Chapter 4

He had to stop kissing her!

Levi was hiding beneath his hood en route to the Scouting Legion headquarters. He tried to ignore the thumping in his skull, but found it preferable to focus on that rather than remembering the sounds of Mikasa moaning. He leaned forward with a tiny groan, shutting his eyes as he gripped the reigns of his horse tighter. Hanji rode up beside him then with a tired chuckle. Everyone was exhausted today, except Erwin who was just fine as always. Hanji poked Levi's side,

"I'm sorry I puked on your bed."
"Shut up."

I'm sorry I locked you out of your room."

"Shut up."
"I'm sorry I fell asleep and forgot to let you back in."

"I'm going to shove my sword up your ass, Shitty Glasses."
"What was Mikasa Ackerman doing in your room?"

Levi quickly looked to the woman then, eyes a little wider than usual. Hanji raised an eyebrow in surprise, then frowned, "no…no way."

"What are you talking about?" he sighed, looking back to the path once more. "Were you planning on having sex with one of our rookies?" Hanji asked with disbelief. She spoke so loudly he nearly fell off his horse. He grabbed her by her cloak and pulled her close, "if you shout something like that again I'll feed you to the titans you're so crazy about."

"But you hate her!" Hanji was shocked. Levi shook his head with an angry sigh, "I despise her."

"Then what- argh!" Levi kicked his foot out, hitting his comrade's horse and sending it galloping off ahead in fright. He groaned softly, hoping to be back at HQ soon to go to bed.

Levi curled up in bed once he got to his room, a Do Not Disturb sign on his door. Unsurprisingly, it was ignored. Petra walked in with a pot of coffee, which she left on his dresser along with a cup, before silently leaving again. This confused him, she didn't even smile. Maybe she was hungover too. Next in was Nanaba, with a few sandwiches on a plate. She also refused to smile and say anything, leaving in moments. Levi sat up with a frown, something was wrong. It all became clear when Mike came in, looking confused. "You tried to fuck the Ackerman girl?" he asked as he stood by the bed. Levi had been in the middle of sipping coffee when the man walked in, so his question made him spit it out in shock, "where the hell did you hear that, Mike?!"

"Hanji told Petra and Auruo and they told everyone else!"

Levi groaned and put his coffee down before slumping back onto his bed, "I didn't try to fuck her, nothing happened!"

"I can smell her on you Levi, something happened," Mike replied, a dark look on his face from being lied to. Levi glared at him, "I didn't try to have sex with her."

"What did you do then?" Mike asked as he sat down on the bed, "no one gives a damn about you trying to get some from her, she's a beautiful girl and a damn fine soldier. They're just concerned because she's coming up to 16 soon and she'll be able to marry then."

"Mike, I hate her with a passion, I'm not going to marry her," Levi scoffed, turning on his side away from his friend. "If you hate her so much why did you kiss her, dance with her, have her so close I can smell her so easily she might as well be in this room?" Mike frowned then and peeked under the bed, "she's not in here, is she Levi?"

"No she isn't!" Levi growled, shaking his head. "You shouldn't be behaving so indecently with her if you don't plan on marrying her, she's a child until she turns 16, if you were engaged to her it would be fine, but you're not, you're pretending to hate her like a stupid 10 year old," Mike said as he stood up, annoyed now, "act you age, just because you're short doesn't mean you can act like one of the brats."

Levi growled and sat up to reply, but Mike just slammed the door, the sound sending a massive ache crashing through the man's head.

Mike, being the good friend he was, spent the next few days dispelling the rumours about Levi. It didn't stop the few chuckles and looks Heichou was getting as he went about his business. Levi hadn't seen Mikasa since that night, and he had begun to wonder where she was. Not out of concern, but over the fact he was bored now. She gave him a challenge, especially when they were training in the forest, gliding through the air and slicing at dummies. He decided to go see what experiments Hanji was up to, mostly because there was no doubt in his mind that Eren would be there and he would know where that irritating girl was.

"Get in the well Eren!"

"Hanji-san, please!"

"C'mooon! Do it!"

"But..!"

"Doooo iiiiiit!"

Hanji was out back behind the castle, by the old, dried up well where she once again planned to throw Eren down and have him practise titan-shifting. Levi smirked slightly at the Jaeger boy's wide eyes, the nervousness clear on his face. "Levi! Kick him down the well!" Hanji grinned when she saw him. Eren looked to the short man with horror, taking a step back as Levi approached. "Eren, where is Ackerman? Skipping practice results in docked pay," Levi said as he walked closer, watching as Eren grew edgier. "M-Mikasa? She said she was going today, I don't know where she is," Eren was raising his hands now with a scared smile, not liking the dark look on Levi's face. Hanji watched Levi with a smirk of her own, resting her elbow on his shoulder, "Levi, it's so sweet you're looking for your little love, but can it not interrupt my research please?"

Levi growled, his face growing darker. "I-I-I think she might be hiding out somewhere! Maybe try the dungeons, or the forest, Heichou! She could be on foot!" Eren was freaking out now, Levi was fuming. "Get in the fucking well, Eren!" he growled, sending the boy flying with a roundhouse kick. He walked away then, ignoring the explosion of heat and steam behind him as the pain from hitting the bottom of the well caused Eren to shift. "Thanks Levi!" Hanji called with a laugh, jumping up and down with delight.

Levi spent the next two hours combing the area for Mikasa. He needed to speak with her, too see if she even remembered what happened that night. Sure, she had thrown herself at him, but surely it was just because he had made her chug what…5 glasses of champagne? Even on a full stomach, she was too young to begin to handle any alcohol.

Too young.

He growled at the thought, she was no child. She was a soldier, she was a woman soon, she was almost 16, and she could do what she wanted. He frowned then, why was he trying to justify what they did? He didn't care for her, she just had some curious effect on him, she was alluring and strong and she pissed him the fuck off. Besides, it wasn't as if the others weren't flirting and fooling around with the younger recruits. As soldiers, this was what happened when so few were confined to a large, empty barracks with nothing to do but eat and train until they had an expedition to go on. Mikasa probably got plenty of offers from other Scouts anyway, not only the ones her own age. She could be fooling around with one right now for all he knew. Levi was surprised at the rage he felt at that thought, thinking of someone else's lips on hers, someone's hands caressing her skin, making her gasp and moan and shriek with delight. He punched the wall beside him, growling angrily before he broke into a run. He ran through the halls, up and down stairs, until he reached her bedroom and kicked the door open. There she was, sitting on the windowsill, looking to him with a shocked face. He just glared and walked briskly across the room to grab her shoulders, "marry me, brat!"