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Note: Please read Author's Notes.

Levi and Hanji had been together for many years now. From friends to lovers, they came a long way.

Christmas was coming. His birthday was coming.

Every Christmas, everyone would gather to his house, celebrating the festive day and his birthday, as well. He was sure most kids or people would want their birthdays to be on Christmas, because that'd mean double gifts. But it wasn't like that for Levi. He couldn't care less about the amount of gifts he received. He just… liked the warmth atmosphere whenever everyone would gather together. But of course, he wouldn't admit that.

The only thing that he could ever think about that annoyed him about Christmas would be the fact that last year, Mikasa somehow managed to force him to dress up as Santa. Thinking back, he only did that to see his niece's smile… but hell, it came with a rather crappy cost. Not to mention, Hanji didn't let him hear the end of it. She had taken pictures of him as evidence of that embarrassing day.

Levi didn't think much about kids—they were just brats. Although, when he began babysitting his niece whenever Mikasa or Eren got too busy, he couldn't help but think otherwise. Maybe kids weren't that bad, he thought. But it still didn't change his mind that they were brats—he didn't mean that in a harmful way, of course.

He wondered, if it would be nice to have a family… of his own.

During last year's Christmas and birthday party, where he had dressed up as Santa, he had pulled Mikasa over to a corner after his five minutes of embarrassment being Santa. Everybody else were too busy reviewing the pictures Hanji had taken of him dressed as Santa during that five minutes to have noticed his disappearance.

"I can't believe you fucking made me do this you gloomy brat." Levi cursed, before tearing off the fake beard off his chin. "Hey, that costume was a birthday gift." Mikasa scoffed.

"A crappy birthday gift." Levi corrected, scowling towards the end. "Where the fuck did you even get this?"

"Hey, since when did Santa every swear—"

"I am not Santa. Besides, your brat isn't here so I can say whatever I fucking want." He huffed, referencing to Mikasa's daughter, Sachiko, who was his niece. "You're right, Santa isn't this gloomy." Mikasa commented, Levi shot her a glare.

"Fine, fine. I'm sorry. But to be fair, I only asked you two times. It was only when your niece, this 'brat' you're referring to, asked, you finally agreed. Admit it, shortass, you're a softie." Mikasa smirked, to which Levi looked away, a little embarrassedly for that to have been bluntly pointed out to him—not to mention, by Mikasa, out of all people. "Got a problem with that?" He rolled his eyes, so did Mikasa.

"Jokes aside, thanks. You really made her happy, this was the best Christmas gift she could've received. After finding out your birthday was Christmas, she was almost convinced you were Santa in secret." Mikasa laughed lightly, before taking out her phone to show an image she had taken of her daughter and Levi who was dressed up as Santa. And heck, she was smiling so, so much. It made Levi a little happy to see that. But then he remembered that once Mikasa had helped his niece snap a photo of her and 'Santa', the five minutes of hell began, the teasing, mocking, that is.

"You know, Shorty." Mikasa suddenly said, before keeping her phone back in her pocket. "It wouldn't hurt to… settle down."

"Settle down? The hell is that supposed to mean?"

"You and Hanji have been dating for so long, don't you think it's time to… you know. Settle down. Get… married. Have little 'brats' of your own?"

Levi flinched a little at Mikasa's words. Once again, he didn't expect to hear that from Mikasa, out of all people. If Mikasa hadn't sound so serious, he'd probably have brushed it off and retort with a sarcastic remark. But because it did sound serious, he pondered on that idea briefly.

It… really wouldn't hurt to settle down, right?

His eyes went towards Hanji, who was still with the others, laughing at the multiple photos she had taken of Levi in the Santa costume. His eyes focused on her laugh, her smile. It never failed to make him feel happy, feel things stirring within his heart, feel all warm inside.

"Of course, I'm not rushing you to do anything, shorty. That's your choice, the pace you want to go with." Mikasa assured, before continuing, "Your clothes are in the washroom. Keep your Santa outfit if you want." With that, Mikasa walked off to join the crowd. Levi just stood there, his eyes still resting on Hanji.

It would be… nice to settle down, with her, wouldn't it?

Ever since that, Levi hadn't been able to stop thinking about that. Unfortunately, he never really brought it up to Hanji—the idea of settling down. He didn't know why. He just couldn't. A part of him, perhaps, feared rejection. It was stupid to fear that, he had been with Hanji for so long so he didn't understand why he feared rejection.

One day in particular, he was strolling in a mall, shopping for some gifts for Christmas. And then, that's when he saw it. A ring. Beside it, was a poster of a married couple, wearing those rings, smiling ever so joyously. He didn't know why or what, but just seeing that poster infuriated him, irritated him in more ways than one.

"…Fuck it. That's it." Levi cursed before stomping off back home. He called Erwin then.

"Levi? Why are you call—"

"Erwin, remember what I told you about what that shitty gloomy brat said last Christmas that I can never get out of my fucking mind?" Levi asked, to which Erwin responded, "What Mikasa said..? Yeah… settling down with Hanji, was it?"

"Yeah. That's exactly what I'm going to do." Levi spoke, and even without seeing Erwin's expression, he could already tell he was surprised, maybe even excited about the news. But before Erwin could congratulate, Levi continued, "The thing is. I don't know what ring to get her. I saw one on display, but it just doesn't... it just doesn't suit shitty glasses."

"I don't know what you're implying, but I am not going ring shopping with you. And if you're going to ask what I think suits Hanji, how should I know? I'm not going to be her fiancée by any means. You should know her best, what suits her best, Levi."

