Please visit me on archiveofourown if you would prefer the reader insert version. For these imagines, I will be using the same name, Snow, so that I don't have to think up a new one for every chapter. Different people every chapter, same name for convenience. I hope that makes sense.
Proud To Have You
Tokyo. Where the best schools in Japan were. Snow moved from her small town in south Japan to study in Tokyo and she was also thinking of getting herself one of those Persocoms she's heard so much about: how they were extremely handy to have around. Before she moved, she made sure she had enough money for her travel, as she had already taken care of everything for her apartment, including luggage and expenses, and for a new persocom. Snow figured it would indeed be helpful. She would be busy with looking for a job and going to school. She might need some help with the apartment in general, be it simple chores or even having a good balanced meal after being too tired to do it herself.
And so, the first thing she did was find her nice, affordable little complex; a little place in a building named Gub Jogasaki, met the nice landlady, Chitose Hibiya-san, checked if everything was in order in her apartment, and left the building once more, to scout the area, find her school and also get herself her new housemate.
Persocoms don't have many of the expenses that humans do, like food expenses for example, so it shouldn't be too hard to manage...right?
Snow found the persocom store she passed while finding her apartment and after browsing the persocoms in the windows, she stepped inside. They were impressive, extremely so; as well as expensive and she saved just enough. She started getting giddy just thinking about how he/she will react to one thing or another.
"Can I help you today?"
Snow turned and saw a worker of the store, a smiling older man with thinning dark hair.
"Um...Well, I came with one thing in mind." she said, looking around, knowing that he would know what she was talking about.
He let out a small, hearty laugh.
"What are you looking for? There are mini models: mobile models, full models..."
"Wow. I didn't know there were so many to choose from..." she said thoughtfully. "I guess I was thinking about a life sized one..."
She continued to browse through some more of the models the store had sitting on their own pedestals as she spoke.
That's when she saw him. Sitting peacefully between two female persocoms was the most beautiful male she's ever seen. Ebony black locks shaped with an undercut style and pale, smooth skin. He was a bit short though. Even with him sitting, she could tell, but he was extremely handsome.
"Ah, interested in him?" the worker saw her staring and she felt herself blush slightly. "I have to warn you: this is one of our newest custom models we have taken in, but he's been returned several times now."
"Eh? Why is that?"
"Apparently, he has a bad attitude. I tried fixing his personality and even reset his software. But after all that, he was returned once more. Honestly speaking, I was about to take him off the shelf—"
"No way!" she interrupted him. "You can't do that to him!"
"Relax, little lady! He's just a persocom. I promise you in the future there'll be an even newer model looking just like him." he chuckled a bit.
"I'll take him."
"Even after learning about his personality, huh?"
"I don't care about that." she shook her head.
"You're the first!" the worker laughed a bit. "I'll ring him up for you then."
Snow smiled and bowed. "Thank you so much!"
In her apartment, she sat in front of her new persocom, who she had facing her, slightly hunched with his eyes closed and head slightly hung. She read the manual on how to turn him on and what to expect right after. How exciting! She was getting giddy again. Quickly, she dropped the manual and felt behind his earpiece for the switch—which wasn't behind his ear, but was actually in his mouth, she had a very hard time trouble finding it, the switch was really hidden, so she searched everywhere—finally clicked it and straightened up, waiting.
Immediately, the soft sounds of a computer turning on came out of him. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, straightened completely and lifted his head to look directly at her, blinking. His eyes were a beautiful steel blue and the corners of his lips curved slightly. A smile so small, she almost didn't catch it.
"Nice to meet you. Tell me your name."
His voice was wonderfully deep and he spoke smoothly.
"Oh. I'm Snow."
"I assume Miss Snow is my new master."
"Yes." she smiled, beaming. "But, hold on, you don't need to be so formal with me. Call me Snow and don't you think of adding an honorific either."
"Understood. Input a name for me, Snow."
"A name?"
Crap. She were so excited about getting him home, that she hadn't decided on a name yet. She paused to think, humming, but she didn't want him to wait for too long.
"I got it!" she exclaimed. "I will name she "Levi"."
"Understood. Inputting name."
"It's nice to meet you, Levi!" she bowed, giggling.
"Yes, likewise." he also bowed.
