Usually, Hanji was the kind of teacher that is extremely enthusiastic about her subject. She loved discussing various theories with her students rather than going through the subject matters from the book.
However, this morning she let them read their textbook because she was too distracted from staring on her mobile. She already tried to call Nanaba and Mike, but she only got their voice mails.

"Miss Zoe, aren't we going to do some experiments?" one of the students asked, visibly annoyed by the fact that the lesson didn't proceed like usually.

"No, today ..." she started, but the sound of her mobile interrupted her answer. A look on the display showed her that Nanaba was the one calling. Hanji jumped up and ran out of the classroom.

"Nanaba!"

"Hanji? Do you have time to go to the 'Titan'?" Nanaba asked. Hanji could barely hear her from the background noises on the other line.

"I have a lecture now. Is everything alright?" Hanji asked confused. She could hear a loud noise and someone screaming.

"We're in some kind of troubles," Nanaba shouted in the phone. "Listen, go to the 'Titan' immediately! Erwin is waiting there for you." With this sentence Nanaba hung up.

Hanji stared numbly at her mobile for some seconds before she went back to her class.
"I'm ending this lesson earlier, there's an emergency," she said while packing her stuff and sprinted out of the room.

/

When she got to the 'Titan', Erwin was already waiting in front of it. He looked misplaced, wearing a perfectly fitting suit in such a surrounding area.

"Hanji, how are you?" he greeted her with a friendly smile when she came closer.

"Hello Sir. How can I help you?" she asked him. She couldn't help but to feel intimidated by his appearance.

"I need some drugs from the cellar, but unfortunately I have no knowledge about them," he said while unlocking the door.

He gave Hanji another kind smile while he held the door open. The woman stepped inside and they went straight to the door behind the bar. As they arrived at the door to the cellar, Mr. Smith's mobile started ringing. Hanji decided not to eavesdrop, so she went ahead in the cellar. She noticed that there were four black suitcases on the table, which weren't standing there when she left the lab yesterday. For a moment Hanji even thought about taking a look inside, but she was afraid that it would be some kind of secret and the fact that the don was upstairs made her curiosity fade away. So she simply sat down on one of the stools.

Two minutes later Smith came downstairs.

"Do we have some Morphia down here?" he asked and sat down next to Hanji.

"I don't know, Sir. I'll see if I can find some," she said and jumped up.
She went straight to a cupboard and started rummaging around in it. However, the box where the Morphia normally was, was empty. Hanji let out a frustrated sigh.

"Sorry, we're out of it," she said, turning to the don. "But we have some Ziconotide, that is about as strong as Morphia."

"May I ask you what you need it for?" she asked curiously, hoping that she didn't cross the line.

"You don't have to be that formal with me," he said friendly. "And yes, it's for Levi. That idiot doesn't want to go to the hospital and claims that he'll survive if he has enough painkillers."

Smith's words made Hanji nearly scream out loud. "He's alive?" she asked with a relieved voice.

Erwin chuckled when he saw her reaction. To think that she obviously cared that much about a man who dragged her right into the underground was odd.
"Want to accompany me to his apartment to bring him the medicine?" he asked.

Hanji felt her cheeks turning red. How embarrassing to act like this in front of Smith!

/

"Do you need me to do anything else before I leave?" Petra asked. "Want something to eat or to drink?

Levi, who was lying on the couch in his apartment, looked up from the TV.
"A whiskey with ice," he said bluntly.

"For fuck's sake, Corporal! You're taking strong painkillers, you mustn't drink," Petra said chiefly.
She took her purse from the coffee table and gave him a last cautionary look. "Don't do anything stupid while you're alone."

Levi rolled his eyes. "God, you're annoying. Better make sure that you guys find out where Sasha is."

Petra just nodded with a smile and went out of the room. Levi could hear how the front door got closed. He tried to get up from the couch, what caused him a painful stitch in the shoulder. Therefore, he decided to lie back again. It pissed him off that every move was this painful and that he didn't have any painkillers which were strong enough at home.

Suddenly he heard the door being unlocked again. "Oi, have you forgotten something?" he called through the room.

"No, Petra was only so nice to let us in," Levi could hear Erwin's voice and some seconds later the don appeared in the living room.

Levi just wanted to ask who "we" was, but his question got answered immediately when he saw Hanji stepping in behind Erwin. She gave him one of her ridiculous smiles and he felt the urge to throw one of the pillows he was leaning against at her.

"Apparently we're out of Morphia, but this should be the same," Erwin said and took a bottle Hanji was handing him now.
"Hanji, could you get him a glass of water? The kitchen is behind that door," he said and pointed towards it.

"Interesting woman, don't you think?" Smith said as she left the room.

Levi rose an eyebrow. "Is that so?"

"Yes, we just found out that we both like 'The Garrison'," Erwin said impressed.

"Congratulations, you both like the same band, like nearly everyone else does. You must have a special bond," Levi said sarcastically. 'The Garrison' were the most famous band from Trost and nearly everybody Levi knew, liked them.

Instead of an answer, Smith just chuckled. He placed the bottle on the table.

"Seems like somebody is jealous," he said with a wink.

"I swear to god Erwin, if I could stand up now, I'd kill you," Levi hissed.
His warning only caused Erwin to grin.

"I'll be going then. You have no idea how stressful the job is when you're not around," Erwin said and made his way out of the living room.

"Wait!" Levi sat up and instantly regretted this decision. "Hanji is still in the kitchen."

The don shrugged his shoulders. "So?"

"What do you mean 'so'? Won't you take her with you?"

"She'll find her way back home alone. Besides, I'm sure you'll need some company." With those words Erwin left the room, leaving a puzzled Levi behind.

/

When Hanji came back in the living room, she found only Levi there. "Where's Erwin?" she asked and handed Levi the glass.

"Emergency," he only said and reached for the bottle on the coffee table.
Hanji observed how he swallowed the pill and noticed that every movement seemed to be extremely painful to him.

"I guess I should leave as well then," she mumbled and reached for her bag she had thrown on the floor when they came in.

"Oi, Miss Scientist," she heard Levi's voice and looked up to him.

"I don't know what kind of drugs you gave me. Therefore, I need someone to stay here in case that I don't tolerate them," he said with a plain voice.
But Hanji could swear that the corner of his mouth just rose for a second.

/


AN: SOOOORRY that you had to wait that long, but i had injured my wrist and was wearing a cast the last weeks ...
and it'd have been tiring to type only with my left hand ;)