Chapter 3:

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Brown eyes, big, sparkling and behind a thick set of glasses.

Those were the two things that Levi had thought of when he first saw his client sitting on the foot of his bed, mouth slightly opened just like his in complete utter surprise that no one among them managed to say any kind of word.

"You're…." she muttered, her mouth suddenly becoming wispy dry and trembling.

Hanji has no idea that this guy is her date.

It was her first time entering or being in a brothel. She would once see it in the TV before but never thought that it would look like some kind of disco club where each wall is hauntingly smelled like never ending smoke. It was rather suffocating her lungs, that even if no evidence of smoke is present, they're still on the walls, free to be inhaled. Hanji never liked the smell of smoking and she swears it is rather killing her already.

She was then taken into a room and was surprised to see that it was oddly very clean, organized and free from any smell of smoke. She doesn't know what else to do since she was just told to wait inside so she took the liberty to seat on the bed and wait patiently for her date to come.

She still can't take away the feeling of slight freight and nervousness along her beating heart but the moment that the hands of her wrist watch informs her that she had been waiting for more or less an hour made her worries away and was then replaced by another worry, that her 'date' might won't appear for her tonight and just end up like some of the guys she knew.

Hanji shook her head.

The brothel manager assured her that her 'date' is to come and be with her for tonight, and she knows that she should trust his words.

And now that she is facing him, it was like she bit her tongue. She did heard rumors about him but never paid attention even the slightest but it is true but she does not feel much of anything but surprised.

Was it Levi? Wrestling champion of the school? She recalled, but not sure. She always had a hard time on memorizing names in the first place.

And when Levi was about to say something back when he was halted from doing so after saying, "you're from the same school where I am going to, right?" she said all too bit loudly, tone bit too cheery, somehow happy that at least her date is familiar to her.

Levi felt dumbfounded, why is she asking him this? She was supposed to know that, most especially, he perfectly knows who the hell she was in the first place. He sighed, places his bags neatly on his closet, removed the folded used clothes and places them in the dumper. The eyes of the shitty eyed-glasses was following his every movement and he wanted to tell her to stop, though he knows that he couldn't since he is paid to do everything that she wanted.

"Actually yeah, I am surprised you didn't know who I am and what I am known for doing in my life." He said without hesitation at her, before pulling off his shirt and removing his shoes.

"Levi Fucking Ackerman, at your service." He mocked a bow and his girl client just stared at him. He doesn't even know what she was thinking, and that made him terribly annoyed.

"Ahm, Hanji, Zoe Hanji but I am used being called as Hanji." She said as she extends her hand at him to take and shake. Levi stared at it awkwardly and did not even touched it. There is something, completely wrong is happening here.

"Okay, I know who you are alright. You're the school's greatest math wizard, science genius who always wins in every science fair and is the daughter of the country's most famous scientist and researcher-slash-explorer , right?" he asks as he folds his arms and studied Hanji once again.

"I just can't understand what you're trying to do here. First, you showed up pretending not to know who the fuck I am and what I do and second, acting like all kind of some dumb shit of your purpose here. Now don't bring that kind of shit at me and let's just get it on already because if you may know, we still have school tomorrow." Levi angrily said and tossed his varsity bag beside the table that he has in his room. Hanji's eyes just moved and followed it, her mouth slightly opened in disbelief.

After a moment of silence between the two of them, Hanji gave Levi a sweet smile and sat on his bed and fixed her skirt and removed her jacket.

She was still wearing her school uniform behind her humungous jacket, and as far as Levi could see, she just uses her jacket to cover her uniform for whatever reason by the way she wraps it around her body like some cocoon.

Hanji continued to smile at Levi as she patiently waited for him to sit down beside her. Not knowing if she is messing up with him or not, he let out a deep breath from his chest, decided to unload his things from his bag, keeping the dirty clothes away from training and putting his school things on top of his only table by the side of his room and then turned to his bed and sat beside Hanji.

Hanji's eyes did nothing but followed him, a smile plastered on her face as Levi does his work. Her grin even grew bigger when he finally joined her on the bed. He fixed his eyes on her, looking deeply on her brown chocolate orbs. Staring deeply back into his stormy blue-gray eyes and locking with them made her feel a sudden chill run along her spine. It was all new to her, even her heartbeat increased in a matter of second.