He was perfect. She had no idea what that shopkeeper was talking about. He's not even rude, let alone having a bad attitude. After answering more questions about herself so Levi can get more of a feel for her, then organizing her apartment a little more after Levi finished, she left the building again, this time a short male persocom falling into step with her.
"My!"
Snow saw the landlady sweeping out front and she greeted her as she passed her, until she noticed the new face.
"Oh, I just got him. This is my new persocom, Levi."
"Such a handsome persocom! It's nice to meet you."
He stayed silent and let his bowing do the talking for him.
"I'm going to go see if I can find a job. It's better to do this as soon as possible. I'll be seeing you, Hibiya-san!"
"Take care of yourself!" she waved after her.
"I should have made a list of the hiring shops when I pasted by earlier..." she muttered out loud, but mostly to herself.
"There is a shop hiring nearby." Levi spoke up after a moment of silence.
"Really?! Where?!"
"It will take approximately 5 minutes to arrive to your destination. Turn here."
"Okay."
She noticed his facial expression rarely deviated from a stoic, bored expression. She thought it a bit strange, but kept her thoughts to herself thinking that it's not a big deal.
She were proud to have him as her first persocom.
"We have arrived."
His voice pulled her out of her thinking state. She looked up at the sign, noticing it's a ramen restaurant.
"Excuse me." she walked up to an employee once inside. "May I speak with your hiring manager?"
She was told to wait and within a few minutes, a well-aged man walked out. When hiring came up, he told her he had already filled in the position. She thanked him and walked out a bit disheartened.
"That's one down." she sighed and turned to Levi. "By the way, how did you know about that hiring spot?"
"I did an internet search."
"Are you serious? That was almost instantaneous! You're amazing!"
Levi turned his head from her and scoffed a small "Tsk.". He's embarrassed? She giggled at him, thinking how cute it was.
"So! Is anyone else hiring?"
Without a word, Levi started walking, leading her to the next spot. That one was also filled in and she sighed again when she walked out. She perked herself up exclaiming, "No big deal. We've only tried two places so far. On to the next one!"
Both walked for the rest of the day, going to business after business, each with unyielding results. Snow decided to stop by a little cafe close to the last disappointing find for a little rest and ordered a small drink since she was feeling parched. The sun was now starting to set.
"This is harder than I thought." she sighed for the umpteenth time. "But I can't give up now! I will find a nice job!"
"...You're loud." Levi said with a low voice.
"Oh! Sorry..." she hushed herself, a soft, rosy color rising to her cheeks.
"...How can you do that?" Levi spoke after a moment of silence.
"What do you mean?"
"You came out of every establishment we've visited disappointed." Levi elaborated.
"Oh, well this is important. I need an income if I want to stay in Tokyo."
Levi opened his mouth to respond, but was interrupted by a cute, small waitress wearing a french maid outfit. Her hair was shiny blonde and her eyes were a pretty blue.
"Here's your drink, My Lady. Is there anything else I could get you?"
"Thank you. Actually, do you know if you're hiring by any chance?"
"Miss Manager stepped out for a little while. She should be back soon if you want to speak with her."
"Thanks. I'll wait, then."
The waitress bowed and walked away.
She was just finishing up her drink when a pretty, red-headed woman looking like she was in her early 20's walked up to her table. She also wore a french maid outfit, and it fit her nicely.
"Hello, I am Petra, the manager of this cafe." she bowed. "I was told you wanted to speak with me?"
"Oh, ah, yes!" she stuttered as she quickly stood. "I was just wondering if you had any positions open by chance?"
Petra eased into a soft apologetic look on her face. "I'm afraid not."
"Oh..." she let her head fall slightly. "Well, thank you for coming out to meet me anyway."
"No problem at all. I hope the best for you."
"Thanks."
She ended up staying and ordering a little something to eat with a refill of her drink. Levi had put an elbow on the table, resting his head in his hand. In the middle of her meal, she thought she heard a little bit of a ruckus coming from the swinging door with a sign that read, "EMPLOYEES ONLY".
"Wonder what that was..." she talked out loud to herself.
"It's getting late. We should probably head home soon." Levi effectively waved away her mild curiosity with his words.
"You're right. I'll have to keep looking for jobs tomorrow." she said while raising her hand to get the attention of the nearest maid.
Which happened to be Petra the manager. She quickly came over, slightly flustered.
