Chapter 10: Walls between

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The whole day was meant for work. For Annie in the Military Police, escorting gears from manufacturers to Wall Shina. For Eren, it was to clean the headquarters, an order from Lance Corporal Levi.

While cleaning his room, he found Annie's tank top, lying on the floor beside his bed. Maybe she left it there accidentally, after taking a bath. He picked it up, squeezing his hand a bit to the cloth, feeling the soft fabric, as though as he was perceiving Annie's soft skin left on that tank top. It was really soft, like it was made of pure cotton. He smelled a portion, and it was heavenly nice, as though as she didn't even made a sweat out of it. The smell of a girl's body, floral with a taste of sweet strawberry and fluffy cotton candy, made him flushed. He remembered her soft and fragile skin on her waist as his hands cupped it, the contraction of their bare skin. It was a precious moment that he would never, ever forget in his entire life.

He folded the tank top and placed it above the his little cabinet. Inside his cabinet, the picture frame of his family was there. He took a look at it, once again. While his gaze was at his mother, then moved to his father, he smiled. A smile of relief, pain removed from his heart, leaving nothing but comfort.

"Mother, Father. I'm not alone. She's here for me. I'm here for her. And my friends, they won't leave me. I'm surely fortunate, to be loved by many people around me, to be loved by her." He said, voice with a hint of tears of solace as he put the picture back on its place.

He continued cleaning, removing dust here and there and everywhere. He knew that Levi is a clean freak and overly strict about it. He did his best cleaning every single corner of his room.

He finished, finally, before noon hit the clock. He found Levi heichou, sitting on the couch, together with Hanji.

" -told you! That's not it, it should be like this." Pointing here and there, on the paper, demonstrating directions.

Levi listened to her, bored and pissed. Seemed he stopped arguing with her. "Okay okay, do what you want." But his hand was on her waist, playing with the strap of her maneuver gear.

"Your squad should be in here, and my squad here." She continued. "Hmm, Mike's at Erwin's side, I think I'd better here, in the right flank. And you should be at the left flank, but I want you near with -"

"Heichou, Hanji-san." Eren called out, walking towards the two.

"Eren!" Hanji said.

"Heichou, I'm finished cleaning." He informed. "What's that?" He leaned to see the map, the plan for the next mission.

"Erwin let us to have a kind of brainstorming of our formation next expedition." She explained. "But in the end, he's the one to decide."

"oh, I see,"

"Ah Levi, You sleep with me later?" She asked, shifting his head a turn to look at him.

"Of course, what do you want idiot."

"You're as harsh as usual. Would you please treat me a little sweeter?" She teased. "A little charm would do, like 'please baby'? Well, that's pretty off your character."

"Not happening."

Cold as ice, and as hard as stone, perfect to describe Levi's outside self. She didn't even know how to make him, even a bit nicer, in terms of using words. But deep inside, Hanji knew, that above anyone else, he cares a lot for his squad, and especially for her. As though as his soft heart, covered by a very thick wall. But that thick wall he built among his squad and for men below his rank, was the reason he gained respect from them.

"Heichou, Hanji-san. I have a suggestion." Raising his hand, like a kindergarten who wanted to gain a star from his teacher. "Why don't both of you, uhm, you know, make a baby, a family?"

"Is you freaking brain drowned in mud, Eren?" Levi asked.

"Eh?"

Hanji laughed, and tapped Eren's shoulders. "You know Eren, even though we want to, we can't."

"Why?" His face started to cover with confusion and oblivion.

"This is Survey Corps. I can't afford to have a leave." Hanji proclaimed. "Nine months, pretty long time. I can't afford to just rest there, while all you guys putting your lives on the line, just to dig, even a small information about titans."

"Re- really." He sighed in disappointment.

"But someday, that time will come. There's a right time for that. Right Levi?"

He nodded and added, "I told you to use your tiny brain."

"Sorry." He laughed, thinking how stupid his question was. But in reality, it wasn't stupid. Though Levi and Hanji knew this and talked about this issue, they were waiting, waiting for the right moment to build and make family.

"Now Eren, it's my turn. I'm gonna be digging information from you." Imagine a talk show host, interviewing a guest in a hot seat, that was how you described her saying this.

"Eh? What?" He became flustered.

"So what's going on with you and your girl?" She asked, eyes shining, too eager to know.

"A-as usual. Nothing, particularly." He said, but he couldn't help but blushed.

"Reeeaaallyyyy? Why did you suddenly blush?"

"It's just, you know, just thinking about her, makes me... makes my blood gets hotter. Suddenly, I feel like bursting into my titan form and go berserk. I don't know. She makes me crazy."

"Oooooooh! Tell me more!"

"That's it, she's perfect for me. Her hair, her eyes, lips, even her fingertips, I can't forget its texture, the feeling. It's like, I can feel it every time, even though she isn't here."

"Why did she choose Military Police, by the way?" Hanji, even more interested about her. While Levi, eyelids slowly started falling. Was he sleepy?

"I don't know, she didn't tell me though. She's really good, in fact she was the 4th in our training batch. But I think, it's okay. I don't want her to put her life in danger." He explained. He never thought of this before, but now he was questioning, why, why, why? How come she was the only one who joined Military Police in the top ten. But still, he just looked at this issue in a good way.

Levi, while slowly drowning into sleep, fell his head into her shoulder. Hanji noticed it and smiled. What a cute little Levi sleeping on her shoulder.

"It's unusual, Heichou falling asleep." Eren said as soon as he noticed it too.

"True. I think, he's tired. He's been working hard. Well, let him have sleep. How cute~" She said as she moved him closer to her, pulling his waist then tapped softly his head.

Eren saw this. It was so nice, seeing his two leaders in a sweet moment. He couldn't help from smiling, gently as his lips formed a curve and teeth started showing. Glowing like a sun in front of his eyes. He wished he had a camera to capture this precious time.

Thank you for reading~ I never thought this story would reach 10 chapters, big big thanks!

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