A normal Monday morning for the 18years old Hanji Zoe. If only if it were peaceful and not full of stress and chaos since the last month. Due to some circumstances Hanji rather did not want to talk about anymore. Let's just say there was an explosion in the lab she started working on since last year and the boss there kicked her out... and now her rent to her small apartment was soon due, bills for electricity and water were coming up. She needed money fast any way possible. And a new working place.
But what could she do? And best way possible get an offer already today...

"Sigh Hanji you really are in trouble."

Taking a sip from her morning coffee while leaning against her kitchen counter, Hanji checked her phone, messaging Nanaba her best friend for any ideas for help. Maybe she knew someone which was looking for someone to hire. A bar maybe or a restaurant needing a waitress.
The reply didn't took long

'Morning to you too... sorry Hanji Mike said he does not need anyone at the moment in his bar. But Erwin said he can get you into a new lab job soon, right?'

Hanji nodded silently to herself. She knew Erwin said he would help where he can but her problem did exist now and not later.

'I know but if I cannot pay the bills this month in time my landlord will kick me out and I won't be able to survive.'

This time it took several minutes until Nanaba wrote her reply along with a number.

'I think this could be of help for you. There is this family, my neighbor which is looking for a babysitter. A single mother with her 12years old boy. She has to leave her home often for work and has always a need for a babysitter. Seems like the boy is a pretty handful considering no one of these babysitters stay for long. Maybe you could call and try it out? Just yesterday I saw another babysitter from my window running out of their garden with a rather displeased expression on their face.

Anyway you are good with children. Maybe you can do it. I know she pays well asking me once too but I declined having no time. Here is the number:

XXXX-XXX-XXXX'

Hanji read the message once than twice going the idea through her head. Was she able to handle such a child?

She wasn't even able to take properly take care of herself according to her ex high school classmate Moblit Berner. Never even dated anyone for more than a month due to grossing them out soon enough with her so called crazy behavior.
Looking around her apartment she scanned her place. If she got no money she could soon say this place good bye. Gulping the last drops of her coffee from down her mug Hanji groaned.

"Ok, how bad could one little 12years old brat possible be? You are an adult. Act like one and babysit this brat. If you befriend yourself with him I bet he will be a little angel."

Dialing the number Nanaba wrote to her Hanji asked for the babysitting job... and she got it.

Just a day later Hanji found herself in front of a big nice looking house. It was about 6:00pm in the evening. The job was to babysit him actually for a whole day almost due to his mother work and long absence due to this. Checking her decent appearance one last time she hoped she looked good enough. She wore a yellow blouse along with a pair of dark blue jeans, black small heeled shoes which were killing her already, a black small bag, where she brought some stuff with her and her hair was up in a ponytail she always almost put it into.
As she rang the doorbell it didn't even took ten seconds until a beautiful long black haired woman stood at the door. Her beauty made even Hanji stare at her. She could imagine how guys must be drooling over her. How old was she? Considering she has a 12years old son.

"Hello, we talked on the phone. I am Hanji Zoe the babysitter for your son L-"

Hanji stretched her hand out smiling brightly, stopping her introduction as she noticed a second figure peeking from the side of his mother out and looking at Hanji with a scowl on his face. He had raven hair, grey blueish eyes like his mother and looked pretty short for a 12years old boy, Hanji thought immediately.

"Ah Levi! Say hello to your new babysitter."

Hanji decided to bend down to the boys eye level and giving him a hand.

"I'm Hanji, you must be Levi. Your mother told me a bit about you. I hope we can get along."

Levi eyed her hand than her face. His expression not changing and staying grumpy. His hands did not move away from his mothers red skirt.

"Hello. Whatever you won't stay long here anyway."

"Levi!"

Kuchel scolded him, rubbing her temples as she freed herself from his grasp and took his hands into hers, smiling at him fondly.

"You know I have to go and work. I promise you I will be back as fast as I can okay? Tomorrow I am back like usual.

Levi didn't look satisfied even as his mother gave him a little goodbye kiss on his forehead and ruffling his hair before she grabbed her pouch and keys.

"Miss Zoe you have my phone number in case of am emergency. I know he looks like he could be trouble but Levi is a good child. He never does anything bad. I am really thankful for the fast help. If not for you I would have needed to cancel this job offer..."

"It's really no problem Miss Ackerman."

"Kuchel is fine."

"Oh okay. Miss Kuchel I promise you to take care of Levi and we will have a lots of fun, right Levi?"

