By the time I had cleaned up and entered Levi's room again with spare clothes, he was already fast asleep. The Expedition must have taken the most out of him. A glance around told me that he had no spare mattress so where the hell did he expect me to sleep? Sighing, I dropped my things by the chair and gently shoved Levi across to the other side of his bed. he was awake instantly and glared in return. I shrugged.
"You wanted me to stay so here I am. What? You thought I would sleep on the floor? Think again, Ackerman, now shove over."
Cursing silently, he did as I asked, turning his back to me. I hopped in, pulled up the covers, ignored the slight throb in my head and fell asleep.
The sun seeped in through the window, blinding me as I opened my eyes. I groaned in retaliation and turned over, landing awkwardly on a pillow by my side. I sleepily shifted myself until I was comfortable and breathed deeply in satisfaction. There was another groan and my pillow moved. Frowning, I forced my eyes open. Please don't tell me I was sleeping on Levi. Please don't tell me im sleeping on Levi. As I slowly took in the situation, my imagination was completely off course. I was almost smothering Levi to death with my pillow, which I had somehow moved to cover his face.
"Shit!"
I sat up and whipped the death pillow away from his face. Levi's eyes popped open and he sucked in some air.
"Sorry."
"What a wake up call." He grumbled, sitting up himself, rubbing his face.
"You should try being woke up by someone taking your covers from you." I referred to his earlier methods and he rolled his eyes.
"Tch."
A thought came to me and I pulled the covers off his legs, startling him.
"What the f-"
"How's your leg?" I knelt over his bandaged lower leg, taking a silent appreciative note of his strong legs. He pulled it away from my gaze and swung himself out of bed.
"It's fine." He gruffly replied. After an awkward silence, he continued. "How's your head?"
I reached back and gently probed the back of my skull. The bandage seemed dry but a slight throb remained.
"Hmm, still hurts. Nothing to worry about though." I added hastily when Levi shot me a worried look. Rolling my eyes, I also hopped out of the bed and grabbed my clothes, heading to the bathroom to change.
I soon emerged nice and fresh, noticing two cups of morning tea sitting on his small table. Grinning, I grabbed one and begun to sip on it.
"You do know it's rude to take food without asking?" sharp-witted Levi called as he exited his room, fully clothed in the uniform. I glanced over my shoulder at him.
"And you do know it's rude to invite a guest over but not offer any breakfast?" I retorted, sipping at the hot liquid.
"Captain Levi." A faint voice called. I looked at the closed wooden door, picturing Liane standing on the other side. She sounded so…heart-broken.
"Is it important, Liane?" Levi called, cold as ever. I shot him an unimpressed glare.
"Be nice." I chastised quietly. He sighed.
"The squad and I would like to talk about to you about something important, sir." Replied the deep voice of Jack.
"Very well. Come in."
The handle creaked as it was pulled down and released the door. As my old squad came in, I could instantly tell they were all extremely glum. Even happy-go-lucky Brian had his head down.
"Geez, what got all of you guys down in the dumps?" I asked, standing from my seat, placing my cup of tea back onto the table. At my voice, 5 heads whipped up, their eyes staring at me. I blinked.
"What?"
"You're a- You're a-" Linda stammered.
"YOU'RE ALIVE!" exclaimed Sophie, who tackled me into a bear-hug. I barely managed to refrain the both of us from toppling over the table. Instead, we awkwardly landed on the floor, Sophie squeezing me to death. I choked out a laugh.
"Thank you for pointing out the obvious, Soph."
Then 2 more weights pressed down onto me, joining in on the massive reunion. Brian and Steve most likely.
"We're just glad you're alive!" exclaimed Jack, watching from the side.
"I wont be if you guys don't get off me." I heaved in some much needed air as they reluctantly climbed off. Linda took her role.
"Rina, I'm so sorry, I should have-"
I waved a hand in the air, cutting her off.
"Linda, you have nothing to apologize for. I was the one that told you to come over. I was the one that chose to go help. If anything, it was my fault I put you guys through that. So I'm sorry." I bowed slightly at the confession. The room fell silent as we all let that sink in. Levi was the one to break that silence, sitting down and picking up his tea. The soft click of the cup against its plate shattered the atmosphere.
"So, what was the important issue you needed to talk to me about?" Levi addressed Linda, patiently sipping his morning tea.
"Well it was about Rina but since she's alive, there's no need to anymore."
"How touching." I dead-panned, brushing the dust off my uniform.
"Speaking of Rina, why were you in Levi's room? Better yet, Why did the Captain let you into his room in the first place?" Brian sneakily asked, his sly glance moving between the Captain and I.
My mind raced with a plausible excuse. "Well, in case it flew over your head, I did almost die yesterday, Brian. The Captain was given orders to watch over my head wound through the night to prevent it from getting worse. Speaking of orders, I have to inform my squad group that I'm= ha- alive." I went to move out of the room before Levi stopped me.
"Your head wound, Rina. Get back here and I'll redress it for you."
Sighing because I knew that I couldn't refuse, I slouched my way back to him and took my seat again. Levi smoothly moved to stand closely behind me and began to remove the old dressing.
"Captain, I can do that for you." Linda went in, reaching for the bandages but before Levi could accept, which I totally knew he would do, Steve interrupted.
"Now Linda, didn't we have that training squad to watch over?" and I watched from the corner of my eye as the rest of the squad backed out the door.
"Training squad? But didn't Stac-"
"-hahaha you funny person, of course you can't remember." Sophie laughed loudly. At the obvious tone of faking the whole thing, I shifted my head from Levi's grasp and shot her a stink eye. She winked and dragged the rest of the squad out with her. "Anyway, don't worry about your squad, we'll let them know! Bye!" and with that, the door abruptly slammed.
"Tch, keep your head still or I'll hurt you." Levi roughly grabbed the sides of my skull and shoved it back straight.
"You would be a shit nurse, Ackerman."
"And you, a shit patient. Now I understand why the Doctor is fed up with you. Stop moving!" he growled as I tried to turn to glare at him. Sighing in defeat, I remained still until he was done.
"How does it look?" I gathered the bloody bandages and tossed them in the trash.
"It doesn't seem as bad as it looks. Clean the blood away and you've got one relatively clean slash."
"Fantastic." I mumbled.