"Erwin—"

"Goodbye and good luck." Just like that, Erwin ended the call. Levi cursed under his breath, irritated. "Fucking eyebrows…" He sighed before running his fingers through his hair. Levi was tempted to call other people, hell, even that gloomy brat and the Jaeger brat. However, he chose not to in the end.

'And if you're going to ask what I think suits Hanji, how should I know? I'm not going to be her fiancée by any means. You should know her best, what suits her best, Levi.' Those were Erwin's words, and he was right. He had been with Hanji for so long, so he should know what suits her best… right?

Well, it didn't matter at this point, Levi had already walked right out of the house, back to the mall—to make a choice, he hoped he wouldn't regret, that he hoped would be able to make Hanji… happy.

He walked back to the jewellery shop, went inside and had a look around. The salesperson tried to sway Levi to buy the ring he had seen on display, saying things like it was on discount—saying that any woman would love to have that ring. But Levi just ignored him, it wasn't as if he knew what his woman would like anyway.

And then, something caught his eyes.

There was a ring that finally suited Hanji, he thought. For one thing, unlike the other rings, this one really… stood out, in a good way. It had a unique pattern and shape that Levi couldn't help but adore. Like most rings, it was circular in shape, what made it unique was that on the circular silver ring, was an angelic-like wing that embedded itself on the circular thing. It wasn't just that but, next to the wing-like shape, there were diamonds embedded into it. Not just any diamonds, but ones that reminded him so much of Hanji—they were the colour of her eyes, her beautiful eyes.

"Ah, that sir, if you're wondering, the diamonds are the smoky brown quartz, which I may say is an attractive colou—"

"Shut up already. I'll take it." Levi scoffed.

After buying the ring, rehearsing his lines in his brain on how the proposal would play out, that day finally came.

"Hanji Zoe, I love you. Will you marry me?"

There was a brief silence as Hanji's cheeks reddened up. But even so, the silence remained. The suspense and anticipation was killing him— and he hadn't really anticipated to be rejected, he hoped that really wouldn't be the case. He hadn't brace himself for that yet. The silence continued a while more and Levi couldn't take it any longer.

"Han—"

"… I was going to…" Hanji murmured, trailing off. Her voice went soft, silent. It was hard to catch what she was saying.

"What did you say?" Levi queried, feeling his heart palpitating. Hell, this anticipation was killing him.

"I… was… going to… a…"

"Wha—"

"I was going to ask you the same thing!" She exclaimed all at once, causing Levi to jump up a little. And before the male could open his lips to say anything, Hanji was quick to scramble through her bag, taking out the ring box, opening it to reveal a similar ring as the one Levi got for her. The only difference would be the diamonds encrusted on it, for the one Hanji got for Levi, the colour was a smoky dark grey, similar to Levi's eyes.

And as for Levi's eyes, they were now fixated on the ring, then at Hanji.

She had been planning to propose, too?

There was silence again, but this time Hanji's and Levi's cheeks were starting to paint itself into a light shade of pink, then darkening to red as the silence went on. Well, that was until Levi broke it. If Hanji wasn't going to say it, he will.

"… If… you were going to propose, my answer is yes." He mumbled, shyly. It was rare for him to act shy, but whenever it did it never failed to amuse Hanji. And she decided to be a tease about it.

"What did you say again? I couldn't hear ya!" She queried teasingly.

Knowing she was being a tease, Levi shot her a little glare. "I'm not going to say it again, four eyes." He grumbled.

"Hey! My name ain't four eyes, jeez… even Sachi calls me that because of you." Hanji pouted before her expression softened into a smile. "Of course my answer would be yes, I do, Levi Ackerman. I love you, I want to marry you." Hanji spoke, this time, she sounded genuine, sincere… sweet. It was heart-warming. Levi's cheeks couldn't help but redden a little more as he clicked his tongue. Hanji, assuming he was still grumpy over her little tease, sighed. "Oh come on Levi, was that tease too m—"

Before Hanji could've completed her sentence, Levi's lips pressed against hers deeply. Hanji's eyes widened in surprise, but she didn't hesitate to return it.

After another few moments, they pulled away to catch their breaths—only to end up smiling, then laughing lightly. Without saying anything, the two slipped on the rings for one another, admiring them lovingly before their eyes went back to gazing at one another.

"You can say it's a Married Christmas!" Hanji joked, to which Levi couldn't help but scoff and roll his eyes at.

"Shut up, four eyes." Levi scoffed, rolling his eyes to which Hanji chuckled to. Deep inside, Levi had to admit though, that this was the best birthday and Christmas gift he could have ever receive.

It was her.

Author's note: Man, I hope this story isn't that bad, I wrote this within such a short amount of time, whoops. Oh well. Just wish I had more time before Christmas (it's Christmas now for me aye) to improve on it more… oh well. (Also because I'm not ready for the new year eh.) Anyway, Please leave a review!

PS: As for LeviHan's ring, I suck at describing things like that. Just google ' attack on titan Jewellery' and you'll probably get what the ring looks like T_T

Also, the character Sachiko (also known as 'Sachi' as her nickname by Hanji), Mikasa's and Eren's daughter, has also been used in another fanfiction I wrote, called, 'Your Mother.' Please check that out as well :) it's much better than this ;-; (But please note this fanfiction and the fanfiction, 'Your Mother.' aren't related, this isn't a follow-up story for it or what-so ever.)

Anyway, once again, have a Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! :)