Chapter Three: Daisies, Tea, and Puddles
After school Hanji was just locking her classroom door and leaving for the end of the day when she saw Levi down the hall, Hanji skipped down the hall towards Levi. By the time she reached him he had become aware of her presence and stopped where he was with his back turned. Hanji took one last stride and landed beside him, lightly bouncing on the balls of her feet. Levi slowly turned to look up at her, she clearly looked excited about something- "Yes Hanji?" He asked in an unenthusiastic tone."Hi, Shorty. I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out tonight." Levi stared at her completely astonished "I thought we could hang out since its Friday night and I don't have anything better to do, unless you have plans of course." "Maybe we could go to that tea shop around the corner, you were telling me about this morning, and maybe you could help me pick out some different kinds." Hanji rambled on. Levi thought about it for a long moment, what a strange request. I thought Erwin was going to ask her on a date tonight, the thought made Levi cringe "Okay, I'm only going because the crap you drink smells revolting." Levi muttered. Hanji smiled. "Okay, sounds great!"
Hanji and Levi exited the school and began to walk down the street towards the tea shop, the air was cool and the flowers were in bloom, Hanji has always loved the scent of flowers in spring. She stopped to admire a patch of daisies, then bent over to pick one and place it behind her ear "How does it look, Levi?" Hanji asked with a giggle. "Better than the soda you had in your hair yesterday" Levi said with a smirk. "Ha ha! Very funny" Hanji said sarcastically "Hey! Did you know that Medicinal properties ascribed to the daisy include that it slows bleeding, relieves indigestion and eases coughs, also daisies can be found everywhere on earth, excluding Antarctica" Hanji said, her eyes bright. Levi stopped walking and looked up into her warm brown eyes. Hanji's face grew red, his grey eyes were staring deeply into hers. "Um, L-Levi… is there something on my face?" Hanji stuttered stepping backwards and falling with a thump and a splash right into a muddy puddle. Levi snapped out of his daze "Shitty Glasses! You are all muddy now!" He said reaching out his hand to help the muddy, blushing woman. "I will take you by my place to get cleaned up before we go to the shop, I live just a few houses down from here." Levi said sounding a bit irritated. "Thanks, Levi. I promise to be good while at your house" She replied with a snicker and the two continued to walk.
"Here it is" Levi said. Hanji turned to see a Brick townhouse, it was very sophisticated looking, with a small flower bed beside the path that led to the stairs, and large white rose bushes beside the landing of the stairs that climbed towards a plain black door with a golden handle. "Nice house" Hanji said while skipping down the path and up the stairs. Levi rolled his eyes and pulled out a small key from his pocket, inserted it into the lock and turned. With a soft click the door was unlocked. Levi turned the door knob and stepped inside. Levi removed his black dress shoes "Please, take off your shoes and wait here while i get you a towel" he replied in a flat tone "Oh, and don't touch anything" he added "Just don't take too long" Hanji replied with a wink, Levi rolled his eyes again and began to walk down the hall.