"Yes, M'lady?" she felt ever-so-slightly important every time that was said to her.
"Could I get the check please?"
"Certainly. Give me a moment."
And she walked away. She immediately realized Petra acted slightly different and she looked to her persocom to confirm it. Levi merely dismissed her growing curiosity with a small shake of his head. To distract herself, she went into her purse to ready her wallet so she can quickly pay and get home before it gets too dark. Petra came back a couple minutes later.
"Before I give you the check..." she started. Snow noticed Levi raise an eyebrow and a hint of impatience seemed to rise in his eyes. "I was wondering if you were still interested in working here?" her voice rose an octave at the end of her sentence with a small sentience of hope.
That same hope lit up her face, and with a small smile she muttered, "You're not joking, right?"
"Well, one of my workers had a little bit of an accident early on, you see. She said that she was fine, but it seems that she made her injury worse..."
"I am!" she interrupted her, too excited to wait any longer. She quieted her voice, seeing a small surprised expression on Petra's face and she realized she was a bit loud. "Still interested..."
"Perfect!" Petra's face quickly changed to one of overjoy. "If you would please follow me?"
"Oh wait..." Snow said as she stood up. Feeling her wallet in her hands made she suddenly remember. "What about my bill...?"
"Oh, you can have your meal for free, for helping us on such short notice." Petra smiled.
"Really?!" she said as she followed her, with Levi following close behind her. "Thank you so much!"
"It's no problem at all, dear! It's the least I can do. Oh..."
She followed her into the swinging "EMPLOYEES ONLY" door and into the locker room in the back until Petra paused when she saw Levi standing beside her.
"Oh! Please don't worry. This is Levi, my Persocom."
"Ah, I see! He's very handsome, isn't he? Sorry, I've been holding that in for a while now!" a blush appeared on her face.
"Yes, he is!" she giggled along with her.
Levi resisted the urge to roll his eyes by looking to the side, not really focusing on anything in particular.
"Now then," Petra quickly snapped back into business. "Tell me your size, so I can get you a uniform."
She told her and Petra quickly went into the closet and pulled one out a maid dress that was folded neatly in a box, still in its own plastic.
"There we are! Here, try this on and let me know how it fits. I will be waiting right outside this door. I want to give myself the element of surprise~"
"Okay! Thanks again!"
"Oh, no, dear, thank you!" Petra cheerfully replied and headed for the door until she noticed Levi hasn't moved from Snow's side. "Levi, honey...You mustn't watch a lady undress. Come, come." she softly ushered him out with her and closed the door.
Snow haven't thought of that. She and Levi are going to be living in the same apartment. It's such a small, little place and it's not like there's another room she can go into to change. She felt her cheeks heat up as she thought of it. She knew he's her persocom, but she can't help but get a little flustered about it. He's still male, after all.
When she finished getting dressed, she called out to Petra to come in.
"My goodness, you look like a little doll, you're so cute!" Petra exclaimed as she put a hand on her own cheek. "Levi, look, what do you think?"
She felt embarrassed and she felt her cheeks heat up even more.
"It suits you well." he replied, nodding a bit in agreement.
"Th-Thanks..." she genuinely meant it as she gave them a timid smile.
"How does it feel?" Petra asked.
"It fits pretty well, actually..."
"No need to be so shy, dear! You're going to be working in that same uniform after all!"
"R-Right!"
Petra giggled at her once more before signaling her to follow her. She led her to the kitchen where she met three girls. Annie, a blonde girl with a stern face, who was working on a customer's order. She paused occasionally to look at the girl who was sitting to her right, a worried expression in her eyes. She immediately noticed the injured girl who was a brunette, her hair in a pony tail. She was trying her hardest to not cry, with tears in her eyes and letting out small whimpers as a girl with ebony hair, that went down to just below her shoulders, tied her ankle with a bandage wrap. She muttered a soft encouragement as she worked, "Be strong, Sasha, I'm almost finished."
This girl, which Snow learned was named Mikasa, suspiciously seemed as stoic as Levi. The small difference was hers was stoic, emotionless; his was stoic, bored. She also the learned the name of the small, blonde girl that served her earlier; Historia.
