Chapter 4:

I Can Smell Your Scent for Miles

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A few days passed and Levi was able to observe how Georges still flirted around Hanji almost all of the time and to top it all, as much as he wanted to have him on his squad to give him his proper 'welcome' but unfortunately, Erwin had him suddenly transferred to Mike's squad. Still, at least not to Hanji's squad.

Levi thought that Georges won't be able to get pass through Mike's weird smelling welcome initiation test, Nanaba's annoying blank stares, Gelgar's annoying glares, Henning's farting madness (and Mike actually loved that to have a different smell around the squad), and Lynne's short tempers. To Levi's dismay, he was able to befriend everyone in Mike's squad in just weeks and to make it worse, he was already having the guts to ask to his new 'squad' about Hanji, trying to know more about her.

It was Nanaba who thought of sharing the news to Levi in one fine afternoon where the main and major members of each squads are to be checked by Erwin monthly, to be given check-ups and examinations and some feedback regarding their recent mission with their squads, activities and recent posts, some kind of general assembly for each squad.

Levi was eyeing Hanji from afar who was busy talking with Mike when Nanaba crept behind Levi and talked.

"Georges has been a great in the squad for a very short time, I assume you already know him?" Nanaba quietly whispers to his ear.

Levi turned his head a bit to look at her. "What makes you think I care?" he asked, words coming out like sour. He doesn't want anything more to hear about that gentleman asshole that came up so suddenly to their league and intriguing their lives, since Mike was too eager to tell share to him about Georges improvements in his squad and it's already deafening him. He was just too eager to know too when Mike then wonders out loud at him telling him that "that kid sure has some taste for an intelligent woman like Hanji. He's been asking all about her every hour and I wonder why what it was in her that made him go crazy about her." Once he heard that, he wanted to hear this guy's bones crashed under his foot. Now that Nanaba is starting to open Georges as a topic for a conversation, he wanted to pass it out.

"Because what I have to tell you is about Georges and Hanji." He was suddenly taken aback by what she just said. "You should just admit it first to yourself Levi, I know how you fancy Hanji in a whole lot of different level."

Levi's eyes narrowed at her while he can feel his hands becoming sweaty all of a sudden, feeling deaden of whatever possibility that she might knew about him and Hanji's night affairs that has been going on for months without surely anyone knowing about it except him and her and there's no way for Nanaba to know about it, even if she might be the closest female to Hanji.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" he didn't mean to sound harsh but he hoped it was enough to drive her away and stop asking further question about him and Hanji.

Nanaba smiled and came closer to his side, making sure that no one is around and that no one would be able to hear them.

"You know Levi," she started, breathing deeply as she said his name, "Mike recently has been telling me that he was actually wondering why you and Hanji have a very different scent before, and then recently, he kept on budging me that you two just had mixed scent over each other's body now." Nanaba started to raise a brow and looked more closely at Levi, making him hide his blush and look away from her. "So what do you think happened? Before you two just had way different scents and now, you two practically share the very same, almost like a mixture of your scents. Mike even tells me it takes a lot hours, days even to share the very same scent. Mind telling me why Levi?"

Levi snorted at her. "Don't bring me and Hanji up with Mike's weirdness and his smelling obsession, Nanaba."

"But how are you going to explain Mike's question to me then?"

Levi glared at her but she continued to grin at him back. "He doesn't know Levi, nor even had an idea why. I am asking this to you personally, and Mike doesn't have any idea that I am asking this to you." She held out a hand and placed it on his shoulder, giving it a light squeeze, reassuring him that it was only her who knows of such thing about him and Hanji. "No else knows, and Hanji was too hard headed to even tell it to me. And don't give me that look! I'm not stupid like the others. The way you smirk always at her when everyone else has their backs on you two, and the way she searches for your hand and hold it until each meeting ends, it doesn't speak the simple ways of two comrades Levi."

"So you did asked her already?" he asked surprised, as though her suspicions were not heard at all.

"Yeah I did. She would tend to blush but give me no answer to it, telling me that you are just a comrade to her, nothing else."

She said that? He thought, so he was just still a comrade to her as well, as if he was expecting a different thing from her. With their numerous love making and time together, knowing each other than nobody else does, she still feels the same with him? Just a fucking friend? A comrade? Not even close for being a lover or some shit?

