Seven Minutes in Heaven Part 7
Hanji nudged her glasses up with her index finger before clasping her hands in front of her mouth. Successfully hiding her devious grin, the brunette peered over at the lounging boy beside her, mentally plotting out the rest of the night. However, her plans were interrupted by the bottle hitting her foot. "What's this?" She questioned as she glanced around the group.
"You're turn," Levi spoke flatly.
"Why would I have to play a game that I-" Hanji's words trailed off at the sound of a soft knock against her door. She looked over her shoulder to see the door slowly open.
"Sorry I'm so late," Petra mumbled. She closed the door, locking it upon Hanji's request. When she approached the circle, she paused, staring down at the bottle in Hanji's hands. "What is going on?"
"It's spin the bottle turned to seven minutes in heaven," Eren answered as he gestured for Petra to sit on the other side of him. He knew he should have made space for her to sit in between him and Levi, but he knew that Petra was quite fond of Levi and that awakened a jealous feeling he wasn't aware he had. Besides, he noticed, Levi did not appear to have any interest in moving over for her.
"You came just in time," Levi noted, tilting his head towards Petra.
"I-I did?" Petra stammered, feeling uneasy at Levi's tone of voice.
Levi ignored Petra's response. Instead, he turned back to face Hanji, motioning for her to spin the bottle.
Hanji sighed. This, she thought to herself, was not supposed to happen. However, she knew her closet better than anyone else, so she decided that she would take advantage of this. Letting a quiet laugh escape her lips, the brunette spun the bottle, watching as it stopped on Reiner.
Reiner tossed his head back, filling the room with amused laughter. "Well, I wasn't planning on this, but I'm game!"
"No." Levi punched Eren in the arm, gesturing for him to move the bottle.
"You do it," Eren grumbled as he rubbed his sore arm.
Levi cast his infamous cold stare towards the younger boy before extending his leg, revealing that he cannot reach the bottle with his short leg.
Eren held back a laugh while nodding. He leaned towards Levi to ask who he should point it at. Once he received his order, the brunet moved forward, twisting the bottle until it pointed directly at the girl beside him.
"M-me!?" Petra's eyes widened as she looked from Hanji to Levi then back to Hanji.
"What are you doing, Levi?" Hanji slowly turned her head to meet eyes with Levi's dark ones.
"I'm doing what you have been doing all night," Levi answered, ignoring the mumbled agreements from the rest of the group.
"Levi," Hanji began. "How would I make a bottle land on who I want it to land on?"
"You're a genius, Hanji. I'm sure you could find a way easily." Levi looked down at his hands, closely examining his nails.
"You are too kind, Levi!" Hanji shouted as she hopped up. "Well, looks like we are outnumbered Petra." She walked towards said girl, offering her hand.
With their hands still tightly clasped together, the two ambled over to the closet, stepping in and closing the door.
"I feel that nothing good will come out of this," Armin muttered as he glanced over his shoulder at the closet door.
"You're right," Levi noted before motioning for Eren to lie back.
"Why did you have her go in then!?" Eren fell back against the carpet, fretfully pondering all of the potential disasters that may come from this. "Levi!?"
"What?" Levi pulled at Eren's arm, stretching out so he could lie against Eren's chest.
"W-what are you doing?!" Eren stared down at the smaller boy now curled up at his side with his head resting atop Eren's heaving chest. He could feel his cheeks warming into a blush as he realized the room fell silent- all eyes were on them.
"Control your breathing, Eren." Levi demanded.
"L-Levi!?" Eren whispered loudly. "Everyone is staring…"
"Your point?" Levi closed his eyes.
"Well, I…"
"Relax, Eren." Levi opened his eyes, peering up at the brunet. "Just ignore them. And if you try to pull away, I will kick your ass, understand brat?"
"Y-Yes!" Eren focused on slowing his breathing. After a few moments, he felt his muscles relaxing, so he decided to carefully lift his arm and lightly drape it over Levi's shoulders, smiling at the satisfied sigh that escaped from Levi's lips. He felt his eyelids growing heavy, eventually giving in and allowing them to fall shut.
"Well, aren't they cozy," Ymir said. She looked over at Christa, raising her eyebrows.