"What? Let's get it on already!" He burst, trying to lock her with his strong hands and corner her with a kiss, shaking the tension through his forceful words that he should not be saying for a client. Hanji tried to move him away too fast, happy that she has this quick reflex and since she is bigger and has longer arms than him, she was able to push him away in an instant.

But one thing caught the two of them unexpectedly, and it was when Levi had his lips brush a bit on her cheeks. It was soft and thin, and it was lovely, she thought.

But still, Hanji was grateful that she had him pushed away.

"Woah there!" she exclaimed, and Levi was once again caught by surprise. He actually thought that he would be getting his ass in trouble for speaking that way towards her since he is his client, second he had never spoke that way on his high paying clients before and third, why did she suddenly pushed him away? By the looks of it, she does look surprised and shook.

"What the fuck? You want me to take a shower first or you have anything else in mind that you wanted to do?" He had forgotten that he just came from ball practice and now he is about to have sex with his nasty body filled with his recent sweat.

"N-nnno! I just, what are we going to do anyway!" she told him, her voice obviously shaking.

"Don't act like you don't know! You're the smartest girl in school and the fact that you're here means you are going to have sex!" Hanji slowly removes her grip from Levi's shoulders, her eyes suddenly swooping down.

"Oh." She only managed to let out, completely letting go of him and looking at her swaying feet. "I'm sorry, I mean, I do know but I really didn't know it was going to be this serious." She whispered into him.

She thought of just asking her first and getting to know each other kind of thing instead of having sex because that is only what she wanted, to befriend someone who has this kind of job and know more of their world and help them out she needed to. She doesn't know why but something within her is telling her to do so and felt like she really wanted.

Levi was completely confused and doesn't know any single thing of what she is saying. He calmed down and decided to talk to her. He fixed his position beside her and decided to alternately look at her and at the floor.

"What brings you here?" he started. If he wanted to know the reason why she is here, he should know to relax first and communicate before freaking out.

"Well, Alexia brought me here." She replied, her voice low while Levi let out a sudden hitch of breath. He had that bitch as his client, high paying too, not bad in bed but has really bitchy attitude that he doesn't like. She also had a liking onto him but he declined her offer before she stopped fucking with him first.

The only thing that he regretted after that was accepting and be in the mercy of the huge amount of tip that she is giving him.

"She said if I wanted her to be friends with me, I should play with you nicely like some kind of Seven Minutes in Heaven game but more entertaining and fun." She continued. "I didn't quickly realized that it was …. Something like this serious."

"Tch. You honestly wanted to be friends with her?" he looked at her but she is still looking at her feet on the ground in disbelief.

"Well, who wouldn't? She's the most popular girl at school and it really is a pleasure to be friends with someone like that who is well known to be beautiful looking." She explains and he completely tell from her that she is anxious and confused. "I really believed that I could be friends with her be just like her, at least be known to be pretty and hot just like her and her friends even for a little bit or even for a short while, just to feel the same way they are feeling."

Because at times, she gets the feeling of wanted to be appreciated for looking good and not for having a big ass brain science fanatic.

"Seriously? You wanted to be friends with a plastic like her?" Levi muttered disgustingly. If he were a chick, there won't be any kind of way for him to want and be friends with that nasty bitchy who only know but be a devil that she is.

"You think destroying someone's life makes you beautiful?"

Hanji's eyes suddenly turned towards him. "What?"

"Tsk, you don't know? She intentionally get the things of others and places them on to someone else's bag so that she could watch and laugh as her victims gets to be involved in a fight that she never even started. She forcefully get the cash of some boys in our school, promising them that she would be their girlfriend and it would be announced to the world but then, the announcement is made known as that the poor bastards were drug pushers or other shit like that and not the boyfriend of the girl that they desired. Now, do you think that's beautiful?" Levi responded and explained nonstop. It was clear and obvious to him that Hanji didn't know of it as she continues to sway her head in every word that he says.

"Not really, I guess. Can you name a few of those victims of hers?" she asked innocently.

"If you are familiar with most of her classmates in each of her classes, then you know who they are." She gasped, cannot believe what she is hearing. Then she suddenly remembers what Nanaba had said, now she wanted to strangle herself for what she have done and for not believing Nanaba.

"Even I got to be her victim." He added as he gave his knee a slight force of massage.

"How?" she wondered.

