Levi's POV
"Damn she is beautiful."
Levi couldn't help but secretly stare at the young woman across the canteen. She was playing around with her friends, joking and laughing. Long time ago Levi had been sure that admiring from afar was all he would get, but as the burn in his heart grew more needy, he couldn't help but give in. The night when they stood on the supply base wall, holding each other in the freezing rain- Ever since, she had been his. She didn't knew it, but he had been hers from the first time he had laid his eyes on her. Holding all those emotions inside of him for so long had been difficult for him… And painful.
"Haa..! I knew it~!"
Snapping from his thoughts, Levi turned his attention to Hange who was giving him a rather mischievous look from across the table.
"Seems like Captain Shorty has finally gotten in touch with his soft side~" She grinned, not caring about the daggers Levi was already gazing at her.
"And what might you be blathering about this time, shitty-glasses?" Raven haired man asked in an uninterested tone, focusing on drinking his tea to make sure she wouldn't catch him staring at [f/n] again.
"Come on, like you can fool me!" Flashing another grin at Levi, Hange leaned over the table as she spoke quieter. "You circled [f/n] like a cat of a bowl of hot porridge for a god knows how long. I take it you didn't burn your nose after all-"
"Can't you just talk like a normal person for a change?" Levi frowned annoyed and swatted Hange's hand away as she was about to boop his nose with her finger. "Tch, not like I care about what you're ranting about, but-"
"Ah, so you won't admit it but won't deny either?" Hange giggled and shook her head, leaning back in her chair again. "Don't get me wrong, I'm not teasing you about it- Well, maybe a little, but more than anything I'm happy for you guys. Maybe if she manages to melt the icy block you call a heart, you'll-" This time Levi was able to silence her with a murderous glare- Hange just gave him a nervous smile and hastily got up to leave. "Oh well, maybe this is enough for this time~ I have to go anyways. See you around!"
Levi watched the section commander go on her way- But of course, Hange stopped by [f/n]'s table. He couldn't hear what she said to her, but he had a pretty good guess as both of them glanced at his direction before Hange pranced out of the canteen and [f/n] gave him a somewhat nervous smile and a shrug. Unfortunately, Levi didn't have time to answer to the gesture when all of her friends turned to look at him as well, so instead he just quickly turned his gaze away.
"Damn four-eyes… Always sticking her nose where it doesn't belong!" Levi cursed in his mind, cautiously glancing at [f/n] again just to see her throw a potato across the table straight into laughing Eren's face. "And what the hell was all that about cats and porridge? Tch… Well, who cares… There are more important matters to put my mind into than Hange's riddles." While the ruckus in the other table grew louder, Levi took his time to finish his tea and headed back to his office. After retrieving his adjutant from under the table where she was hiding from Eren, that is.
"Why you always drag me around like this?! All you need to say is 'let's go' or something like that and I'll follow!" [f/n] whimpered, trying her best not to trip and fall while waddling backwards as Levi dragged her across the hall by holding onto the back of her collar.
"Will you ever learn how to act like your age?" Levi sighed, completely ignoring [f/n]'s whining. "Always goofing off or causing a ruckus of some sort…"
"I wasn't causing a ruckus-"
"Is that so? How silly of me to think that a potato war would be considered as a ruckus..."
"Pfft! Well excuse me if I like to have fun! Unlike someone…!" [f/n] let out an annoyed snort and flopped onto her butt, tired for walking backwards.
"Oh and I don't like to have fun then?" Levi briefly glanced over his shoulder, secretly chuckling at her stubborn act as he continued dragging her down the hall. [f/n] just muttered something under her breath and crossed her arms over her chest, seemingly irritated.
"Hmm. Oh well." She sighed after a minute of silence. "You may complain about my slightly rambunctious personality… But I know you love it~"
"True. But you could still turn it down a notch sometimes." Levi gave her a meaningful look before releasing his grip so he could open his office door. "Especially tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? Why?"
"If you don't want to give Commander an unprofessional impression, that is- You'll be assisting Erwin tomorrow." Raven haired man stated calmly as he unlocked the door.
"Wait-what?!" [f/n] sprung up from the floor like a jack from the box, staring at Levi in horrified disbelief as she continued. "No one told me anything about this!"
"Don't give me that look." Levi sighed as he watched [f/n]'s lips curling into a pout. "I didn't knew about it either- Erwin's assistant told me about it during lunch. He apparently has some errands to run, so they need someone to fill-in: Erwin specifically asked for you. I'm not very happy about it either, but what can I do?" The end of his sentence faded into an almost unreadable muttering while he held the door open for her. Levi didn't need his adjutant for anything specific the next day, so he would do just fine alone- But he wasn't very excited about the idea, all the opposite.
"If it's just a one day… I guess it's alright." [f/n] smiled nervously, trying her best to lighten up the mood after noticing Levi's gloomy look. "I was hoping we could begin the training tomorrow, but seems like it has to wait. I do wonder why he wants me, though…" She mumbled to herself, stretching out lazily as she made her way into the office. Seemed like the shock of the announcement had already faded. Levi knew that being in the presence of Commander made [f/n] somewhat nervous- It wasn't unusual, most of the cadets tended to stress about giving the best possible impression to their superiors.
"Wonder why she was never afraid of me…" The thought made a slight smile grow on Levi's face as he locked the door behind him. He made his way behind his desk and sat down, beginning to go through the papers he had been working on before lunch- Really though, he was trying to put his words together in a way she wouldn't freak out again. "One more thing about tomorrow…" Levi started cautiously. "Try not to take any more stress about it, but-" Rest of the sentence disappeared from his mind by the very second he lifted his gaze from the papers, meeting [f/n]'s wide eyed stare.
"But what?" A hint of panic in her voice told him he had already failed.
"It's not a big deal, really, but the thing is…" Now nervous himself, Levi put down the papers from his hands so he could rest his chin against his palm as he continued. "I haven't told Erwin about us."