"I'm good, Ymir. Thanks though." Christa offered Ymir an apologetic smile before looking back down at her phone.
Ymir huffed at her failed attempts to get close to Christa. She looked around the room before resting her eyes on a stack of cards resting on Hanji's desk. "Hey," she called out to the group. "You guys wanna play poker?"
"Um, Hanji? What are you doing?" Petra watched as the brunette dug around in a corner of her closet.
"Got it!" Hanji stood up and turned towards Petra, shoving a red paint can in said girl's face.
"What are you going to do with this?" Petra pushed the paint can down, watching as Hanji shifted around her closet once more. "Hanji!?"
"Hold this." Hanji handed Petra the paint can before grabbing a metal coat hanger. Demonstrating her strength, she quickly broke the hanger, pulling it horizontally until it was stretched out. She then grabbed the paint can and opened it before lopping the hanger through the handle.
After testing to make sure that the hanger supported the can, she handed the paint back to Petra then began shifting things around, making an empty space on the middle of her clothes rack. Grabbing the can once again, the brunet pushed up on her toes and began tying the metal hanger around her clothes rack. Once finished, she stepped back to admire her handiwork.
The can was now dangling from the clothes rack. The hanger was tied loosely, hinting off that the can could fall at any second.
The brunet lightly banged against the wall directly under the can, watching as the can jolted around. Nodding, Hanji turned to face Petra with a devious grin playing on her lips once more.
"The next person that comes in here is going to get doused with paint…" Petra moved as far away from the hanging paint can as she could in the small closet.
"It will be Levi. He will walk straight in and lean against that wall which will knock the paint can down and pour all over him." She pointed towards the can then the wall then back to the can.
"You can't do that!" Petra shouted. "You know how much Levi hates getting dirty!" Petra gasped as a hand was slapped against her mouth. "Hanji?" She mumbled against said girl's hand.
"You are too loud. And, this is payback for making me participate." Hanji lifted her hand away from Petra's mouth.
"Why didn't you want to participate?" Petra bit down on her thumbnail. "What are you trying to do here?"
"Can't you tell?" Hanji laughed, leaning against the door and crossing her arms.
"I just got here," Petra noted.
"Well, you can just call me Hanji the Matchmaker!" The brunette moved her hand, tracing an arch in the air as she spoke.
"You did do something to the bottle!" Petra sighed noisily as brushed her bangs back.
"Hey," Hanji began, ignoring Petra's accusation. "Didn't you have a date with Auruo earlier?"
"Ah," Petra felt her face reddening. "Yes, well…"
"Go fish!" Armin smiled as he held his cards close to his face, noting how Jean kept trying to peek at them.
"Dammit," Connie grumbled. "Where the hell are the eights? Someone is lying! It's you isn't it!?" Connie pointed at Ymir.
"Shut it, twerp." Ymir fanned her cards in front of her face. "If you would stop sucking then you may actually get some cards that you need."
"Bitch," Connie whispered under his breath before turning his attention back to the game.
"Armin, I can't believe that you don't know how to play poker," Reiner laughed as he adjusted his cards in his hand.
"Well, Eren tried to teach me one day, but it didn't go so well. He kept getting frustrated when I asked questions." Armin shook his head as he peered over at Eren and Levi- both sleeping soundly.
"It's true," Mikasa added before turning back to her own game on her phone- a game she found more interesting than any card game.
"I can teach you," Jean offered, nudging Armin's shoulder.
"Really?" Armin looked up at Jean, returning the smile that Jean was giving him.
"Of course," Jean answered confidently.
"I would like that," Armin responded softly.
"No time to teach him tonight," Reiner pointed out, interrupting the two excited boys.
"Yea I know," Jean moved his hand to the back of his neck. "You could come over sometime and I could teach you then?" He could feel the sweat accumulating on the back of his neck as well as his face heating up.
"Okay!" Armin cast Jean a thankful look before turning back to his cards. "So," he began, returning his attention back to the game. "Ymir, do you have any eights?"
Ymir smiled and handed over two eights.
"What the hell Ymir!?" Connie threw his cards into the air and fell back, ignoring Sasha's growing laughter beside him.
