Xenogenic Dyad
-The Return-
Levi and Armin had been walking in a companionable scilence. The blonde assured Levi profusely that Eren was not in the least upset from earlier and that the brunette had been wanting to talk to him for the longest span of time.
Levi's plan had been to say a quick 'my bad' to Eren and wait for the brunette's bright smile to return. That is how the group survived over the years with Levi and Eren's fights. Not to mention Levi still had to spy over the fourteen year old teen. Untill both Eren and Armin were sixteen, Lena and Levi were glued to their sides.
Armin grabbed his room key, a white card with a serialized number, and scanned it. As well as his handprint on a panel left to the door and his eye on the panel above it. Once the scanners recognized the intellectual student, the door beeped in comply and slid open smoothly.
What the two saw instantly put Levi in a sour mood.
Eren was spinning Lena around, so carefree and happy. The boy twin could not see his sister's face, but he could tell she was entertained. Levi's grey eyes darkened immensely when he heard a bit of laughter in her voice when she questioned Eren on what his intentions were.
"Yeah, Eren. What ARE you doing?!"
The two paused their antics and Eren unceremoniously dropped the girl. Lena landed on her feet and glanced at her brother. Levi was angry. His blood was boiling and his breathing became tight. She looked confused. Why?! Did she not know the position her and Jaeger were in? How could she? Why was she even in his room? What would they have done if he and Armin hadn't showed up?!
Eren, knowing Lena probably didn't understand what the situation compromised, looked at his best friend. His 'brother'. The look in his turquoise eyes, the one Levi tried to avoid at all costs, was one of pleading. Begging for Armin to listen to his explanation. "Armin. It's not what you think—"
The blonde ran off without even waiting for a response.
Eren looked away from Levi, heart practiclly in his throat. There was no way he could look the raven haired teen in the eye. Instead he opted to call Armin and beg for him to come back.
It's not like Levi really wanted to talk to Eren anyway. He grabbed his sister's hand and dragged her away.
When they got to their dorm, Levi angrily did the opening door procedure and waisted no time in racing into the room. He pushed Lena on to his bed and scowled deeply. She sat up with no reaction, looking up at her brother blankly.
That seriously pissed him shitless.
"What were you doing in Jaeger's room?"
Lena blinked at his anger, "Apologizing for your crude actions earlier."
Levi flinched but crossed his arms angrily. His thoughts were running so fast, there was no way Lena could keep up. Why did she always have to make him look like the bad guy. 'You are the bad guy.' his mind shot back and he instantly kicked his subconcious's ass. Turning back to his sister, his voice was now a growl. "That must have been one hell of an apology."
Lena's confusion was not becoming any clearer. Why wouldn't Levi just explain what he was hinting at? Lena sighed and began stripping. Levi rolled his eyes and bit his tounge to contain his insults.
"So your leaving? Without even apologizing to Blondie?"
"Why should I apologize? I have done nothing to hurt anyone." Lena was now angry. Her face did not show it, as usual, but what she was doing now proved it.
Her dark purple hair turned a fierce red. Her nails grew into talons. Her grey eyes turned a hellish garnet that reflected her now sudden anger and her lips turned a bright fiery scarlet. Those lips were now pulled tightly into a snarl. In between her shoulder blades two thin lines began to deepen and expand. One second there was nothing, the next, wings of fire errupted from her back. Lena's skin was as white as snow, making all of the red she adorned even brighter than it was.
"I did not do a damn thing! What were you and Armin so enraged about?! Eren was just excited that I asked if Armin had a companion to attend the graduation ball with!"
"Calm down the flames, bitch, before you catch something on fire."
Lena just groaned in annoyance and the flames that were her wings turned into vibrant red feathers. "Whatever, Neko-chan!" She cooed sweetly, which made Levi snap.
His eyes, which were also a hard shade of grey, burst with a sudden gold. His pupils dialated into a fierce feline shape. His skin took on a golden bronze color and his nails grew out sharply, though not as long as his sister's. His canines sharpened and he was suddenly purring. Pouncing on his sister, Lena squealed, so unlike her, and headed towards the windows. Unlocking them, she jumped out and let her wings hold her in position right outside their window, a few feet from her brother. Levi purred in annoyance.
