04
Levi idly tapped the keyboard of his laptop and staring blanking at his plain desktop wallpaper.
Nothing but the sound of scribbling and typing filled their office while Kenny and Hange concentrated on their work.
Levi's eyes momentarily drifted on the clock- two more hours before he could visit Eren and perform his role.
Yesterday, Levi came home with his mind a float. He refused dinner, just laid in his bed and didn't even bother on changing his clothes.
Eren Yeager was not the first person he kissed. Levi had relationships in the past, during his high school days, in college, and during his early days on Reckon. But somehow that simple kiss held more emotions. It's clear to Levi now much the Alpha loved him. Eren was head over heels in love and more than happy to discover that Levi was his wife.
That's not supposed to happen. But it did and it affected Levi to the core.
"Oi! Brat!"
Levi flitched when a paper plane landed in front of him. He looked up to see his uncle and Hange, both were staring at with worried gazes.
"You okay?" Hange asked.
"Um, ah, yeah," Levi nodded. He straightened in his chair and pretended to work on his laptop.
Hange and Kenny shared worried glances. They were not blind, especially the old Alpha. He noticed Levi had been daze and deep in thought at home after he visited the hospital.
The raven would tend to stare at the distance and he needed to be called twice or tap him to get his attention. Kenny let him be at first, knowing that his nephew was probably thinking about their new mission but it had been three days his nephew was like that.
"Levi, is this about Eren Yeager?" Hange inquired.
"What?" Levi titled his head to the side.
"Is he giving you a hard time?" Kenny raised a brow at him.
Levi shook his head. "No, I gave him a new phone, reasoning that his old one was broken on the accident. And I can't memorize the numbers of his friends, only my contact filled the viod in his phone book."
"Excellent thinking, what about the lack of photos in your new home?" Hange tested. She's been throwing random questions at the raven in case Yeager would ask him.
"The moving company messed up our stuff, they are still tracking it. It might take some time," Levi simply put it.
"What about parents?" Hange continued.
"I will stick with the real deal about his mother who past away when he was seven. As for his father, I'll just say that he supoorted him growing up but the he was distant. Then he disappeared or something," Levi turned to his phone that was sitting on his desk as it rang. It flashed Eren's name. Taking the device, he stood and headed to the door. "It's Yeager. I'll be back."
"Take your time!" Hange waved at him. When the door closed, she turned to Kenny with a small smile. "Levi had that look. I want to be happy for him... but..."
Kenny sighed. "I know but I trust him. We both know that Levi is very much aware on what he's doing and the possible outcomes. He's longer a child- which is saddening. Why does he had to grow up so fast?"
Hange smiled and they continued with their work. As much as she wanted to sit and gossip about Levi, she had to finish her work.
She got three houses ready for them to occupy in neighborhood with heavy security.
Erwin Smith was on a lease and they were able to hide Eren Yeager's whereabouts and zip the media's mouths. After a week or two- depending Yeager's healing progress, he'll be out of the hospital and would be under Levi's care.
"Hey," Eren's voice came from the other line.
"Hey," Levi smiled a little, pushing the door that led a balcony. He was using a different phone and the Alpha on the other line had his phone secured as well. To prevent any tracking and whatknot. "Is there something wrong?"
"What? Um, no. I just want to hear your voice..."
Levi pushed down a giggle, Eren's genuine voice never failed to stir up certains feelings deep inside of him. He leaned against the railing, watching the greenery in the quiet park just across the street. "Don't worry, I'll be there in a few hours."
"What are you doing? I hope I'm not bothering you."
"Nah, just doing a few paperwork for the insurance company," Levi reasoned naturally.
"Oh, I see. You must be busy, I shouldn't have-"
"It's okay, darling. Calm down," Levi chuckled.
"Really? I wish I can help."
"It's fine, I'm almost done anyway."
"Oh, great!"
Levi laughed lightly at Eren's excitement. "I can't visit you until visiting hours, that is two hours away."
"I can't wait... because your smell never fails to calm me down..." Eren's voice cracked at the other line. "I feel like everything will be alright when you are here with me."
Levi frowned slightly. "I'm always there by your side. Don't fret, in a few weeks, you'll be home."
"Home, I like that."
"The master bedroom's up stairs but you guys can use the bedroom right there," Hange pointed at the door that near the bathroom.
Levi explored the house. It was just any normal house. It was spacious with an open concept living area and kitchen and part of the wall was glass, giving them a view of the backyard.
Behind the kitchen was the storage/ laudry room, directly in front of that door was the bedroom, and the bathroom's at the end of the hallway.
On the second floor, there's three bedrooms. The master bedroom had a balcony that over see's the backyard and the trees behind the property.
"We kept all the equipment and things you needed on the third bedroom," Hange opened the door to the said room, letting Levi in first before coming in, and flipping the carpet over. She let her fingertips slide on the floorboard and pressed hard to reveal a secret storage. Inside were guns with silencers, extra phones, even tranquilizer darts.
