Almost 8 years ago...
Levi would find any excuse just to stare at Saki.
Whenever the female was sitting nearby, he'd gaze at her with quite a warm expression although his eyes would return back to being stoic as soon as Saki's hazelnut eyes fell on him.
He enjoyed seeing her smiles whenever she talked about something fond or if there's an exciting thing going on.
Overall, Levi was teased a lot by his friends for sneaking glances at the short female whenever she wasn't looking. But the raven haired male didn't care about the teases he received as his whole attention only seemed to revolve around Saki.
Right now, break was ending soon and Levi stood up from his chair and walked over to the desk which was by the window.
The male, whose desk by the window, literally trembled in fear once Levi stood in front of him.
"Oi, swap seats with me for this period.", Levi said...more like commanded.
The male who looked petrified of Levi didn't utter a word and he quickly stood up from his chair.
"T'ch, take your books.", Levi snapped at his classmate.
The male scrambled to get his belongings before quickly scurrying away, in the fear that he'd be punched by 'Satan'.
Once the table was cleared, Levi placed his books on the desk before taking a seat, although his gaze went to the window.
"What's with Shorty suddenly wanting to change seats?", Hanji asked.
Hanji and Mike still remained in the classroom with Erwin and Levi, since the bell hadn't rung yet.
"I heard from Isabel that they're having P.E. outside.", Mike said with a smirk.
Erwin and Hanji finally understood Levi's odd behaviour.
The bell was soon heard ringing, Hanji and Mike headed back to their classroom, while Erwin and Levi stayed where they were.
The raven haired male pulled out his phone once seeing Saki's and Isabel's class walking out to use the court.
Levi sent a text to Isabel.
The female who had been talking with Saki, paused once she felt her phone vibrate. Isabel looked at the text before searching the windows of the classrooms.
Finally spotting Levi by the window, Isabel rolled her eyes and sent a text back to the male.
"What do you want?", Isabel asked.
"Call Saki.", Levi said.
Even his texts were like commands.
"No, my class is about to start soon.", Isabel replied.
Levi frowned once reading the female's text.
"If you want her attention, why don't you just shout out her name from over there?", Isabel said, sending a mocking smile to the raven haired male.
Levi's eyebrow twitched in annoyance at the female who was mocking him.
"Idiot, just call her.", the raven haired male sent back an angry text.
"Bro, you'll have to be a lot kinder if you want something.", Isabel said.
The male watched the female who smirked at him before sliding her phone into her tracksuit bottoms and walking away.
Levi clicked his tongue at this, causing the nearby students to flinch. They were clearly able to see that the raven haired male seemed to be in a foul mood.
Of course, Levi was in a foul mood, since he had wanted to see Saki even during the classes.
So the raven haired male just sat there with a small frown on his face as he stared out of the window.
Saki was still in her school uniform since the short female doesn't take part in any of the P.E. classes because of her medical condition.
The short female wasn't wearing her blazer though, just the white blouse, along with the navy blue skirt, black tights and black shoes.
She was sitting on a bench, while the other girls in her class were doing their warm-ups.
Saki was reading a book, not minding her classmates who were chatting and laughing together.
Levi folded his arms on the desk and rested his chin on his arms as he watched Saki with a faint smirk.
He admired the female's features from afar.
Staring at her chocolate brown hair which was tied up into a ponytail, his steel grey eyes then moved onto the female's bright hazelnut eyes which were focused on the book that she was reading.
Her small round nose which made Saki's features even cuter than how she already was. Levi's eyes finally stopped at Saki's lips.
'Those pink, rosy lips.', steel grey eyes were fixated on Saki's lips, 'Soft and tender to the touch.', Levi's eyes soon widened as he realised what he was thinking.
The male buried his head in his arms as the ends of his ears turned a light shade of pink.
'Idiot. What am I thinking?', Levi thought to himself.
The students who were situated near Levi's desk had literally moved their desks a metre away from 'Satan' because they had never seen such a behaviour from the raven haired male.
None of them had ever seen Levi slouch during a class and this being a first, they all decided to leave a distant between 'Satan' and themselves, just in case the male is to lash out because of whatever mood he was in.
None of them had any idea that Levi just had a major crush on a certain short female.
Back to the present...
Levi was sitting in his office, another usual workday as the raven haired male facepalmed once he remembered the past.
He found that he always acted like an awkward idiot whenever it came to Saki.
There was a knock at his office door and the CEO snapped out of his thoughts, regaining his usual stoic expression as he told the person to come in.
Zen, Levi's secretary, walked in with some files.
After handing them to his boss and informing him of any other important details, the tall male was about to head to the door. Zen soon paused and Levi looked back at his secretary who hadn't left yet.
