Chapter 14:

Let's Show Them We Are

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"PLAY WITH YOUR FUCK BOY!"

Those words were heavily written in all of the Forever Levi group's members' lockers of some sort of disgusting blood and all of them didn't liked it. Their things were also dipped into black, blue and grey paints, nothing was left to be read and be written into their notebooks.

"Who did this!?" demanded Alexia while the other girls screamed in agony and threw their things from their lockers into the hallways while other students looked and watched. Others dared to laugh despite being a bit fearful of being backlashed by the girls but when they were too many already, the girls could no longer handle them and cried.

Let's see how you like it!

Was written on pieces of papers that were scattered inside the locker of another Forever Levi group and scrambled into the floor it was opened. The girl picks it up and quickly gave to her other co members. Alexia took it and read it furiously and then rips it into half and walked away.

"Who do you think did it?"

"Well!?" Alexia screamed as she walks away, deciding not to attend school for the day. "Who do you think did!"

"Was it Levi?" said the other who followed her.

"Do you think he can do that to us!?" asked the other one with the red hair. "We are his loyal clients, he wouldn't do such a thing!"

"Why would he do that to us?" another one asked.

"Maybe it was those nerds because we broke their lab." Reflected by the other one, opposing on the other's thoughts.

"Maybe! But what I am sure is that this is going to be known by the principal and whoever did this should be punished!" Alexia vowed and decided to tell the principal instead of going home and tell her father.

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Hanji was later than usual when she entered school.

What happened the previous day to her was still heavy in her heart, and as she hugged her other books and notebooks on her chest for comfort, she was then bombarded by a riot along the hallways. Some students were laughing and the others were holding a few pieces of papers, reading what was written on it and then laughed. The others looked shocked and started talking among themselves.

"Hanji" Nanaba greeted her and tucked her arm. Her brunette friend looked at her quizzically and was confused of what is happening since this kind of scenario is not normal in their school to happen.

"Nana" she said breathlessly. "What's happening here?"

"Levi's Forever girl group has been attacked!" the blonde exclaimed.

"What do you mean?"

"Some papers were placed inside of their lockers, written on them was this." She started explaining and showed her the crinkled paper. "The others had their things drowned into paint while the others had their lockers written on it with play with your fuck boy." Nanaba finishes her explanation while Hanji's eyes looked at her shockingly after reading the paper.

"So what happened then?" by that time, she is already having a hunch of who or why it has been done, but she refused to believe in such puny thought.

"I don't know but who cares!" she exclaimed and looked rather happy with it. "They needed to be taught a lesson in the first place." The blonde added and Hanji could just agree quietly.

"Besides, you did told me that you think it was them who had messed you up and your club right? Then it serves them right!" Told the blonde but somehow, those words kept bugging her mind.

Was it Levi who did that?

They did talked about it last night and thought of the possibility that it really could be him. But why would he do something like that? She doesn't want to feel like he did it for her in the first place, even if her mind is partly whispering that possibility to her. Maybe because he felt guilty, just like how he had look last night? That he knew about their plan of attacking her but he did not even do something to stop? She did not blame him and thought that he would really won't do such a thing since she was just an ordinary girl from his school trying to be nice to him, nothing else.

The bell rang badly and all of the students found themselves running along the school corridors.

Once getting inside their classroom, she shove away the thoughts of Levi acting like a superhero for her aid. Once their teacher started talking in front of them, she immediately paid attention and forgot anything else irrelevant.

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Levi's not sure if he is going to regret it or not after messing with his most bitchy clients.

But somehow, it did satisfied his emotional content in a different and weird way. He knows that if he was proven guilty of his actions, he is going to surely lose his ever loyal bitchy clients and also, he might lose his scholarship and be kicked out of school. But he is not an idiot and he knows how to commit proper crimes without any evidences and after all the experience that he had before.

And so he did.

He felt rather unsure of what he is doing at first but remembering the conversation that he had with Hanji and what she had faced unwantedly, he decided to pursue his plans then. He also remembered what they did to Petra who ended up crying and having Aurou save her part but this time as he remembers and compares Hanji, she only has herself to rely on and even needed her to protect her club members who were also unwantedly affected badly by his loyal girl group.

After all the teachers discussed to each classes the disciplinary rules of the school and the fact that the person behind the attack over Alexia who had stormed into the principal and even threatened him of losing his job if the culprit has not been found, they still could not find who it was. There were no fingerprints that she yearned for and no captured identity of culprit who was spotted in some part of the school which has CCTVs, the person was heavily covered all throughout and was even done in the middle of the night, having securities already asleep and tired already.

Their accusation towards him being the one responsible for all the mess (even the attack on Hanji was blamed on him) was not proven guilty due to lack of evidences, having the principal dismiss Levi out of what had happened. Levi is also confident that the principal would not easily blame him because he had brought a huge amount of win for the school, even if the principal is partly aware of his job at night and not even caring to dig in deeper of the truth about his job.

All in all, his gut feel is indeed right that he would be and everything is going to be alright.

After he was released by the principal, he decided to go home immediately and at least prepare himself for their quiz tomorrow even for a short time. He did not see Hanji the entire day (though he admits to himself that he does wanted to see her even for a few minutes of she is already after what happened last time, just to make sure that she is okay). Not long after he settles himself on his room, seated already and reading his book as he waits for a client to arrive, his phone buzzed and lighted, signaling a new message for him to read.

Hanji: Were you the one who busted that girl group of yours today?

He did not expect Hanji to text him suddenly, but it did made him smile on himself.

What do you think?

Was his reply, and he pressed send. Somehow, he does not know whether he wanted to read a message telling him that she knows or she doesn't know. If she does, he doesn't want her to get a wrong idea that he actually cares that much about her but at the same time, he doesn't want her to get a wrong impression that he just allowed those bitches to have their way to her through him.

He sighed, what does he wanted from her anyway? He definitely felt confused and started himself to debate inside. But then, his confusion was halted when his phone vibrated, indicating another message came.

I think yeah and you're just scared to admit it shorty.

Levi clicked his tongue on reading her response. He could practically imagine her chuckling as of the moment and he wanted to make her shut up.

Fuck you.

He sent.

Thank you! :P

She replied, and Levi chose not to answer anymore. She never even answered his last question, but he guesses that she already knows, and that she is grateful.

He guesses that she deserves something he had never done for anyone else before, since he was also the reason why she faced such hell and he deserves to redeem himself into her who had never shown kindness unlike anyone else. He just never thought that he could be this selfless and could do such risky sacrifice that could leave him kick out of school and lose a major of his clients.

Nevertheless in the end, seeing her smile and see and hear her happiness surround her again is enough to prove how his sacrifice is all worth it.

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Author's Notes:

No classes means being a slave at home, haha! Too many things to be done! That also means you guys earn another chapter to read!

Anyway, can I just confess as to how much a I love the picture from episode 5 where Hanji's eyes softened over Levi's apology? Really heart melting! I can't seriously have my day without even looking at it, literally!

How about the new episode, how do you find it? I'm really hoping for the next episode for more action goodies! Can't even believe that I read that part of the story in the manga before when I was still in my final year in college, now I am almost 4 years working.

You guys rock! And thank you for all your support! This should have been mentioned in the previous chapter but really, thanks for all the kudos! We've reached beyond a hundred already :DDD

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