"Told me that I should stop fucking other people and should only be her, which I cannot do because this is my only financial source. She got mad at me so she spread some nasty news that I fucking have loads of STDs so every people who had sex with me became angry and shit, others even wanted to have refund in which I strongly disagreed into and saved my ass." He didn't liked to recall it since it will just definitely give him another horrible nightmare.

"So how did you save your butt then?"

"By having myself examined and showed it to everyone who asks. Of course they wouldn't believe just immediately, even telling me that I just had sex with the doctor so I had a good result of my tests." He let out a laughing choke in the end, remembering how he had won over that such nasty rumor. "Got the brothel owner mad at me like hell to top it all too."

A moment of silence came crawling once again but then, Levi surprised of what she said next.

"I'm sorry." She muttered, her fingers gripping on the end of her skirt and by her knees. "I'm really awfully sorry, I really didn't know."

Levi suddenly felt a pang of guilt over the girl that he finds disgusting before. He could completely see how innocent she is and how confused she was earlier.

"Hey, we're both victims of her now." He tried to console her and hope he does, since he never knew how to in the first place. He could only look at her and try to hope shit will turn out good soon.

"But, what should I do?"

"What do you mean you should do?"

"I mean, what should I tell her and her friends after our supposed session together?" she asked, panicking and looked at him back worriedly. "I really didn't know or mean any of this."

"Relax, four eyes, I can handle it." He said calmly, an answer suddenly popped out of his head and definitely knew that it will work out.

"Name's Zoe Hanji but I prefer being called Hanji in case you have forgotten. Second, how can you handle it? What about me? I'm their victim here now." Her defensiveness made Levi laugh and she obviously did not liked it.

"Hm. Well, Hanji, I have something in mind to save your ass for the shit that they brought you up here. And don't worry about your reputation because a nerd like you can maintain and save your reputation." He tried to sound as reasonable as possible and hoping that she would trust him. He guesses that it's the least thing that he could for her, since she doesn't seemed to interested in fucking with him for tonight.

"How, exactly we can do that?" she asked, her eyes blinking with wonder, unknowingly making her eyes look more shimmer than ever.

"Well, first and foremost, being predictable as they were, they are most definitely going to spread some news that you are no longer a virgin and that you were having the time of your life as you lose your virginity to me." He stood up he explains it to her, took a huge bottle of water from the small old fridge that he has in a corner, took two glasses and poured in both.

"Okay, so how exactly bad is it if they would spread that kind of issue at school?"

"You're most likely going to be bullied, to be laughed at and make jokes on you that you most probably looked like shit and like this and that." He continued explaining and approaches her, handling her the glass of water as he gulps down his own. "Just trust me, it's not going to be sweet and lovely-dovey because bitches like them are not fond of that. You know what they are fond at?"

"What?"

"Destroying other people's lives." He said his words with pure seriousness, and Hanji felt every inch of it.

Hanji looked down again and feel embarrassed, she doesn't really know who she is dealing with. Her negligence with socializing with the most had her ignorant of who they really are.

"You said that you have an answer for that, so what is it exactly that you have?" she asked, looking up at him as she gulps down her own water. She didn't realized how thirsty she was and drunk down to the last drop of her water.

Levi had his hand curled on his chin and think again. Looking at her made him feel pity, she obviously fell for something that she is not ready to face the consequences. "Well, either way they're going to find a way to make you feel miserable and I have two cases in my mind." He tells her, standing in front of her waiting for any feedback from her face. Since she didn't said anything, he guess that it is okay to continue.

"First is that if you agreed to just tell them that you did in fact love the way how you lose your virginity to me tonight, I could gladly tell them you were fucking great in bed and that I had the time of my life, and that I hope to have some more of you." Not even a single laugh came out from her thin lips and her expression did not changed, still remained apologetic for something and hoping. "that would make them halt at least of making you like a slut at school since they'll be thinking you cried like a bitch, which they would surely tell everyone but if you had great sex means somehow they lose." He added and was glad that Hanji is taking his words seriously.

"Or, we can just tell them that we did not do it and that you still kept your virginity. But I could completely feel that in this second option, they still have a high chance of teasing you that you are still a virgin because you believe in true love or some sort of shitty other things and or that you kept your virginity because you don't know a single thing about fucking." He explained everything that he has and he swears is not that easy to look for answer for her own problem.

