Chapter One.
Levi never cared much for people he barely even tolerated them. He has never been interested in making friends or being in a relationship, though he had plenty of women and men trying to gain his attention he would just turn a blind eye them. Every now and then when the need to release stress arrived he would woo one of the flirtatious woman or even husky man to his bedroom for a night of pleasure, then when came morning he kick them out as soon as they awoke and scrubbed his room and himself to get off their nasty germs. Today was no different as he slammed the door in the face of the latest person to find themselves in his bed last night was a pretty young woman who jumped at the chance to sleep with the corporal.
After he cleaned up his room and himself he made his way to the dining hall hoping to enjoy a nice and (hopefully) quiet meal, but with the feeling of dread and oddly enough a small twinge of excitement he knew his hopes will be quickly dashed away. Oh, boy was he right as soon as he stepped foot into the hall and saw just how many people there were he realize that most people were coming back after visiting family and friends. Also, there was a mix of new faces of cadets and people who have transferred into the survey corps. Sighing he went over to grab the typical soup they ate that only tasted slightly different from one bowl to the next depending on who cooked that day and a loaf of bread then made his way to the table where the rest of his squad sat.
"Good morning Heichou." the sweet voice of Petra rang in Levi ears as he looks up from his plate with his usual bored look at the young woman who had light ginger hair and amber colored eyes just in time to see her hand him a cup of his favorite tea. Petra was only a few centimeters shorter than Levi which isn't much comfort considering he is only 160cm himself and is known to be one of the shortest males in the military. He reaches out to grab the tea and places it top right beside his bowl of soup all while clicking his tongue. "So how was your night?" asked Petra.
"tch, Shitty as usual" He replied with his typical reply. He then glanced around his table to see who else was there the first one he spot was Eld who had brown eyes and blond hair which had a middle parting and a pony tail folded at the back, he also had a small beard. Second was Gunther was a man of average height with slightly darker skin, short crop of brown hair that was kept to a point on the back of his head's upper area. Third and last at the table was Oluo had a much older appearance than the rest, having more pronounced wrinkles. He had dirty blond hair that was short around the sides and back, with small, hazel eyes and even fashioned a cravat, imitating his Captain's signature look. Levi himself had straight black hair styled in an undercut. He also has those sharp, intimidating gray eyes. Contradicting his rather short stature, his physique is well-developed and heavy with muscle. The slight furrow beneath his eyes are at odds with his otherwise youthful appearance. Levi is always seen sporting his trademark white cravat.
Levi then turned his gaze to the rest of the dining hall to see how many new faces were in the crowd. It still amuses him on how all the cadets stay with their group, that usually how it goes you sit with the people from your class and normally you never leave the group even years after you graduated from the Academy. His gaze stops at a young man sitting alone in the corner of the room at one of the few two chair tables. Even though he was sitting alone he had a dumb smile on his face. He had choppy bright apple red hair that would cover his eyes of he had not brushed them to the side. His skin was a very similar shade as that brat Yaeger. Levi could not tell what color his eyes were considering the cadet was looking down at his plate, for some odd reason this brought a small amount of disappointment to Levi. He couldn't help but noticed that the guy was wearing a dark blue shirt under his brown jacket rather than the typical light color shirts the others wear in the military. Levi continued to stare at odd kid not caring that the others at his table were starting to notice that he was staring off into space as they occasionally called out his name. He watched how after every bite the guy took he would put his spoon down and pick up his napkin, which was laying neatly folded beside his tray of food and wipe his mouth before eating another bite of food. That was odd even for Levi who loved everything being neat and orderly mainly because the guy was being very careful not getting anything on him so the act seemed really pointless.
After what seemed like hours, but was actually only a few minutes, the red hair man look up from his plate with a confused look on his face as if he sensed the never wavering gaze from the lance corporal. The man looked around the mess hall only to lock eyes with the short corporal. His confused look then turned into a goofy lopsided grin that made him look like a complete idiot as he lifted his right hand to wave enthusiastically at Levi. Said Corporal found the look on the redhead face annoying and the way he waved at him made Levi want to punch him in the face, but to his his surprise and to that of the others who by now caught on to what was happening, Levi gave a small wave to the other guy.
This action seemed to surprise the red-headed man as well for his face fell blank for a few seconds before turning into a huge grin that rivaled that of Hanji's when she sees a titan. His smile made his eyes squint until they were nearly closed and his face formed lots of small wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and the edges of his smile. Levi would be lying if he said the grin wasn't off-putting, but lucky for him Levi was able to see the guy eye color, which happen to be a piercing shade of blue and made one word pop into Levi's head. "Exotic," He thought not realizing he said it out loud cause his comrades at the table started to laugh.