"She did say you fancy someone else so I stopped asking her but I was actually expecting a different answer from you." She explained.

"I fancy someone she said? Like who?" he was beginning to feel curious now. So they were talking about him, about them, behind his back?

"She said you fancy Petra." Nanaba is now feeling anxious, her question is still left unanswered and their conversation is now going away from her question.

Levi wanted to strangle Hanji, maybe that's why she was blocking her probable feelings for him. "Sorry to break it up to her but no."

"But why did she said such a thing?" she removed her hand on his shoulder and

"That I don't know, Nanaba."

"And about Mike's scent observation?"

Levi started to walk away, but looked back at her again and said "we share the same perfume." He smirked to himself once he continued on his way, knowing that Nanaba won't even believe what he had just answered. Nanaba scratched her a little, wondering if Levi just joked on her, whom she highly doubts since Levi has never pulled a joke on anyone.

Seeing that Hanji was still busy talking with Mike, which he thinks that Mike must have probably be asking her questions as well, most particularly in relation with that guy Georges. He gritted his teeth, and passed by Erwin who was just to make one final announcement before letting all of them go.

Everyone stood quiet and let him spoke.

"Since this took a day long, I would like to ask you to write a you and your squads performance recently in regards with our latest mission and the next one on the way. Include any of your recommendations and anything you wanted to say. Since all you are one of the longest remaining members per squad, I expect for all you to comply and know what to write. I'll be accepting your papers until tomorrow." He smiled and saluted.

Levi saw Hanji waved goodbye at Mike and he knew perfectly that she will immediately write that paper and finish it off.

His lips turned upward before going to his room and finish the fuck out of that paper in just less than an hour.

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Hanji was smiling as she holds her quill tightly along her hand and write a two paged paper that Erwin was asking for. Since the checking for leaders and members who had been staying in the Corps for a long has only been being done once a year, Hanji thought of making a big thing out of it and write with all her heart about her squad and her point of view regarding the previous mission and the next one to come.

She was just about to finish one last paragraph when Levi suddenly came inside her room without even a knock. Hanji was surprised but came to continue what she was doing.

"Not even a smile for me this time, shitty glasses?"

Hanji looked at him with eyes in surprise and blinked furiously before answering him back. "Oh, hey Levi." She smiled at him since he looks like he was waiting for an answer from his question and gave her his notable smirk, making Hanji blushes uncontrollably and hid it as she worked on her paper. She hated that smirk of his, making him look arrogantly cute.

Levi sat on her bed, making himself comfortable on top of her bed, leaving a space in between his legs and curled down a little to it, hands clasped together and watched her carefully as she finished her paper. "It doesn't need to be a novel Hanji." He started, he in fact is starting to feel anxious inside. He just can't wait to touch her by her waist and rub his cheek onto her hair, give her a squeeze and kiss her cheek. It's been days since the last time they held each other too close and felt each other's warmth.

"Hang on a sec Levi, I'm almost done here. Are you done with yours? Erwin will be needing this tomorrow so I -"

"I finished it right after." Hanji raised her head to look at him and he smiled back at her. She blushed again after hearing his words, knowing that he wanted to have a moment again with her tonight since he finished a task in very short time.

"Oh" she mumbles and looked down on her paper again. "I didn't expect that" she replied.

Levi snorted. "Why not?"

"Because you hate writing papers and sometimes, you just tell it yourself to Erwin and not write anymore." She was careful not to look at him again because she knew that he would be giving her that smirk of his, which she really adored because it is not often that she sees Levi smile and that it really looked so cute at him and can't help but blush.

"I have some plans tonight so I wanted it to finish. And he needs that paper so I finished it right away." His replied with voice blank, no excitement but in truth, she know what he meant that he has some plans tonight. She is not sure if she can be pretty great tonight with him after not doing it nor sneaking a kiss on him for days, almost two weeks to be exact and she is feeling rather nervous about it.

Thinking about it, Hanji felt a bit saddened about how Levi couldn't feel a bit happy or satisfied or excited of some sort when he was about to fuck around with her, it's like he was just using her body to let out his inner man hormones and shit and succumb into her body. It was not rightly called love making anymore and somehow, she doesn't know how much more she can handle such a thing with him and it's driving her crazy. As much as she gets confused, she still feels that she didn't want to stop. From everything that they have shared that had made them even more attached to each other, including this sexual affair that seems too casual for them already where they didn't even promised to be in a 'romantic relationship', just this kind of activity if needed and nothing else, she felt that she can't bear to give it all up just yet.