Hanji looked down on the empty glass that she is holding, thinking which is best. Either way of the two options that Levi gave was ridiculous and still seemed quite confusing for her for lack of evidence but seeing that he sounds really honest and if what he is saying is true that he, too also fall victim to Alexia, then maybe she could try trusting this guy.

But first, in which option she should choose.

She definitely didn't like any of the options since the two of them has both a negative side. The first one could work but she'll up being known as one of those girls who had sex with Levi but if she chose the second one, she could really feel the pain that it could bring to her if they are to bully her nonstop like that.

"Fine," she sighed, like finally breathing out a tight breath that she was holding since forever. She stood up and saw how vertically challenge Levi was, at least his head makes it by the level of her nose. "I'd choose the first one since it poses less threats and that I am sure I could run away from and others might not ask about it anymore, since I presume they already know who satisfying it is to have sex with you." She finally answered fully, thinking of the possible effects and what could possibly happen.

"But I can also choose the second one because hey, I still believe in the right time of things that's why I waited." She said enthusiastically but Levi did not seemed persuaded by it.

"But it will also pose you to getting bullied like hell even more, that you're like a puny princess waiting for true love."

"I don't mind because it is partly true and hey, I am still a lady in waiting right?" Levi blew a gust of wind, looking at her made him think she is nothing like a lady.

"So what is your final choice?" he asked as he sat fixes himself on his bed as Hanji eyes him, noting how he does look cute in a different angel.

"Whatever could be the choice but I can bug their minds right? I can leave them hanging, not knowing what truly happened between us?" She thought with a smile and Levi can't help but feel glad of her bright idea.

"Yeah, and I could just do the talking as you try to do something else to drive the attention away from you like winning in more science fair or whatever fuck. Because surely after this, you're going to meet them again and they will definitely ask you about our time together." Hanji just stared at him in shock, still holding the glass on her hand in bewilderment.

"You're really going to do that for me?" Surprise full of enthusiasm filled her voice. Honestly speaking, Hanji never experienced doing something so heroic for her own case, except for Nanaba because she is the only one person that she has for a friend.

"I guess I will since I think you're not completely into having sex with me tonight, don't you?"

"Ahm, no thank you." She said quickly in defiance and Levi just let out a chuckle under his breath. She looked like some kind of innocent child who seemed afraid as well.

"Then think of it just as to where your money will go due to your stupid reasoning of wanting to be like them." He tells her, and her eyes agreed with guilt.

Damn those eyes tells a lot, he sees.

"But how did you know that I was a virgin, Levi?" She mentioned his name for the very first time, and it weirdly felt warm on her tongue. Levi too, was also surprised of her pronunciation of his name.

"They wouldn't bring you here if you already have sex with someone. If you are already divirginized, bringing you here is not their way of bullying you or making you feel horrible. They know completely how hard I am at my clients and having you divirginized by me will make you feel horrible."

"How horrible and why?"

"Like you won't be able to walk properly or you'd have marks everywhere because you paid a huge amount to me."

"Oh."

There was a complete silence that filled the room and then Hanji suddenly placed her empty glass on the only available table that the room has. Not big but good enough for two to three persons to be accommodated.

"I just don't understand why they wanted to ruin my life like that, I didn't even do anything bad towards them." Levi could completely feel the helplessness from her and he felt weirdly pity for her.

"Like I told you, it's their hobby to bully people and treat them like shit." His voice is full of disgust and anger, remembering how they had almost pulled out the only source of finance into his life.

"That was really horrible." She says and slumps down on the chair that is placed together on the table.

"I know right?" Levi agreed and let out a light grumble of laughter under his breath. "It takes real talent to do that yah know?"

"Yeah, but that reminds me, aside from finding out that I'm still a virgin, is it alright if I ask you to explain this?" her tone suddenly became dead serious even more but her voice still remained in right level. "If it's okay of course, if it's not, it's alright, I'm not telling anybody about you Levi anyway."

Levi studied her first, is she being serious here or playing pranks on him? Did those bitches set him up again for their revenge or what? But seeing as she turned her attention on playing into her empty glass of water and smiling on it as her fingers play on it like a fool made his heart calmed down and feel at ease. He may not be sure but he could definitely feel that she is innocent, she even looks naïve.

"Okay," letting out a deep exhale from his lungs and took his seat on his bed, letting his body sink on the very foam of his nasty bed. He places his arms behind his head and relaxed, not knowing where to begin exactly. He partly guesses he shouldn't let her money go into waste.

