Hopping off of his horse, Levi held onto the rein's of Hanji's horse as she carefully got off her horse to keep herself from dropping Eren, "I will be looking for some clothes for the little one." She said as Hanji walked past Levi. Looking down at the boy with a laugh as the toddler grabbed at a strand of her hair.
The man took the reins of both horses in one hand and gently grabbed the woman's arm and made her look at him, "Be careful about other people. Who knows if they know about him. I will be back in a moment when I tie the horses to the post." He then let go of her arm and started leading the horses away to the post where other horses were tied at.
Hanji watched Levi for a moment before looking down to the toddler, "I won't let anything happen to you. Just as your daddy won't." She glanced over to the man again before walking towards the endless rows of merchant stands, though the clothes were more towards the back of the street than at the front. She quickly put the toddler's hand back on her arm though as the child started reaching for something, "No Eren.. you can't take that. We should probably find you some more toys while we are here as well." The woman said as she looked to the bear that the boy was holding onto tightly. She came to a stop at a stand that had only children clothing, looking for a moment she smiled, "Right here. There we go." Hanji walked around to where the boy clothing was and carefully set Eren down on the ground. She put the blanket around her shoulders like a shawl to keep it from getting dirty, "Stay right there alright? We are going to find you some clothes." She smiled as Eren looked up to her with a big smile and sparkling eyes to match his smile.
Straightening herself she looked to the stand before picking up one of the shirts that looked like it would fit the boy, kneeling down she held the shirt up to Eren and smiled as the boy looked down at the shirt then back up to her, "A perfect fit." She gave the boy a smile as she patted him on the head gently before getting up to get three more shirts and putting them in a pile close to her before looking for trousers and underwear for Eren. Finding the underwear with ease and knowing they would fit she added some to the pile, "Alright just some trousers, sock and a good coat then we are done here. Alright Eren?" She looked down to the boy, a little concerned as he clinged to her leg.
Hanji looked around to see what was scaring the boy to find some people looking directly at them, frowning she placed a hand on Eren's head gently, "It is alright Eren. They can't do anything to you." She carefully moved Eren so that he was directly in front of her, glancing back at them. She quietly wondered what was taking Levi so long to find the two of them, it really should not be that hard but then with the market being crowded as it is it could be hard. Placing her hand back on the boy's head she gently ran her fingers through his hair to keep the boy calm.
Her eyes closed as she heard some footsteps making their way over in their direction but then there was another that was just as quick, turning around she saw Levi standing between the group of people and Hanji and Eren. Her eyes went from Levi to the people as her hands quickly moved to pick the child up in her arms, holding him close. But as soon as the scene was to start, the people walked away. She smiled as Levi turned around to face her, "Are you two alright?" The man scanned the both of them quickly.
Hanji nodded, "We are fine. I just need to pay for these clothes and then we can get out of here before anyone else tries to start something.." She handed the boy over to Levi, who quickly took Eren from her. Looking down at the boy he smiled at him as the boy looked up at him before burying his head into Levi's cloak. The man ran his hand through the boy's hair, looking a little sad but calm.
He then glanced over to the stand that was full of toys. He knew that the bear was not going to be enough to fully entertain the boy so after a quick look to Hanji who was still looking through for some more clothes, the man turned towards the other stand, "Alright.. take your pick Eren." He turned the boy towards the stand, who was still holding his teddy bear so tightly. Acting almost as though he was afraid to drop it among the toys on the stand. The boy looked silently at all the toys before reaching for a stuffed lion. Reaching over, Levi picked the stuffed lion up, "Alright one more.." He watched the toddler look at the toys again after looking up at him. His eyes settled on a stuffed dog but then on a horse, the boy seemed to be unable to decide on which to pick so Levi picked both of them up before paying the merchant.
Hanji turned around to Levi just as the man did, smiling warmly at him, "Ready?" She said, eyeing the toys that were stuffed in Levi's arms and giggled as she took the toys and placed them in the sack that was in her hand, "I thought you said just two?"
Levi shrugged, "Well he could not decide so I just gave in and got him three." He poked the boy's nose playfully, the toddler giggling as he tried to reach for the man's nose. With a smirk, the man brought the boy up to his face and blew a raspberry into the toddler's belly, getting a fit of giggles and laughs. A quick glance around he looked to Hanji, "Do we have everything?"
The woman gave him a smile as she nodded, "Yes we have everything now. Though when we get back we will need to pick up some more clothes for Eren." She then turned around and started walking towards where the horses are tied. Levi followed, taking the sack from her, he put Eren down for a moment before tying the sack to his horse's saddle, "Alright Eren. You are going to ride with me." He said as the man picked the toddler up after untying his horse from the post. Putting a hand on the saddle he easily hoisted himself and Eren up onto the saddle. Putting the boy down in front of him he took an extra rope and carefully tied it around the both of them to make sure that the boy did not fall off during the long ride. Once he was sure the boy was not going to fall off, he turned his horse around, waiting for Hanji before signalling his horse to start walking.