"Is there anything else?", Levi's voice was always business-like, showing no hint of any emotions.
"Sir, this may be irrelevant when you are already so busy, but Miss. Ueshiba is here.", Zen said.
Levi had his full attention on his secretary now, dropping the pen that he had been holding.
"She is? Where? When did she get here?", Levi seemed to be in quite a hurry to find out this information.
"Miss. Ueshiba is downstairs on the second floor by the Finance office, sir.", Zen said, "There was a meeting earlier today-", the male didn't even get to finish his sentence as Levi was already on his feet.
The CEO fixed his tie as he stood up, grabbing his suit jacket and put it on as he was already exiting his office.
"Sir, is there an urgent matter that needs to be taken care of?", Zen asked, worried that he had made a mistake in his line of work, as he quickly followed behind Levi.
"No, you can take a 10-minute break.", the CEO waved off his secretary.
Zen was a bit surprised by this since he had always been handed work after work and never really found time to take a break.
"Are you sure sir?", Zen asked.
"Yes.", Levi was already disappearing into the lift.
Zen finally released a breath, having gotten out of breath after running after his boss.
He glanced at his watch.
'I'll make myself tea then continue with the rest of the paperwork.', Zen was quite the workaholic.
As soon as Levi reached the second floor, steel grey eyes were scanning around in search of the short female.
The CEO received several bows from his employees but Levi wasn't paying any attention to them.
Then he finally spotted the familiar black cap, along with the short female who wore it.
Levi wasted no time in approaching Saki who was talking with Mikasa and one of Levi's female employees.
Mikasa spotted the CEO walking over and she lightly tapped Saki's shoulder, gesturing her to the raven haired male.
Saki turned around, her eyes brightened up once she spotted Levi. The short female excused herself from the older woman from the Finance department before approaching the raven haired male.
The 25-year-old closed off the rest of the walking distance as the raven haired male came to a stop in front of her.
She smiled up brightly at Levi and the raven haired male felt his heart melt at the sight.
"Brat, what are you doing here?", Levi asked, managing to control his composure since the mere sight of Saki's smile could make every single of his expressions falter.
"We were just going over a few contracts.", Saki pointed back to the file that Mikasa held in her hand, "You're not busy today?", she asked as she tilted her head.
When the female had arrived at his company, she had wanted to text Levi and tell him that she was here but decided against it, thinking the male was busy.
Levi shook her head.
'Why would I give a fuck about work when I can see you?', the male thought as he stared at her.
Saki looked up at him, covering her hand over her mouth as she stifled her laughter.
"What?", Levi asked, noticing that her eyes had been on his face before she started laughing, "Is there something on my face?", he asked, feeling nervous that something was on his face and he was probably making a fool out of himself.
Saki shook her head.
"Your hair is messy.", the short female said with a smile.
Levi touched his hair, wondering when it had gotten messy.
'Ah, maybe it's when I rushed over here.', Levi thought.
Saki reached out her left hand and Levi leant down to allow the short female access to his hair so that she can fix it for him.
Several of Levi's employees had been nearby and they all froze in place once they saw the short female standing up on her tiptoes and fixing their CEO's hair.
They all knew that Levi wasn't someone who allowed others to touch him since he'd end up snapping even at the slightest of touches.
After all, Levi was a clean freak.
Yet this was the first time they were seeing the CEO allow someone to touch him.
"Ah, your hair is still really soft.", Saki said with a bright smile as she finished fixing the male's hair.
Levi stood up straight again as the female retracted her hand away.
"Saki.", Mikasa called the younger girl.
The short female looked back at her secretary/doctor as the raven haired girl pointed to her watch, silently telling Saki that she was going to be late for the next meeting if she didn't hurry up.
"Levi, I'll see you later.", Saki turned back to Levi, giving the male a smile before she walked back to Mikasa.
The raven haired male had a faint smirk on his face as he watched Saki turn back to give him a wave.
Levi felt his hand raise unconsciously and the CEO stopped himself from waving at the short female and instead rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.
The raven haired male then headed back to his office, since the whole reason he had come down was to see Saki.
His employees were a still in shock after seeing what had just happened, all wondering if this was really their boss that they had just seen.
...
Almost 8 years ago...
Saki and Levi were sitting on one of the sofas in the library since the rest of the tables were taken.
The short female was holding a textbook in her left hand while she was taking notes with her right hand. Levi was sitting beside her and the raven haired male wasn't doing any homework since he had completed it at home yesterday.
As for revision, the raven haired male finds it easier to revise at him than at school.
So right now, he was keeping the female company, with his arms folded over his chest, Levi had his eyes focused at the window.
In the distance, several bookshelves away, Hanji, Erwin, Mike and Isabel had been watching the two from afar.
