Warning: mild course language in here, because yeah, it's Levi. :D
The next day...
I wriggled under my covers, glancing at the clock every now and again. The second it turned to indicate it was 5 in the morning, I sat up sharply.
"Ah-ha!" I exclaimed, pointing out. At nothing. My door remained closed. No Levi bursting through it. No footsteps to indicate he was late in his routine to wake me up at the ungodly hour. Nothing.
I tilted my head in confusion and fell back onto the bed. I tried to fall back asleep only to manage another hour's worth. When I woke up at 6, there was still nothing. No indication that Levi was even in my room. Now a little worried, I jumped out and got ready for the day. I headed for Levi's room the second I was done. Not bothering to knock since would probably be out already, I pushed open the door. My eyes widened when they caught sight of a miracle. Stealthily stepping inside and shutting the door, I blinked in shock. Levi was fast asleep. Well and truly fast asleep. Taking note of his alarm, I tiptoed over to his bedside and disarmed it. The Captain deserved a sleep-in. with that, I made my way back outside and to Levi's office. My turn to do the paperwork.
I sucked in a deep breath of air, sweat pouring off me after our squad's running session. I glanced up at the late morning sun and tried to ignore its beating heat. The Special Ops squad and I had just finished our usual warm-up track run and were now catching our breaths.
"Ew, you stink." Sophie wrinkled her nose and tossed a towel over onto my head.
"Says the girl who walked for a quarter of the track?" I shot back, pulling the towel off with a grin.
"I have a weak ankle." She argued, earning a splash of water in her face. "Hey!"
"Yeah right." Brian scoffed, screwing his water bottle closed again. "Captain Levi would make you do another whole round again if he were here."
"Speaking of the good Captain, where is he? He's usually the first one up right?" Jack mused, looking around. Then running footsteps made its way towards us and the Corporal appeared.
"Speak of the devil." Steve whispered. Then the whole squad stepped back in shock from Levi's appearance. Contrast to his usual neat and tidy look, he looked like a mess. His hair was rustled from running here, his uniform was crinkled and only half done, the white shirt still sticking out and jacket collar standing up. His face was flushed and he panted as he stood before us. We took in his current state and no one dared to even breathe for a moment.
"What the hell happened to you?" I managed to choke out from my stupid silence. The rest of the squad remained muted.
"You look like you just…" Brian trailed off but I was sure we were all thinking the same thing.
Either he just woke up or he just finished up some naughty business.
Being in the same squad for two years did that to you. We all stared at him with identical wide eyes and open mouths, wild assuptions raging through our heads. Levi growled, shutting us up with a mere look as he fixed up his uniform.
"Pull ups. Now."
Holding our dirty thoughts to ourselves, we jogged over to the large trees on the side of the training grounds. Once Levi was out of ear-shot, conversation burst out.
"Who wants to bet that the Captain just woke up?" Linda asked, pairing up with Jack.
"Well I'm not willing to bet that he just finished screwing someone. I like being alive, thank you very much." Sophie retorted, mentally counting Brian's pull ups on the tree branch.
"But he sure looked like it." I commented, stifling a chuckle. Steve slapped my head as he came down from a pull-up.
"Ow!"
"Just because he did, doesn't mean he did it." Steve chastised.
"Sounds like someone is a little over-defensive of the good leader." Linda noticed, wagging a finger in Steve's direction.
"I just kind of feel sorry for the guy. I mean, I've noticed he's been working himself pretty hard lately so for him to get a good night's sleep is rare."
"Yeah, I've seen it too." Jack agreed, pausing from his exercise. "Sometimes I wonder where he gets all his energy from."
We got ready to swap positions and I was about to jump up onto the branch when-
"Rina Hazura! A word, please."
I glanced over my shoulder at the calm Captain Levi. Despite the collected façade, I knew he was seething inside.
"Who wants to bet Rina comes back alive?" murmured Brian. I shot him a harsh look before regaining my wits and following Levi away.
Once we reached the opposite side of the field, Levi turned to me, absolutely flaming.
"What the hell were you thinking?!"
I blinked, still a little lost. "Thinking…?"
"I know it was you who fucking turned off my alarm, so don't even think about lying. My question is, why?"
I crossed my arms and frowned at him. "You know why. If I recall correctly, we had a similar conversation about it yesterday and look how well that turned out. Apologies Captain Levi if a member of your squad was just trying to look after your health for you, as it seems you're doing a shit job of it yourself."
Levi pinched the bridge of his nose and I continued.
"Levi, you might have the title Captain, and we all follow you as a Captain, but that doesn't mean we don't care for you. You're still our friend and trust me, I'm not the only one who's noticed how much of a workaholic you can be."
"Thank you."
"I mean, do you have a thousand cups of tea just to- what did you say?"
Levi let out a sigh of annoyance. "I'm not going to repeat myself."
I ignored him, shocked. "Did you just say 'thank you'?"
"If you heard me, then why did you ask in the first place?" he exclaimed, throwing his hands up in the air. I blinked.
"Well it's just- you never say thank you so-"
"LEVIIIII." Yelled a voice and I grinned as Hanji leapt onto my back. The weird bundle of joy broke the awkward moment.
"Erwin wants to talk to you. It seems like my plan of capturing more Titans may be getting the go ahead." She squealed. Levi narrowed his eyes.
"Not if I have anything to say about it." And he immediately stalked off. "This conversation is not over, Hazura!"
"If you say so, Captain!" and I saluted at my friend's back.
"So, what was that about?" the squad leader slid off my back and walked with me to the branches.
"I turned off Levi's alarm this morning and he slept in." I shrugged.
"Good on you. To be honest, it looked like he just finished something nasty." Hanji giggled. I laughed.
"Don't let the Captain hear you or you'll be dead tomorrow morning." Jack warned as we drew closer.
"Looks like Hazura here will be dead by tonightttt." Sang Hanji, grinning while I shot her a death stare.
"Shit, what did you do?" Linda pulled up and sat on the branch.
"I turned off his alarm this morning."
Silence took over the squad as my statement sank into their heads.
"You're dead."
"You're screwed."
"You're fu-"
"I know! It was stupid! I get it! It's just he's been doing everything by himself and I-" I hung my head.
"-feel like you're letting him down?" Hanji finished. I glanced over at my friend.
"Yeah, pretty much. I-"
"Titans! On the Old City water gate!" cried out a messenger, racing towards us. Hanji cocked her head and the rest of us paused in our training.
"That's still outside Wall Rose, so what's the big deal?" the scientist mused, placing a finger on her chin.
"I don't know what's going on, but the water supply to the East part of the city is being cut off!" replied the messenger, saluting as he spoke.
"And that's where a majority of our crops are being grown." Finished Linda. With Levi gone, I immediately took command.
"Special Operations Squad is taking point. Get changed and meet by the East Wall in 15." I watched as the squad rushed off. Hanji ran off as well, heading for Erwin's office. I turned to the messenger.
"Tell the Garrison Guard to fire rounds at the Titans or at least somehow draw them away from the water gate until the Survey Corps is there, understand?"
"Yes sir!" he saluted and sprinted off. I glanced towards the direction of Erwin's office before shaking my head. The meeting might have been important. Plus, the plan was to do recon of the situation before anything was done. I sprinted towards the weapons room, eager to get loaded with my 3DMG. Levi was busy, he could sit this one out.