"Damn bird, get back here!"
Lena smiled. It was bright and blinding, just like her wings when they were fire, "Go kiss Eren, Levi! I promise he will love it!" With that, Lena flew off, probably towards HQ.
Levi grumbled but detransformed. His normal pale skin pulsates and his blood itched for the other side of him to be released once more, but he had no reason to. Watching Lena fly off into the distance, he mumbled a bit and mindlessly grabbed his music player and portable speaker to head to the school's gym.
"Stupid bird."
Armin. Was. Pissed.
It was as simple as that. Eren knew he had feelings for Lena. He knew it took everything that Armin had to work up the courage to talk to her every morning without breaking a sweat. He tried so hard to get Lena to notice him. Just when he convinced himself he had a chance when Lena said she did not mind him staring, BAM! Eren probably used his handsome attributes and ensnared her when they were alone.
Oh who was he kidding? Everyone was convinced he was a girl anyway. Lena wouldn't want to date a weak loser. She was unearthly gorgeous, and it wasn't just his crush speaking for him.
All of the males in their transitioning classes wanted to do very innappropriate things to her. No one could believe how mad Armin got each day in the locker room when Jean and Connie spoke of all the things they would do to her if given the chance. He wanted to yell at them, wanted to scold them for looking at a woman in general as a piece of meat. In the end, Armin had no confidence. Eren was his brave card. Only when he was there did he stand for his beliefs and that was cowardice to it's finest.
Just thinking about his name brought Armin back to reality. Taking out his smartphone, he unlocked it and saw that his roomate called seven times.
Hate to feel this way, and waste a day. I gotta get myself onstage. I shouldn't wait or be afraid. The chips will fall where they may...
Make that eight. Thinking rationally for a moment, Armin knew he should talk to Eren. He had not heard a single story and jumped into conclusions long before testing the hypothesis. If anything, Lena could have told Eren that her brother shared the same feelings as Eren. The brunette had been wanting Levi for as long as Armin wanted Lena. Often they made up strategies to talk to the two siblings and confess, but Armin would choke and run away and Eren would always end up fighting with Levi.
Answering the phone, Armin waited patiently as his friend got himself together. Eren's face was on the screen, showing everything the boy did. His face was red and brown hair in shambles. Frustrated tears decorated the corners of his turquoise eyes. Armin immediately felt guilty, but refrained himself from apologizing. 'Your supposed to be pissed, Armin!'
"Oh, thank The Lord! You gave me a damn heart attack! You could have gotten kidnapped, roasted, and eaten by people with as many calls as I've made!"
Armin couldn't help but to laugh at Eren's way of thinking. "Cannibalistic kidnappers, Eren?" He questioned, not sure if his friend was entirely sane at the moment. "I've only been gone for ten minutes."
Eren fumed, cheeks even redder. Was it Armin or did Eren literally have steam coming out of his ears? "They would have you seasoned and marinated by now!" The brown haired teen jumped on the bed and stared at Armin with angry, defiant eyes. "You can stay angry at me for as long as you want. Just don't make me worried, because loosing my brother...that is a nightmare."
Armin sighed and the guilt won. Running his hand through golden locks, his blue eyes stared back at Eren neutrally. Eren knew that look meant 'I will try to listen without biased feelings'. So here was Armin, sitting on the beach's warm sand as the wind blew his hair and emotions about him. He watched nervously as Eren stuttered for a while, maintaining his guilty expression, before taking a deep breath and starting all over with his tale.
"Armin, nothing happened between the two of us, I swear! Lena just told me something very exciting in my opinion and I was just...ecstatic! Wait, did I use that word right?"
Armin guffawed at his best friend. The blonde had been trying to get Eren to use a new vocababulary word everyday. So far he had used all of his words incorrectly. He sighed and asked, "Did you mean over whelming happiness or joyful excitement?"
Eren nodded vigorously.
"Than, yes. That's correct." He saw Eren's chest buffed up proudly, before going back to the situation at hand. It took everything in Armin not to laugh. The screen moved all around the room, probably Eren hooking the phone up to the computer to charge while explaining, and settle back on him.