"I ended up here because of my mother and uncle's bitch friend." He gulped down, he could definitely feel things are getting difficult by just starting to remember. Hanji gave him a still questioning look but went down together with him, sinking her butt on his bed beside him then focused on his eyes deeply to look for answers, emotions, anything so that she too would know what she needed to do to him.

"My mother died when I am almost seven but then my uncle took me in for about three years after a year with a whore friend of my mom she had entrusted me with and then mistreated me and gave me to my uncle after finding out he is looking for my mom, before reaching the age of ten or eleven. When he too, died, he and my mother's common bitch friend took me in back again because she knows that I'd still have a few money left from my uncle and mother. It was not much amount by she is too desperate to have a single cent on her fucking pouch so she fought hard to have herself my legal guardian once again but when she had everything that she needed already, I was then thrown right immediately into orphanage but then, I found out all about her plan of getting me to have more money from the government so I run away as far as I can, until I met two delicate friends for my life." Levi took a moment of paused and studied how Hanji would react. So far so good, she's really eager to listen, not asking questions nor butting in, not too overdramatic or being too emotional and just stared at him as he speaks.

Oddly, he didn't knew that she was like that because most of the time, she could definitely hear her too loud and energetic at school.

Also, he can't believe to be opening up his life to someone like this.

Levi guesses that it is already fine to continue so he did.

"Not after that, Isabel, one of those real friend that I had in life, has to be the one to pay for the price that Farlan and her has done." He stopped, staring only nothing but the ceiling, recalling those past times that he had with them, such great memories that he cannot even afford to just regret and forget. He shut his eyes as he recalled their faces and as he did so, Hanji saw how sincere he is.

Having someone to trust and to care for.

People who really believed in him and did not treated him like shit.

People who really showed care to him.

"So what had happened?" Hanji suddenly asked, breaking the sudden stroll along the memory lane of Levi. She hoped that she wasn't much intriguing onto his recalling of his memories to his past.

"Sorry." He mumbles then scrubs his face with his palm. "Sorry about that. The two kind of had an accident with the brothel owner here after breaking in and since we don't have what he is asking for after getting caught and not to be thrown into jail, we have to work under him."

"Why, what was he asking for anyway?"

"A huge amount of shit to pay for the accident and breakage that the two have caused in here. We started doing by cleaning and cooking and all nasty things but then he found out that Isabel was a virgin and places a great amount on her, since she doesn't look that bad as well but then of course, me and Farlan fought for Isabel and we attempted to escape but shit do happens you know."

Levi tried to give out a laugh and Hanji could see that his shifting and movements are becoming uncoordinated. She could feel that these two people that Levi is telling her really means a lot to him since the way he say there name are too mellow and caring, which is so unlike him entirely.

She wonders if he is really alright with this kind of job that he is doing, that's why she can't help herself from listening to what he is saying. Hanji figures that Levi is completely mysterious and intriguing, and she likes intriguing and mysterious things, or guy is alright as well.

"How bad was it?" she mumbles to him, her voice uncertain if it's okay to ask since she could definitely see that he is having a bit of hesitation with his movements and words.

Levi could perfectly see the empathy on Hanji's chocolate brown eyes, too round and yet shaky with concern. He couldn't stop her though, he had already started talking and both of them were in the same boat so he guesses that it is alright to tell her. She doesn't seemed to be the type of person who likes to gossip around the school corridors.

"Well, I couldn't protect them. Isabel tried to push them away but when one of the man decided to let go of her, the force given to her caused her to fall down and hit her head right on the corner of cemented bench while me and Farlan were fighting the other men around us so we could just run away. But then, Farlan was then stricken by a knife and I couldn't do anything. I only kneeled and cried as they literally drag me away from my friends' bodies. The brothel owner did paid for everything that they needed to be laid into rest and I needed to pay for that in their behalf and for the other things left unpaid that we accidentally broke in the brothel, as well as the chaos and attempted money to be taken from him." He sighed after those words. It was the heaviest and really hard to say and explain. Just by remembering that very horrible time of his life never fails to make his heart crumble into dust of pain.

There was a moment of silence that hanged on between the two of them, and Levi can't blame her for not saying anything about what he had confessed. By the looks of it, he knows that she is thinking, and he can't help but wonder what is going on inside her head.

