The Demon and his Two Abnormals.
No one knew where and when these three peculiar students appeared. Before anyone knew it, these two college students' names were known in the community. Students from many schools of that area day dream of meeting them, teachers always gossip and brag about these students, and even local citizens even heard of their names. Erwin Smith was considered to be the leader of this group. Of course he would get that title since he was the president of the student council, activity clubs, and even a few businesses for all of his high school years. All the teachers described this man a natural born leader: a person that would be a fitting politician. His two friends were rather… abnormal to best describe them. One of them claimed the title the "world's strongest". Levi has incredible strength, almost superhuman as described by his coaches and sport professionals. Sometimes Levi was not allowed to join a sports team due to his inhuman abilities, while other coaches beg to their knees for him to join. Many believe that Levi should join the military or knock the world out with boxing, but Levi never showed signs of interest. Now the other person of the trio…. Is incredibly peculiar. Her name is Hange Zoe. Yes, she is a girl that matches these men's abnormality. She may not be as noticed or known to the community, but many who had at least met her once will never forget her. In fact, some who have heard of her say she is even more abnormal. Incredibly interested in science, Hange Zoe, despite being a student, probably knows more information about the world, biology, and chemistry than any other. Due to her many experiments and research, she could provide more valid information than her science teachers ever did throughout her school life. It is very coincidental that these three insane people met and became best friends. What was even more baffling was that they grew up together throughout high school, made their incredible talents known, and stayed together even through college. And now, they are in their second year of Sina College, a rather small community. While outside of Sina are facing many conflicts, the three students made their way inside this peaceful city with high ambitions. However, that doesn't mean that they won't be experiencing typical college adventures with each other.
The day before their classes start
Levi finished scrubbing the last speck of dust on the floors. Good, he thought, his dorm must be clean before the term starts. Satisfied, Levi puts away his cleaning supplies. Unlike regular college students, Levi is spending his last day of break, cleaning his room. Being a clean freak, Levi wanted to keep his room clean for a fresh, new term.
After putting all his cleaning supplies in place, he wondered what his partners are up to. That's right, partners. It's not his thing to call those people his "friends"… they are more closer than that. He, Erwin, and Hanji went though many things together, even though Levi himself is a mysterious, reserved man. Somehow, these two people cracked his shell, and he now trusts them with almost anything. Note the word almost.
With cleaning done, Levi decided to pay a visit with Erwin. Levi respected Erwin Smith. Erwin helped him with his harsh past, bringing Levi back to his feet and move forward in life despite the hell he went through. Erwin was also mysterious, cunning, and ambitious man, which made Levi to trust and follow him. However, there was one thing that Levi often question about Erwin… his affairs with women.
Levi called Erwin, and a woman picked up the phone.
"Hello? Who is this? This better not be Erwin's girlfriend. I am his new girlfriend, now don't call this phone ever again!" a high pitched voice screeched.
"Now, now, Claire. This is my friend Levi calling. I think we drank too much, come sit down." Erwin tried to calm her. Levi sighed. Erwin is out with a woman… for the 5th time this week.
"I thought you would be planning your whole school year by now, Erwin." Levi said. Levi could hear muffles, and finally Erwin retrieved his phone.
"Yes, however, I got distracted by this attractive lady, Claire. She's a feisty one alright, unlike the last one." Erwin said.
Levi heard this Claire girl in the background, "Is this Levi interested in you? Remember, you took me out to this date, don't forget about me already."
Erwin chuckled through the phone, "I will get back to you Levi." Erwin hung up the phone, leaving Levi with nothing to do.
Levi sighed once again. He doesn't mind Erwin's quirks on dating many women. It's just that Levi wonders why Erwin would do such a thing. Levi can't handle one date at all since he can't show emotions. He's also one of those rare men who only looks for someone that he will stay loyal to for the rest of his life.
Shaking his head with these thoughts, he started to call his other best "friend" Hanji. After reaching her voicemail, Levi realized that she must be busy trying to conduct experiments. Grunting, Levi decided to go and wake her up. It's 4:00, she needs to get out and do something productive, like clean herself and her room.
Without hesitation, Levi opened the girls' dorms. Ignoring suspicious looks from spectating girls, he barged in Hanji's door. To his surprise, her room didn't smell like shit. It was musty, but it didn't kill his nose like it usually does. Levi walked around her messy room. As expected, clothes were scattered around the floor and unfinished food packages were left all over. Levi sighed. His cleaning job is not finished floor was not visible, only papers and books were on the ground. Surprisingly, he can see her bed, but of course it was not made. On her desk was Hanji herself, reading a book. Levi glowered his eyes on her, annoyed that she didn't notice his presence.
