Confession

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Summary: Rivetra Week 2016 Prompt Day 6

Petra summoned her courage, taking a deep breath. Walking with purpose, she entered the kitchen. Levi was sitting at the table, sipping tea, looking like he was enjoying the peace and quiet. "Captain, I need to talk to you."

He raised an eyebrow at her firm tone. "Go on."

"You're making Oluo clean every single bathroom because he drank your tea, is that correct?"

"Yes, it is. Why?"

"I have a confession to make. I'm the one who drank your tea," she admitted guiltily.

"You?" Levi said in surprise.

"Yes." She was on her period and the cramps were unusually painful. Distracted by the stabbing feeling in her pelvic area, she had taken the tea leaves out of the wrong cupboard. "I left some tea in the teapot for the others and Oluo had some, I guess. I was in my room so I didn't realize until I ran into Erd just now and he told me you were punishing Oluo for going into your personal stash. I'm so sorry."

"Why did you take my tea leaves?" Levi asked curiously.

"I wasn't paying attention and I opened the wrong cupboard. So if there's anyone who should be punished, it should be me."

"Fine." He turned back to his drink. "You can go tell Oluo he can stop."

"And?"

"And what?"

"Aren't you going to punish me?"

"Oluo is easily distracted and acts like such a damned fool sometimes it was easy to think he had done it and forgot. You aren't careless like him. I'm sure you don't need to be punished to ensure it won't happen again," Levi said, shrugging.

"Still, it's not fair. He got punished for what I did."

"Petra, I told you, it's okay."

"No," she said seriously, "it's not." She had a strong sense of fairness. It was wrong she would get away scot-free when her teammate hadn't been excused.

"I'm being understanding here. You should be grateful instead of begging me to punish you."

"But Oluo's been cleaning bathrooms because of me." Petra felt really bad. As annoying as he could be, he was innocent and he got in trouble for her blunder. And he also hadn't ratted her out when their captain punished him for her mistake.

Levi scrutinized her for a while before he spoke. "I have a confession to make, too."

Her brow furrowed slightly. "You do?"

"Yes." He brought the teacup closer to his mouth. "I may have stared at your ass once or twice."

"I—you, uh, what?" Petra choked out.

An almost smug look came across his face at her reaction.

"Wait, were you joking?"

"Well, you've checked mine out a few times. So it's only fair."

Petra's face turned red. How did he know? She thought she had been so subtle.

"I was joking this time but from your reaction, I guess you really have, haven't you?" Levi smirked, standing.

Petra was mortified. She should have accepted him letting it go and moved on, principles be damned. "It was an accident," Petra blurted. Shut up!

"I'm sure." Levi left, sipping his tea, looking thoroughly entertained.

I'm so embarrassed! Petra's face was burning.

For the rest of the week, he would smirk knowingly at her and it made her want to crawl under a rock and hide for the rest of her life.

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