I like AUs.

Disclaimer: SnK belongs to Isayama.

Summary: Levi ends up confessing during one of their stakeouts.

"Are you sure this is the place?"

"Of course, I'm sure." Levi glared at the girl sitting next to him in the passenger seat. "83rd Street, House no 1154. According to my source, this is the place where super model Annie Leonhart is staying at while she is here in Trost with her rumored boyfriend. Now stop your yapping Ackerman and concentrate on your job."

Levi goes back to staring intensely at the house across the street. The street lamps illuminated the streets with an eerie light. It was already close to dawn but still at least an hour until the sun came up. Mikasa and he had been there since last night waiting for Annie Leonhart to come out with her secret lover so they could get a snap of it in his camera. No. Nope. They were not paparazzi. Levi refused to call himself that. They were journalists who wrote for the entertainment column of Titan Times. Yes, this was a stakeout but no, they were not paparazzi.

Speaking of his partner, Levi glances at her from the corner of his eye. Mikasa Ackerman. 22. Fresh out of college and his partner since the day of her inception at Titan Times which was about six months ago. He remembered the first day they had met when Hanji, his edition-in-chief, had introduced her as his new partner. He had told Hanji he did not have a need or the time to look after a brat. She had retaliated by calling him a presumptuous midget. They hadn't exactly started on the right footing. She had been frustrating, arguing and questioning with him on every single thing.

But now the same girl was the cause of his frustration for a whole different reason. Every time she was near him, he could feel his heart beating loudly. When she called him by his name, his mouth would go dry and he could feel his cheeks warming up.

"Levi", he snapped back into reality at the mention of his name, almost embarrassed at being caught staring at her, "why did you decide to take up such a career? You don't seem like the type to snoop around people to expose their secrets to the world."

Levi snorted. "Oh, and what sort of person do you think I am?"

"I don't know, just not this." Mikasa replies as she bites her lower lips.

'God, did she not realize how cute she is when she does that?'

Internally Levi groans and looks away. He was hopelessly in love with the girl and he just didn't know what to do. Sure, he had been in relationships before but nothing serious. He thought it was troublesome so he never let it amount to anything more than casual dating. But with Mikasa, he knew he wanted more.

Levi wonders when this all started. Was it when she smiled at him for the first time or the time when she tended to his wounds when he fell down the office's staircase because of some dumb intern with a pile of files in his hand couldn't see where he was going? Or was it even before any of that, when she was the only being in his office beside Hanji that had the guts to talk back to him?

"Well the pay is decent and I suppose," Levi smirks. "I do find some satisfaction knowing I'm ruining a few these celebrities' lives."

"I should have known."

"What about you? You don't seem like the type to take this a career either?"

"I'm not. It's just temporary for now. I took up journalism because I want to become a novelist in the future. Writing is something I've always liked."

"Hmm… that's good. But why didn't you go write for other columns instead of the entertainment section."

"Well like you said, the pay is decent and I have Eren to take care of too."

Levi's mood suddenly sours at the name. Eren Yaeger is Mikasa's adoptive brother. Levi hated that brat. When Eren would come to the office to pick up Mikasa, her face would light up like a fucking Christmas tree. Levi always felt uneasy when seeing that and it wasn't until recently he realized that it was jealousy. He was jealous at Yaeger for being the one to receive all of Mikasa's affections.

Levi grits his teeth.

"Why do you go so far for him?" Levi gulps before asking his next question. "Are you in love with him?" He needed to know.

Mikasa stares at him with wide eyes, a bit taken back before her eyes harden. "Eren is my brother. The only family I have. I love him like any sister would love her brother."

He needed to stop. He needed to stop now before he said anything stupid. "Well it sure as hell doesn't look like that when all you shout is 'Eren! Eren! Eren!' like a fucking teenager in love." Fuck, he'd done it now.

Mikasa looked about ready to rip his throat out.

"What the hell is your problem Levi? I have been noticing you have been acting weirder than usual for the past week. I knew you hated me-" Wait what? "-but I thought we were pass that." Suddenly she sighs, bunching her scarf around her fist looking away from his gaze. "If you hate me that much, I will ask Hanji to partner me with someone else or give me another work."

"I don't hate you!" Levi practically yelled.

"Then what is it Levi? If you don't hate me, then why did you just say all those things just now? Do you like having the satisfaction of making me suffer too?"

"I love you damn it!"

He turns away from Mikasa. Fuck, fuck, fuck. This was the first time Levi has ever wanted to run away so badly. He needed to get away. This stakeout be damned. He was almost ready to open the car door and get out when he was suddenly tugged back. He turned around to look at Mikasa whose face had turned into a nice shade of red.

With a barely audible voice Mikasa asked, "Why did you say all that then?"

"Because Mikasa, I'm jealous." Levi sighs as he pushes his hair back with his hand. He had messed up and now he was going to lose her. Maybe this was karma coming back to bite him in the ass for all the snooping around he did to get a scoop.

"I'm glad."

Levi looked up to stare at Mikasa. "What?"

"I mean," Fidgeting with her scarf, "I thought you hated me." And then gave him a smile that probably made him fall in love with her even more. "But I'm glad you don't."

She was glad? Wait did it mean that she also-? He had to ask her. Well he would have if Mikasa wasn't suddenly telling him to look outside.

"It's Annie Leonhart! And look there is a guy with her!"

"Shit!" Levi cursed as he positioned his camera, ready to take pictures of the two across the street. Now they just needed them to be a bit intimate with each other so that they could get a catch it on camera. That was until a second taller guy came out, giving a quick peck to the guy next to Annie on the lips.

"What the fuck?"

Wait what is going? Mikasa and Levi watched as Annie waved goodbye to the two guys. Just as Annie got into her car and drove off, the two guys started making out like crazy. Levi shuddered and looked away. He didn't need to see that.

"You know now that I recall, Annie did mention in an interview on her opinion about open gay marriage where she had stated that her two childhood best friends were a gay couple."

Levi groaned as he put his head against the car wheel. All those hours of waiting were for nothing.

As if reading his mind, "I wouldn't say it was all for nothing." Mikasa tells him as she continues to fidget with her scarf.

Yeah, Levi realizes maybe it wasn't.

"Mikasa, will you go out with me for dinner tonight?"

Mikasa smiles at him. "Yes."

This was inspired by Ameiro Paradox. One of my fave mangas.

This was also my first time ever writing a fic, after years of lurking in fanfiction I finally decided to write something. It's not beta-d so there is probably tons of mistake. Feedback is very much appreciated.

Levi and Mikasa are very OOC. I know.

And yes the gay couple are Reiner and Bertholdt.