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"Natasha?" Words… What are they again? "Tasha-Chan!" You speak them, right? They come from your vocal cords and out through your mouth, cutting past the air and into another person's ear, allowing communication to happen. That's what it is but… How does one accomplish the act of speaking? Lips… You move your lips. "Tasha-Chan, you stupid bitch, wake up!"

"That's not nice," the words came naturally, there was no need to put such thought into them.

"Are you okay?" Levi sounded worried… About me?

I pulled myself up as I opened my eyes. "I'm fine," I lied. My whole body ached, on top of that my right elbow wouldn't bend without severe pain. I gasped, my face scrunching up in pain as I attempted to get to my feet. Levi was at my side, watching carefully with his arms ready to catch me if I were to need them.

Loud thuds, close together, getting louder…

Before I knew it Levi had me in his arms and was flying to a high building to get me out of the way of the oncoming titan. My arm was pinned against him and I couldn't move it. I was in so much pain… Tear began to fall from my eyes but I didn't scream or cry out, what good would it do? I rested my head against his chest and began taking deep breaths to try and calm my body.

"I blame you for this." I said, attempting to joke with him as I wiped away the tears, but I was sure he took it to heart. He looked down at me, his brows furrowed but not in his usual angry way. "I was moving slowly because of last night…"

That's right. Thanks to Levi I was no longer a virgin, something I was so overwhelmingly happy about, although… Being woken up by Eren wasn't the best way for the morning after to go. The kid had even seen us hugging each other... naked. However, I was glad it was just him. Despite the fact that Levi had finally manned up and made love to me, he still refused to tell anyone about our relationship, but I was glad that he'd finally told me the real reason.

He was worried. Scared that if people knew I was dear to him that they would target me, apparently he has other enemies which weren't just Titans.

Landing on the highest building he could get to, the short soldier set me down. "Stay here." He said it in that 'it's an order!' type voice so I knew he'd probably hit me if I went against him. I nodded and before I knew it he was zooming off. I watched his back as he went about killing the titans who had done this to me. Looking back, try to take on four titans at once was a push, especially while trying to save Armin at the same time. At least he was alright.

This whole stupid thing was apparently the kings doing, punishing us for messing up the place with the whole female titan incident. I decided to push all angry thoughts from my mind and concentrate. My 3D manoeuvring gear was in bad shape but still functional, however my right arm was not so I'd have limited function of it, which is if I was even able to use it with only one arm. On top of that my entire body hurt, that fact alone would slow me down. I gritted my teeth, severally pissed off that I was rather useless.

"Hey, Natasha-Chi!" I looked over to see Hanji on the building opposite where I was. "What happened?"

"Got head butted by a Titan." I answered as I remembered slamming into the head of the ugly beast. All in an attempt not to be eaten by another of the critters. I was only lucky that I hit it high on the head and not lower down, that and Levi was close by to save my ass. Using my left arm I pushed myself to my feet.

"Take it easy!" She waved to me before taking off again. I sighed. Talk about being useless.

"Sasha!" I yelled as I saw the young brunette being chased by a rather odd looking Titan. It was as if it had cramp down its left side and seemed to hop from one leg to the other as it ran. She'd never coped well with the fear of being eaten by a titan and having such an aberrant chancing you, it's no wonder the poor girl was trembling and running away. Without thinking I grabbed the handle of my blade, pulling it out and released my left line. It hooked onto a building about half a mile away, I reached over and grabbed the right handle; the blade had been shattered so it was lighter than the left.

I held the two handles in my left hand, if I was careful I could use all of the functions just using the one hand. As I applied pressure onto the lever which turned my gas on I also pulled the lever to real in the line. With a short run up I was able to pull myself into the air. Although I wasn't as graceful as I would have been using both hands and it did nothing for my pain but I was able to manage.

Five seconds it took me to reach the roof of the other building. Sasha came down to me, terror masking her face.

"Calm down!" I ordered before she could say a word. She nodded and gulped as she attempted to stop her limbs from shaking. "I'll get to the floor and trip it, you'll have to deal with the neck." Another nod, too scared to speak. I gave a gentle smile in an attempt to reassure her. She forced a rather sad smile in return and headed for higher ground.

Using the gas to control my decent I dropped to the ground and hid in the door way of the building I'd been stood on top of with the potato girl only seconds before.