In truth, she longs for Levi's skin on hers, his embrace of security, his warm lips on hers, his lustful tongue, and his delicious kisses that she know that no man could ever give to her like he does. He was the very first man to go and cum inside of her, and it's a very unforgettable thing for her.

"Hey Shitty Glasses, you okay?" he asked her worriedly.

She was too drowned into her thoughts that she was not aware that she was already finished with her paper. She let out a nervous laugh at him. "I'm fine Levi. Just, too preoccupied with this one I guess." She grinned at him and he reciprocates it. She was surprised at first and felt like blushing again so she looked at her paper to hide such bashful act.

"Are you done?" he asked his voice low and mighty like usual.

"Ahm yeah" she said wobbly.

They locked on each other's stare and Hanji could feel the earth shaking under her feet. "Let me see it." he stretched out his hand and Hanji was again surprised of his interest on her paper. Somehow, she felt delighted about his sudden attitude of interest.

"Sure!" She merrily walked towards him but to her astonishment when she was stretching her papers to Levi, he pulled her forearm and she landed safely onto his lap. She was about to let out a word when she found her face a few inches closer to Levi's and felt his hand cautiously crawling on her rib, tucking her properly on his lap and fixed her legs as it dangles freely on top of his lap too by his other leg. His hand caressed the lower portion of her waist and pressed her closer to his strong muscular body.

"Now let me see that so I may know what took you so long for a fucking paper." He shouldn't be asking such a thing of what took her quite long since he knew that she always pour her very best in everything that she does, even if it takes time.

"Levi..." she mumbled his name, so soft that it made his left hand clung by her butt and his right hand tighten its grip on the paper so he won't lose control easily to his urges.

"This is shit Hanji. You were still happy about last time's mission where we just did nothing but look for more food for our people and killed a dozen of titans and loose some of our soldiers in the process" he tells her, nose hitting her cheek.

"Well, Moblit helped me captured a five meter and I was beyond happy about it! Though we failed and it ended up dying again, wrong steps again." she sighed and decided to tangle her arms on his neck, bringing her closer and even leaner to his chest. As she pulled herself closer to him even if there's no more room to get closer to his body, she managed to look at him straight in the eyes, hers captivating as ever. She felt like a baby being cradled carefully, and the feeling was ecstatic.

"I can do better than him and capture even a bigger titan for you that is alive, you Shitty Four Eyes."

"Oh yeah! You we-"

"And what's this? You're excited to see on how our newly transferred recruits can perform their skills in the following mission outside? Don't tell me you're starting to fancy that Georges guy?" he wanted to slit his own throat. He didn't want to ask it directly but his mouth betrayed him all of a sudden.

From looking at his eyes, she looked down shyly into her legs dangling by his lap and loosen a bit of her arms around his neck, papers finally being settled at her bed. "Not really," she started. "But he is a really interesting guy."

Levi suddenly felt his heart stopped a beat. He can't possibly hearing it right. "Why is that? I'm interesting as well" he raised a brow as he raised his voice a bit.

"Yeah but he is different. He is... very gentleman and I have never felt so respected as a woman before," she looked at him to see if he is still listening and he is, looking at her , now hand holding her head "until he came. He enjoyed science and didn't seemed to get bored as I tell him about the mysteries about titans and he just seemed very, very sweet. He was even eager telling me his plans and views about the possibility of expanding our technology, just only if our government would approve. He was really something Levi." she finished and locked eyes with him for confirmation if he agrees to her words or not regarding that guy.

Levi didn't changed his expression but does felt a slash passed by his heart, his inside turning downwards, it just felt pretty horrible. Hanji saw how his eyes turned away on the other side of the room which looked like despair and felt how his grip became slightly loosen. "oh" the only word that came out from his mouth and then he pressed his head by her neckline. He didn't want to elaborate anymore, that was enough because if he does asked more, he might dash off and break his neck and tell everyone it was an accident.

Somehow, she felt contentment and ease having his head placed pressed by the end of her neck and her chest. She tucked his head closer to her chest, feeling his deep fast breathing along their thin shirts.

