"10 sacks of potatoes… 6 cases of beer…" Connie counted. "1 big sack of flour… And… [f/n], how many boxes of carrots there was again?"
"Only 3 this time." You wiped sweat from your face before hopping down from the carriage.
"Gah, I hate food supply days…" He groaned, going through the list for the 3th time. "It's so boring and I always get mixed up with the numbers."
"Remind me to do the listing next time…" You sighed and sat next to him on the turnip box. "If you ask me, the worst is just ahead- We should carry all that to the kitchen storage."
"You brats would be done with it already if you weren't so busy slacking off." Monotonous voice startled both of you.
Raven haired man stood in the doorway, arms crossed over his chest, glaring at both of you with an extremely pissed off look.
"Cadet Springer." Heichou stated coolly, snatching the list from Connie. "Get up from your ass and take that box to the storage."
"What?! All by myself? What about…" Connie flustered as he jumped up, giving the huge turnip box a horrified look.
"Now." Levi commanded sternly, without even lifting his eyes from the list.
You watched how Connie struggled with the large wooden box, slowly making his way into the building and disappearing down the hall.
"You are so mean." You pouted as you noticed Levi smirking at you.
"Tch, I know you love my authority." Levi clicked his tongue. "My authority and the strict discipline I'm maintaining here." He added with a wink.
"Whatever you say." You chuckled and grabbed a potato sack in your arms. "I'm going to help him." Only after few steps towards the doorway, you felt a tug. Levi had grabbed behind your collar, preventing your leaving.
"Not so fast. I actually had something to talk about with you."
"And what that might be?" You turned back to look at him after he released his grasp.
"You… Uh… Probably have heard about that thing shitty glasses has been blathering about the few past days?" He fiddled with the list, being adorably little bit shy with his question.
"The meteor shower? Yeah." Now you were interested. "Do you have something in your mind?"
"Just hoping you haven't made any specific plans for tonight."
"Oh, so you have something in your mind." Wide smile spreading across your face, you couldn't hide your excitement. "What is it?"
"Not telling." Levi smirked again, throwing the list on top of the sack you were holding before turning away to leave. "You'll find out eventually. I'll see you at your room after the dark."
Rest of the day went by awfully slow. You rushed through all the tasks, finishing them off as quickly as you could to make evening come faster. Sadly, the result was opposite- Without nothing to do, you ended up laying in your bed staring at the ceiling.
"6 pm?" You frowned. "Maybe taking a nap wouldn't be a too bad idea… At least I wouldn't doze off later."
When asked about the meteor shower, you had told the others you were about to take a nap and maybe would join them later.
"I'm too excited to sleep!" You groaned out loud. "I was sure that he wouldn't care about silly things like this… But the fact that he planned something like this by himself..!" You couldn't help but let out couple of excited shrieks as you rolled from side to side of your bed, squeezing your pillow in your arms. It was a date night!
A knock on the door startled you awake. You really did doze off at some point? Confused you casted your eye around the room- It was already dark. You quickly jumped up, rushing to open the door.
"You fell asleep?" Levi looked at you amused when you peeked from the crack of the door.
"Maybe…"
"Damn you sleepyhead." He chuckled and gestured you to follow him down the hall.
As you made your way through the building, something felt… weird? It took a moment for you to realize it, but the whole place was empty.
"It's so…" You gasped in disbelief as you looked around.
"Quiet?" Levi finished your sentence. "Everyone are out in the fields, waiting for the show on the sky begin. And I literally mean everyone, even Erwin left his office for that. So, we got the whole place for ourselves."
"What are we exactly doing tonight?" You asked.
"Stop inquiring already." He playfully patted your head. "You'll see soon enough."
You two made your way to the kitchen, stopping at the pantry. Levi fumbled with a bunch of keys for moment until he finally found the right one.
"Here we go." He mumbled when he got the door open, handing you a bottle of wine. "Hmm. While we are at it…" He grabbed another bottle before locking the door.
"Wine? Well this is special." You lifted your eyebrow.
"Oh don't worry about it. If someone notices these are missing, Springer will get the blame for his awful math head." After seeing the shocked look on your face, he continued. "Oh come on, I'm just pulling your leg here. I took these off the list earlier today."
"Aren't you a naughty boy! Impressing." You grinned at him.
Levi just smiled at you, and you two continued your way to the mystery location. He took you all the way to the western wing- When you stopped at the door that led to the watchtower staircase, your destination cleared to you.
"This has been out of use for ages." Levi fiddled with the keys again. "And, the only set of keys are here." He showed you an old set of brass keys. "So there's no chance someone would disturb us. Ladies first." He opened the door, gesturing you to get up the stairs.
View from top of the tower was absolutely stunning- Night sky filled with stars was already impressing as it was. Dim light of the moon was illuminating the dark night, giving the headquarter grounds a magical vibe. Even the weather was favoring you, not a single cloud in the sky.
"This is AWESOME!" You cheered, leaning against the stone railing of the tower and jumping in excitement.
"Be careful, will you? It would be quite an anticlimax if you'd fall down from here." Levi gave you a slight smile, pleased that the location of his choice was a success. "And if you keep jumping and screaming like that, someone will definitely notice us sooner than later."
He had sat down on the floor, leaning against the railing. He patted the space next to him, gesturing you to sit down too. So you did, and he smoothly placed his arm around you.
"Hopefully shitty glasses was right." Levi mumbled, opening the first bottle of wine and offering it to you.
"Even if this would be a false alarm… This is nice anyways." You smiled and leaned against him, taking couple of gulps of the wine before passing the bottle back to him.
Only minutes after, first star shot through the sky. At first you thought you just were seeing things, but you were proven wrong when a swarm of falling stars filled the sky. You hadn't seen anything like it before, like a hundreds of fireflies streaking across the night sky. You stared at the show on the sky, both speechless.
"Oh shit…" Levi whispered, breaking the silence. Without taking his eyes from the sky, he pulled you closer to him.
It was all over in just minutes, but the magic of the moment made it all feel like an eternity. Rest of the night was just as special for you- You two sat there, in each other's embrace, talking about this and that. And of course, by the time the second bottle of wine was opened, you were already making out under the stars.
"You've had fun today?" Levi murmured as he lazily stroked your [h/c] hair, planting soft pecks on your cheek and neck.
"You even have to ask?" You giggled, feeling quite lightheaded from all the wine. "I wish we could do something like this more often."
You were both a little drunk, Levi probably more than you. He pulled a bit away from you so he could look you in the eyes, looking bit more serious now.
"[f/n]... Do you love me?"
His question woke up the butterflies in your stomach. You knew, or at least hoped that he knew that you did love him. Thinking about it, you didn't say it out loud as often you probably should. To be honest, talking about your feelings made you feel a little uncomfortable.
"Of course I love you." You said quietly, carefully studying his expression and trying to figure out what was going on in his mind.
For a moment, you just stared at each other. No matter how hard you tried, you had no idea what he was thinking. Levi had again that emotional look in his thundercloud colored eyes, this time with a hint of… panic?
"Marry me." He whispered.