Hello everyone again. I noticed that Levi's character is a bit hard to display for me so spare me if I'm a bit OOC. The same goes for Hanji, but this is a few years ago before her love for titans so... I hope that this chapter will be three times better than the last.
Chapter 2
Ever since that faithful day Hanji's mood brightened ever than better. Almost to the point where her personality became extremely, and dangerously, eccentric, especially around Levi. Hanji trained and trained almost all day, everyday. Wherever she was, be it on the battlefield or at the headquarters, she would immediately grab her maneuver gear and a pair of swords and glide through the trees. She was determined to not lose any more of her friends to those titans if she could help it.
Today Hanji strapped on her 3D gear and headed straight for the training grounds early in the morning, just as the sun was rising. Gliding through the forest, she spun and sliced through the hard material of the dummy titan's neck. Looking back she realized that it wasn't her best cut. "Tch, not deep enough," The woman landed on the tree opposite and bounded back towards it, this time using both blades. Before she could make contact, a black shadow sliced across the dummy and landed on the tree Hanji just jumped off of. The girl landed to the ground and looked with awe at the wooden figure. The cut sliced all the way through the tough leather and stopped halfway of the wooden neck, almost decapitating the thing. She looked over to the tree to see her friend putting away his blades and beamed. "Wow Levi! That was amazing! Maybe you can teach me how to fight like that!"
But he only turned with a simple, "No." and swung away on his gear from tree to tree. Hanji grinned and followed after him, doing backflips and swinging like a free monkey. "Yahooo!" she hollered.
Finally Levi stopped on a branch and and turned to look at her. The woman smiled big at him, and instead of landing next to the man, she crashed straight into an unsuspecting Levi. "I-idiot!" She snickered as the two fell off the tree and headed straight for the ground. The whole time she laughed, Levi tried to free her of him, prying at her hands around his sides. "Oi! Hanji! Let go of me!" The girl just started screaming of adrenalin. "But were faaalling!" Just before they hit the ground Levi grumbled and aimed his maneuver gear a few trees ahead of them. The two started to swing forward, their feet skimming the grass. Then he realized that the hook wasn't fastened on tightly on the bark, and they both stumbled across the soft earth.
Eventually they came to a stop and Hanji let out a sigh. For a few moments of silence, she lay there, unaware of her surroundings, just that she got a few seconds of a breather from her thrill. The sound of a heartbeat, and a groan, made her come to her senses. She suddenly felt the rise and fall of a chest, but instead of lifting her head up, she let it lay there, listening to the unexpected pace of the heart; finding odd peace in the rhythm.
"Get off me, you're heavy, and filthy." Levi tried pushing her away but the woman just wouldn't budge. Instead she hugged tight onto him, putting her ear on his chest. He grimaced at the sudden action. "You better explain yourself, wench." After seconds of silence, she looked up at his face and grinned. "Levi. You have a very powerful heartbeat! It's interesting to listen to... oh, it picked up!" She put her head back down to listen, not seeing the faint blush spread across the man's angry face. He averted his eyes away and looked at the on-coming sunrise. Finally moving her arms out from his ribs and lifting her to his side, he got up and started to walk away. "The sun is up and people will be here soon. It'll be inconvenient if someone saw what just happened and misunderstand." Hanji cocked her head to the side from where she sat, but then followed after him. Levi shifted a bit to the side as he walked back but Hanji moved in right next to him, much to his displeasure. "They know we're just friends, Levi. So don't get too worked up. Eh, why are you moving away from me?" He growled and dusted off his shoulder. "Don't come near me if you're going to be unhygienic." The woman smiled big and pointed back to headquarters. "Then we'll get cleaned and have breakfast together!" He only sighed and tried to look away from her whenever she put her smirking face in front of his.
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Levi sat in the corner of the cafeteria near the window with a decent plate of eggs, ham and orange juice. He exhaled at his plate and tucked in his scarf a little more, lifting up the fork and knife to start his meal in gladness. Raising the egg piece to his mouth, Levi paused halfway to see Hanji enter the cafeteria. The man looked to the window instead, hoping she wouldn't see him and go away.
"Levi!" He was the first thing she saw in the cafeteria; figured he'd be at the corner window where he always sat in peace. She grabbed a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk from the counter of food and headed straight towards him.
Damned woman, Levi thought. How does she always find me? He continued to eat in silence, ignoring her as she came closer. She came and smiled at him with only a loaf and a bottle of milk. "Mind if I eat with you?" He replied with a blunt, "Yes, I do mind." Hanji disregarded the comment and seated herself across from him, staring as he continued to quietly eat his breakfast. Finally she asked, "Why were you in the training grounds this morning?"
"Training." he said and resumed eating. Hanji took a bite off of her loaf and continued with a mouthful. "But someone as good as you doesn't need to train." Levi grimaced at the crumbs flying out of her mouth to land on the table. "Do you even have manners?" The woman only stared at him, waiting for an answer with a chubby smile. He sighed and looked up at her through his lashes answering with a question, "Can I not train?" At this she shook her head vigorously and swallowed hard. "Oh no no. Of course you can! You could've just told me and we could train together! We'd be the ultimate tag team!" Levi huffed at this while bringing his juice to his lips. "I highly doubt you'd even be on my squad." Hanji saw what he was drinking and immediately put her hand over the glass, making Levi press his lips on her fingers. He looked up at her with annoyance and put his drink down. "What is your problem?" She only shook her head and offered him her drink, opening the cap and putting a straw in. She smiled big, flashing the drink in front of him while he only turned his head away to drink at his juice again. Hanji firmly put it down again and offered her bottle. "Drink, it's milk."
"Your point is?" The woman got up and went behind him, hooking her finger on the corner of his mouth. "It'll make you grow taller!" A vein popped in his forehead and he tried to lower her hand, but she kept on urging him to drink as she shoved the straw in between his lips. "Oi! Get your filthy fingers away from my face." But at this she managed to annoy him into taking it finally and sat back at her seat, observing him through her glasses as he took only sips before putting it down. "Satisfied?" he said in a low growl. Yet Hanji only stared. "What now." It was more of a demand than a question.
She suddenly asked, "Levi, where did you come from? You only joined recently and was not one of the graduates before." The man finished the last of his breakfast and set down his fork and knife, wiping his mouth with a napkin. He then got up from his seat and left the table, but not without saying, "Another time."
Well I hope I left you wondering what he will say (unless you either watched the anime or read the manga then you'll know his past... well part of it) but nonetheless I actually had fun with this chapter. Hope to write again and please leave reviews, it motivates me to write more.