Completely ignoring myself, the titan dashed straight for Sasha, that was rather lucky for me. Extending both my lines I managed to pump out enough gas to get up to a high enough speed to slash through his tendon in his lower leg. With no ability to stop myself though, I ended up slamming into the wall of the building opposite. My head split open and I felt warm liquid running down my forehead, the blow to my head didn't do much for my vision either, just what I needed. But the titan was the one to fall flat on its face. Thankfully Sasha managed to swoop back and take care of the creature before coming to see if I was alright.

"I'm fine," I lied again before she even asked the question. Although, it was pretty apparent by my appearance that I wasn't. "Go on, I'll be alright here. You need to help the others."

She nodded. "I'll get Levi to come and get you!" But before I could beg her not to she was taking off again to help our comrades.

One stinking titan. That was all. One. And it took all the energy from my body and made me wish to cry again. The pain throughout my body was becoming too much to bare. Keeping my tears silent I fell to the floor and covered my mouth, trying to hold in the sobs. I was just glad I'd been able to assist in some way dispite being injured, although I was sure Levi would kill me later. I struggled to keep a hold of my consciousness as I pressed my hand to the gash on my forehead, trying to limit the bleeding as head wounds are well known for bleeding more than injuries on other parts of the body.

Almost an hour passed before Levi came back for me. Erwin had issued the order for retreat, a smart move in my opinion.

"Are you okay?" He asked as he walked over to me. He had the look of severe anger on his face and I could honestly say his cold glare made it appear as if he were going to kick in my face. I nodded and smiled up at him. Even if it was an angry expression on his face, it was still Levi's face I was looking at and that meant I had to smile. "Idiot, you look like crap and look at you, you're filthy!"

That made me want to laugh but I didn't dare, not because it was Levi there but because I was sure laughing would only add to the aches and discomfort.

Bending down he grabbed my left hand and pulled me to my feet. I grunted as the movement caused more agony for myself. "Sorry," he shrugged, I knew there was nothing he could do but it still felt as if he were harming me on purpose. He turned around and squatted down for me. I leaned down, my arms sliding over his shoulders and I made sure to sit just above his gear. I wrapped my left arm around him and held on tight. It was up to me to stay on since he had to worry about driving and figuring out how to work his gear with the extra weight.

I stayed quiet, fearing what he might say if I dare speak. But I didn't waste my time hugging on to him. Do you think I'm an idiot!? Don't answer that. No, I'm not. I rested my chin on his shoulder and began nuzzling against his neck.

"Quit it."

Screw you, I'm having fun. I don't care if I pay for it later.

So, I didn't. As nobody was looking I decided to give his neck kisses in between nuzzles.

"Tasha, if you don't stop it I'll have to punish you later. You've already pissed me off, don't make it worse." There was no play in his voice, it was cold and annoyed as he kept his eyes forward and concentrated. I sighed. Although I didn't wish to further anger him, I couldn't help it. After our activities of the night before I wished for affectionate reasurance.

I licked up his neck to his ear, I could feel his skin prickle and shiver under my tongue. Once I was at his ear I began to nibble his lobe, as if massaging it with my teeth. He made a light grunting noise and then it sounded as if he were growling. I took it as a good sign and continued. Breaking off from the nibble to lick behind his ear and then returning to massaging the soft flesh.

"Stop it. Right, fucking, now." Irritated might be an understatement. I gave an awkward laugh as I hugged my head tight to his. I'd taken it too far and I knew it. I was sure to be in the Levi dog house for the rest of the day if not longer.

"Sorry." I whispered to him but the ticked off Captain gave no gesture of accepting the appology. I sighed again and stayed quiet, still, so as not to bother Levi any more. It would do me no good, there was no way I was going to get him in a brighter mood.

Well, the bright side is I got carried all the way home, the not so bright side was, Levi got a doctor to come and visit me. I don't dislike doctors as people but they always seemed to be bringing bad news so I tended to stay as far away from the white coats as I could.

"Well, I can tell you it's not too bad, just a shattered elbow joint." The old male, around sixty years old by the looks of it, said with a rather chipper smile.

"How is shattered not too bad?" Levi asked before I could. If I didn't know better it would sound as if he were bored but to me it sounded like an edge of annoyance along with it.