"You don't have any other choice Levi, that's what had happened. It's not your fault or anyone's." Hanji burst out all of a sudden. She actually really didn't know what to say but she wanted to tell him something, anything to comfort him or to make him feel okay after his heartfelt confession.

He couldn't do anything but just to chuckle and snort. "What makes you say that? I ain't blaming anyone about my life you know."

"Then that is something really amazing about you then, Levi. You know that it is hard and difficult and shitty but you still continued, you moved forward, and that is really hard you know, most especially if you don't have enough people surrounding you to guide you all throughout your life. " Levi was dumbfounded, he never thought that she'd say something like that because all he knows is that she cares only studying and science like what most people at school are telling about her. All he knows is that she has a brain but no beating hard for others, just like the other typical smart ass at school.

"You know it is hard but you continued, and that is amazing Levi. It makes you really amazing because not everybody can do that." She finished and this time, she smiled at him. Warm and heart melting, and Levi didn't liked it. Nobody ever did that to him, most especially after hearing his life story or even a portion of it.

Never.

Nobody.

"What makes you say that I'm amazing? Just like that? We all have hell to go through so don't speak as if you don't have your own." He did had a tiny little bit increased from his tone but Hanji is still smiling at him. He can't understand her, really, but he figures that there is something about her that he really wanted to know more. He is starting to feel weird around her, that she is not like any other human he have been ever.

"You don't think that you're amazing?" she asked surprisingly for confirmation.

"Why would I even think of that? You think having sex with everyone is great? It's fucking disgusting!" Levi exclaims as he suddenly sat straight on his bed.

Hanji at first was surprised by his sudden aggressiveness but then gave another warm smile to make things calm between them. "Yes, and that's what makes you great, Levi. You didn't run away from what life had given you and didn't allow it to mess up your life. The way you force yourself just so you can feed yourself and have yourself go to school and live life, that's enough hope you have there, and I can definitely say that's it's not like any other." She said in enthusiasm, letting out a small laugh at the end.

"You're really someone who never gives up in life that easily, and that is something I really looked up into." Hanji finished while Levi could only just look at her uneasily.

Nobody ever said how great he is except for sex, even though if he would say it is because this is there first time together. No one really cared to understand his life and if he does mentioned a summary or a portion about his life, they would end up saying that they are happy for him to have such kind of life to experience very incredible sex.

Staring at her made him feel uneasy, everything about her is making him feel uncomfortable. Her smile, and her unwanted comfort are the first things that he wanted to slap away from her.

"Touching. Now, tell me if you wanted to have sex so I can prepare myself for you." He said as he opens his first two buttons of his uniform, exposing a tiny bit of his chest.

Hanji suddenly looked up into him nervously, her eyes suddenly becoming bigger than usual with very visible taints of surprise.

"Nnn-no thank you!" was her quick reply as she raises her hand to stop him from further opening his uniform. She instantly felt different from feeling his shirt slightly wet from his perspiration, feeling it along the depths of her skin, a part of her getting curious already too.

Levi let out a deep and low chuckle. "You sure?"

"Yes I am sure." She answered quickly again, not even thinking twice. She is not interested of doing something like that with a total stranger.

"Hm, suit yourself then." Levi said then stood up. Hanji's eyes followed his movements, studying him as he took out his books, a pen and other things for school. She can't help but feel really surprised in the inside since she thought that he doesn't do well in school. But as she think about it on how he pushes himself to force himself to enter school and make money to support himself not just in living but to accommodate the financial needs in their school, she then shouldn't be surprised for what she is seeing now. Looks like he really does give education a bit of seriousness afterall.

"If you don't mind, we have a math homework and a quiz to study." He tells her as he opens and scans one of his books.

"No, not at all. I don't really mind." She replied, a smile forming on her face. Somehow, she wanted to explore that side as well and fill her curiosity but then again, she still can't wait to experience it with someone she wanted to share sexual intimacy just like any other girls of her age. With a serene smile on her face, she sat opposite of Levi on the table and watched him do his work.

"Aren't you also going to do the same thing? I mean, we belong to the same batch, we're just in different section." He said without raising his eyes to look at her and started doing his work.

"Yeah but you see, I'm already done. I've finished it while waiting for you here earlier."

"Seriously?" he asked with his gloomy, eyes crawling slowly up towards her.

"Yes I really did."

"Even reviewing for our science class?"

"Yes, even that."

"Who am I kidding anyway? You're the school's brainiac." He snorted and continued on his homework. "I bet you answered in just a blink of an eye."