Petra said the only thing he was going to be doing was cleaning up tables and wiping them down after customers. That seemed easy enough. Having had a job before, she was quick and efficient and if a customer called her, she was calm and knew exactly how to handle it. Plus, Petra gave her a quick run-down on how to greet guests and told her how someone will always be near until she got the hang of things. She worked for two hours until it was time to close down. She hadn't realized, but it was actually quite late.
"Thank you so much for your help! Oh, I can't tell you enough!" Petra hugged her, catching her off guard in the locker room while everyone, including she, were getting changed to go home.
Snow let out a cute yelp when she suddenly hugged her exclaiming, "You startled me!"
"Was that you?" a girl she met in the middle of her shift, Mina, asked.
"Ah? W-Well..." she stuttered feeling self-conscious.
"That was adorable!" Mina continued.
She felt her cheeks get hot for the fourth time today. She's really going to have to get used to everyone calling her cute and adorable. She heard a sudden knock on the door and Levi's voice floated through it immediately after.
"Are you ready to go home, Snow?"
"Yeah!" she called back. "Just a minute!" she turned back to Petra after she quickly finished changing and bowed. "Thank you so much for hiring me!"
"No, thank you for covering for Sasha, sweety!" she smiled. "Now, you'd better go. Levi seems to be getting impatient." she giggled.
"Of course! Oh and good work everyone! Thank you for helping me!"
Scattered responses of no problem's, sure's, and thank you for your help's were called after her as she walked out and closed the door behind her. Beside the doorway, she spotted Levi leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. When he saw her, he looked like he wanted to say something, but instead pushed himself off the wall and headed for the exit in silence. She sent him a confused expression that he missed.
"Is something wrong?" she asked as they exited the building.
"No."
"It looked like you wanted to tell me something back there."
He shrugged nonchalantly, effectively answering her without actually answering. She decided to leave the conversation alone until they got home.
Snow took off her shoes with a tired sigh as Levi closed the door behind her. Immediately, she got herself into more comfortable home wear—after she made Levi turn around, of course—then she took a seat at the small table she had settled in the middle of the room. Levi sat across from her, waiting for her to tell him anything else she wanted him to do. After a moment, she looked him straight in the eyes with a determined expression mixed with a sprinkle of worry.
"Tell me what's wrong."
"Nothing's wrong." he repeated himself.
"If I did something to upset you, you should tell me, so I can fix it."
"You're perfect the way you are."
The answer caught her off-guard and she felt her face heat up for the fifth time today.
"Th-Then..." she took a moment to collect herself. "Tell me what it was you were going to say earlier."
Levi let out an exasperated sigh. "I told you it was nothing."
This is going nowhere fast.
"Levi, I want to help you, but I can't if you don't tell me how you're feeling! Won't you please be honest with me?"
"You want me to be honest?"
"Yes!" she exasperated.
"...You're not going to like it. This is your only to chance to back out."
That's a strange thing to say. She felt like she were forgetting something. "Give me your best shot."
Levi hesitated as he looked down at the table, as if collecting himself and he scowled slightly. She felt like she heard a soft hum of electricity, but it's so low that she' started to think she was hearing things. Levi suddenly looked up at her and spoke with a calm voice while looking her straight in the eyes.
"You took too god damn long."
Whoa. Where did that come from?
"I waited for you for fifteen minutes. Who the hell takes that long to change? Did you forget where you put your clothes?"
"Apparently, he has a bad attitude." So that's what he meant.
"It was getting late before we started walking home. That idiotic manager couldn't wait until tomorrow to give you the job?!"
"One of her workers were down..."
"I don't give a rat's ass! This is Tokyo, it's dangerous to be walking home at night! What would have happened if you didn't pick me up?!"
He scowled at her expectantly with knitted eyebrows and an intense look in his eyes. She were quite shocked; so this is the "bad attitude"! But Levi was holding this all in. It was only after she pushed him and gave him permission that he let everything out all at once.
"W-Well...If I still found that cafe, I probably would have..."
Oh.
"That's what's wrong."
He's worried about her.
"You want me to be honest..." he looked away, his scowl deepening. "Then you'll take me back to that shop once you've had enough."
Wait, wait, what?!
"Who said I would do that?!"
Oh.
"Don't act like that old geezer didn't already tell you!" It sounded like his voice shook for a second. "You're not my first owner!"
He's scared.
Snow stared at him, her eyes wide with surprise.