Levi ignored her, giving his mother, rather her black jacket she almost forgot to put on in the hurry she was.
Thanking her son Kuchel waved at them both one last time before she hurried out of the house and was gone, leaving Hanji with the little Levi alone.
Well than this would be a long day Hanji guessed.

After a minute of just silence Levi got irritated and broke the silence, his hands crossed over his chest as he eyed Hanji questionable.

"Are you frozen up there? You want me to show where everything is or leave right now. I can take care of myself you know."

"Sorry little guy, I gave your mother my word to watch you until she is back. So please show me around."

Hanji smirked teasing him, amused how his face flamed up and he clicked his tongue as he quickly started stomping away, ahead of her.

"Don't call me short! And now move your long legs shitty glasses I will only show you around once!"

Noting down in her head to call him short, Hanji chuckled moving after this little brat called Levi.
He showed her around the whole house. Downstairs was a guest bathroom, the living room, a big kitchen connected to a dinning room. Leading up the stairs Levi walked past the closed room which is her mothers bedroom as he explained and next to it a small office along with a second bathroom and at the end of the hallway his room was located.
Hanji peeked inside his child room, noticing quickly how clean and not messy it was.

"Wow, in your age my room looked like a trashcan. I never liked cleaning my room and annoyed my parents with it."

"Disgusting."

Levi stepped inside past her and closed his closet he had still opened. It annoyed him. He needed everything in order and clean.

"Clean freak"

Hanji snickered making Levi glare at her.

"I would like to go and take a shower so please could you go out so I can take my clothes off?"

"Sure, sure mister. I will be downstairs and give you your privacy Levi. Call me if you need help."

"Perverted woman. Now go out."

Hanji noticing how wrong her words sounded groaned, slightly blushing with embarrassment now.

"I didn't mean it like this!"

Levi merely rolled his eyes, using his strength to push her out of his room and shut it behind himself. But not before he said.

"I know. I made a joke. You are way older than me, right? Now go out so I can get a shower."

Downstairs Hanji sat down on the big black couch in the modern styled with white walls and white with black furniture mixed in living room. A big TV screen was hanging on the wall being as big as her herself almost she guessed. Hanji didn't know what his mothers work was but being a single mother and having such a big house meant she did earn quite a bit to pay for all of this. Having nothing to do while she waited for Levi to be done with his shower, Hanji took out her phone and checked her Facebook and for other messages of her friends.
She didn't even know how long she took time to chat with Moblit and Nifa her other two good friends and making plans to meet up and talk until she heard someone step down the stairs. Hanji gazed up seeing Levi dressed in a new gray shirt and fitting gray pants his towel for his hair still around his shoulder, with still lightly wet hair Hanji noticed.
He went up to her and plopped down on the couch next to her.

"And what would you like to do now Levi?"

Levi shrugged his shoulders.

"What did you do with your other babysitters?" Hanji asked again. There had to be something to do.

"They did nothing. Said I could do whatever I wanted as long as I don't bother them. All boring woman." Levi muttered quietly, looking down.

Somehow Hanji got a picture of the situation. All Hanji saw was a little lonely boy wanting attention and acting more tough and grown up than he actually was. Standing up from her seat Hanji moved behind the sofa and grabbed the towel from his shoulder before she started rubbing his hair dry gently and carefully. Levi's eyes widen at the sensation, too shocked to even react or push her away.

"You will catch a cold if you don't dry your hair properly. You don't want to worry your mother, right?"

"No. But stop I can get the hairdryer from upstairs."

Pushing her hands away Levi stood up to escape from her grasp. Desperately trying to hide his pink cheeks.

"Seems like someone is shy. What an adorable cute kid. I can understand Kuchel and why she loves her precious son this much."

Hanjj grinned amused, aware of his little blush as he walked up the stairs.
Hanji wasn't surprised as he didn't came back and only around 15minutes had passed he walked back downstairs with freshly dried hair. Doing all himself in the end. He halted in his steps as he saw what his babysitter had done however while he was gone. The table was filled with tons of board games boxes staged together a set of trump cards he saw too there.

"Why is all this here!?"

"Ah there you are Levi. I brought some stuff from my place with me after thinking what we could do together to have some fun. And who doesn't love board games?"

"Me."

Levi flat out said making Hanji's smile drop but not for long as if she would give up so easily.

"Thinking you are too old for this?"

"No...?"

