"Will you marry her, then, Levi?" asked Petra's father in his bed.
Looking at Petra with a stern face, I got up. "Yes, I will." I said as Petra's eyes grew wide and she looked at me. "Captain?!" She looked at her dad and held his hands. "You don't need to worry about me at all, papa! I'm going to be fine on my own. I-I can't possibly marry Lev-Captain Levi!" Her dad laughed and patted her head. "I know you, Petra. Your'e independent and strong. But, even so, I can't die not knowing my daughter isn't safe. Which is why I asked Levi to marry you." He looked at her and she started crying. "Petra, I'm on my death bed for crying out loud, so I don't have much time left. So Levi, I want to make sure Petra is given all the happiness she can get, understand?" He asked me. I nodded my head and walked towards the window.
"If there's anything I'd ask from you is that you just keep my daughter happy. I want her to smile the way she would always do when she came home, and if you can do that, then I think I'll be able to rest in peace." Petra was sobbing and I opened the window for fresh air. "I'll do that." I said looking at the sky.
As the night passed, Petra's father died and we both married each other at a small church. Nothing special happened. We just had to sign papers. And when night came, I decided to stay awake for a while.
"I-I'll sleep downstairs if you want." She said looking at the bed in my room. "No. Just sleep in my room. I don't get much sleep anyways. So you can just lie down here." I said sitting on a chair. Petra looked a sad and depressed due to her father's death. Leaving the room, I closed the light and door and left for the dining room. But then I heard a knock on the door. Opening it, I saw Hanji. "Hey there, Levi!" She sounded happy (like usual) and let herself in. "What do you want?" I asked her. "I was just dropping by. I heard Petra's father died. So Erwin decided that he'd let her not come to work for a while. That girl needs a break anyways. I mean seriously, she always works her ass off. Even you take offs once in a while." Hanji sat on a chair next to me. Taking the jug of water and pouring it into a cup, I slid it to her until she didn't pick it up. "Levi, aren't you worried?!" She yelled looking at me suspiciously. "What?" I asked her annoyed of her gaze.
"Levi, did Petra tell you this already?" She asked me and I didn't want to respond to her. I wasn't in the mood anyways. "She did, didn't she?! How could you hide this from me?!'" She grabbed my collar of my shirt and then I heard somebody from behind me. "L-Levi?" It was Petra. Hanji loosened her grip on me and looked at Petra shocked. Brushing off my collar, Hanji again pulled it and only this time harder. "Have you and Petra-" I flicked her forehead and Petra started fretting. "N-No! Hanji it's nothing like that!" I interrupted Petra and looked at Hanji who seemed lost. "It's exactly like that." I said straightforward.
After calming Hanji down, me, Petra, and Hanji sat at the table. "I decided to marry Petra." I said. I grabbed Petra's hand making sure that I held it gently. "Lev-" Petra tried to loosen her hand from mine but I held her hand tighter. Hanji then made a big smile. "Well then, I guess that's good. Congrats. But Petra, your father..." Petra tried to change the topic. "I-It's in the past. I'll be fine. It'll just take me some time to you know, to get over it. At the end, everything will be fine. I, I know it." She looked at the floor sadly and then smiled and got up fast. "How about I make some tea for you both. You must be thirsty, right Hanji? And Levi, you didn't eat or drink anything that much today. I'll come back." Petra left for the kitchen and closed the door behind her.
Hanji and I sat in silence and I closed my eyes. Then, I heard Hanji making this weird laughing noise. Getting irritated, I asked her what her problem was. "It's just that I thought that you'd never marry. And now you have one of the most talented women in the military as your wife. Not to mention she's pretty." I opened my eyes and saw Hanji smirking. "Then tell me, what type of men are you into?" I asked her to take the topic off of me. "Me? Well, I'd like a man who's strong and amazing when it comes to fighting titans, and he should be handsome and at the same time care about me a lot!" Looking at her, I chuckled to myself. "And what man would marry a crazy, titan loving woman like you?" I asked her. "I-I don't know really. But, until I meet a guy like that, I'll just see what fate has in for me." Then I got up. "I'm going to help out Petra in whatever she needs. Just stay here. And don't mess up or spill any water. I'd hate to clean it." I said.
Leaving, I walked into the kitchen and saw Petra. She had some tears in her eyes and was leaving the stove on staring at it. Walking up to her, she got startled. "Le-Levi!" She wiped her eyes and smiled. "Was I taking long in making the tea? I-I'm sor-sorry! I'll make it right away quickly!" She touched the knob to turn off the stove and got burnt on her finger a bit. Looking at her finger, she had more tears fall out of her eyes. "I-I'm so silly!" I took her hand and took out a handkerchief. Looking at her, I then focused on her hand. "I-I'm sorry for making you lie about all this." Petra said sniffing and sobbing. "It's fine. It's not your fault anyways. I said I would do this anyway. I respect your father a lot, I understand that he worried about his daughter and wanted to make sure that she wasn't alone and all by herself, so he asked for me to marry you. I agreed. That's all there is to this marriage." I said. Petra's eyes grew big and and then she looked off to the side. "I, I know that. There isn't anything else to this marriage. It's just us both living together. Nothing more, nothing less." She said. Putting a bandage on her finger, I saw Hanji's shadow. "So you both are romanticizing, aren't you?" She sighed. "I don't want to interrupt you both so, I'll be leaving." As Petra chased after Hanji, I took her hand. "Hanji!" Petra yelled but Hanji had left the house already. Holding Petra's hand, I looked at her with a serious face.
"I don't want rumors spreading out about us both marrying each other without actually "loving" each other, so just act like you and I like each other." I said. Petra nodded her head and I noticed that it was late at night. Backing away from her, I scratched my neck. "I-I'll be going to sleep!" She said pouring the tea she made in a cup. Handing a white glass cup, I took a sip of it and was surprised. Petra made really good tea. She walked up the stairs. "Are you not drinking anything?" I asked her. "No. I'll be fine. I got to go to work tomorrow anyways." She continued up the stairs until I called her name. "Erwin gave you some days off, so you don't need to go anywhere tomorrow." I said. Following her, Petra wondered why I was behind her. "I have some work to do in my room. Just go to sleep. Like I said earlier, I'll sleep somewhere else." Walking into the room, I grabbed some paper and sat at my desk. Taking a pen, I began to write down some notes for Erwin and Hanji. Just then, Petra lied on the bed with her eyes closed.
But for some reason, I couldn't do my work. So I decided to sit on the chair and looked at Petra. After some minutes, I could hear her crying. "Are-Are you alright?" I asked her. She wiped her tears. "Yes. I-I just remembered my papa." She covering her face with the blanket. Getting up, I walked towards Petra who was on the bed. Looking at her, I sat besides her. "I-I forgot! You don't like it when people cry! I'll stop right now!" Petra sat up and wiped her eyes repeatedly but she couldn't stop the tears. I sighed and grabbed her waist. Hugging her, I told her something. "If you want, you can keep on going. Let all your tears out today so that you don't have any tomorrow." I said. Petra clutched my shirt and closed her eyes. Sniffing and sobbing and crying and taking deep breaths, I looked at the window. "I'm sorry...This must be annoying." She told me. "It's fine. As long as my bed gets no tear stains, I'll be calm." I said.
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