Having returned back to his office, Levi leaned back on his chair as he thoughts went back to the day when he had a proper conversation with Saki.
Almost 10 years ago...
After Saki had introduced herself, the bell had rung so those were the only words that they had exchanged before both headed to their separate classrooms.
Erwin and Mike were telling Hanji and Isabel everything that had happened while the raven haired male sat away from the group.
Even though the male wasn't someone who'd accept any food or drinks from anyone, he hadn't realised that he was drinking from the can that Saki had bought him.
Of course that was one of his favourite drinks that were sold in the vending machine, everything else tasting too sweet for the raven haired male.
His mind replayed back to that bright smile the new girl had shown before he shook away that memory.
The raven haired male wondered why that smile seemed to be engraved in his memory but he didn't dwell on the thought too much,deciding to pay attention to the tutor who stood at the front.
The rest of the day went by slowly, Levi having long forgotten about his encounter with the transfer student.
Until the next day that is...
The morning had gone by calmly before Levi found himself being called to the headteacher's office during the end of the 4th period.
The male could already hear the whispers as he left the classroom, people assuming that he's going to be excluded for whatever fight he had gotten himself into.
...
Meanwhile, Saki had to hand in a form to the headteacher so the short female headed to the office.
Being told from the deputy headteacher that she could go in and see the headteacher, Saki knocked at the door before entering the room.
The short female paused when she found that the headteacher hadn't been alone but had been speaking to another student.
The student was none other than Levi himself.
Saki wondered why the headteacher had told her to come in, even though he was busy talking to another student.
The short female soon caught onto the conversation between the older male and the raven haired male.
"...you hit a student during break yesterday and you're not admitting to your actions.", the headteacher said with a frown.
"T'ch.", Levi clicked his tongue as he had an annoyed expression on his face.
"You may be the top student but I cannot overlook this issue. The student who you had hit yesterday has bruises all over his face and his parents have come to me to complain.", the headteacher continued.
The short female looked from the headteacher then to Levi who hadn't said anything.
It was then that Saki spoke up.
"Um...sir, Levi didn't hit anyone yesterday.", Saki spoke up as the older male turned his attention to the female, Levi also turning to look at the new student.
"Young lady, what makes you so certain?", the headteacher asked.
"Because I was with him during break.", Saki said, "And he didn't hit anyone, you can even ask Sasha Blouse, she was there as well.", she said.
The headteacher was seen to think for a few seconds.
Saki turned to look at Levi, whose eyes were on her already. She gave him a smile and the raven haired male clicked his tongue as he looked away.
"Alright then.", the headteacher spoke up again, "I'll need you two to fill out statements.", the male then pointed to Saki, "Get your friend to write one as well.", he said and the short female gave a nod, "I'll have a word with the student to see if he had lied.", the headteacher said, "Grab a statement sheet from the Deputy.", he said before he allowed them to leave.
Saki handed in a form since that had been the reason she had come into the headteacher's office. The female then quickly followed behind the delinquent who had left the office.
She caught up to the raven haired male and followed behind him.
"You didn't hit anyone, so why didn't you tell the headteacher that?", Saki spoke up.
"T'ch, that's none of your business.", Levi snapped back without looking back at the female.
The male could have mentioned that he had been with his friends but he didn't want them to be caught up in this, when someone was clearly trying to get revenge on him.
And even if Levi did tell the truth, it's not like anyone would believe him since the male usually gets into fights anyways. So Levi was going to accept the punishment, not caring less about what would happen to him.
But he hadn't expected the female to defend him, since he was sure that he gave off a scary image to everyone.
"I heard that you're a delinquent.", Saki continued to speak, even though Levi's tone had been cold toward her, "Is that true?", she asked.
Levi did not understand why this female was still coming near him so he decided to ignore her.
"But you're quite short for a delinquent.", Saki said, quite bluntly.
This made Levi's eyebrow twitch in annoyance as he abruptly stopped in his steps. The short female who had been following behind, literally crashed into the male's back, not having expected him to come to a sudden stop.
Saki took a step back as she rubbed her forehead from the collision, looking up at the male who had now turned around and was glaring at her.
The short female smiled up brightly at the male.
He slammed his hand against the wall, the female jumping slightly at the loud sound but held no fear in her eyes as she looked from the male's hand to his face.
There was an intimidating aura around Levi, the male soon noticing that he was looking down at her.
Everyone he had met so far, was always taller than him, yet this was the first time that someone was shorter than him...way shorter than him.
"Brat you're quite blunt, aren't you?", Levi said.
Saki tilted her head, not having realised that her words came across blunt since the female was honest about everything so she didn't find anything wrong with what she had said.
Once again, Levi felt that irritating warmth in his chest and he clicked his tongue at the strange feeling.
"Why are you still following me around?", Levi asked.
The female had willingly approached him the first time round and now there was this.
Levi did not understand why she was coming near him when he was known as the school's 'Satan'. He was sure that she had heard all the rumours, yet why didn't that put her off?