Silently, Levi stood behind her, and with a menacing voice, whispered, "Four eyes." Levi couldn't hide his amusement when Hanji jumped 5 feet up, crashing her whole body onto the desk. The book on her hand went flying, and her head bumped into the chair.
"SON OF A BITCH" Hanji screamed, rubbing her poor head.
"You are making your room more of a mess. I don't know if that is even possible," Levi growled, picking up all the flying papers.
"Well excuse you clean freak, you just barged in a woman's room and scared the living daylights out of her. Don't you have anything to say to me?" Hanji cried.
"You don't act like a woman at all."
"Not that!"
"You are deaf."
"I can't believe you. You find this funny huh?"
"What have you been doing this whole time?"
"You're so stubborn. Whatever, I was just enjoying my time reading, until someone showed up without warning."
"Oh." Levi had to look away so Hanji wouldn't see his smirk. Her reaction was pretty funny, but Levi has a habit of hiding his emotions and expressions.
"Anyways, what's up? You know first term starts tomorrow." Hanji said, sitting back down on the chair.
"Of course I know. That's why I came here to clean your disgusting room." grumbled Levi.
"Wait! But I was in a middle of researching! You might throw away these papers!" Hanji cried.
"Like you are actually going to organize your research. When was the last time you showered?"
"I think three days ago…"
"Go and take a shower."
"Alright alright. I was planning to anyway"
"Then go, four eyes,"
"Okay father," Hanji teased, walking out the door.
Okay, Levi thought, time to clean this shitty place up. Levi started with her bedroom. He has to take care of all these scattered papers on the floor. With his abnormal speed, Levi picked up around 500 pieces of paper in her room under 5 minutes. As he was picking up all these papers, Levi inspected some of them. He had to admit, all these graphs, theories, scribbles, and whatever she wrote were amazing. How does she think of all these ideas and research?
Carefully stacking all the papers on her table, Levi then cleaned up all of her leftover meals. He felt pity for her roommate, whoever she is. He wouldn't be surprised if her roommate requested to switch rooms.
As if on cue, Hanji returned, with a towel wrapped around her head. She snorted, observing her clean room.
"Geez Levi, why don't you pursue your job as a maid or housekeeper." Hanji teased, sitting down on her bed.
"Shut up, four eyes." Levi growled, scrubbing her dirty windows.
"By the way, where's Erwin?" Hanji asked.
"He's on a date with another girl name Clara or something." answered Levi.
"What happened to the last one, Madison? Was she too skinny or shy?" Hanji asked, drying her hair.
"Who knows," Levi said, opening the windows. Levi liked the fresh air rushing in his face, after cleaning something so dirty.
"I still can't believe someone like Erwin can be so popular with the girls. How can they like his cold demeanor and strange quirks?" Hanji laughed.
"Does it matter. By the way, where is your roommate?" Levi asked.
"I actually don't know.. I've only seen her once, and she barely comes here. I think she usually sleeps with her boyfriend."
"Figures. There is no way any human can agree to share a room with you." Levi muttered.
"Hey I can share. I just grew comfortable here since she doesn't come here often." whined Hanji.
"Do you even know your roommate's name?" Levi questioned.
"Do you know your roommate's name, Levi?" Hanji challenged. Levi stayed silent while Hanji started to giggle, "I know you Levi. You probably forgot his existence."
Levi glared, "Of course I do four eyes. His name is Steven. He likes to put his shoes vertically across the door. Steven always leaves his jacket on the bed instead of hanging it on the rack. He approximately throws away his trash like a baseball 8 times a day, usually miss half of the time. Other times, he actually gets his lazy ass up and throws his trash right in the trash can. He has a tendency to walk through the door with his shoes on. Not that bad of a person," Levi rambled.
Hanji couldn't contain her bursts of laughter, "Wow Levi, of course you would memorize your roommate's annoying habits that does not reach your cleaning standards,"
"I can list a thousand of things you do that makes me go crazy." Levi shot back.
"I know you still love me, Levi." Hanji giggled.
"I-" Levi was about to argue until someone knocked on the door.
Hanji looked at the door with a confused look. "Erwin, you don't have to knock." she called out. Erwin gently opened the door, and peeked inside. He was dressed quite nicely, wearing a gray dress shirt, black tie, and black slacks. He looked exhausted, yet energized at the same time. He plopped on Hanji's bed, and stared at Hanji. Knowing his signal, Hanji got up, and clipped off his tie for him.
"How was your date, Mr. Eyebrow Seducer," Hanji asked, folding his tie neatly.
