"Well, now you're just being mean."

Levi smoothed out the shirt, pinching at a few crevices surrounding the collar. His eyebrows scrunched together as he made his thirteenth "tch" sound in the past minute. The corporal knew he was already late, but that didn't change the fact that he just had to flatten the shirt out four more times. At least two. And he couldn't just neglect his routine of polishing his boots not before brushing off any lint that might have been on his pants.

"Hey, shorty…"

His shower had to be cut five minutes earlier, and he wasn't able to brush his teeth a second time. The Survey Corps leaders were probably starting the meeting regardless of their presence, but Levi could almost picture Erwin's stern expression as they continued. Most likely wondering what the hell the two were up to.

"You know," Levi finally spoke, still not facing her, "you're needed at this meeting, too."

She scoffed and fell back against the pillows. "Eh, what's the point? We're already late!"

He only scowled in response while he slid on his shirt.

They were becoming reckless. Lazy even. When, whatever-this-was, started, there was no lingering or idle chitchat. It was something the two of them never discussed – it would just happen, and then the next day they would pretend it never happened. But, recently, it was becoming more frequent and shifting into something else that Levi couldn't quite control.

"Move," he said. The corporal was fully dressed but missing one important item. Hanji's eyes seemed to gleam brighter without her glasses and she made a dramatic show as she shifted under the sheets. He moved the pillow and picked up the wrinkly cravat.

"If you keep frowning like that," the scientist said with a wide grin, "your face is going to get stuck. Wait! You're not going to say goodbye?"

Levi inwardly groaned. It was things like this that made him late. Things like this that caused their affair to happen. Things like this that caused it to escalate. And things like this that made him return to the giddy scientist, placing a quick kiss on her freshly red lips.