"You see, although I say shattered it's not like you imagine a shattered glass!" Perky, too damn perky for a doctor. I didn't like that... If you're going to give bad news, don't mask it by saying it could be worse. It could also be better, couldn't it?
"It's more like it's been broken into a few pieces and needs time to knit back together. You should go to the hospital and get them to plaster it up so you don't make it worse." He packed up his bag and handed Levi a letter to say I needed the cast.
I fidgetted on the sofa, we were in Levi's office and I had been since he carried me back. My legs and butt were going numb, which was rather uncomfortable. We'd been waiting for over two hours for the doctor to arrive and on top of that he'd been here for another half an hour. So much sitting down!
"But I suggest a shower first since you'll be in the cast for a couple of moths. That and no lifting or anything, you'll need to have someone look after you." And with that I suddenly liked this doctor a whole lot more.

I was sure I got that hopeful glimmer in my eyes as I looked to Levi because he grumbled and turned away. He'd come to call it my 'hoping for sex look', because before we'd done the dead, I often got my hopes up that we would do it, but never did. Hopefully those times were over with.

"Is that all?" He asked with a flat tone as he showed the doctor out. The thing that made all of this even better was the fact that Erwin had told us we wouldn't be going out on anymore active scouting missions anytime soon. Which meant I was going to make Levi my little handy man and he could make the tea for once! Who knew such a thing could turn into a good thing.

A quiet click told me the door was closed and we were alone.

"Levi-Kun?" I asked in a rather excited, sing-song voice. He didn't answer so I looked over to him. "Levi-... Kun?" He was clutching the handle of the door, hunched over and looked to be trembling. I got to my feet and walked over to him slowly, keeping my right arm tight to my chest and making sure not to move it too much. I reached out with my left hand and gently rubbed his back.

He... He was crying? No, there were no tears. He seemed to be sobbing though. I was shocked, what an earth could he be doing such a thing about!? I held my arm out to the side, out of the way and hugged him. He was taking short, sharp breaths as tears began to fall from his thin eyes.

"Levi-Kun, what's wrong?" I asked as I kissed the side of his head.

"You." Talk about to the point. I rolled my eyes and sighed.

What have I done this time?

"I thought... I was so worried... You had to go and... I'll kill you!" He obviously couldn't decide how he wished to say it, if it had been any other time I might have smiled and called him cute, however he was crying and it made my heart ache.

"I'm sorry I made you worry." I moved my working hand down onto his chest and pushed him back slightly. "I didn't mean to." His eyes had dried, he'd obviously only shed a few tears, and he glared right at me. His right hand reached out and his right thumb traced along my bottom lip, one of the few places on my body which didn't hurt.

Ignoring my hand on his chest he stepped closer, grabbing two handfuls of my hair as he crashed his lips against mine. However he didn't stay close to me for long. He rested his forehead against mine, his eyes shut tightly as if he didn't dare look at me. The grip on my hair loosened and his hands fell to his sides.

I sighed and took a step closer to the door, grabbing the handle and almost yanking it off of it's hinges just to get it to open.

But before I could step out of the door, two rather thin yet strong arms wrapped around my waist as a chin rested on my shoulder and two dark, narrow, evil eyes glared at me. It was sweet, in a way... But kind of scary at the same time.

"Care to join me?"

"Join you with what? Where are you going?" He sounded suspiscious and a little possessive. It made me smile.

"To get a shower." I laughed as I leaned my head on his and shut my eyes. "But if you like, I'll happily stay like this." Levi's grip seemed to loosen as if he were relaxing, but he didn't let go. We stood there for a few minutes, for no reason in particular. It was great, true bliss. I could feel the head of his body against my back and the rise and fall of his chest and he breathing in and out. Closeness with him was like heaven.

But I needed to get the shower and over and done with so I could head to the hospital and get my arm all plastered up, hopefully that would help.

"Will you help me?" I asked, keeping my voice low so not everyone down the corridor could hear us since Levi was still determined to keep us a secret. His arms fell but his right hand laced it's fingers in-between my left and he gave it a gentle squeeze.

"Come on," I looked to him in surprise. His cheeks only appeared a little flushed, however he seemed unusually calm about holding my hand when I was still dirty. "We'll get you cleaned up and I'll take you to the hospital." He turned to me with that look that said 'this is an order!' "I'll be the one looking after you until you're arm is better."

Could I be happier? ... I don't think so.

A/N: Well, I did yet another chapter!~ I really do love writing this story, I don't know what it is but with a lot of my other fanfics I have the ideas, I just can't get it to sound right, they seem to be coming out in a jumble but hopefully this one isn't. Now, I'm not promising to do more but I think I will at least try to.

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