"You can't keep doing that." You scowled at Levi as you entered the tent.
"Doing what?" He asked in somewhat uninterested tone, busy taking off his 3dmg.
"Not letting me do my job!" You finally got his undivided attention after angrily raising your voice, but his confused look calmed you down a notch. "At first I thought it was all in my head, but you clearly did all you could to keep me from the battlefield! And what was that fuming about that titan we killed? I thought we'd get praised for doing such a good job, but no..!" After regrouping with other teams, you had encountered multiple titans on your way back to the supply base HQ and forced to fight the ones you couldn't outrun- But no matter what happened, Levi had dismissed your every plea to join the fight.
"Oh. So you noticed…" Levi said quietly, finishing taking off his gear.
"Sure as hell I did!"
"Calm down, OK? Yes, it probably was a misjudgement from me to do something like that, but I just…" He nervously ran his fingers through his black hair as he straightened his back, giving you a pleading look not to continue your fuming. "I just want to keep you safe."
"I… That's not…" You stuttered, feeling the heat of embarrassment quickly rising on your cheeks- It was really sweet that he wanted to protect you, but this simply couldn't go on. "If you keep trying to wrap me up in cotton like that and not letting me do my part, I'll just be a burden for others! I could as well do office work for the rest of my life! Which… I am not going to do…" You quickly added after noticing his hopeful look. "Why do you think I joined the survey corps in the first place?"
"I guess you're right." Levi sighed in defeat and sat on the edge of his bunk.
"I just don't get it…" You sat next to him, taking a moment to put words together. "You trusted my skills before, but now it seems like you think that I can't even take care of myself, not mentioning-"
"I do trust your skills." Levi quickly interrupted after noticing your gloomy look. "It's nothing like that… It's more that I don't trust on anything else that's happening out there." He stated quietly, turning his gaze down again.
For a moment, you couldn't help but just stare at him. You had worked as his adjutant for a quite while now, but it felt like you only now started to see him as a man he truly was; Under his tough, emotionless shell there was a lonely heart, broken far too many times. Levi had been a lone wolf his whole life- Anyone he let close to him ended up hurting him, one way or another. The fear of losing someone again was the reason why he resisted getting involved with you in the first place, now it was occurring as an overprotective behaviour towards you. You let out a deep sigh accompanied by a sympathetic smile, turning more towards him as you spoke.
"You know, if you keep worrying about me, you can't focus- We should watch each other's backs and keep both of us safe, but I can't look after you if you don't let me." You couldn't help but smirk after he gave you a surprised look. "Yes, you dummy… I don't want you to go and die either."
"I wasn't planning to die any day soon." Levi jested, cheering up a bit.
"Well I haven't either." You jested back, about to tease him about his overprotective manner when you suddenly got an idea: "Hey…! Since you can't keep an eye on me all the time… You should teach me!"
"Teach you what?"
"To fight like you!" Getting private lessons from a legendary titan killer like Levi was something you never even dared to dream of, but now you had chance for it- If he agreed. "If you want to keep me safe, honing my skills to the very maximum is the best way to do so! Right?" You had no idea what he'd say, but you were already too excited about it for your own good. "I'll probably never be even half as good as you, but…"
"Hmm… You do got a point…" Levi tilted his head as he considered about it. "Alright. Why not? I guess I could try to teach you a thing or two."
"Yay! I won't disappoint you, I promise!" You cheered. "Fuck yeah! Soon I'll be killing those beasts in 'Heichou-style'!" Grinning to yourself, you imagined yourself slashing down a whole colony of titans with a single blow. "Why I never thought about this before?!"
"But don't think that I'd let you go around soloing even after teaching you all I can." Giving you a teasing smirk, Levi wrapped his arm around you. "It's so difficult to keep my eyes off from you anyways… Not mentioning my hands…" Levi murmured as he pulled you closer so he could press his lips against yours.
"Oh… Well in that case I don't mind." You smirked into the kiss when your lips separated for a second. His hand had found its way behind your neck, gently but firmly keeping you close to him as he kissed you again. His breath growing heavier and kisses more needy, your heart skipped a beat when Levi pushed you onto your back, pinning you down in his bunk. A soft whimpers escaped from your lips when he placed a soft trail of kisses down your neck, only stopping to nibble the collarbone while his hand made its way down to your side and onto your hips.
You were suddenly snapped from your trance when a low rumble echoed from the distance, accompanied by a multiple shrieks and yells. Levi, though, didn't seem to even notice.
"Um… Don't you hear that?" You asked cautiously when the ruckus outside grew louder.
"Titans! Outside the west wall!" A yell from the outside confirmed your suspicions.
"Shouldn't we go to help?" You frowned, giving him couple nudges as you tried to squirm from under him.
"Uh…" Furrowing his brow, Levi let his gaze wander for a second. "They can take care of it?" He asked cautiously, but the horrified expression of yours was enough to give him an answer. Groaning and cursing in frustration, Levi struggled to get up and rushed to put his gear back on. "You'll wait here!"
"What?! No way!" You had already made your way across the tent and grabbed your scabbards before he could protest anymore. "We already had this talk. Want it or not, I'm coming as well!"