Chapter 9:

Father!Levi x Original Character

So almost to Chapter 10! Chris, I hope your first day went well! I bet you are super tired right now… or running a lot. Don't' forget to yell your but off, it's just like the boot camp in SnK… just don't steal any potatoes okay? Don't be a Sasha! As for my readers, I bet you're excited because not only am I going to be doing something extremely important this chapter, but you really get to see inside just how important Ensrahi is to Levi. But as always; I don't own anything from SnK and I just thought this would be a cute idea.

-General POV-

"Wake up Rahi." Levi gently shoved his daughter on the bed as she stirred and turned over to see his father's face.
"Yes daddy…? Are we cleaning again today…?" Rahi murmured, as Levi sighed in disappointment. He picked her up and put her on the window seal, as Levi sat next to her. Rahi gasped looking outside the window into the white courtyard. She was supposed to clean that with Levi today, but for some reason there were these white puffs falling from the sky.
"Daddy? What are those things? What month is it?" she asked as Levi pointed to the puffs falling to the ground.
"It's November 2nd today Ensrahi. Do you remember how to spell November?" he asked quietly as Rahi nodded looking up to him.
"N…o-v-e-m…b-e-r…." Rahi attempted which earned her a pat on the head from Levi who leaned over to nuzzle into her long raven locks.
"Good girl. You're learning faster than last time." Levi praised lightly. Rahi looked at him in confusion, what did he mean faster than last time…? Levi simply shook his head as he got up to open up his dresser. Pulling out a black turtle neck, some thicker pants and his normal boots, Levi pulled on his clothes. It had been about six months now, that he's been with Rahi, and it seemed to get harder each day… with her losing her memory so frequently. He looked back at her with solemn eyes to only meet light blue happy ones. Levi pulled out thicker clothes for her as well, a white puffy shirt and thick black leggings. Pulling out a pair of black snow boots, he helped her get dressed that morning and pulled out a thick brown snow jacket for her as well. Rahi slipped on the clothes, wondering why Levi seemed so sad today. He took Rahi's hand as they walked outside to be met by a horse and carriage. HQ was nearly empty by the winter time as Hanji had declared that Titans hated the cold normally as she noticed that Titans didn't come out as long as it was snowing…. It gave humanity a chance to catch its breath since the return of the beasts.

Climbing into the carriage, Rahi was sitting on Levi's lap as she looked outside the window to watch the world pass by. The two looked like nobles, even as the ride was heading to the Sina district… Rahi was curious about everything that was going on, with the dark clouds, with the dark atmosphere, with everything that seemed so dark as trees seemed so barren…
"Rahi, can we drill you on your spelling and writing on the way down again?" Levi asked as Rahi smiled.
"Of course! I love spelling!" She smiled as Rahi moved to sit next to Levi. There was one more stop before Levi continued. Armin climbed into the carriage with them, followed by Eren and Mikasa. Levi had purposefully dragged them along, as Rahi seemed to find good company with them. Erwin was kind enough to lend them one of the Survey Corps's mansions from Sina for Rahi to thoroughly enjoy the holidays. Yet it set Levi on edge as to why Erwin was putting them in the middle of the walls… someplace that he's always had trouble getting out of without some sort of hassle by the military police.
"Levi? What's on your mind?" Eren asked, as they crossed through the second inner wall. One more wall till Sina. Levi glanced to all of them as Rahi innocently swung her legs back and forth in the seat next to him. She sat on Eren's lap happily.
"I just don't feel like something is right about this… Erwin doesn't normally send people to "holiday homes" unless something else entirely is going down. I… I just don't like being out of the loop." Levi admitted. Armin was slightly on edge around the man, for he had never seen Levi so emotional… or at least a cold sort of emotional. It made him wonder if this is how he acted around Ensrahi all the time.
"If Eren is being sent out with us, he's probably saving us the trouble of having to hide Eren from everyone else who might want to capture him for their own accords." Armin suggested as Levi took that into consideration. Levi nodded in understanding, but only for now did he agree to this… Finally they reached the inner wall of Sina. Military police as always checked out their carriage, as finally they were able to continue on their way.