Eren sighed and got back to the story, "Armin, you know I'm ADHD. You know I am hyper as hell. It was an impulse, I promise. It's not like I got on one knee and proposed! I'm gay, little brother. I want cock -not vagina."
Armin chocked on his own spit, "You don't have to phrase it like that! A simple "I'm gay" works just fine!"
Eren's laugh boomed out of the phone and Armin smiled softly. He had sort of forgotten about the fact that Eren simply did not do girls. How stupid of him to come to conclusions! He sighed in relief, stretching. His phone was about to die. "Alright, I am sorry. I worried you and didn't listen. Forgive me?"
Eren grinned, "Love you, Armin. Now get back down here so I can give you a hug. Plus, dinner's about to start."
Armin cracked a sly smile, "Nah, I'd rather stay out here and get taken by cannibalistic kidnappers."
Eren blushed, embarrassed.
"Shut up, Armin."
Lena entered the mess hall silently.
Levi was by her side, but then dissappeared to sit by Eren without saying anything.
The beauty went through the procedure of ordering her food in the lines cafeteria with the touch screen computer, and by the time she got to the server lady it was ready. Thanking her quietly, the woman bid her a good night and sat at a table, alone.
Armin walked into the mess hall, and she deftly looked away before he could catch her sight. He went into line casually, ordering lunch. In front of him was the annoying Jean Kierstein and the jock, Reiner Braun. Something they said must have irked Armin because he rolled his eyes and sighed in relief when they left and it was his turn to grab dinner.
She was so caught up in stealing glances at the blonde boy, who hated her now, that she hadn't notice Jean sitting at her table.
"Hey there, Gorgeous. Oh, excuse me. I mean Flawless." Jean greeted smoothly, smirking deviously at the girl. Any normal girl would have blushed timidly or swooned, but Lena wasn't normal, nor was she shy around idiots.
Lena took a bite out of her shrimp pasta and breifly glanced at the two-toned hair boy with a brow raised. He was okay. Choclate brown eyes. Brown mop top of hair and black shaved in close on the sides. Tall, attractive, Student Council Secretary, and a star lacrosse player; yes girls would kill to be in Lena's place at this moment, being complimented by him as a hello.
Jean noticed the questioning brow and shrugged, "Well you are! How I see it is how I call it."
"Yeah? And right now I want to call bullshit," Eren said loud enough for the two to hear from the other table. Lena smirked but continued to eat her pasta in peace. Eating about a quarter of it, she switched to the beignet on the side of her plate. Powdered sugar caught on her cheek.
Jean glared at Eren and in return, Levi narrowed his eyes ten-fold. Jean shivered and turned back to Lena. He saw the way she kept looking over to the lunch line. There was no one of intrest but that little nerdy boy she always hung out with. Shaking his head, he turned back to the Victorian Doll. His fingers brushed the powdered sugar from her cheek and licked it from his thumb. Lena reached for her fork in case she had to stab.
"Anyhow, Lena! The reason I'm here is to ask you a simple favor, really."
'What is he doing?' Lena groaned in her mind, only to hear her brother snicker.
'He wants to know if you have "a companion to squire with at the ball"' Levi replied, biting into his tempura with a satisfied smirk. Lena growled low in her subconcious and tuned out Jean's thoughts about how beautiful she was. She only wanted to hear Armin say that! Levi whispered something into Eren's ear that made the boy glance worriedly at his friend.
Jean chuckled, and kissed Lena's hand. "...So, will you go with me to the dance?" Everyone's attention was on them now, and Eren had to hold back Levi from knocking Jean into next week. No one dated his sister unless he approved. Obviously he did not approve of horse-face.
Lena wanted to throw her bowl of powdered sugar at him and tell him to get away from her. Did he think she was deaf? She heard him everyday talking to Reiner about 'tapping dat ass' and it annoyed the living genetics out of her! Armin was a complete gentleman. There was no one like him, so sweet. Instead, she calmly stood and bowed her head. "I beg your pardon, but I am afraid I simply can not attend the graduation ball with you. My sincerest apologies," She grabbed her tray, but Jean stopped her, clearly taking a wound to the ego.