Hange closed it shut and turned to Levi. "But I know that you can handle just fine without a gun."
Levi rolled his eyes at her. "I expect you guy are actually doing your jobs in your houses."
"Hey, your uncle and I will be in charge of the security!" Hange exclaimed and pointed at the small grove outside. "And besides, it took me the whole day to bug the entire forest!"
"Whatever, I'll go and familiarize myself with the kitchen," Levi shook his head and turned to the stairs.
"Oh! This will be good! What you are cooking?!" Hange hopped her way down the the stairs.
"Who says about cooking?" Levi glared at her before opening and checking each cabinets.
The cupboards were filled with normal kitchen stuff but Levi immediately noticed the bugs that the Beta placed. And to Levi's opinion, it was a bit over the top.
Inside the cabinets, behind the tv, under the sofa- Hange placed her fucking bugs all over the place. If the crazy scientist was not his team mate, Levi could report her for requesting a high budget for such a simple mission.
Groaning, Levi went to the bedroom and swiftly removed the bugs in the room.
"Hey!" Hange shrieked. "What are you doing?!"
"There is no way in hell I can sleep like this!" Levi hissed, throwing the tiny device towards the Beta.
"Aw! What's wrong Levi? Are you shy?" Hange grinned, wiggling her brows at him.
"It's called privacy!" Levi growled.
"Okay, okay, feel free to remove them. I mean- you and Yeager are married. I understand if things gets a little bit steamy~" The Beta snickered.
"Are you fucking serious?" The raven Omega stared at the scientist in horror. "Yeager had a broken leg, two fractured ribs and a long stitch on the head and you're expecting that we'll-"
"-I don't know," Hange shrugged with a smirk and nudged the raven with her elbow. "You don't know, Yeager doesn't know and I'm saying this now. Yeager is hot? Right? Right?"
"Ugh," Levi pinched the bridge of his nose.
"And he's head over heels in love with you!" Hange pointed. "He's so in love that he doesn't give a shit about anything around him! He's world revolves around you!"
She was silent while they transfered Yeager to a different hospital. Just like Levi, she pictured out the Alpha to be old with wrinkles but it was opposite.
What's impressive was Yeager's devotion to her friend. Eren was smitten, it was clear as day. The look he gave to the raven Omega was pure love and trust and sometimes Hange caugth Levi looking at the brunette Alpha in the same manner but not in the same degree. Kenny was right when he said that the raven Omega knew how to take care of himself, but it was sad for Hange to see her friend this way.
"Isn't that the purpose of the mission?" Levi raised a brow at her.
"Well, yeah but-" Hange was cut off by a series of tunes that came from the raven's pocket.
Fishing his phone, Levi glanced at the caller ID before walking away from the Beta. "It's Eren," he mumbled before accepting the call.
Hange shrugged and went to remove the remaining bugs she placed- a simple excuse to stay in the room and eavesdrop.
"It's fine. I was just fixing the bedroom downstairs. We'll be staying here for a while until you can walk," Levi said over the phone with a small smile on his lips.
Hange straightened and watched her friend. It was nice to see Levi like this but at the same time it was sad. It may sounded mean, but Hange doesn't want to Yeager to recall his memories quickly. Because her friend deserved more even it was just all pretend.
Levi had been through with his past relationships. His last one tore him to shreds but the raven got back up and kicked at Alpha right on the face. That bastard Alpha was a spy and he had the audacity to asked for classified information from the raven, of course, Levi immediately went to beast mode.
The sad thing was, they've been together for two years. To Levi it was a two-year relationship full of love but for the Alpha it was two years of gaining the smaller male's trust, then asking for classified information.
After that, Levi built his walls. Always had his guard up and grumpier than ever. That's when he drowned himself in work. Missions after missions, not even a single break in between.
Hange and Kenny were okay at first, thinking that it was much better than Levi locking himself in his room and refuse to eat. During those missions, Kenny and Hange made sure he's not alone and he never skipped meals. But it's been five years since the chaos with his former boyfriend happened.
She was hoping that this mission would do Levi good. Because this time, it would be the other way around. It was the raven's Omega turn to gain Yeager's trust and get information.
Her brown eyes landed on Levi's hair, noticing the his undercut was starting to get longer. She stood in front of the raven and gestured to his hair. She knew Levi was wearing a wig throughout his visits and she doesn't want Yeager to be surprised that Levi was just wearing a wig now that they're going to living in the same roof.
"Oh," Levi eyes widen and nodded. "Hey, Eren, you don't mind if I cut my hair? No? Okay, I'll go over the salon before going the hospital. Okay, bye."
Levi put away his phone and turned to Hange. "Thanks, I can't believed I forgot about the fucking wig."
"It's okay! We sometimes lose focus, especially when we're in love!" Hange sang, slowly making her way to the door.
"What the fuck?!" Levi hissed. "Yeager's the one's in love here!"
"Are you sure?" Hange mocked. That was probably the biggest mistake she made.
edited 02/27/21