Chapter 7: An Eventful Day ~

"What on earth happened to this place?" Levi muttered to himself, seeing the amazing scene in front of him, an irritated expression on his handsome face.

And what was the reason for his annoyance? Let me explain then...

Levi went on a business trip to Japan for two weeks. Before he left, he told (y/n), precisely ordered her to keep clean the whole apartment in his absence. He knew it very well that she couldn't stand to his expectation on this matter. But still, he ordered her to do that. And when he meant to clean the house, its right translation to others would be 'clean the house until it sparkle'.

Then let's say after he left, his order flew out of the window, our sweet (y/n)-chan became lazy and the uncluttered apartment became a bit messy. Tiny bit.

Levi came back a day earlier & when he reached home it was half past six in the morning. He didn't inform (y/n) about his early returning.

He opened the door of his apartment using the spare key and then greeted by the only thing he hated the most.

Mess.

Levi came to the living room, staring at the room with wide eyes. And the once cluttered living room currently looked like this — books scattered on the small coffee table & on the couch; shopping bags were on two single sofas; some clothes were piling on one side of the couch. Other than this the room looked clean.

But to Levi, it was like a typhoon hit the apartment & things turned out like that. He might be a bit happy if the mess caused by a typhoon & not by his super lazy wife. He rubbed his temple in frustration and glanced at the mess once before strode to the room of his wife.

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As soon as Levi opened the door of (y/n)'s bedroom, his mood became more sour to see the condition of that room. Clothes scattered on the couch, makeup items & pieces of jewelry were sprawled on the dressing table. Papers, files & books messily kept on the writing desk.

Something just snapped in Levi's mind as he saw the mess again. He silently walked to the bed where (y/n) and Eren were sleeping peacefully. Though Eren had his own room the toddler loved to sleep with his mother.

(y/n) was lying on her front, hugging a cushion to her chest & sometimes mumbling in her sleep. Little Eren was on his back in a starfish position, mouth wide open & drooling.

Levi stood by the bed & called, "(y/n), wake up."

The said person didn't give any response to this. He shook her by the shoulder slightly, "Wake up."

But she didn't even budge at this too & turn around in her sleep, hugging Eren. Levi's eyes twitched to see this. He grabbed the blanket on their body & yanked it. "Wake up, stupid brat." He yelled.

And she immediately woke up with a jolt, accidentally throwing the pillow she was hugging. She rubbed her sleepy eyes & yawned. Then (y/n) noticed the blanket was missing & someone stood by the bed. She slowly turned her head to that person & a gasp left her lips as she recognized the man.

There beside her bed her dear husband Levi stood, a blanket in his hand, glaring daggers at her. The sleepiness immediately left her eyes as she saw him giving her a dark look.

Was he mad at her?

No. Mad wasn't the right word to express how furious he was then.

A shiver ran through her body to see his death glare. "L-Levi? W-What are you doing here?" she swallowed hard.

"I think I need to teach you a lesson for disobeying my order, brat," Levi stated in a peevish voice.

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(y/n) lying limply on her front on the couch in the living room, tired as hell, ready to pass out any moment. After Levi's punishment session, she felt all her energy drained from her body completely.

'I hate the grumpy corporal. How can he do this to me? I hate him so much!'

Little Eren ran to his mother when she was busy to rumble about Levi in her mind, "Mommy, me hungry," he shook her & said pointing at his tummy which constantly making a grumbling sound.

(y/n) opened her eyes slightly & sighed tiredly. She slowly sat up, muscles aching, "I know, baby. But I seriously have no energy to cook now." She muttered the last part to herself.

That day (y/n) realize one thing. At the end of her punishment, more like torture to her, she was sure as hell that Levi Ackerman was the perfect example of a sadist.

Why?

Because who in their right mind order someone to clean the already clean room?!