"B-But why? You don't have anyone going with you, do you?!"
"She does."
Lena turned to see Armin glowering icily at Jean and come to her side. The blonde interlocked his fingers with her's and Lena's heart skipped tragically. What was he doing? Was he not upset with her? Whispers resounded across the room. Eren silently cheered and Levi smirked at the brunette. He approved of Armin. Not only did he stand up to Jean, he gave a dagger-laced look that Levi would use himself. It needed a little work, but for a first timer he did pretty alright.
"C'mon, Lena. We were going to the town tonight to look for a dress, right?" Armin asked cheerfully and Lena nodded. Grabbing the remainder of her beingets, she threw away her tray and practiclly skipped out of the cafeteria with Armin.
They still held hands.
"I can't believe he actually stood up to Jean! That's my little brother, takin' after me of course!" Eren bragged easily, he and Levi on top of the dormitory's roof.
Levi smirked and gazed at the stars as he tuned in and out of Eren's babbling. His voice, although he called it irksome, made Levi feel at ease. At first, he was nervous about Eren, but Eren motioned for him to sit next to the brunette and he had no choice but to comply. Eren said nothing about the fight as he explained how he and Levi's sister were just talking. When Levi assured that he believed Eren, the boy sighed (in relief?) and began talking about how amazing Armin was tonight.
Levi dazedly watched him, as if he were paying attention. It was a simple illusion, nonetheless. His grey eyes drunk in every trace of Eren. His tanned skin, his beautiful Caribbean-turquoise eyes. The way brown lashes batted against slightly dusted cheeks. Yes, it was this reason alone that he put up with his Commander's annoying wishes. He could watch Eren untill he turned sixteen. That wasn't a problem.
The problem was he couldn't bare to stop.
"Ano... Levi? A kiss for your thoughts?" He shyly leaned over and place a peck on his cheek. Eren braced himself for a punch in the face, but recieved nothing.
Levi rose a brow, "I thought it was 'a penny'?"
Eren shrugged and looked up at the sky. "No one uses pennies anymore with our counter cards, so I switched it up a bit."
Levi grunted in agreement, letting Eren win. It was true, there was no such thing as 'loose change' or 'dollar bills' anymore. There was just this one card that you swiped when purchasing something and you entered in a PIN. Instead of four numbers, it was ten. That way it was not easy to steal an identity. When you were paid on a job, it automatically goes to your counter card. Pennies were long forgotten.
Levi shrugged and Eren noticed just how peaceful he was. They sat their in silence. Untill Levi had a text. Checking it with bored eyes, his eyes widened in shock before locking it back with a click of a button.
-Unknown Number-
Heyo, Levi-kun! Your lovely Far-chan has arrived in time for your graduation~!
Sent: 8:45
"Is something wrong?"
"No. I'm fine."
Levi saw a flash of hurt hit Eren's face and he knew he had to at least seem like he wanted to be around him. So he went through his sister's mind for a topic, for he was to distraught to think of one, before his eyes widened in shock. "Your going to Recon Tech?!" He hadn't meant for his voice to raise to a shout, but damnit Eren was making the dumbest move imaginable. He got accepted into M.P. High! Why would he go to a middle-class school, when he was being given the chance to go to the most elite school in the lands of Clementia?!
"Damnit Lena," Eren cursed under his breath, ducking away from Levi's fierce stare. "Look I just—"
"I know your an idiot, Brat, but this will be one of the dumbest moves you will ever make."
Eren bit his lip, "I did it for you, ya' know? So you wouldn't have to see my face anymore. It's one of your biggest wishes, isn't it?"
Levi froze terribly. So Eren didn't forgive him? Yeah, he knew it was to much to hope for. His heart pounded faster and his jaw clenched tightly. His lack of response must have made Eren irritated because he laughed angrily and stood up.
