Author's Note: I should be getting back to 'Say Geronimo' soon but I was really craving some LevixAria cuteness.

Levi had just finished cleaning up his kitchen and sat down on the couch to get some studying done when he noticed a blue light-weight jacket drapped over one of the arms of the couch.

'Hmm, Red must have left that here last night when she came by to sing for me,' Levi thought, grabbing the jacket up. 'Guess I should get this back to her.'

As he got up to leave, Levi tossed the jacket from one hand to another, surprised at how soft it felt. If it was anywhere as comfortable as it felt, he was surprised Aria had forgotten it in the first place. He couldn't really complain, though; this did give an excuse to see her. He couldn't deny his growing attraction to the redhead, at least not to himself. Before he could stop himself, he pressed the jacket to his face and inhaled deeply, reveling in the scent of vanilla that clung to the fabric and had become synonymous with Aria's presence.

"Oh damn, that smells good," Levi muttered to himself, taking another breath. "I almost don't want to give it back...," he continued before shaking his head and heading out the door to Aria's room before he could talking himself out of going to see her.

However, upon reaching the door to her suite, Levi realized that he had no idea what to say to her once she opened the door. As exhilarating as his crush on Aria felt most of the time, he couldn't help but curse himself for getting so nervous around her. He felt like he usually did a decent job of hiding it but that was only because Aria was most often the one to initiate direct conversation; he usually just initiated over text.

"Okay... Now how do I go about this?" Levi muttered to himself, taking a deep breath to calm his nerves. "'Hey Red, you left your jacket in my room and I figured I'd return it to you since it's yours.' No, that sounds way too stupid." He stood silently for a moment, pressing the jacket to his nose again. "Okay, get your shit together, Levi. She's just a girl that smells good. This should not be this hard. 'Hey Red, you left your jacket in my room which you probably shouldn't do because it might make some people think that we're... you know... together... And, I mean, we're obviously not but we could be if you wanted to be.' What the hell am I doing with my life?"

Five minutes had passed and Levi wasn't any closer to knocking on the door than he had been when he arrived. He also wasn't any closer to figuring out what he wanted to say to Aria either; everything he came up with either sounded ridiculous or forced.

'Why am I having such a hard time with this? I just have to knock on the door, give her the jacket, make a comment that insinuates that I like her, and move on.'

"'Hey Red, I brought you your jacket back. Let's go to dinner sometime'," Levi said before quickly shaking his head. "That was ridiculous. Who am I? Eld? And 'Red, here's your jacket. Please make out with me' is way too blunt." He paused and took another breath. "You know what? Screw it. I'm just going to knock on the door and whatever happens, happens. I can do this. I've never let anything get to me before and I'm not going to start now. She has to like me at least a little bit considering how often she agrees to come sing for me. Besides, the worst she can do is tell me 'no', right? I'm ready for this. I can handle this. I'm also 5'3 and socially awkward and she can do so much better than me and-"

Before Levi had a chance to continue, however, he was startled out of his thoughts by Aria pulling the door open herself, causing him to drop the jacket and hurry off back to his own suite.

"Hey, I heard someone talking out here-" Aria cut herself off when she noticed Levi rushing off and glanced down to see her jacket on the ground. "Levi? Oh hey, my jacket! I was wondering where this went!"

"All that time hyping myself up and I didn't even say anything to her. Typical," Levi muttered to himself as he flopped down on his couch again. He had laid there for about ten minutes when he heard a knock on the door and he forced himself off the couch to answer it. He was more than a little surprised to see Aria standing in the doorway wearing the jacket he had brought back to her.

"Hey Levi, what's up?" she asked, smiling up at him. "You doing anything right now?"

"No, not really," Levi replied.

Aria's smile widened. "Well, I just wanted to say thank you for bringing my jacket back to me. I kind of saw you running off when I opened the door."

"I wasn't running off," Levi jumped in quickly. "I just remembered that I had to go do... something important. But you're welcome."

Aria rolled her eyes. "Fair enough. Anyway, I was also wondering if maybe you wanted to, I don't know, go and get dinner or something."

"You mean with everyone else?" Levi asked.

Aria shook her head. "Nope. Just you and me. I was thinking we could go to The Wall and sit at the bar to eat and play the Megatouch machine thing."

"That sounds nice," Levi replied. "But you're not going to beat my Castle Bandits score so don't even try it."

Aria laughed. "Nothing you say is going to keep me from trying. We'd better hurry up and get over there, though. We'll have to beat the dinner rush if we want a spot at the bar."

Levi nodded and stepped out of the suite, locking the door behind him before stuffing his hands into his pockets. As the two made their way to the main entrance of Recon Hall, Levi couldn't help but wonder about one thing.

'How is it so easy for her to just waltz on over and ask me to come to dinner with her? Does she only see me as a friend?'

He was pulled from his thoughts once again when he felt Aria link her arm through his. When he looked down at her, she just smiled that same warm smile and kept walking. As they made their way to The Wall, Levi blinked and glanced down when he something touch his upper arm. A small smile came over his face when he saw Aria resting her head on his arm as they walked, a light pink dusting her cheeks.

'Well, I'm going to assume that's a good sign.'

Ending Note: Awkward Levi is best Levi!