"Because you're an angel.", Saki said, her blunt words taking Levi by surprise.
Some time later...
Hanji, Erwin, Mike and Isabel all burst out laughing as Levi had told them what had happened.
"You? Angel?", Hanji cackled, as she held her stomach in pain.
Levi clicked his tongue with a frown as he turned away from his friends.
"Oh god, I really want to meet this girl.", Hanji said as she wiped a tear away from the corner of her eye, since tears had begun to form in her eyes because she had been laughing so hard.
After Saki's blunt response, the raven haired male just walked away in shock, not knowing how he should react after hearing this.
The new girl called him an angel, yet everyone knew him as 'Satan', so where was the logic in that?
'Maybe she has a screw loose in her head.', Levi thought to himself since his friends weren't helping his thoughts.
He had asked his friends why the female had said such a thing but the raven haired male had only gotten laughter as a response.
'That weirdo.', Levi was grumbling in his head, thinking to himself that he hadn't met such a weird person before.
Hanji was a creepy level of weird so she didn't count.
But this transfer student was an odd kind of weird and Levi couldn't understand what it was about Saki that was bugging his mind.
...
After that encounter, Levi had not seen Saki again since they all had study leave for the upcoming exams. Just like that,their Junior High School life came to an end, and their Senior High School life began at a different school.
Levi's friends had also enrolled in the same school as the raven haired male and after having found their classrooms (they weren't all in the same class), they decided to explore the new building.
This time it had been Levi who had spotted Saki first.
She held a piece of paper in her hand, trying to find her way around the new school.
"Come on Levi, let's go and see how the canteen looks like.", Hanji called out, the group having walked ahead since Levi had stopped in his steps.
Saki turned her head in the direction in which she had heard the name, the female having recognised the name obviously.
Hazelnut eyes finally locked with steel grey eyes for a split second, before the short female broke into a bright smile.
Saki gave a small wave to the raven haired male, who only clicked his tongue in response before following after his friends.
Within a few seconds of walking, Levi felt himself turn back to look at the female, not having expected the girl to still be there.
Once she saw Levi look back at her, the smile on her face only brightened up.
Levi clicked his tongue yet again, this time walking away at a faster pace so that he wouldn't have the urge to look at her.
Saki merely shrugged at this as she walked into her classroom which she had finally found.
It seems that their high school lives was going to get entangled very soon.
Back to the present...
Levi opened his eyes as there was a knock at his office door. The male hadn't expected to be daydreaming about the past, now snapping out of his thoughts as he decided to concentrate on his work.
...
The next morning...
It was a Saturday morning so there was no work today, but the raven haired male had gotten up early to do his daily jogging.
The male liked the quiet atmosphere and the chill in the morning air whenever he did his jogging.
Having already run two laps around the park that was close to his place, the male was running his final round. The raven haired male had been in his own thoughts before a familiar voice caught his attention.
"Are you trying to kill me?", it was a female's voice, "I can't run anymore.", the short female rested her hands on her knees for support as she tried to catch her breath back.
Just a distance away, Saki stood there with Mikasa by her side. The short female had also been doing her daily jogging, although she hadn't even finished her first lap around the park and was already exhausted.
The female wore jogging bottoms and a short-sleeved top that revealed just how skinny she was, along with the usual black cap on her head.
"You've gotten further than last time.", Mikasa said as she handed Saki her water bottle.
"That's a relief.", Saki was still trying to get her breath back as she drank the water.
Levi slowed down in his jog once he spotted Saki before beginning to approach her since the female hadn't noticed him just yet.
Saki was just about getting her breath back when she caught sight of Levi approaching, making her eyes brighten up. The female adjusted her cap before she walked off the rest of the distance between them.
The male stopped in front of the female.
"You jog every morning?", Levi asked, taking note that the female looked skinnier than how he had last remembered her more than 8 years ago.
But the raven haired male didn't point this out as he waited for her to answer his question.
"Just the weekend.", Saki replied, "Well I try to anyways.", she said with a sheepish smile on her face, knowing that she can't even finish one lap without feeling exhausted, "Do you run everyday?", the female asked.
He gave a small nod, glancing at the raven haired girl who stood a distance away from them as Levi wondered why Saki was jogging with her secretary. But Levi brushed that thought aside as his eyes landed on the short female in front of him.
Only now, was Levi becoming aware of the small beads of sweat that slid down Saki's neck.
Levi diverted his eyes away from the short female when he noticed the female's flushed cheeks due to the running as well as the beads of sweat on her face and neck.
He could feel his heart thumping loudly in his chest, not understanding why he found the female so goddamn attractive even in this state.
The raven haired male cleared his throat before he spoke up.
"I still have some work to do, let's talk later.", with that Levi removed the small towel that had been around his neck and placed it around Saki's neck before jogging past the female.
Saki looked at the towel that had been given to her before looking back at Levi who was jogging away, confusion written all over the female's face.
Mikasa, who had seen the whole thing, smirked lightly before approaching the short female.
"Shall we continue with the jog?", Mikasa asked.