"That's what the fuck is wrong! I'm not going to change just because someone doesn't like how I speak!"
Her body moved on it's own, clinging to him like as if his life depended on it. He remembers he was abandoned. What a terrible thing to do. She couldn't even imagine how he's feeling, but it made her want to cry all the same. She took him by his shoulders, making him lean on her and she softly placed a gentle hand on the back of his head, his surprise making him turn his head to look at her with wide eyes. She eased him into leaning in further, letting him rest his head on her shoulder. Then she spoke, keeping her voice low for fear of her voice cracking.
"That's horrible." the girl began, suddenly aware that her attempt to keep herself from crying had her shaking. "He told me everything. He was even thinking of taking you off the shelf. Who knew what was going to happen to you after that! But I chose you anyway."
Levi was tense for a while, but as she spoke, she felt his body relax against her a little at a time.
"Out of all the others and even after hearing about you, I could have picked anyone else...But you were the one I wanted, so I think you're going to have to deal with me for much longer. Don't change for me, I like you just the way you are."
She felt his head settle into the crook of her neck as she muttered, "I won't let anyone else have you. I'm proud to have you as my persocom."
The room settled into a comfortable silence and a moment later she felt him nod against her neck. She smiled, having no doubt in her mind that she made good on her choice of persocom.
Suddenly there was a knock on her door, breaking their nice moment.
"Um, excuse me!" a hesitant male voice floated in through the door. "I heard loud voices, so I wanted to make sure you were okay?"
Neighbors! She almost forgot she had those! Levi carefully pushed off of her and she eased herself off the floor while saying, "Coming!". Quickly, she straightened herself up, then opened the door to greet her sudden guest.
She was met with a handsome man who had dark brown hair and dark eyes. He has dark tan skin and is pretty tall, especially compared to her. His hair is parted on the right side and does a little up and over. He wore a white t-shirt and sweatpants as well as a small, gentle smile. A small rosy color rose to her cheeks.
"I'm sorry for troubling you at this hour." he bowed his head slightly and scratched the back of his head as he spoke.
"No, I'm sorry about all the ruckus!" she immediately replied, raising her hands and waving them a little. "We weren't arguing, but it did get out of hand a little. I'm sorry for disturbing you."
"Oh, it's no problem at all. It got so quiet all of a sudden, I got a bit worried."
"Real sorry..." she bowed.
"No, no really!" his smile broadened. "You're the new neighbor, right? My name is Hideki Motosuwa."
"Chii..."
"And this is Chii, my persocom!" he added with a small chuckle as he slightly maneuvered so Chii was more easily visible.
"Wow, she's so cute!" she blurted out and she could have sworn she heard Levi smack his forehead from somewhere behind her. She felt his presence ease closer as she shook her head and tried introducing herself again with a small bow of her head. "And this is my persocom, Levi." She put a tiny emphasis on 'my' and Levi gave a small bow of his head. "It's nice to meet you."
"Yeah, nice to meet you, too!" Hideki returned, still smiling.
"Nice to meet you." Chii repeated, her speech a tad slower as if learning.
Hideki smiled proudly at her and put a hand on her head. She returned his smile with her own.
"Nice to meet you!" A hidden small, high pitched voice called out.
"Oh, right! And this is Sumomo." Hideki said as a tiny persocom emerged from behind Chii's hair.
"Nice to meet you? She's so small! How cute! You have two persocoms?!"
"Oh, she's not mine. I'm holding her for my friend."
"I see. Anyhow, we're both ok. Ah! Would you like to come in?" she suddenly remembered the rest of her manners.
"I would love to, but maybe tomorrow. It's kind of late and I have school..."
"Oh, of course." she smiled, then the word "school" clicked in her mind and she gasped. "School!"
Her sudden outburst startled Hideki, Chii and Sumomo, even Levi jumped ever-so-slightly. She had completely forgotten about school.
"I have to get to bed, too!"
"Then, I'll leave you to it. Have a good night!" Hideki said with a final small bow of his head.
"Have a good night." Chii and Sumomo repeated beside him.
"You, as well!" and she closed the door when he turned and started leaving.
Immediately, she started pulling the small table to a corner of the room as quietly as she can and instructed Levi to get the futon as she did that. She helped him get it ready and wait...
