Levi looked down to the boy with a shocked expression on his face, the boy was just looking at the man with a sleepy smile on his face. The man took a deep breath, trying to form words that just did not seem to be coming out, "What? What did you call me Eren?" The man sat up, picking the boy up carefully, "Eren, can you say that again?" The man looked to the boy a bit wide eyed, wondering if he was just hearing things or if the toddler really did just call him that one special word.
He watched closely as the toddler looked at him with a wide smile on his face, the tears that were in Eren's eyes were gone, replaced with that one look that every child should have. A peaceful, happy face. Eren wiggled a little bit in the man's hands, reaching his hands out and placed them on Levi's face. The toddler smiled wider before blurting out, "Daddy!"
The officer bit his bottom lip, "You just called me.. Daddy." The man bit his bottom lip, for once he had no idea what to do in response to being called something. Pulling the boy closer he planted a kiss on the child's cheek. He felt the boy place his tiny hands on his face as Eren giggled, before yawning again. The man smiled and placed the boy back on his chest. Another yawn and the boy was out cold, back to sleeping and sucking his thumb. Levi carefully cradled the boy in his arms as he sat back up and carefully placed the boy down on the bed before getting up and walking over to where his coat was hanging and slipped it on.
Looking into the mirror, Levi adjusted his cravat. Seeing it was straight he nodded in satisfaction. He looked back to the line of pegs and noticed that his cloak was not there, where did he put it? The man spun around on his heal and noticed that it was still on the bed from when he put Eren in it when Levi first brought him to his place. Chuckling a little, the officer walked over and put his cloak on. Adjusting the cloak a little once it was on he looked down to the boy and realized he had no extra clothing for the boy, "I better stop someplace and get you some more close before we head over to Head Quarters.."
He picked the boy up carefully, picking the boy's precious teddy bear at the same time. The man looked around to make sure he did not miss anything. The man quickly turned towards the door when he heard it opening, sighing a little when he saw it was just hanji, "Oh it's just you.. I will be a little bit delayed getting to HQ. I got to get Eren clothes."
Hanji would have jumped and yelled something but she did not do that since she saw Eren. Oh he is asleep in my man's arms.. did I just say my man? Well.. he did just ask me not too long ago to help him take care of the kid. So that technically makes me his woman. The woman smiled as she looked to the kid, "Well.. I don't think Erwin would mind since finding the kid some clothes is a big emergency." She walked over to the two of them adjusting the man's cravat and the blanket that Levi had wrapped around the kid, "I will help you. After all you did ask me to be the boy's mother."
Levi stepped back in protest, "No Hanji I will not put your career in jeopardy because of me taking in a kid. You go on ahead. I will speak to Captain Erwin when I get to Head Quarters."
The man yelped a little when the woman grabbed him by the cravat and pulled him until they were close to each other, little Eren being all that kept their bodies from touching. Hanji pressed her nose to Levi's as she kept a firm hold on the man's cravat, "You asked me to help you take care of Eren. And that is what I am going to do. Got that?" She tugged at the cravat firmly.
The man opened and closed his mouth a couple times, unsure of what to say as he stared at her eyes. Taking a deep breath he planted a firm kiss on her lips for a couple seconds, "Alright. You can come along. If anyone asks, he is ours and we kept it a secret until now." He kept his expression calm, with a small smirk, as he watched a blush appear on the woman's cheeks as she readjusted his cravat. Though she now seemed to be distracted as she finished adjusting the piece of cloth with shaky hands.
Levi chuckled, "I never thought something as simple as a kiss would do this to you. I thought only researching Titan's did." The man shifted his arms a little to have a better hold on the boy, "Now I know what to do when you are being so energetic." Levi said teasingly.
Hanji hummed a little as she took the boy away from the man gently, "Mmm we will talk about that later. Right now we need to get to the market to find this little man some clothes." She said before turning around and walked over to the door. Levi followed close behind her, and opened the door up for her. Once she stepped out, Levi stepped out. Turning towards the door as he locked it, Hanji turned to him, "Does that make me your woman Levi?" She whispered quietly in his ear.
Turning towards her Levi nodded, "Yes. It does." He then started walking down the stairs in front of her, glancing back to her and Eren. He then stopped and waited until she was next to him before continuing to walk down the stairs. The two adults ignored the stares that were coming their way as they walked to the door. Though Levi did give some warning glances to those who he saw were possibly thinking of causing some sort of trouble. Opening the door he waited for Hanji to step out before following her out.
Hanji looked down to the toddler who was now starting to wake up, "Well hello Eren. Did you have a nice sleep?" She said warmly to Eren as the boy stretched his arms as he yawned before rubbing his face a little, "Looks like you did have a good sleep." She adjusted her hold on the boy so he was against her chest, the boy nuzzling his head into her a little as he sleepily sucked on his thumb, looking up at the woman then over to Levi. The woman came to a stop beside the stables.
Levi stopped and put Hanji to the side, "I will get the horses. Wait here." He then disappeared into the stable building. The woman stood there for maybe a mere five minutes before Levi was back with their horses, "Maybe we should walk to the market.." He watched as Hanji moved to get on her horse, "Wait! Let me.." The woman climbed onto her horse, "Help you?" He smirked, "Well.. alright then." Levi walked over to his horse and climbed onto the saddle. Following Hanji's horse, keeping his horse close to hers as the large animals slowly walked along the road towards the market.