A/N: Hey! Thank you so, so much for all of the reviews, favourites, and follows! I was planning to do a very 'interesting' little scene of our two love-birds-soon-to-be, but it's like 10:30 right now and I have to wake up at 6...so I'll make sure to write and publish that special scene tomorrow ;).
Thank you so much 3. Suggestions always open. (Please excuse current grammatical errors, I don't have time to read over and fix them just yet, I will make sure to do so tomorrow.


"Ugh", I groaned as I punched my pillow. I've been tossing and turning for hours.

Why the hell is the demon who torments me my next door neighbour; exactly what game is fate playing with me?! I'm really starting to feel like i'm the main character of one of the terrible mangas that DokiDaisuke may have published;like I'm the M-C who's in constant turmoil for the reader's amusement, thanks.

Giving up, I turned over from my side to my back. I drifted my eyes to my desk clock: red numbers read 12:05 A.M. I have to wake up in 6 hours and I still haven't gotten even a wink of sleep.


"Nyah, time to wake up, Eren!, Nyah, time to-", I swung my hand over the side of my bed to furiously tap my phone to silence the alarm. Sitting up, I felt my head hurt; Going to stand up, my body felt heavy. I don't know exactly when I finally fell asleep, but eventually, after staring at the ceiling for a mass amount of time, my body finally got tired of my brain's shit and shut it off.
This morning, I took a prolonged shower and brought and extra tall Thermos cup of coffee to work today.


"Yaay~! We get to turn this assignment in at twelve today! Then, we finally get to have a break! Woo-hoo!", Hanji cheered and twirled around as I appeared in the doorway and walked to my desk. I sat down and took a sip of my sweet, caffeinated delicacy.
"That's great!", I smiled. "But what do you mean by 'we get to have a break'?", I asked. "Do we just get to not do anything for 2 more weeks?"
Hanji sauntered over to me and jumped on my lap.
"Oof!", I had the air knocked out of me, surprised. I almost spilled my coffee all over the place.
"No, no, dear Eren.", Hanji dissented, crossing her arms and wagging her forefinger in my face, her expression feigning sternness. She then smiled at me. "The thing is, when we're not publishing, we're planning. So, today after we turn our fabulous, yet hellish, work in today, we begin planning our next manga!:, she explained.
"Wait," I freaked, "So, we have to plan a whole new manga in just 2 weeks?! AND then draw it in 2 weeks?!", I was wide-eyed.
Hanji placed a finger on her chin and moved her eyes towards the ceiling, making her seem pensive. "Wow, now that you put it that way, it does seem a little stressful."
"A little?!", I mocked, taking another sip of my nearly-spilled coffee.
"Well, what else do you expect from one of the top 10 manga publishing corporations in all of Japan?", she stood up from my lap (thank you) and gave me a typical 'schoolgirl wink' with a peace sign near her eye. "You got lucky, Jaeger.", she said.

"Hello, shitheads", Levi appeared in the doorway (as usual) with his briefcase.
"And, you've got a great boss, too!", Hanji whispered and giggled, placing a hand to cover her mouth in Levi's direction. She strolled back happily to her work-desk.
"Pfft, yeah, a great boss.", I scoffed once Hanji was out of earshot. I swiveled my chair to face my desk and desperately lay my head down; I don't want to think more about the fiend who robbed me of a good night's sleep, and probably my sanity.

"No banana this morning?", Levi whispered, amusingly, in my ear. I quickly sprung up and grimaced at him. Levi shrugged and smirked, "Just asking~."
Levi then walked over to his desk, switching to 'serious boss who's totally not harassing his teenage employee' mode. "Alright," he slammed his hands on his desk, leaning onto the desk. "We've got three and a half hours until we turn this flawless assignment in. Please use this time to gingerly review it one, or two, more times; There is no turning back once it's done.", he explained.

