Yay! Last part of chapter 5! Thanks for sticking with me.
-gruviashallbecanon
"Like me if you don't, follow me if you're a stalker"
Erza laughed with Levi as they chatted in one of downtown Magnolia's many restaurants. It was growing later, but Erza wasn't ready to leave just yet.
At first, Erza hated the guy. He was making fun of her friends and went around the guild snickering about their cleaning habits (of course their cleaning habits were awful and it was a surprise they could see the floor sometimes, but that hadn't mattered), but Erza was attracted to the guy for some reason. Levi was powerful and commanded respect. She saw a lot of herself in him.
"Okay, okay, lets see if you can guess this one. 'I'm gonna kill all the titans! Captain Levi, we have to go out and kill all the titans! I must avenge! Captain Levi, we have to go kill the titans!'" Levi impersonated.
"Um, Eren! The kid with a scowl on his face the whole time, who runs around acting like he's the main character," Erza guessed, as their game of impersonations continued.
Levi smiled in consent. "You are pretty good at this. You must be pretty advanced when it comes to reading personalities."
Erza smiled. "Okay, for that I'll give you an easy one. 'Oh, Gray-sama! Juvia loves you so much! Lets get married and have 30 children!'"
Levi sat back. "That's too easy. She's the water wizard who attacked me. She's pretty powerful, but her intelligence could use some work."
"Hey," Erza scolded, "she's my friend!" Erza leaned in and whispered, "But I understand. All she ever does is fantasize about Gray. I heard one time that she bought some potion to win him over and I ended up trying to kill a pillar. You still have to give me a super duper easy one though or I'll pull out my Heaven's Wheel armor. You wouldn't stand a chance."
Erza had originally walked into the meeting room with death on her mind. She was in full armor and the master did a double take when he saw her. Mirajane had a freaked look on her face before leaving the room, "I'll leave this up to you guys. I'm sure I'm needed more out there."
Levi had seemed perfectly calm, sitting down and remarking, "Has Hange's lecture scared you into believing the titans will attack?"
He turned away before she could shoot death eyes but then handed her a plate with a single slice of strawberry cake. "Cake? There was only one and I suppose it's yours. Powerful people always have a quirk."
Erza took the cake and resisted the urge to hug him.
The meeting continued, and instead of clashing with the man on almost everything like she thought, they shared some of the same frustrations towards their fellow comrades and keeping order. The Commander, Erwin, and Master Makorav eventually just gave up trying to get into the conversation because every single time they were kicked out.
And Erza enjoyed every single minute of it.
The sun was setting as the pair made their way back to the guild through the streets of Magnolia. It was awkward as every few steps their shoulders would touch or their hands brush.
Erza was unfocused when she ran into him. She and Levi stepped back at the oncoming passerby. He lifted his face.
"Jellal! I mean, Mystogan, wait what are you going by these days?" Erza jumped.
Jellal smiled. "Jellal is fine. How are you Erza? Haven't seen you in a while. Who's the short guy?"
Erza smiled awkwardly. "I'm good. This is Levi."
Jellal felt his heart start to race but he couldn't understand why. "Oh, Levi, are you one of the new Fairy Tail visitors I've heard about?"
"Yes, but I don't understand how information could've gotten out that fast. We've been here less than a day."
Jellal commented, "Yeah, its all over Magnolia. Natsu was acting stupid, visitors from another dimension obsessed with giants, some mean short guy who loves to clean…"
Levi blushed, but it was very quick. Jellal continued, fearing what would happen if he didn't, "So where were you guys coming from?"
Erza stuttered, "Well… we were at a restaurant on a… ummm…"
That was it. Erza was in love with the mean short clean freak.
"Oh, I see." Jellal cut her off, and Erza looked grateful.
Levi rolled his eyes. Jellal and Erza obviously had some sort of complex past. But Erza hadn't mentioned him, so there was nothing to worry about, except…
Levi put his hand up, silencing them. He listened closely. There it was again.
"Titans. They're here. I can hear them. We need to go." He grabbed Erza's hand and sprinted back to Fairy Tail, leaving the blue-haired Jellal in the dust.
Armin was back with Levy, poring over book after book, amazed at his discoveries of the outside world. There was so much humanity could do when they didn't have titans to worry about.
Armin looked over at Levy, whose face still hadn't returned to its normal color. It was awkward, but Armin was just glad for the books.
Armin jumped, spilling books everywhere when the doors flung open.
Captain Levi stood, demanding attention.
"The titans. They're here."