Saki shook her head.
"I'm tired, I'll walk the rest of the way.", the short female said.
The raven haired female gave a nod as she walked alongside Saki who had glanced back at Levi one last time, before using the small towel he had handed her to wipe her neck.
Around 9 years ago...
Saki was sitting in the canteen at the table by herself, since the female hadn't made any friends yet as this was the first day of Senior High School.
She had been eating when a tray of food was placed on the seat opposite hers.
The short female looked up at the individual who sat opposite her.
Hanji, who had been looking for a seat with her friends, soon spotted the short female, remembering the female as the one who had fainted after colliding into Levi. Hanji also recalled that Saki had been the same girl to have called Levi an angel, so with a grin on her face, the scientist approached the table where the short female was sitting at.
Levi was not too pleased after seeing where Hanji had found a seat, but the raven haired male was dragged to the table anyways.
As for the short female, she did not recognise the four individuals who joined her at the table and Saki practically looked like a small being, compared to the tall students who sat with her.
Hazelnut eyes soon fell on Levi who joined the table last, and the female broke into a smile as she recognised the raven haired male only.
"We're Levi's friends.", Hanji spoke up, having noticed how the short female had reacted after seeing Levi.
Erwin was the other individual to have taken a note of the short female's behaviour, while Mike and Isabel hadn't yet.
Saki vaguely remembered the two other males at the table, having seen them when she had handed Levi the can of drink,but the female hadn't paid much attention to those tall males.
"I'm Hanji.", the female with the spectacles introduced herself, "This is Isabel, Erwin and Mike.", she introduced her friends, "And you already know Levi.", the female said with a grin.
Back to the present...
Saki smiled to herself as she remembered how she had become friends with the group.
The short female had returned back to her place after the jog, taking a warm shower and changing her clothes as she decided to start on the paperwork which she hadn't completed the previous day.
The 25-year-old sat at the dining table with her papers while Mikasa prepared breakfast for the both of them.
...
Levi had already taken a shower after his jog, now sitting in his study room with his cup of coffee.
The male skimmed through the words that was on the paper, although the CEO's mind was somewhere else.
9 years ago...
"Why don't you get her number?", Hanji asked Levi.
It's been several days now, and the group of delinquents have been eating lunch with Saki everyday.
Of course, the short female was pleased to eat with them, having warmed up quite a bit to the strangers.
"What do I need that brat's number for?", Levi snapped.
The raven haired male was still thinking about when the short female had called him an angel. He still hadn't gotten an explanation as to why Saki had said what she did.
"Oh come on Levi, we can ask her to come and hang out with us on the weekends.", Hanji said.
"T'ch, if you want her number, get it yourself.", Levi said before walking away.
...
During lunch, Levi glanced around the canteen for his friends since he didn't want to approach the short female by himself. With a small sigh, the raven haired male walked towards the table that Saki was sitting at.
Once he placed his tray of food on the table, the short female looked up and she smiled up brightly at the raven haired male who sat opposite her.
"T'ch.", he clicked his tongue and brought his eyes on his food.
Feeling that someone's eyes were on him, Levi looked at the female who sat in front of him.
"Brat, is there something on my face?", Levi snapped at the short female who had been staring at him.
Saki shook her head with her smile.
"You got a piercing.", she pointed to Levi's left ear.
The male had just recently gotten his ear pierced, now having a small silver stud on his left ear.
Not many people had noticed, Mike having pointed it out since he had been sitting next to Levi and it was only after that, did the rest of his friends take notice of it.
"Wow, you look so cool!", Saki said with her bright hazelnut eyes.
"T'ch.", Levi looked away at the comment, "Just eat your food.", he snapped at the female as the male hid his embarrassment.
Saki ate her food with a smile on her face.
Unlike most girls, Saki hadn't gotten her ears pierced at all, so seeing someone with ear piercings, it always fascinated her.
The intentions of Levi's piercing had partly been because of rebellious reasons and the other reason was to give himself a rough appearance. His hair which was tied up into a small bun at the back of his head and now the silver stud piercing on his left ear, definitely gave off a scary delinquent image.
So Levi had never expected to be called 'cool' by the short female, who still doesn't seem to show any signs of fear whenever she was around him.
And then there was the fact that she called him an angel.
Yep, Levi definitely found Saki weird.
Back to the present...
Levi stood up from his chair, walking over to one of the cupboard that was in the study room. The male then pulled open one of the drawers, before taking out a small black box that was sitting inside.
The CEO walked back to his desk, sitting down once again as he stared at the small container.
After some thought, the raven haired male then opened the box.
A small stud earring sat inside the box and the male stared at it before he touched his left ear which was empty from any piercings.
Levi picked up the small earring in his hand, looking at the stud which was a wine red colour. The dark shade of red really suited the male, this piece of jewellery having been gifted to Levi by a special someone.
The raven haired male put on the stud earring and his fingers lingered close to his left ear before the male lowered his hands back on the desk.
'I wonder if you'd notice.', Levi thought.