I checked mine carefully and, as expected, no errors. Reviewing it only took about 10 minutes or so, so I decided to walk over to the rest of the group and checked on them.
"Heeeeyy, guys..", I greeted. Everyone kindly greeted me, except for Jean who gave me an eye-roll. I walked over to Jean, "Jeez, what's your pro-", I cut myself off, looking at his panel. He noticed me looking and grimaced. "What? What's your problem?", he defended.
"Sorry, but in correct grammar, your writing here is incorrect", I pointed to a speech bubble. "The adverb is placed before the actual verb, hence the etymology of the word with the prefix 'ad'.", I explained.

Everyone looked at me in awe.
"Whoa, have we got ourselves a Lit. grad here?", Petra complimented and grinned. I rubbed the back of my head, laughing modestly. "Haha, well, I just adore literature, and actually I originally came to this company in order to pursue my dream of publishing my book, but there was a mishap and I kinda ended up here instead. . .", I explained, trailing off near the end.
"Oh. . .", I received looks of sympathy from everyone.
"Well, then.", A new voice interjected as I received a thud to my head with what seemed to be rolled up papers.
"Ow!", I hissed, rubbing my head.
"Oh please, drama queen, save it for your 'said' literature stories.", Levi sneered. I scowled in reply. "I expect you to review everyone's frames, then.", he ordered, stoically.
"Are you kidding me?!", I exclaimed. "We have like, three hours!". Frustrated, I received yet another blow to the head.
"Yes, and I'm also paying you a fairly well amount to do such simple tasks." Levi retorted.
I groaned and reached my hand out to collect everyone's frames. Honestly, I'm already physically and mentally exhausted as it is, and he expects me to review 100 or so pages for mistakes without creating my own? Ugh.


I did as I was ordered; My brain felt numb and my eyes felt dry and irritated. Finished, it was 11:40 A.M, 20 minutes before the deadline. Levi walked up to me.
"Please assure me you've completed your task?" he asked, tone slightly pleading.
I deeply exhaled. "Yes, boss,", I mocked, annoyed at his lack of gratitude and notice of how difficult and tedious such timed assignments could be.
"Excellent.", he said, deadpan. He took the papers up and walked out of the room.
Groaning once again, I lay my head down atop of my desk; I cannot wait to finally go home and sleep.


I must have dozed off for a while, because next thing I knew, I was being lightly shaken by my shoulder; A voice was calling me to my senses.
"Eren.", It was Levi, of course.
I moaned and rubbed my eyes, straightening myself up. "Hmm?", I answered sleepily. Eyes finally readjusting, I saw a coffee being placed next to me.
"Good work.", Levi said.
My eyes went wide and were fully adjusted now. D-did Levi just compliment me, on my work? And did he actually do something reasonable without insulting or harassing me?! Am I still dreaming?!
"U-uh, thanks!", I thanked, reaching for the coffee and taking a sip. I grimaced.
"What is it?", Levi asked.
"I-it's just...it's bitter."
"Tch, such a child.", he smirked.
"Hey! I am not!", I defended.
"Only children sweeten their coffee; Coffee is a drink for operation, not pleasure.", he explained, placing sugar packets on my desk.
"Yet you coincidentally have sugar packets in your pocket?", I smirked, adding in the sugar to the bitter 'drink of operation'.
"Oh please, I think ahead, unlike some. I figured a child like you would enjoy childish things.", he took a sip of his coffee.

I took a sip of my coffee again, seeing if the taste is fixed to my liking. I frowned.

"Well, what is it now?", Levi asked.
"W-well..umm...", I averted my eyes. "I-I also like creamer.", I answered. Shit, I was totally in for it now.
Levi laughed. "This is too good.", he wiped a fake tear off the corner of his eye. He placed a packet of creamer next to my arm as well. "I was kind of hoping you wouldn't be completely childish, but, what exactly could I expect.", he widened his smirk and took another sip.
"Not childish...", I pouted as I added the creamer as well. Taking a sip now, I smiled in delight.
"Maybe you'd like to test out the taste of some new 'creams' ", Levi whispered in a sultry tone. I choked.
"E-eh?!", I choked.
"Careful, don't take in more than you can swallow~.", he chimed as he chuckled to himself and turned to walk to his desk.

I glared at the back of his head; Please tell me looks can fucking kill.