Neither Saki nor Levi had spoken a word to each other since the female was concentrating on her work while the male's gaze was on the outside scenery.
"Ugh, those two aren't even doing anything.", Hanji said with a frown.
The four delinquents were watching the pair, wondering if there was any improvement between the two.
Of course, they were shipping Levi and Saki together, so they wanted the raven haired male to hurry up and confess his feelings for the short female.
But nothing was happening between them, much to the group's disappointment.
Soon enough, Hanji was heard gasping and Isabel quickly covered her friend's mouth so that they didn't get caught.
What had surprised Hanji, was when they saw Levi's head slump against Saki's shoulder.
The raven haired male hadn't gotten enough sleep the previous night and having been sitting in silence, he had now fallen asleep with his arms folded over his chest.
Levi hadn't realised that his head had dropped limply against Saki's shoulder as the male was fast asleep.
The four delinquents watched in anticipation to see Saki's reaction.
The short female stopped writing once she felt a weight against her left shoulder. Pausing halfway through her notes, Saki's hazelnut eyes fell on the male's head which was resting against her shoulder.
Staring for a couple of seconds, Saki picked up her pen again and continued to write, pretending that Levi's head wasn't on her shoulder.
This received disappointed sighs from the four, wondering just what would exactly could make Saki blush.
Seeing that they weren't going to see anything interesting, the four decided to leave the library since it was getting boring for them.
As they walked away, Saki's right hand stopped moving again. The short female had become very conscious of the sleeping male next to her and had thought that she could distract herself by continuing with her notes.
Since that didn't work, Saki placed her pen down on the notebook and turned her full attention to the sleeping male.
She stared at Levi, watching the male breathing softly as he seemed to be in a comfortable slumber. Without thinking, her right hand reached up and she gently began running her fingers through his raven locks.
Levi didn't stir awake at this, seeming to relax more at the female's touch.
Saki felt quite addicted to Levi's soft hair and gently combed her fingers through his short hair. Her hand paused from the soft touches, and she removed her hand from his hair before her fingertips brushed against his cheek.
The female wasn't really thinking at all as she found herself lightly caressing Levi's cheek with the back of her hand.
It was only after a few seconds did Saki freeze, quickly removing her hand from the male's face as she realised what she had been doing.
The female's face turned beet-red, as she quickly looked away from the raven haired male who was sleeping beside her.
She couldn't quite understand the rapid heartbeats, or why she had found herself touching the male in a carefree manner.
But what Saki did know, was that she didn't hate it.
Deciding to focus on her studies, Saki quickly picked up her pen and buried herself in her notes, wanting to forget what she had just done.
Some time passed and Saki's face had cooled down as Levi stirred awake.
Finding that he was not sitting up straight, Levi realised what he had been resting on and he quickly sat up.
The short female looked at the raven haired male as he had woken up.
Levi and Saki both looked away from each other simultaneously.
The bell rang, signalling the end of lunch, and Saki decided to pack her books away as Levi stood up.
The raven haired male looked back at the short female who wasn't following behind.
"Brat, why aren't you coming?", Levi walked back to the female.
"Umm...my arm is numb.", Saki touched her left arm.
Since Levi had been sleeping on Saki's shoulder for a long time, the female's arm had gone numb from the weight.
The raven haired male scratched the back of his head awkwardly, knowing that it was his fault that the short female couldn't carry her books.
"T'ch.", Levi clicked his tongue as he grabbed Saki's books, "Come on then.", he began walking as he carried the female's books.
Saki began smiling widely as she followed after the raven haired male.
"Levi, I can carry half.", Saki said.
"T'ch, just be quiet and walk with me.", Levi said as he headed to the short female's classroom.
Saki looked at her right hand, remembering the warmth of the male's cheek. She quickly shook away those thoughts and followed Levi along with a bright smile.
Back to the present...
Saki looked up from the computer screen when there was a knock at her office door.
The short female was working on some sort of data file and the 25-year-old focused back on the numbers on the screen as Mikasa went to open the door.
The raven haired female walked back with a small stack of files.
"Next load.", Mikasa placed the files on Saki's table.
The short female glanced at the pile before sighing quietly as she went back to work.
Seeing the younger girl working away, Mikasa spoke up.
"You're not having lunch with that CEO?", the raven haired girl asked.
Saki's fingers paused over the keyboard as she looked up at her doctor, a bit surprised that the older female had said this.
"Ah, I-I think Levi's busy.", Saki rubbed the back of her neck as she looked away.
"But you didn't ask.", Mikasa said as she headed back to her desk which was situated on the other side of the room.
It was a given that Saki and Mikasa shared an office since the older female has to be by the short female's side 24/7.
"He ran from his office just to see you, I doubt he'd reject your invitation for lunch.", Mikasa mumbled under her breath with a faint smirk.