At the mansion holiday home, it was a good three stories tall, but it wasn't a very big house as it was more tall than wide. It was a fairly good cover for a decent home. Rahi ran out of the barely stopped carriage to open up the door of the house, her eyes wide as she did so. Stopping in the middle of the house, dust covered everything as Rahi could see frames and photos of people… there was a woman that looked like her. A man that looked like her daddy… and a little girl in the middle.
"Ensrahi? Where did you go child?" Levi called as he brought in their bags from the ride, and set them near the door only to find Rahi staring at a picture frame. Levi walked over to see what his daughter was looking at, to see a family photo… now Levi knew why Erwin had sent them here. This was Ensrahi's real home.
"Daddy…? Who are these people? And why aren't you in there?" Rahi asked, as she looked up to him. Levi's fists were clenched as he felt tricked. Ensrahi was his daughter, and yes her parents were killed, but that was her past. This is her future, with him… God damn eyebrows.
"…They're your actual Parents Ensrahi. This is your actual home." Levi bluntly stated, as Ensrahi looked around confused. Wasn't Levi her actual dad? So was this their house?

"Wait, so this is where we actually live daddy?" she asked as Levi shook his head.
"This is where you lived Ensrahi. Come on, let us go to your room." Levi murmured as Eren watched with a sad face, seeing Levi's heart being nearly torn in half just by stepping into what they realized to be Ensrahi's actual home. The gloom of the falling snow and the dark clouds only added to what this house was. Yes it was a three story building, but the first floor only had a living room, a dining room and a kitchen. The dining room had a large window to see into the back yard across the water canal, the table it's self was a dark ebony with three chairs. The living room had a simple fireplace, as two couches could be made out from underneath the tarps that covered the furniture. Dust and spider webs covered the room, Mikasa lighting a couple lamps with matches laying around. The door shut behind them, causing Eren to jump. He quietly climbed up to the second floor. It was a large empty floor with what could be made out to be an art studio, canvases unfinished everywhere as dried out paint was splattered about, and on the wall could be made out three hand prints. Eren walked over to the wall kneeling down to see the prints. Names were painted nearby.
'Marie… Arthur…' Eren could make out from under the bigger prints, but for some reason, he couldn't tell who the small print's name. It was faded and crossed out like someone purposefully colored out the name a long time ago. Levi came down stairs to find Eren looking around at the house as well. The second floor with it's big empty space, had at least two to three windows on each wall.
"Her parents names were Marie and Arthur." Eren reported lightly as Levi nodded, taking a seat on the floor.
"Her name isn't anywhere to be found in this house. Yet there are pictures of her with her family everywhere. Her room wasn't even a room but something she was sharing with her parents… like me almost." Levi explained as Eren sat down with him.
"Marie was the artist, as it seemed that Arthur was more of a merchant… a rich one at that." Eren noted as Levi nodded in understanding.
"It doesn't seem like they've come back here for a while…"
"Which only means…"
"They're both dead."

Levi looked around the room. It seemed like a good place to live, a quiet place to enjoy life… if he hadn't dedicated his life to the Survey Corps after his companions' deaths, he'd clean this place up and let Rahi live here in where she could actually go to school like a normal child… as if anything about this time era was normal. Levi could only sigh in wistful thinking, as Rahi came downstairs to see her father in such a gloomy state.
"Hey daddy? This place is a mess, do you wanna help me clean it up for the next months?" she offered as Levi turned around to see his hopeful little girl, unfazed by what nostalgia lay around her… what death lay around her. Levi smiled at her, Eren's eyes widening at such a rare action.
"Of course Rahi. Let's clean the shit out of this place." He smiled as she ran down stairs screaming,
"Yay! We get to clean the shit out of this place!" only to hear Armin scold her for saying such vulgar language for a seven year old. Eren watched with solemn eyes, leaving Levi to deal with his daughter's optimistic personality, as he looked outside the window. Snow fell and covered the seal like a frost, as the gloominess of the clouds were soon fading into what was going to be the darkest nights Rahi would experience in a while. Rahi wasn't exactly a fan of darkness, but she liked to move around in it, for her instinct survival cases. Eren lit off what little light he could, giving the manor a bit more of a brighter look to it. Picking up the broom that was laying in the corner, he began to sweep the living hell out of the floor. Determined to make it a brighter place where perhaps, even he could start painting with his adopted little sister... Perhaps finally giving some decent light into Ensrahi's life after such tragedy.