Things were a lot different since Levi began staying with her. He was more cold and hardly spared her a glance. In any other situation, Kagome would have been upset about this, but she knew he just locked himself away to avoid being hurt.

He left for a few hours and returned with a duffel bag of his clothes.

She had heard from the others that Erwin was avoiding her, but no one knew why. No one but Kagome, Levi, Erwin and Petra.

Anything Kagome cooked, Levi hardly touched, said he wasn't hungry. However, Kagome wasn't buying and quite frankly, she was starting to get a little angry over it.

Another week passed and her eye twitched as she stared at his untouched plate of food. "Alright, that's it," she grabbed the plate full of food and stomped towards the room he occupied.

She understood that Levi was hurt, more so than she could ever imagine, but not eating was unhealthy. He didn't leave his room hardly, not even to work. She giggled the doorknob, locked.

"Tch." Kagome slammed her foot against the door of his room. The door nearly flew off the hinges as she stepped into the room. He stared at her with wide eyes before giving her a cold glare.

"What the fuck!"

"Levi Ackerman, if you don't finish everything on this plate I will force feed you!" she all but yelled at him.

It took a great amount of self control to not just cave in right then and there. She wanted nothing more than to wrap her arms around him as if he were a child and tell him everything was going to be okay. He was pale and his once steely gray eyes were dull and cold with dark bags beneath them.

"I'm not hungry," he said.

"Like hell you aren't!" she snapped, "We don't waste food here, I don't work my ass off everyday to have my cooking just tossed in the trash, which I've been doing for a hot minute."

"If it's money you want, I'll gladly give it to you," he fiercely growled.

"Stand your ground, Kagome!" Kagome was right in his face seconds jabbing her index finger in his chest, "I am not some cheap whore who would be so selfish as to use you for your money! Don't you dare mistake me for Petra Ral, Levi Ackerman. I am Kagome Higurashi. Ka-go-me! No one else!

I did NOT allow you to stay here so I can steal your money! I am allowing you to stay here because I care about you damn it! Not once since you began living here have I asked you for a dime. Now, eat your damn dinner before I MAKE you eat it!" She shoved the plate of food into his arms and left the room, slamming the door in the process.

Levi was left alone in his room once more.