I'm more worried about if I can handle it. Levi is… a very unusual person." Armin warmed his hands with the mug.
"Well, sometimes I don't understand him but… all in all he's friends with Erwin. And Erwin wouldn't like him if Levi was as bad as he seems to be. And still, I know Levi long enough to be sure that he wouldn't choose someone who's unsuitable to be his assistant. In other words, he believes you can do it." She blinked to the young man and smiled. Armin smiled back and felt slightly relieved.
"Me too." said and sipped some coffee.
[Here supposed to be end of the chapter, but I thought you need something more to judge this story. Let we say you gotta discount 2in1, so enjoy the gratis chap! :D]
First days brought nothing new into my life. Levi and I discussed my new duties, he explained what he expects from me: starting from ordinary office work, setting and coordinating day-plans to companying during some meetings and simple tasks.
Levi acted with cold distance what formally is okay in relations between superior and worker. But it made me feel uncomfortable and I really wished Erwin was the one who had offered me a promotion. He would had been better person to work with and Hanji could had been Levi's assistant. But work is something we do because we need to pay damn rents! After all I shouldn't complain – I got promotion extremely fast, so I can't let down bosses' hopes.
The new day was passing peacefully. Armin was sipping coffee while browsing progresses of commissioned to R&M social researches, the room was filled with tic-tocs of the clock… and giggles of Hanji's who was watching kittens on YouTube.
The intercom rang on the blonde's desk suddenly. "Armin, come to my office."
The young man jerked on his chair hearing Devil's voice. "Y-yes, immediately…"
"Hey, Armin!" the newbie turned his head toward Hanji. "You look cuter than kitties when you're scared!" she laughed.
"I'm not cute and not scared~! I'm just… ugh, never mind." mumbled and headed to Levi's office.
Levi was sitting at his big desk, and started once Armin entered, "Tomorrow I got meeting regarding some new orders for researches in our firm and I need some statistic about our researches' accuracy from last year or two. Prepare it."
"Yes, of course."
"And here, you got the calendar. I already wrote down there most important and current things, take care of it and complete it as I inform you."
"Understood." Armin riffled the notebook, filled with meetings and deadlines 'till end of the year. Oh, crap.
Suddenly Armin noted that Levi was eyeing him in queer way. He tensed. "Um, anything else, sir?" said politely and almost stood at attention.
"Well…" the man pointed at the bookstand in corner of the office. "gimme the file from April 2004."
Armin obediently approached to the shelves and found 2004's yearbooks on the top. He didn't need to climb on his toes too much, he easily reached the file and handed to his boss, who was shorter than him by more than 20 cms, standing next to him. Only then did Armin realize that apparently he was called to help Levi… with his short problem. The assistant bit his lip, stopping hardly wave of laughter.
"Something is not okay?" cold voice chased off Armin's goofy-mood, bringing the awe. Short or not – Levi's still Living Devil.
"N-no! I… I prepare stats for tomorrow." The blond bowed slightly and left full of humility. Levi's glare lead him 'till the doors closed.
It was almost 10 p.m. when Armin stood up from his desk. He wanted to finish filing the statistics till tomorrow's meeting, which in one of the largest corporations in country was not an easy task… But being over-worked before age of 30? How poor!
He stretched and packed his bag. After wrapping himself in his warm scarf, he headed toward the distributor to have some water when he noted the light in one of the offices. As he got closer to the door, Armin heard calm voice of Erwin's.
"Levi, usually I don't mix into your individual choices… but are you sure that Armin will deal with all these tasks? He's very young, unexperienced."
As the blond heard his name he couldn't help it but stayed right there where he was and kept listening.
"He's okay as a secretary." short, emotionless answer. Typical Levi. "Did you mind with complaining of those old stagers?"
"There're some people with longer internship in our corporation who are also proper on this position, and honestly, I can understand their resentments. I don't degrade the boy, though."
"Cut it, Erwin. What are you getting at?" the strong voice sound irritated. But lingered silence made it soften. "We're buddies. If you've got any doubts just ask me straight on."
"You decided like that because you like him, didn't you?"
Few seconds without answer. "What do you mean by–…"
"You do know! You're attracted to this young man and want to have him closer, that's why you offered him being your secretary."
"Even if so… so what?"
"Egh, Levi…" there could be heard few steps and a creak of chair. Erwin kept on with his kind-of-paternal tone, "I'm your friend and I'm worrying about you. I know about your 'leanings' but try to be realistic. There's a gap between your ages, he's more afraid then fond of you, and the most important, how can you possibly know he's into guys either? You can hurt yourself with him being around you or even hurt him as well!"
Armin was like stuck at the door. He was analyzing everything he heard but any information couldn't get into his mind. The only fact which hit him, maybe not the most important one but kind of astonishing, was that Erwin was slightly reproving Levi. The Living Devil was sitting there… and told nothing after the Good Father's speech.
Armin heard the mild tone again.
"I've never told you this before but… be careful and sane, my friend. Please, for your own sake."
The blond couldn't eavesdropping any longer. Both, he didn't want to hear anything more and he sensed the rush in office. Better no one found him there. He zipped his jacket and quietly left the building, rushing home. The cold autumn air refreshed his senses a bit, but as the leafs with the wind as one thought was swirling into his mind:
Levi likes me?
- - From Levi's notebook - -
DAY 1: Blondie's up on the board. He's trembling every time I look at him and stutters like retarded five. I'm still not sure if he has such puke-the-rainbow, girly autograph or his shivering hand while assigning the contract made it italic.
DAY 2: A. is doing his best. Finally I got some clear statics and reports without emoticons or food-shape stickers. However my new secretary is afraid to breathe near me. At least I see no other explanation why his face went blue and kind of 'I'm-gonna-faint' when he was handing me papers.
E. claims I should stop frowning this much and smile from time to time. Bullshit.
DAY 3: I found a Handbook of little animal's owners on my desk. Inside H. noted she hopes I use it's tips and 'tame my new assistant'. Stupid four-eyed freak!
DAY 4: Today Blondie, in wave of panic, spit out water on the office's computer as I entered to room and called his name. Fortunately, sparkles didn't managed to set up the fire on documents. I'll deduct it from his salary.
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Where the fuck I put that shitty handbook?!
So how about it? :D Gimme some info (PM, rev or at least follow) if you like this – I want to make it a story kind-like Diary of assistant but I'm not sure if it is interesting or maybe you would rather something else :p I know, you may be sick and tired this monotony of boring office themes etc., but don't worry – I'll try to skip it or inventing some newer sceneries… (but lemme also know some preferences of yours xP)
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