Mikasa found no reason for the CEO to come to the second floor since these matters would be handled by his secretary. So the doctor knew that the younger male had come down just to see Saki.
"Huh?", Saki didn't hear what Mikasa had said.
"I was just saying that you could use a break right now.", Mikasa said as she took a seat at her desk, deciding to let Saki work things out by herself since this was her personal matter.
Mikasa may have to be by Saki's side 24/7, but the older female respected Saki's privacy.
"I'll take a break once I finish with this.", Saki said as her attention went back to her computer.
Mikasa gave a node at this as the older female began with her share of work.
Only several minutes passed by before Saki's phone was heard ringing.
Mikasa looked up from her papers when the piano ringtone of Saki's phone stopped, and she found that the younger girl had instantly answered the call.
Judging by the smile on Saki's face, Mikasa could already guess who was on the other line.
"Levi.", her hazelnut eyes had brightened once she got a call from the CEO.
There was a knock at the door and Mikasa went to answer it as Saki was busy.
Opening the wooden door, Mikasa found the four other individuals that they had been dining with yesterday evening standing outside.
"Is Saki busy?", Hanji spoke up with a large smile.
Mikasa glanced at the four individuals before looking back at Saki.
Saki, who was talking to Levi on the phone, was made aware that the others were visiting.
"That Shitty Glasses was being persistent about lunch so she's probably bringing the others to your office.", Levi said.
Saki smiled lightly at the use of the nickname, seeing that not much had changed since she had left.
"Ah, I think they're at the door right now.", Saki noticed Mikasa's gaze as the raven haired female stood at the door.
"T'ch.", the male clicked his tongue in irritation, "There's an emergency back here so I'll arrive a bit late.", the male was irritated because he couldn't come earlier like his friends were able to.
"You're coming as well?", there was surprise in Saki's voice, although she was excited to see the raven haired male.
"T'ch, of course, I am.", Levi said, "As if I'd let those idiots spend more time with you.", the male mumbled this quietly so the short female hadn't heard that sentence, "Oi brat, don't leave for lunch without me.", Levi said.
The raven haired male didn't like the idea of the others being lucky enough to spend time with Saki when he was busy at work.
He would run over to Saki's side within seconds if work allowed it, but since he was the CEO, Levi had no choice but to wait.
"Don't worry Levi, I'll never leave you.", Saki said with a smile.
And just her words were enough for Levi to get through any workload.
"T'ch, you better not.", Levi muttered, causing Saki to smile.
The short female gestured Mikasa to allow her friends who had been waiting outside to come in, as the call with Levi finally ended.
As the former delinquents entered her office, Saki was staring at her phone, wanting to speak to Levi a little longer but she knew that he was busy.
"Saki, you're done with work?", Hanji asked.
The short female snapped her attention back to her friends as she smiled at them.
"Nearly.", Saki said as she saved her work on the computer before standing up, "I'll finish it later.", the short female said.
The short female wasn't wearing her cap, revealing the few millimetres of hair she had.
The group were still not used to seeing Saki without her long brown hair, but none of them made a comment on it since they found that this style of hair made her face look more defined.
Saki looked more attractive when her hair was clipped off, as her other features stood out, especially her large hazelnut eyes.
Indeed, the short female looked even more beautiful than before and the group were quite sure that Saki wasn't aware of this herself.
"Shall we head to lunch then?", Isabel asked.
"Let's wait for Levi.", Saki said.
"Isn't he on his way?", Hanji asked.
"Ah, he called just now and said an emergency came up.", Saki said.
"An emergency? Really?", the scientist glanced at her phone since she hadn't been told anything, probably because it wasn't her department.
"Maybe it won't take too long, let's wait.", Erwin said as they headed to sit at the sofas, the former delinquents knowing that Levi will be pissed if they were to take Saki with them.
Mikasa went to make the group some drinks, while Saki sat with her friends.
"Little Miss, I've been meaning to ask, what part of Japan did you move to when you left Senior High School?", Mike asked.
Mikasa served tea to the group before she went back to sit at her desk.
"Huh?", Saki was a little confused at the question.
"Oh yeah, we were all wondering what town you moved to since we couldn't contact you at all.", Isabel said, "Was it some sort of rural area maybe?", she asked.
Saki glanced at Mikasa, seeing the raven haired female also had a confused expression on her face.
The 25-year-old then looked back at her friends.
"Umm...you must be mistaken.", Saki said, "I moved to another country.", she said.
Both Erwin and Mike choked on their drinks, having swallowed wrong after hearing Saki's words while Hanji and Isabel stared at the short female with wide eyes.
"What?!", all four former delinquents spoke in sync, more than shocked at what they had heard.
