*Knock-knock-knock*

"Ugh… just go away…" No matter how much you silently prayed to be left alone, the knocking at the door still persisted. "Please… I have zero interest to deal with the nosy neighbours at the moment…" You whimpered, squeezing a pillow over your head to muffle the annoyingly loud knocking sound that echoed in the room. When you didn't answer the door, the knocking soon turned into an outright hammering. "Oh for fuck's sake..! Fine..! Fine!" Very much annoyed and desperately wanting to get rid of the intruder, you finally scuffled up from the living room couch and marched to the door. "What?!" You snapped angrily as you swung the door open in a furious manner.

For a second you couldn't get a word out of your mouth, but neither did he; You and Captain Levi looked equally shocked as you stared each other in the doorway, he more than anything stunned by your furious way of greeting visitors.

"Wow―" Levi blinked confused as he saw your blasted appearance. "You look terrible."

"Eh?!" Still having hard time to believe who was standing at your doorstep, you just stared at Levi dumbfounded, unable to process his words. "What..? Terrible..?! Oh geez, thanks!" You gave him a stoic look. "That was exactly what I needed― So thank you again, and excuse me…" You were about to retread back inside and slam the door shut, but Levi prevented this by jabbing his foot between the door and the frame.

"I heard what happened―" He stated casually as if forcing the door open and squeezing in wasn't improper in any way― Now inside the house, Levi took a short moment to groom his appearance, making sure that his clothes didn't get wrinkled during his rather impractical entrance. "But honestly, I had a hard time to believe that you and that asshole actually went and beat the shit out of each other." He continued, raising his brow as he examined the faded bruises on your face. As always, his expressionless demeanor made it very difficult to tell what was going on inside his head; The way those steel-blue eyes carefully studied you made it impossible for you to keep up the eye contact without blushing, so you quickly turned your gaze away.

"What can I say? Had to get it off from my bucket list as long as I had a chance." You shrugged lazily and flopped back on the couch. "Emmett was always a jerk― But enough about that, how about if you'd tell me why you're here?"

"Do I need a reason?" He muttered in an uninterested tone, now scanning the room with his gaze― Spending the last few days swelling in self-pity and not exactly expecting any visitors, cleaning the house had been the last thing in your mind. You had taken care of only the mere necessities to make the place at least somewhat livable, leaving major part of the house untouched; Levi didn't hide his disgust as his eyes traveled from the dust covered floors up to the spiderwebs on the ceiling.

"Oh?" You frowned at his answer. "Let's see, you popped up here uninvited and forcefully entered my home… yeah, I'd say you do need a reason!"

"Damn this place is filthy..." Completely ignoring your words, Levi marched across the room and over to the window, filling the dark room with bright daylight as he pulled the curtains open. "And it stinks in here― Don't tell me it's you?"

"Uh… I don't know..?" A quick sniff on your clothes implied he could be right. "Maybe..?" You chuckled nervously, kicking the empty wine bottle under the couch while he wasn't looking.

"Do us both a favor and take a bath." Levi stated boldly, making it sound more like a command than a request. "Don't worry― I'll be here." He assured, not even glancing at your direction as he kept working on opening the jammed window sash.

"Don't worry..? Tch..!" You rolled your eyes as you repeated his words. "You just come here and start bossing me around?" You sighed under your breath as you stood up and sluggishly began dragging yourself to the direction of the bathroom. "You have some nerve, I'll give you that."

Levi's POV

Levi secretly glanced at [f/n]'s direction as she went on her way, mumbling and cursing under her breath. Only after he heard the bathroom door closing, he finally turned his attention back to the jammed window― After a few more tugs, he finally got the sash up. A breeze of fresh air flowed in, cleansing the musty atmosphere of the room instantly. The house was in a need of some serious cleanup, but even a bigger mess was its owner. [f/n] was a person with a difficult past― even a tragic one― who had just lost what he would guess had been her 'coping mechanism' for the past half a decade: Her job. Levi had dedicated his life to scout regiment, but even he wasn't half a workaholic [f/n] was. Only a quick look at the military police records told him she'd been trying to drown herself to work, not even having a single day off since her return to work after the colossal titan attack.

"Then suddenly throw it away, just like that?" Levi furrowed his brow, slowly pacing around the house as he pondered about the situation. He didn't know the very details, but of what he had heard it sure sound like she had a some kind of a mental breakdown which then resulted to her resigning. "What was she thinking? Silly brat…" He muttered under his breath. "No… What was I thinking? I barely even know her, but… here I am." Levi had planned on seeing her after returning from the expedition, but barging over to her place like this..? To be honest, hearing the rumors about [f/n] vanishing after leaving her job made him worry― If she hadn't been marked as a property owner in her files, he wouldn't have been able to find her either. Although he didn't want to admit it, Levi saw a lot of himself in her.

Back to Reader's POV

"Alright, I'm ready―" You groaned as you returned to the living room after taking a bath. You had changed on a fresh set of clothes, but as ironic as it was, you had nothing else to wear than your military clothing― You'd have to do some serious clothing shopping, and soon..! "If something still stinks in here, I can guarantee it's not-" Forgetting what you were about to say, you halted in the doorway when you realized the room was empty. In this case empty didn't just mean a missing scout regiment captain, but also half of the furniture. "What the-?! Levi! What's the meaning of this?!"

"It's Captain Levi." He quickly corrected you. The voice came from outside― The wide open front door hinted that the culprit was most probably in the front yard, and soon enough Levi appeared to the doorway.

"I'm no longer part of the military, so I'll call you how I please." You pouted at him when he returned from the outside. "You didn't answer to my question, what the heck are you doing? And what's up with the… the..? Uh..?" Not sure what to call his current look, you just gestured at the scarves he was wearing, one on his head and other covering his mouth. His jacket was resting on the back rest of the couch, one of the very few remaining items in the room.

"What? This?" Levi gave you an unimpressed look as if the answer was obvious. "Tch, I don't want to get dirty― Like I said, this place is a mess."

"Riiiiight… Okay, another 'stupid' question; Where are you taking all my stuff?" You asked with a frown, crossing your arms over your chest as you watched Levi roll up the living room carpet.

"To outside." He stated coolly, hauling the carpet roll over his shoulder before heading back out. "How I'm supposed to clean the floors with all this stuff in here..?"

"Clean the floors..?" Why the heck Captain Levi of the scout regiment, a.k.a humanity's strongest soldier, was about to clean your floors? This was one extremely confusing day, that was for sure. "...Why you're going to do that?" You blinked slowly in confusion before quickly rushing after him. "And don't you dare to say you don't need a reason, because you totally do!"

"They're dirty." Levi muttered after a short moment of silence, clearly hesitating a bit before answering. "So, how it is? Are you going to just stand there like a fool or will you give me a hand?"