He's going to have to share the futon with her. He doesn't have any sleepwear either, does he? Crap, she didn't think this persocom thing the whole way through! She should have gotten him some sleepwear at the very least! Oh, wait, but she's're short on money. It's the whole reason she went job hunting in the first place!
"Oi, idiot, I'm talking to you."
Did he just call you an idiot?
"What was that for?" she pouted at him for the insult.
"You kept changing your face and moving around like one, I thought it was fitting." he crossed his arms.
Old habits die hard. She has to work on that.
"It's just...I realized that you don't have anything to sleep in...and that you're probably going to have to share my futon..."
"Where else am I going to sleep?"
Figures he would say that. Ok, she can handle that, but she doesn't want the poor guy to sleep in the same clothes she got him in. Who knows how long he's had that same shirt and pants on.
"I might have something for you to sleep in..." He's small enough, but she kept that part to herself.
Levi was silent as she searched in the box that had her clothes, which she hadn't unboxed yet. There's got to be something in here. Ah-ha!
"Good thing I brought this! If this doesn't fit you, then I don't know what we're going to do. Try these on!"
She passed him a shirt of her brother's that she liked to wear as sleepwear and a pair of one-sized pajama pants with the string in case it needed to be readjusted. She turned for his privacy and turned back around once she didn't hear anymore of his shuffling around.
"Is it too tight?"
"It's fine."
Victory!
"Well, that settles it! Tomorrow after school, we're going clothes shopping. Although, we might have to go cheap. I don't have a lot of money left, but I do have my grocery money..."
"Don't even think about it." Levi deadpanned when he heard that last mutter.
"Huh?"
"Just go to sleep."
"Alright!" she chuckled as she settled in.
Shortly after, Levi turned off the light and settled in behind her, his back against hers. She felt herself stiffen.
"...Good night." she almost didn't hear Levi whisper.
"Good night, Levi." she smiled and relaxed, if just a little.
Snow awoke to the sun hitting her face. She has got to get her curtains set up. As she moved to get up, her back hit something and she jumped out of her skin, letting out a little yelp.
Oh, right, Levi slept next to her. She's going to have to get used to that. Levi opened his eyes when she got up to get ready for the day. Her internal clock woke her up right on the time she was supposed to, with enough time to get ready and get to her cram school. She quickly washed up and got dressed, while Levi folded her futon and put it away, also putting the small table back in the center of the room as his owner had it last night.
"I'll come by to pick you up after class, so I can get you some clothes." she spoke to Levi as she put on her shoes. He stood up from the table to stand in front of her at the door.
"Forget about it." Levi deadpanned.
"What? Why? You need better clothes than the ones you have now."
"The money you have is for you to eat. You need the money more than I do. I can make due with what I have."
That's sweet, it seems he's looking out for her. It also looks like he's back to being polite, too.
"That's all right. I have a job now and my first paycheck isn't too far away. Plus, you're acting like I'm going to blow it all off. I know exactly how much I'm going to spend, so don't sweat it." she flashed him a smile, but instead of understanding or nodding his head, he flashed her an irritated glare.
"Are you seriously idiot enough to not understand the words that came out of my mouth?"
She spoke too soon about him going back to being polite.
"Do not spend your grocery money on me. You want to buy me clothes so badly, wait for that paycheck from that dumbass manager."
"But Levi—"
"Get it through that thick skull of yours!" he spoke evenly without raising his voice, but his words had a mean bite to them.
"You're impossible." she pouted at him and sighed. "Fine. I guess I have no choice."
"Good." he crossed his arms across his chest.
"I have work later on. Will you pick me up tonight?"
"Who else is going to do it?"
"Thanks." she smiled at him again. "See you later!"
With that, she closed the door and hurried on her way. Levi sighed to himself, wondering how she managed to get someone like him. Holding it in didn't work, maybe he should work on actually being nicer. He turned around to look at the sorry excuse she called an apartment.
She had her dresser resting against the wall to the right of the sliding door closet and had her small flat screen T.V. sitting on top of it. Some boxes sat in front of the closet door, not having time to put them into the closet.
At least she had it as neat as she could possibly have it. With that thought, he decided to work on emptying those boxes for her to keep himself occupied. If there's something she want in a specific place, he figured she'll just move it herself.
Seeing her neighbor Motosuwa in her class was a pleasant surprise. She was happy there was someone she knew, since she was nervous about being all alone.