She slowly combed and played his hair by her fingers and he turned to look up to her as he placed light kisses on her shirt. He kissed it slowly and didn't break the stare that Hanji can't help but wonder what he was doing. But whatever it is that he is doing, she didn't want him to stop. It was comforting and just plain pleasurable and felt nice.

She smiled at him, the look that he gives and the very slow and light kisses that he gives her chest was just excruciatingly gratifying. "Levi" she asked as she traced his jawline and he closed his eyes in contentment. "What are you doing?" she asked, a bit laughing.

He didn't gave her answer but still continued to place kisses on her chest, not even breaking the stare that he is giving her. Instead of answering her, he tucked her even more to his lap, pressing her closer as though he wanted to crash her bones. His hand crept cautiously by her rib while his other remaining hand tucked on her hair.

Even if she was confused about his actions, she could swear that she feels that he is longing for her and this time, it's different. She hoped that he doesn't, and if ever he is, then she hoped that it was just his usual lustful yearnings for her, a yearning they have agreed that would remind them that they are still alive and still have each other.

He is aware of the torture that he is giving her, the confusion within those luscious eyes of hers and the flush of pink that suddenly crept within her cheeks. She looks cute, but is she also aware of the torture that she is giving him? Just a fair fight, he thought. She tortures him with words, and he tortures her with actions. Her heartbeat is also making it clear, pumping hard as he feel her pulse by her wrist.

She suddenly felt his lips touching her chest's skin making her gasp. She was totally not aware that he was already making his way to open her shirt by his mouth, that he was not just kissing her through her shirt. It was too warm for her cold skin and she wanted to feel that warmth on her own lips. He gently pushes her shirt a bit open and far from each other and gently devoured her, kissing her slowly like before, not breaking the stares to each other. She managed to have her other hand travel along his chest, feeling its muscularity.

It only changed when he closed his eyes and sucked right in the middle of her breast, he bit her a bit hard and she held tighter on his hair. She too closes her eyes and let him do his magic on her body, as he gently nibbles on her breast part.

He heard her moan and felt her hand pushed his head deeper on her chest, urging him not to stop on what he is doing to her but he did stop. When he just did, he left her shirt a bit open and he saw how her eyes opened slowly in surprise as though asking him why he suddenly stopped. When her hand caressed his cheek, not breaking the stare, he placed one last kiss on the very red mark that he just placed on her, as if he is saying sorry for the mark that he just gave her.

She embraced him, covering his head and neck with her arms, embracing him with all her might. She didn't not know when to let go, but she didn't want to, him being there, as she held him close to her beating heart was something she did not want to end but all beautiful things are bound to end so she slowly let go of him.

He placed his forehead by her cheek, and had his nose replaced and caressed those olive skinned cheeks of hers. They stayed like that for a moment, feeling each other as much as they can, as though they were held prisoners in each other's embrace. Hanji closes her eyes slowly but didn't let go of him and when he felt like she was about to let go of him entirely, he saw her dreamy eyes already closed and her breathing becoming even.

"You brushed your teeth already Sleepy Glasses?"

She smiled at the sudden change of nickname and whispers "yeah" by his ears.

He smirked and removed her boots as she hangs on by his neck and placed the papers that was beside him to her bedside table. He carried her and lovingly placed her in her bed, removing her high ponytail and her eye glasses. He moved to her door to lock it and to her much more of her surprise, he joined her on her bed and removed his boots and placed it beside hers.

She didn't asked nor struggled to tell him that she was too tired and didn't want to do anything else when he blew the candle off, and tucked her head on his warm embrace, not letting go of her. "Good night then, Shitty four eyes" and he brushed his lips on her cheek.

She smiled and rolled to place her head on his chest as his hand traveled to her waist pulling her closer to him. This has been really all new to her since they only have been affectionate and intimate when having sex, even if they are spending in each other's room but tonight, he really surprised her and confused her at the same time. She shrugged the thought off her and thought that he might just be in the mood to play or confuse her mind. No matter, this is Levi always a bit weird as her and mind boggling as well too. She just allowed him to do that since he looked like he needs and if that's what he wanted, then she doesn't mind at all and they are still on their terms anyway.

She places a kiss on his neck and he smirked and tucked her head deeper to the crook of his neck. Once she was settled on his chest, she can hear his heart beating with joy and her smile grew. She whispers him good night but it seemed like he was the first one to doze off.

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