"pff Exotic alright, you can tell he's a weirdo for sure huh Heichou." Oluo said while crossing his arms and looking away in disgust.
"I don't know, his facial expressions are unnaturally animated" Levi replied looking back at the boy who was still looking at him… no he's looking at rest of the people at his table now with a slight frown on his once way too happy face. "Can he hear us?" Levi asked causing the people at the table to look at the guy just in time to see him whip his head back down to look at his tray of food.
"He can't possibly hear us from all the way across the mess hall and if so you two should apologize." Petra told them looking rather concern for the boy.
"Why it's his own fault for listening to our conversation" Levi replied.
"No he's reading lips." Gunther stated before returning to his food.
Levi glanced at the boy to see that even though his head was turned down his eye were looking up at the table across the room. So Levi thought he could test Gunther theory by mouthing the words 'Stop eavesdropping or you will have to clean the stables every day for a week' His eyes almost immediately dropped down to his plate once more to quickly eat the last few bites of food, this time he didn't wipe his mouth until the last bite. He then wipes his hand, picked up his tray and stood up to swiftly leave the hall. "You are right he was reading lips." Levi informed Gunther. The only response, he got, was a nod of the head.
After breakfast Levi was found sitting at his desk in his spotlessly clean office working on a mountain of paperwork that was given to him. Most of it was the basic read then write your name and date on the bottom of the paper. He was enjoying the quiet for most people here are idiots and annoyed him after a minute, but like all good things it had to come to an end when the commander burst through the door. "Levi I have a favor to ask of you." the bushy eyebrows commander known as Erwin. Levi sighed knowing that no matter what he said he would still have to do whatever Erwin asked him. "So I was supposed to train the cadets today, but I can't since I have to leave for a meeting so you have do that for me okay?"
"Fine" Levi said bitterly setting down his pen "What time do I have be out there?"
Erwin gave Levi a guilty smile "Ah, in like five minutes."
"You are fucking kidding me, right? Do you know how much shit I have to do without the extra paperwork you gave me earlier, and now you want me to train the damn cadets?" Levi said with an unnatural lack of emotion even for him. Erwin started to open his mouth but closed it when Levi continued "Most of this paper you gave me is due tomorrow and yet you want me to train the stupid cadets."
"Come on Levi I'm not that heartless. You have an extra day to do your paperwork so don't get so worked up" Bushy eyebrows told him.
Levi stood up from his desk and straighten out his jacket and made his way to the door "Fine but you fucking owe me you bastard." Levi said as he pushed Erwin out of his way and made his way to the training grounds.
When Levi finally made his way to the training field he saw all the cadets talking to one another forming little circles making it obvious for him to tell who is friends with who. There was one cadet that was alone laying down in the grass looking up at the sky, it didn't take Levi long for him to tell it was that weird kid from the mess hall. Sighing Levi stood in front of the crowd of cadets then put his two fingers in his mouth and blew to create a loud whistle cause the newbies to quickly create a line. He then walked down the line stopping at each person in an attempt to intimidate them which worked, for the most part, the only exception so far was that brat adoptive sister what's her name. When he got to the last person he was surprised that he actually had to look down a little to see who it was and guess who it was the weird redhead smiling up at him. At Levi, never in his life has another full grown man had to look up at the short corporal. Granted the height difference was only a few inches but still, it means Levi wasn't the shortest anymore. "Cadet" Levi address the shorter man.
Almost immediately the little cadet's face turned serious as he went to give the proper salute, which was bring your right hand over your heart and left hand behind your back. "Sir." The redhead responded his tone as serious as his face.
Levi glared at the shorter man trying to figure out his personality which was proving harder than he originally thought as the cadets face remain serious not backing down from the harsh gaze even the person beside him slowly moved away. "Whats your name?"
The cadet laugh and it was one of the contagious laughs that left the rest of the cadets fighting back there own laughter that was trying to rise from their throats. Levi looked at this kid as if he was insane and probably was considering he laugh at the now very pissed lance corporal. The redhead double over clutching his stomach as he struggled to catch his breath. Levi finally had enough after a good three minutes and kick the shorter man hard in the stomach cause him to fall on his back.
The laughing stopped and the cadets started on in horror but only for a moment before he started laughing again while choking out the words sorry I can't every now and then. Levi looked at the other Cadets in hope they can explain what's going on but one glance told him they were just as confused as he was. The blond mushroom head spoke up after a moment to say "He's a little…" he paused trying to find the right word "eccentric." Levi finally had enough!
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