"It was quite fun actually. Claire is one aggressive woman. Direct opposite from Madison." Erwin answered, unbuttoning his shirt. Hanji sat comfortable next to Erwin on her bed, leaning against the wall.
"I lost count on how many girls you took out on a date." Levi grunted.
"I actually remember all the girls I dated. Today was Claire, last week was Madison, the week before was Joanne, and there was Angela-" Erwin started to list.
"We all know Erwin, you dated a thousand girls already." Hanji said, rolling her eyes.
Erwin chuckled, "Anyways, are you guys ready for our second year of college?"
Levi and Hanji both answered, "Of course we are."
Erwin's icy blue eyes flashed, looking at both of his trusted friends. " Are you guys sure you want to follow me? This might change our lives forever."
"It's not like I have anywhere else to go," Levi said.
"Of course I will follow you Erwin! How many years has it been since I promised to follow you?" Hanji laughed.
Erwin smiled at them. "Thank you… I swear to you that we will change everything."
"If you stop horsing around with girls Erwin, then we could have already accomplished our goal." Levi scowled.
"Hahaha Levi has a point, Erwin. But then again Levi, you're too occupied with your cleaning." pointed out Hanji.
"Shut up four eyes. Cleaning is a serious matter that doesn't get in the way of anything." Levi stated.
Erwin cleared his throat, "Well guys. I already drawn out a map, graph, and list of our goals, actions, and schedule. Here, I made three copies for each of you guys." He handed each of them a thick stack of paper.
"Holy macromolecules.. Just how much did you have planned out for us?! You wrote a dictionary or something!" exclaimed Hanji, skimming through Erwin's sheets.
Levi widened his eyes, looking through Erwin's plans.
"Of course I have everything out in plan. And that's only plan A. I have plan B, plan C, and plan Z for emergencies." Erwin said, pulling out more giant stacks of paper. Hanji's eyes were popping out.
"Erwin Smith… You are truly a monster." Hanji stated, receiving the stacks of paper.
"How many trees have you killed?" Levi asked.
"I didn't want to use any more paper, so I came up with plan D on the computer. I will sent you guys the link once I get to my dorm." Erwin added.
Hanji sighed, "Why am I even surprised. I am talking to Erwin Smith here. "
"No need to rush you guys, we can take this as slowly as we need to. Let's just enjoy ourselves until the time comes." Erwin said, lying down comfortably on Hanji's lap.
"Oh my, Erwin, I never know you were the type to cuddle." teased Hanji, sitting back against the wall.
"I am just tired right now. Don't mind me." Erwin whispered, covering his eyes with his arm.
The three friends were silent for the next ten minutes. It wasn't awkward, it was more of a comfortable silence, as each of them were thinking about what was ahead of them.
Levi suddenly interrupted, "Don't you dare sleep on four eyes' lap, Erwin. I don't want to carry your heavy ass to your dorm."
Erwin chuckled, "Come on Levi. I know you want to join us, don't be shy."
Hanji teased along with Erwin, "Levi, we know you love us."
Levi glared at his two friends, and didn't say a word. After 5 minutes, Levi sighed, and got up to his chair. He plopped onto the bed, and rested his head on Hanji's other leg.
Both Hanji and Erwin smiled. None of them said anything, while Levi covered his eyes with his arms.
"You're no fun Levi," Hanji pouted.
"Shut up, the reason I came here was to lay down. You don't have to look at my face," Levi growled.
Erwin looked up at Hanji, "Don't mind him, Hanji. I don't think you want to see his scary face anyway."
Hanji giggled, placing her hands on the two men's heads. Even though Erwin and Levi's heads were heavy on her lap, she still felt comfortable. Having them by her made her feel secure. Who needs a boyfriend when you have two amazing guys like them, she thought.
The trio stayed in that position for a while. Hanji was reading a book, while Levi was resting (of course with his arm covering his face) on Hanji's left leg. Erwin was laying on Hanji's right leg, staring up the ceiling, in deep thought.
"Erwin." Levi said, breaking the long silence.
"Yes, Levi."
"What are you thinking about," Levi asked.
"A lot of things. I was wondering if the past and future are connected to one another while the present time is a totally different realm to our daily lives," answered Erwin. Hanji flipped a page in her book.
"You don't make sense, Erwin." Levi grunted.
"I never seem to make sense, do I? But later, everything will become clear, even in things I say."
What the trio did not foresee was all the adventures, experiences, conflicts, and most of all, drama ahead of them. While they were prepared for a change in their life within this peaceful community that contrasted their homeland, they did not predict the unexpected drama coming for them.