"An expedition? Uh… Yeah..?" The crazed gleam in Hange's eyes was a bit unsettling, but curiosity got the best of you. "You have something in mind?"
"I sure do!" She shrieked, clapping her hands in excitement. "What about if two of us would go for a teeny-weeny titan hunt?" You couldn't even utter a word before she already started babbling in full-speed. "I had so many, many experiments in storage for Sawney and Bean, but… Oh well, you know. So, to continue my research, I need a new titan! Or two, maybe? The more the merrier! I've proved that with the right methods the capturing can be done without too many casualties, but…" She paused for a short moment to catch her breath. "Few latest expeditions haven't been exactly a great succeeds, so Erwin is a bit hesitant about giving his blessing for this."
"So… How we are supposed to convince him?" You asked cautiously.
"Ha! I thought you'd never ask!" Hange suddenly tugged you onto your feet and dragged you across the yard and towards the HQ as she continued explaining. "Firstly, if we can convince Captain Shorty to borrow you for me, it basically means he approves the expedition overall! And if he approves, Erwin approves! Simple as that!"
"No."
"But Levi!" Hange whined. "It's just for a one day! I already promised for [f/n] that she could come! She's so excited! Aren't you, [f/n]?" She chanted, abruptly wrapping her arm around your shoulders.
"Y-yeah." You stuttered as Hange tightened her grip, squeezing you almost painfully hard. Levi crossed his arms over his chest, now turning his annoyed gaze to you. You tried your best to keep up a straight face under his intense eyes, but it sure wasn't easy.
"What's in it for me, then? You'll give me Moblit for a day?" He sighed in bored tone after examining you for a short moment that felt like an eternity, now gazing daggers at Hange again. "Fair trade. My adjutant for your assistant."
"Hmm…" Hange tilted her head, scratching her chin as she pondered the situation. "Well… I guess that's fair… OK, sure!" She nodded determinedly, offering her hand to Levi to seal the deal.
"Tch. Like hell I want Moblit." Levi furrowed his brow. "You'll want her so bad? Fine. Do whatever you want. [f/n] is yours for tomorrow. Just for a day, no more." He added more sternly.
"Yahhoo!" Hange shrieked in excitement. "Thanks, Levi! [f/n], let's go! We need to check in with Erwin ASAP!" She chanted as she dragged you out of Captain's office with her.
Levi definitely wasn't excited about Hange's idea, so it was a real surprise that he agreed after all. You, instead, started to get excited about the upcoming mission- Acting as a Hange's right hand for a day sure sounded more fun than doing paperwork in a musty office! Like said, you were surprised that Levi gave his permission for the mission, but even more surprised you were the next morning when everyone were getting ready for the launch:
"Wha-?! You... you are coming too?!" You stuttered as you watched Levi finish saddling up his horse.
"Got a problem with it?" He stated in his usual uninterested tone.
"No! No… I just… I'm surprised, that's all."
"I don't know what the hell I was thinking when I gave shitty-glasses a permission for this." Levi sighed in annoyance and swiftly mounted his horse. "She's too reckless as she is, not mentioning you... Two of you together on a mission? That's the biggest shit show of the year."
"Thanks a lot for the trust." You scowled at him, crossing your arms over your chest. "So you kindly decided to come and babysit us?"
"Pretty much yes." Levi lifted his eyebrow as he glanced at you. "What are you still standing around? Go and get ready, we don't have a whole day."
While Hange and her team set up the traps, you and Levi went to look for a titan to catch. It didn't took long until you found what you were looking for; 3 smallish abnormals wandering at the edge of the forest.
"Whoa, 3 abnormals?" You gasped as you peered down from a tree branch. "Hange would love to see this..!"
"Tch. Luckily she won't." Levi stated as he drew his blades. "She'd want to try to capture all of them. So, which one is it?"
"Um…" Squinting your eyes to see better, you tried to pick the best one. Honestly, you had no idea what to look for, so you just randomly chose one. "That one!" You pointed at the one wandering away from the group. "It has same kind of stoic look as you usually do!" After saying it out loud, you couldn't help but burst out in a laughter. Only when you noticed Heichou's pissed off look, you tried to get your focus on back to work.
"Shall we?" Levi let out a deep sigh, not waiting for an answer as he jumped down from the branch.
Together you took the other titans down easily and started luring the target towards the traps. Only watching Levi in action was great, but fighting alongside him was pretty damn awesome- You weren't too shabby either, even Levi seemed pleased by your performance in the field.
"Is that one good?" You asked as you landed next to Hange.
"That… one… is… PERFECT!" Hange shrieked in excitement as you two watched the titan waddle towards the trap. "Here, come to mommy…" She giggled mischievously when your prey stepped into the target area. "NOW!"
You had to cover your ears when the traps went off, sending dozens of spikes straight into the titan's body. Sight was quite gruesome, but the beast show no reaction at all. Only when it was being pinned down by its neck, it tried its best to chomp anyone near it- Luckily without success.
"Look at that, [f/n]! Isn't it great?" Hange cheered, gesturing you to come and take a closer look at her 'new pet'. "Great job everyone! That couldn't have gone better!"
Slowly and surely, you took a few steps closer the captured titan. Even you knew it was tightly tied down, you couldn't help but to feel rather nervous around it.
"What the hell are you doing? Get away from it!" Levi growled as he grabbed onto your arm, tugging you away from the captured beast. "Do you want to lose a finger or two?"
"Geez, I wasn't THAT close…" You groaned rhetorically, but backed away anyways. It was a rare chance to get a closer look at the titan, of course you were curious about it!
"And what are you giggling at, four-eyes?" He snapped at Hange, finally releasing his grip before turning away to make his leave.
"Oh, nothing, nothing…" She shrugged lazily as Levi walked away, but gave you a teasing smirk when he was far enough not to hear you two.
"What?" You eyed her cautiously as she pranced over to you.
"Like you don't even know..!" Now unable to hide her excitement, Hange gave a couple of pokes into your ribs by her elbow. "Captain Shorty has hots for you~!"
"W-what?" You stuttered dumbstruck, face already red as a tomato. "No way! That's just ridiculous..."
"I think it's now pretty clear why he decided to join us after all." She cooed, a mischievous grin just widening on her face. "[f/n], don't go too close~! It might bite!" She mimicked Heichou as she walked over to the titan. "As if! Our new little pet won't do a thing- Yikes!" Hange quickly backed away as the titan snapped its jaws threateningly, trying to struggle free.
"Yeah, right." You gave her a stoic look. "Captain was clearly overreacting."
"Well… Maybe he had a point…" Hange gave you an apologizing smile. "But, mark my words, there's something going on between you two."