"Well, how was it?" Hanji studied Petra- noting how she was blushing yet appeared to be somewhat embarrassed by her date.
"It was good. He was really sweet, so that was a nice change." Petra dropped her gaze to her feet. "He's like a different person when we are alone." She allowed her mind to wander back to the date, remembering little details that stood out to her- the compliment on her curled hair, the way he opened every door for her as well as pulled out her chair. These small things mattered to Petra. She, along with everyone else, knew that she favored a relationship that wasn't all about sex.
"So, why do you seem so unenthusiastic about your successful date?" Hanji watched as Petra slowly brought her eyes back up.
"While we were leaving the restaurant, I told him that I was going to head over to your house, and he asked if Levi was going to be there. When I told him yes, he began doing that stupid thing where he tries to talk like Levi and…" She sighed, thinking back to what happened. "He bit his tongue and had to hurry home to rinse the blood out of his mouth."
"Like always," Hanji muttered, placing a comforting hand on Petra's shoulder. "Do you still like Levi?"
Petra looked up at Hanji with somber eyes. "No, and I've told Auruo that, but he still insists on acting like Levi when other people are around."
"You did like Levi for like three years, Petra," Hanji noted, givng Petra's shoulder a squeeze.
"A part of me will always like him. I think that's something I will just have to accept, but I want to try and move on as best I can. I wish I could get Auruo to understand that I like him for him." Petra felt tears stingy her eyes.
Hanji, noticing her friend's distress, pulled Petra into a hug, whispering calming words to the now crying girl. "It will be okay," she mumbled into Petra's hair. "He will realize soon and stop being an idiot. If he doesn't, he's gonna lose his tongue." She smiled when she heard Petra laughing against her chest.
The sound of Petra's phone beeping prompted the two girls to pull away. Petra retrieved her phone and unlocked it. "It's a text from Auruo."
"Just like clockwork," Hanji whispered to herself. "Well, what does it say," she asked raising her voice.
Petra's face softened and a small smile pulled on her lips. "He said that he's sorry for biting his tongue again and that he promises to get out of the habit of acting like someone he's not." She hugged the phone to her chest before typing out a reply.
"See, told ya everything would be okay," Hanji turned around and opened the closet door, stopping when she felt a hand grab her arm. "Something wrong?" She peered over her shoulder at Petra.
"Thanks, Hanji." Petra paused before reluctantly continuing. "I still don't think you should do this whole paint prank, but I will keep my mouth shut." Petra cast Hanji a wide smile before exiting the closet with her.
Hanji cleared her throat, gesturing for everyone to reform the circle. She turned her attention to the two sleeping boys to her right. She crept over to them, crouching down until her face was level with Levi's. Taking in a big gulp of air, she shouted "Rise and Shine!" She quickly jerked her head to the left, dodging a punch from Levi that came as soon as the words left her mouth.
"I hate you," Levi grumbled before sitting up. He peered down at Eren- who was panting and clutching at his chest. "You okay?" He asked the brunet.
"Y-yea" Eren breathed out while he pushed himself into a sitting position. He inhaled and exhaled deeply, slowing his racing heart before turning his attention to Hanji.
"Sorry, Eren," Hanji giggled. "Now that I have your attention," she began. "Petra and I had a fine time, right Petra?"
Petra nodded before shifting all of her attention back to the sweet texts she was sharing with Auruo.
"I'm really, really glad that you suggested I participate," Hanji spoke to Levi, emphasizing the second 'really'.
Levi's brows furrowed as he sensed something off about Hanji's words. He groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose while she continued.
"Now then, since Levi nicely chose for me, I think I will choose for him this time!" Hanji pushed her glasses up and snatched the bottle, slowly guiding it until it pointed towards the person of her choice.
"Why!?" Eren and Jean shouted in unison.
So, I really liked the idea for this pairing. And, I couldn't resist putting Petra/Auruo in here because you know… *sniffle*
The next chapter is going to be for the person that has been helping me so much with this fic- Tehavengeh (Ai Enmaxjigoku shoujo). Thank you bro! For this chapter as well as others!
Thanks for all the reviews, favorites, and follows! And, I'm sorry in advance for any grammar errors! Hope everyone enjoys!