"You've had to deal with me for nine years! I think it's time I finally gave you a break. I've tried hard to be your friend. I know right now that your just faking. What, did Lena have to tell you to apologize? Don't trouble yourself, Levi." The brunette scoffed and shook his head. He practiclly hugged himself to prevent shaking. His turquoise orbs avoided Levi's shocked grey specks and looked towards the cars below them.
"You really are an idiot if you think she has the athourity to tell me to do something," Levi snapped, standing up to his full height. He grabbed a fistful of Jaeger's, surprisingly soft, locks and gritted his teeth when Eren flinched. Getting in his face, the shorter of the two let out a breath and let his target go. "Did you already send out your papers?"
Eren frowned but bobbed his head once. Yes. Levi took a deep breath and nodded. Without even clearing a single thing, he walked away, leaving a tired looking boy on top of the roof.
"Not even that made you notice me did it, Levi?"
A few hours away from the debacle and victory at Trost's transitioning school was a grand building built from marble and magestic stone.
The capital of Clementia.
Though right below it rested the most urban of legends. The Underground.
"Erwin! Lena said she's using the countercard."
A young woman with dark plum hair down her shoulders and caramel skin ran into the commander's office. She wore simple jeans and a white cashmere tee, only covered slightly by her silver-metallic crop jacket. Black boots with buckles clanked heavily against the sterilized white floor.
Approaching the commander's desk, the woman drooled with her theories, "It could only be one thing! She's going on a date!"
The chair turned around slowly. In it's occupation was a handsome middle aged man of about 6'3 in height. Strongly built with chiseled cheek bones and icy light blue eyes. His bright blonde hair was smoothed and jelled impeccably. He let out a sigh and his eyes barely retained from their urge to roll. "Hanji, please refrain from speaking idiocy in my office. Your a bit to fluid in the language as it is,"
Hanji scoffed but a wide smile joined her appearence. "I'm so serious, Erwin! Since when did Lena actually use the goverment's money for her mission?" Before Erwin could respond, Hanji excidetly ran behind his desk and grabbed his strong hands in her calloused dainty ones. "Never! Because she and Arlert are giant nerds and they always hung around at the library!"
Hanji Zoë, an attractive twenty-six year old scientest over Clementia's 'underground' test subjects was never one to sugar coat things. She was a lively soul that teased anyone and anything just to keep any atmosphere alive and thriving. Her personality was a combination of sassy, clever and deranged, which was why she was so high up in her ranks. Her ability to decieve people with her warm act was quite chilling. Lena and Levi had been her favorite subjects. She took great pride in creating the rarest genetically altered reincarnations out there.
Levi Ackerman. Two thousand years ago he was once reffered to as 'Corporal' or 'Humanity's Strongest'. Now he was reigning king of the G.A.R., or Genetically Altered Reincarnation. He was a fighter in a sense. Injecting genetics into a person was dangerous in the first place, many people die and few survive for very long. Her memories from both the past and now, in this technology filled future, caused her great joy.
"I highly doubt she's going on a date, Hanji. Lena is a very shy girl."
"She is not shy, she just doesn't understand human emotion. Though I have noticed as of late whenever we talk about Arlert, her heart picks up just a bit and her power slightly doubles in force." Hanji strutted away, leaving Erwin a bit dismayed.
The head scientest decided that she would look over Lena for just a few minutes over a cup of hot coffee. Racing towards the nearest coffee vending machine, which was two hallways over, (ugh!) she opened the door to her office the same way the kids opened theirs' at school. Sighing about the hectic day today and the joys of more experiments tomorrow, Hanji threw her jacket somewhere to be forgotten and headed towards her room, which was jointed with her office.
"Hello, Hanji! You wouldn't mind if I stayed here untill the tykes's graduation, would you?"
Hanji's heart pounded from the sudden surprise of someone in her room. Even faster when she realized they got in to her room! How could he get in with out the scanner noticing it was not her handprint? The plum haired braniac's mind went through a whirl wind of confliction and disarray. Why was he here? He escaped two months ago! He knew it was instant death the moment he returned. 'Oh no, I gotta warn Erwin and...Levi...' When the raven-haired boy's name entered her line of subconcious vision, it catapulted her back into reality. With a gulp, she questioned one name that she dreaded.
"Farlan?!"