"Thinking you will loose to old shitty glasses here?"

She continued to push him, watching with delight as he at least sat down back on the couch with her.

"Of course not!"

"Than prove it."

Challenging Hanji held a set of trump cards out to him he quickly snatched away from her. One game wouldn't kill him he supposed even if it was a long while ago he played any of these. Some never even and were foreign to him.

Out of one game became two than three. Hanji kept quiet saying nothing as Levi just continued demanding a rematch after he did lost to her. She got him and he clearly enjoyed himself. His facial features became a lot less grumpy and his eyes lit up being in a good mood, especially after he had won. The more they played Levi opened a little more up to her admitting he could not play a lot like these because his mother works a lot and is tired after work often and how he does not want to bother her if she needs rest.

It made Hanji just awe over how much this child loved his mother and simply wanted to feel loved back in return. She ruffled his hair until Levi smacked her hands away and complaining about having messy hair now.

This continued for hours until Levi yawned and his eyelids started to close. He just had won another round smirking even slightly over it as he started falling asleep.
Carefully Hanji waited quietly for a moment, making sure Levi was truly sleeping.

Should he carry him upstairs or better not risk waking him up and let him sleep here?

Taking the later option Hanjj got his blanket from upstairs quietly and put it over him. His body immediately curling up into the warmth and softness of it.

"Sweet dreams Levi."

Hanji whispered before sitting down on the couch again not so far away from him, deciding to read a book she got with her from home before she would decide to sleep too.

The first thing Hanji could smell was the delicious smell of breakfast. Toast, marmalade? Cheese and morning eggs.
The next thing was the distant voice which grew louder until she fully was awake and opened her brown eyes. Levi stood right in front of her, towering with his small figure over her next to the couch standing.

"Finally you are awake shitty glasses. I called you many times."

"Sorry Levi. A good Morning to you too."

Sheepishly smiling at him, Hanji sat up and stretched herself. She must have fallen asleep on the couch too.

"Go get changed lazy ass and come to the dinning room next to the kitchen. I made some light breakfast"

Adjusting her glasses she didn't even took off due to this, Hanji got up. She had to wonder who was the babysitter here. He was capable to take care of himself on his own. He was already dressed, cleaned up and made for them something to eat.. in short a perfect example what she was not. But she supposed it was good she was here or it would be really lonely for him until his mother returns today.

They ate together while Hanji praised him for his hard work which he was still not used to it.

"... so how come you ended up looking after me? You don't have a normal job? You are an adult, right?"

Levi asked curious suddenly making Hanji stop sipping from her morning coffee.

"I suppose I can tell you and let you know a bit of me. I am Hanji Zoe, 18years old, born on the 5th September and due to some unfortunate accidents lost my workplace a while ago. I used up my savings but now run out of money and a friend of mine told me the family Ackerman here has a long term babysitting job offer. Since I have free time until I have a new job I can help watch over you."

"Hmmm..." Levi was listening interested. "Why you got fired?"

"Blew the lab up by accident."

At this he choked on his glass of milk. He secretly hope if he drank a lot of milk each morning his bones would get stronger and he would grow taller but of course he never told this to anyone.

"You what!?"

"Mixing up chemicals and they overreacted, the formula was too strong and... well a small bum happened creating a extreme mess inside. My boss got furious and kicked me out."

Hanji shrugged still thinking her ex boss overreacted. No one was harmed afterall.
Levi on the other hand was shocked and clicked his tongue.

"Never ever touch this kitchen then crazy Hanji before you burn my home down"

At this Hanji laughed. Should she tell him she sucked at cooking?

The hours passed until they both heard the front door getting unlocked and a lightly tired looking Kuchel stepped inside. Levi instantly jumped up from the couch to hug her, making her chuckle.

"Were you a good boy while I was gone?"

Hanji was happy for him to have his mother back as she watched the reunion happily.

"He was. Levi and I had a good time, right?"

Kuchel looked a little surprised considering her babysitters before wanted to leave as soon as possible after she had returned.

"It was not bad." Levi admitted.

"Levi does this mean you want to see Miss Hanji again if I need her help again?" Kuchel asked while patting his head fondly.

"I don't mind."

At this both woman smiled and Kuchel looked up to Hanji thankfully.

"Well you heard him. If you don't mind I would gladly hire you from now on. Of course the payments will be good."

Hanji sighed relieved she did good, taking Kuchel's offered hand to accept.

"I would love to if I can."