"Motosuwa-san!"
"Snow-san? Hello, I didn't know you were attending here!"
"I need these classes for college." she nodded. "I was planning on enrolling next year. You're a pleasant surprise."
"Yeah, likewise."
"Is this seat taken?" she pointed to the seat in front of him.
"No, go ahead!"
"Thank you."
"Do you have everything settled for classes?"
"I think I do. If I get stuck on anything, would you mind...?" she suddenly got shy, unable to finish her sentence.
"Sure! I don't mind at all!"
She beamed at him, but was interrupted when a female voice rang out in the classroom.
"Alright, everyone!" a pretty woman with black hair stood in front of the class.
Class started promptly, her having to scramble to pull out her English book.
Levi stood in the balcony, gathering some sunlight to charge himself. He finished organizing and tidying Snow's humble little apartment long ago. He would have started on a meal as well, but since she hasn't gone shopping yet, there was nothing to cook. When the jingle for full batteries rang, he walked back inside, closing the glass behind him. Suddenly, he heard her familiar voice faintly float by in the hallway, her voice accompanied by who Levi recognized as the neighbor's voice.
"Thank you so much, Motosuwa-san."
"It's no problem at all. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask."
"I'll remember that." Levi can see his owner's silhouette as her voice sounded clearly on the other side of the door. "Thanks again."
He stood up to greet her at the door as she opened it. He was greeted by her smile as soon as her eyes landed on him.
"Welcome home."
"Thank you, Levi. Glad to be back..."
She stared at her apartment in surprise.
The boxes disappeared. Her futon was placed neatly against the wall under the window, which now had curtains. Her game system was hooked up to the T.V, laying next to the T.V itself and the controller rested on top of her system. Levi constructed her new mini bookshelf, standing it comfortably near the door way. On the counter near the sink sat her bathroom necessities like bath soap and toothbrush in a blue, square plastic container she bought to carry her items to the nearest bath house. Which reminds her; she need to locate said bath house. She'll ask Motosuwa later. There also wasn't a speck of dust to be seen.
It's like she walked into someone else's apartment!
"Wow." she breathed out. "You did all this?"
"No. Someone broke into our apartment and did it." Levi sarcastically replied, crossing his arms.
Only the second day living with her persocom and she's already used to his sass and "bad attitude".
"You really are amazing, Levi."
"...You're easily impressed."
Haha, nope! He can't fool her, she saw that! He liked the praise! She giggled at him, a wide smile on her face and she thanked him again while she sat down at her table, setting her bag next to her.
She has some time before work so she decided to work a little on her English studies. She followed the class pretty well, but there were still some words she didn't get.
"I have got to get a Japanese to English book when I get the chance..." she muttered to herself.
Levi, who was sitting beside her, looked over her work and quickly found the word she was struggling on.
"Converse, verb: engage in conversation. Noun: conversation."
"Oh!" That's right! She keeps momentarily forgetting that Levi is a persocom. "What about this word?"
Every word she pointed to, he translated and she managed to get most of her work down, before it was time to get to her job.
"I'll see you at work, then?" she said after she washed up and changed.
"Take care of yourself." Levi replied.
"I will." she smiled and out the door she went.
"Nice to see you again, Levi!" Petra beamed at him while he waited for Snow to get changed.
He bowed his head in silent greeting, but even that simple action had her squealing internally. It was easy to tell she was nearly about to burst.
Women. He so badly wanted to roll his eyes, but kept the rude gesture back.
"Levi." Snow called, finally emerging from the dressing room. "Sorry to keep you waiting."
He stayed silent and nodded, walking with his owner after she wished everyone a good night. The walk back to her humble little apartment was quiet, but comfortable. Levi's sass wasn't something that bothered her. After his confession, their relationship has grown closer, it was obvious by his sass. It's what made him special.
And she wouldn't have it any other way.
Snow was proud to have Levi as her persocom.
Levi walked beside her with confidence, instead of simply following her around like he was doing before. He knows she picked him, but honestly, what were the odds that she picked him up just before the old geezer scrapped him? Sure, she was easily impressed, loud at inappropriate times, a major dork, a fool for putting others before herself, a kind person, a caring owner...
He wouldn't trade Snow for the world.
Levi was proud to have her as his owner.