"Not really, I did studied it first thoroughly before I get to answer it properly." She confessed, earning another snort from Levi, seemingly finding it hard to believe what she said. "though I guess it runs in the blood too, something to be thankful for at least."

Hanji could only giggle a little too lighten the mood. She's actually getting tired of being known as that, giving her an impression or an image that was like forever glued to her face, and she doesn't like it so her brows knitted and her eyes fell on his book.

"Well, that's what they usual say. Kinda hated it though." She murmured as she goes closer to Levi's book, almost blocking his view of his work.

Levi stopped and stared at her. He can't focus doing like this if she kept on blocking his view of his homework.

"Alright fine, I know you don't like to have sex with me tonight but aren't you planning to go home? I'm sure your family is worried about you." He tells her, their eyes locking to one another as she feels her butt hitting the cool wooden chair once again.

"Nah, told them I was with Nanaba and she confirmed it to my parents." She assures him.

"A-ha. Didn't know that you do things like that." He snorted and eyed his book again and to Hanji's, taking his chance to answer once again.

"Rules are meant to be broken, you know?" she said in a chuckle. "And we're used to that though I only do that in emergency purposes only."

"Yeah right, emergency purposes like what?"

"Like finishing an experiment or another for my Biology club, it would come really handy for me." Levi only made gurrglish sound and answered without even looking at her.

"What kind of emergency tactics are we talking about in here?"

Hanji rolls her eyes as though that Levi is asking her a question with a very easy answer. "Like, pretending to go and having overnight at Nanaba's even if I am stuck at a motel room trying to finish my experiments and any other things for school."

"Why at a motel room?" Levi stops to look at her mockingly and scuffs.

"Because if I will really have an overnight with Nanaba, we share the same bed and Nanaba won't allow me to make a mess on her room and have the lights turned on for the entire night because she won't be able to go to sleep." She explains and grabs one of his pen beside his books and started to pay with it.

"Touching." He said and grabs the pen that she took from her fingers.

"And when do you often do that?"Levi asked curiously. Someone who had their basic needs given should be already contented.

"When my parents are not around which is at least twice a month due to their jobs and I can't bear to stay at our house all alone."

Levi breathed in after hearing her answer, convinced of what she told him. "You sure that you don't want to get laid tonight?" he asks again with seriousness. "I mean, you paid a thousand bucks just to have reserved all night with me to have sex with." He asked despite sounding repetitive already, but he needed to make sure of her decision.

"It's alright, I'm having fun just talking with you. It really is interesting to know someone with a job like this." She beamed at him with no efforts of effecting on him.

"You just paid to talk with me? We can fucking talk at school you know."

"Yeah but what else should we do in here?" she retorted back. She didn't even thought of just ending up talking to him.

"Why don't you just go back to your friend's home and sleep there so that you'll be more comfortable there if you don't have any plans of going home." He tells her, not wanting to have a spoiled braniac girl bitching about how disgusting his place to sleep in.

Levi was surprised to see Hanji suddenly turned quiet and bashfully lowers her chin on top other hand on the table. "She's mad at me." She tells him, not wanting to explain further and to even look at him.

"Why, because of your decision of accepting those bitches' invitation?" He doesn't even know if they have a different level of friendship and he is already intrigued but seeing her so down made him feel that he shouldn't ask. Maybe they were just really bestfriends. Mike will totally lose his mind if about finding out that his client is the best friend of the girl he really likes.

Hanji could only but nod. She knows her only friend is upset with her because of what she wanted to find out more in her life. They're already done with arguing but she knows that deep down inside of Nanaba, she is still upset with what she have done for the night.

"Maybe she wouldn't anymore if you tell her about what we have decided to do tonight." Levi tells her suddenly out of nowhere and without looking at her. He didn't want to prove something to her but he can't himself feeling pity for a girl who only knows is science and academics.

"We can study together and change notes for tonight, if you like." She offered with a smile, and Levi does not seem to mind that as he gave her a nod.

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Author's Notes:

Back in the city now and I am all hyped to have a time to myself, doing what I want without any time limit haha. I deserve some reward to myself after feeling major lows this month which I thought would have never been fixed. Now it did and I am so thankful and just right on time so yeah.

Anyway, so how does everyone found this chapter? And how's everybody doing?

See yah in the following chapter!

With much love,

LadyinBlack