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Chapter 6

"Are you sure, Erwin?" I questioned.

"Yeah Levi, take my advice. Go talk to her right now. I'll stay over here just in case things go wrong." Erwin urged. I sighed and took another quick glance at Lantsov. She was still crying and my heart ached even more. I couldn't believe I'm having trouble talking to a girl! Why am I procrastinating so much? Slowly I walked towards Lantsov and took a seat back at the end of the bed. I wanted to move closer, but I felt was as far as I could go. When I looked back at Erwin, I saw him gesturing me to move closer to her. I snickered quietly and moved a bit closer to her.

"Are you alright, Lantsov?" I asked. Lantsov looked up and I saw her eyes were red and tears were still flowing out. Now this even ached my heart a bit more. I just wanted to hold her tightly close to me, but then I felt as though that was too early in the stage to do so. She wiped her tears away and I turned around to not make eye contact again. Plus I was trying to hide the fact that I was blushing a bit.

"I'm fine… why do you ask?" she replied. I was shocked. Why would she want to know why I asked her. Was she testing me to see if I was teasing her again? Or is she teasing me? Quickly I looked to Erwin for what to do next. Erwin was gesturing me again to continue. Lucky for me Lantsov probably didn't notice that Erwin was still here.

"Is it wrong to ask if you're alright?" I replied. Lantsov wiped her tears away again when I glanced over to her. This time I didn't turn away only because I didn't want her to think that I was still afraid of her.

"No… I guess it isn't wrong for you to ask. Thanks." she said.

"Do you want to talk about something with me?" Suddenly I froze. I couldn't believe that blurted out of my mouth! What if Lantsov starts talking to me about why I started treating her like this? Or what if she asks if I like her? Oh geez things have just gotten completely terrible for me. I was melting on the inside, but I kept a cool face to give her no chance of reading my mind. For some reason Lantsov started to smile and laugh. Then I started to worry if she actually saw through me.

"What are you laughing about?" I questioned.

"(Giggles) After you asked that you went a bit pale and then you went bright red." She replied. Quickly I placed my hand on my cheek and felt it burning. Oh great I can't believe I actually blushed in front of her.

"You're turning even redder. I think you look cute when you're blushing." She stated. When I looked at Lantsov again I couldn't believe I changed her sad gloomy look to this happy smiling look. Lantsov's smile stole my breath away I couldn't stop staring. I wish I could see Lantsov smile like this all the time.

"I think you look cute when you like and laugh like this." I blurted. Once again my mouth opened and I didn't mean to actually say that in front of her now. Lantsov froze just like I did and was probably thinking the same thing too.

"Do you really think I'm cute?" she asked. When she asked that her smile disappeared and I felt a bit disappointed that I couldn't stare at her for her smile again. So I turned around avoiding contact with her again. Suddenly I heard Lantsov's chains rattle and that startled me a bit. When I looked over Lantsov placed a hand out towards me but since her chain was restraining her she didn't make it far. From being shocked I stood and took a couple of steps back.

Lantsov's POV

The moment I stuck my hand out to touch Levi's hand, he backed away in fear. Just when he made me happy it all ended just like that. I wanted to cry all over again, but my eyes already hurted enough and I don't think I have anymore tears. It felt as though all my tears dried up already. Slowly I pulled arm back and stared at my hand. This was the hand that Levi was afraid of, but why? I clutch my fist and turned away trying to cry all over again. What did I ever do to deserve this?

Levi's POV

Erwin quickly grabbed my hand and pulled me back to where we were before and whispered to each other again.

"Why'd you do that for?" Erwin questioned.

"What do you mean?" I wondered.

"Why did you pull away when Lantsov only wanted to hold your hand?"

"I was shocked when she held out her hand! I didn't know what to expect!"

"Well because of you're stupid action, Lantsov hates you. Or at least thinks that you're afraid of her for being a monster."

"That's insane."

"How would you feel if you went to hold Lantsov's hand and she backed away just like you did, wouldn't you feel as though that she thought of you as a monster?" I feel silent. I never thought of it that way. Now I felt like a completely idiot. When I looked back at Lantsov she was crying again and my heart was in pain. How am I going to fix this now? Urgh! I was so frustrated at myself that I didn't realize Hanji stood next to me at the moment. So when I looked beside me I jerked with shock that Hanji was standing next to me.

"What's going on?" Hanji asked. I guess Hanji didn't take a look at Lantsov, so she doesn't know that she was crying at the moment. This was so a bad time for her to show up. How did I get myself into this sort of situation in the first place? Before I knew it Hanji looked over at Lantsov and her calm mood changed rapidly.

"Why is Lantsov crying? Who did it? Was it you, Levi?" she interrogated. Suddenly I slapped Hanji across the face in anger for her saying that to me and turned around. Even though I did do it I never meant to do it on purpose. I just wished Hanji would just get the hell out of here. When I back around, Hanji wasn't beside me anymore, but instead she was sitting right beside Lantsov and her head was up. Quickly I started to panic, what if Hanji tells Lantsov my age? Or what if Hanji tells Lantsov an embarrassing moment that happened that I really don't want to remember? Oh geez, this day couldn't get any worst. Maybe I should just tell Lantsov how I really feel about her now right here after I kick Erwin and Hanji out of here.

Lantsov's POV

"Did Levi made you cry?" Hanji questioned. One of her cheeks was really red and a bit swollen. I couldn't help wondering what happened. Soon Hanji realized that I was worried about her cheek and she smiled in embarrassment.

"Oh this, yeah it's nothing. Levi got a bit angry when I jumped to conclusions. It happens. Don't worry about me. I'm really worried about you. Erwin is having trouble convincing the Imperial Capital that you're no threat to us, but it's taking some time. After I filed in the damage report I thought I'd come here to see you. I really never got a chance to have some time to talk to you and get to know you better. But when I came in here I saw you all sad and crying. Whenever there's a girl crying and sad and Levi is around as well, it's probably safe to assume to say he did it. So was I right?" Hanji asked. I crying really wasn't his fault. It was also because I surprised Levi and he backed away like that. But why would he think that I was going to do something horrible? Maybe he's never been able to react to something like this before since he's never had this happen to him before. Still it wasn't right for Levi to back off like that and stare completely at me as though I was a monster.

"Hey Lantsov, do you think of me as a friend?" Hanji asked. I really wasn't sure if I should call Hanji my friend. Although she's kind and considerate like Petra, I practically only considered her my only friend on the world.

"It's okay if you don't consider me as one of your friends. Who are your friends anyways?" Hanji continued.

"My only friend… is dead." I replied slowly. Hanji's eyes widen and she almost fell off the bed.

"Who was your friend?"

"…Petra Ral. She was my only friend. But she's dead now."

"Oh… I'm sorry. It must've been painful for you to remember her."

Levi's POV

Just as I was about to grab Hanji and shoo her away, I heard Lantsov say that Petra was her only friend. Was that even true? When I first introduced Lantsov to the team she and Petra did seem to have already known each other. But I didn't think that Lantsov considered Petra her only friend. That brought me to wonder if Lantsov had a hard childhood. Quickly before anything else could happen I grabbed Hanji by the arm and dragged her out of here and shoved her towards the stairs.

"What's the matter with you Levi? Seems like someone got up on the wrong side of the bed." Hanji scolded as she went up the stairs. I felt a bit more relaxed now that no one else would be watching. Now this was my chance to make things between Lantsov and me better. This would be the only chance I get to completely tell her my feeling for her in privacy. Hopefully I don't mess this up.