Yes, you hear me right. Poor (y/n) had to clean her room twice, the living room thrice & already cleaned guest rooms too. While in the meantime Levi was busy to clean the study room, kitchen, his & Eren's bedroom. The clean freak corporal lets her stop the cleaning when the rooms were clean to the point of sterility.

(y/n) was so busy in the cleaning duty that she totally forgot to make the lunch. Now she didn't have the slightest energy to do anything. But then she heard a sound coming from the kitchen. Curiously she went to the kitchen, Eren closely following her.

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The (h/c) haired woman greeted by an unexpected scene when she opened the door of the kitchen. There in the kitchen, a not-so-familiar cook was busy to sauté something in a frying pan. It took (y/n) a few moments to process the whole scene, brows furrowed in mild confusion.

"Will you stop gawking at me or not?" Levi asked, keeping his eyes fixed on the food he was making. "The lunch is almost ready. Take a seat," he ordered next.

(y/n) & Eren silently took their seats & waited for Levi to finish his cooking. He quickly finished what he was doing & served them the lunch. The rich aroma of the meal wafted down, promising a delightful taste.

"I don't make this for you to only stare. Eat." He beckoned them to eat the food.

He made chicken pasta, soup & salad. (y/n) took a small piece of chicken from the pasta, stuffing it in her mouth. The meat tasted immensely satisfying, soft but not too much, less spicy.

After tasting that, she had to admit in her mind that Levi was a better cook than her. Levi sure deserved praise for his hidden cooking talent, but now she needed to concentrate on the food, she would do the praising after the lunch.

As she & Eren was busy to eat the lunch, they didn't notice Levi staring at them with a deadpanned look on his face. He wanted to ask them if they like the food or not, but the satisfying expression on their face gave him the answer.

"Thanks for the lunch, Levi." (y/n) said with a grin as she put down the fork on her empty plate.

Levi sighed softly, "No need to thank me."

(y/n) gave him a toothy grin, "I didn't know you have such an amazing hidden talent, Levi. You know you can be a chef in a five-star hotel with your cooking skills." She finished the sentence & stuff a spoon full of custard in her mouth.

"I felt pity for you when I saw you gaping like a half-dead person after cleaning the house. And then I thought if you cook today it would end up either a poison or worse than that. So I made the lunch to save myself & Eren to taste the horrible thing."

(y/n) glared daggers at him. 'In the first place whose fault it was to make me gaping like a half-dead person? Someday I'll definitely poison you.'

Noticing her glare at him, an amusing smile came to his lips, "I'm just stating the truth, brat." He leaned back in his chair & crossed his arms over his chest, " It's not a hidden talent. My close friends know about this. I often used to cook for her when she was pregnant. And she loved to-" Levi abruptly stopped in the middle of the sentence.

The light-hearted mood vanished immediately, replaced by an awkward silence, as he accidentally spoke the last two sentences. (y/n) glanced at Levi, who cursed in his mind for blurting out what he didn't want to.

She heard from others how mad he was in love with his former love. However, (y/n) never heard Levi mentioned about Natalie to her. Not even once. He always pretended as if he erased her from his memories.

But he failed to conceal his true emotions when he accidentally mentioned about her. Though the smile stayed on his lips for a few seconds, that didn't miss her eyes. And that was enough to give (y/n) a hint how Levi still cherished the good memories with his former inamorata.

(y/n) didn't know why, but felt a little pang of heartache as she noticed the troubled expression on his face. She clenched the spoon tightly in her palm & closed her eyes, tried not to let the dull pain consume her whole mind.

Levi spoke first breaking the deafening silence in the room. "Take Eren to his room. It's his nap time." He said in a calm tone as he took the dirty crockery's from the table & went to the basin in the kitchen counter.

Author's Note – Hello, my sweet readers. I hope you enjoy reading this fan-fiction.

I have got a few questions about who Aria is. When I started writing this fan-fiction, I used Aria instead of (y/n). But after writing two chapters, I change it. So if you ever find the name 'Aria' anywhere in the story, ignore it. It's just a typo.