I kiss you when you lick your lips; You like it wet and so do I. No you never waste a drip, I wonder how it feels sometimes; Must be good to you
Erd was fast, faster than she'd given him credit for, blocking every attempt she made to walk towards the pot, holding her carrots to her chest. Petra walked in, saw this, and, instead of smiling like Zoe thought she would, she sprinted, making to tackle her, but she dodged just in time. Gunther entered through the same door, saw her and charged, Zoe yelping, but managing to duck, using momentum and a slight elbow to flip him over.
Levi was in now, eyes flickering about his squad, as Petra and Gunther made to get up again, and Erd's flailing. He walked up, took the carrots from her, and passed them to Erd. Gunther slumped, hands on the floor, pressing his head to it before he fell onto his side. Zoe frowned, wondering why they were trying to block her, she was a good cook, wasn't she?
"Zoe, come out with me, I've got something to show you."
Zoe pointed hesitantly to the pot, "But I was going to-going to cook."
Gunther blanched, his fairly tan skin losing a bit of luster, shaking his head wildly, still on the floor. "I, uh," he took a breath, "I don't want you to spend your valuable time, you should let us handle that."
"Oh, I can do laundry, then," Zoe said.
Petra's head snapped up, eyes wide, "No, no, no, we've got it."
Levi hand his hand in the crook of her elbow, pulling her with him, the others eyes on her. She followed after him, frowning back at the rest of them, wondering what the big fuss was about.
"Levi, I'm a good cook, right?"
Levi's eyes kept straight ahead, even as he said, "Of course."
She made a tiny huffing noise, his hand dropping from her elbow, rounding the corner to see Eren and Auruo, waiting with his horse and her own, 3D gear on everyone but her. Auruo gave her a nod, and Zoe attempted one in return, noticing her 3D gear case. It didn't take her long to complete getting it on, shifting to and fro, checking a blade or two, before grasping the reins on her horse, bouncing once, twice on one foot, boosting herself up.
Zoe brought her horse astride Levi, asking, "What are we doing?"
"Training. May as well get him mildly better."
She turned, hand on her horse's pelt, leaning out of her saddle. "Didn't you train with Keith?"
Eren gave a quick nod.
"See, Levi, he does have a very good base to build on, he was apart of the top ten Cadets."
Levi gave her a look, eyebrow arched. Zoe tipped, her horse buffeting LEvi's enough to make the black horse, shift, right into the way of branches. He ducked before it hit him, veering back onto the trail, his glare tempered to the barest extent. She smiled, making sure it was a bit too sweet, catching sight of a clearing, as well as an outpost, and assumed that was where the training would occur.
He spurred his horse into a brief canter, slowing, yanking his reins around, horse rearing up, not very far, but Levi was obviously in a hurry to get through it. She tied her horse down, walking to Levi's side, Eren standing before them. Zoe surmised that Levi still wanted private training time, just due to the fact that he could smack Eren around without having his, she assumed, girlfriend, give him that death glare.
"Zoe was my partner back in 844," Levi said, "And therefore, she's good enough to give you pointers, despite her dalliances in the Military Police. If you'll display a bit of skill?"
"Are you going to say Military Police like that?"
"I said it normally."
She rolled her eyes, but pulled her handles out, taking a running start before putting her gear into use, the sparse tree forest providing a perfect area to move about in. Zoe appeared above the trees once or twice, always enjoying the sharp plummet. The first time she'd been big enough, one of the Garrison Troops had allowed her to put it on, teaching her quickly how to use it. Her mother had stormed out of no where, much like lightening, dragging her out of the trees, telling James, the Garrison Man, to not encourage her.
Her mother was a large fan of the 'ladylike' term, and taught her, thought at points it was more forcefully inspired, to be awkwardly congenial. The awkward on her part, because she wanted to make her mother proud, she really did, so she clipped her conversations, or didn't engage in them at all. On the other hand, her father wasn't particularly interested in her in general, and made vague backing of her mother's ideas. He was invested in Jaz, just due to the fact he was a going to inherit the farm, and Jaz was just...better than her.
Especially, her mother's axioms for the part, increased when she started displaying more and more interest in being a soldier. Zoe was caught, just turned 16, trying to sign up for the Cadet program. Some point, she thought, in 840, and her mother had lost her shit. She made a fairly big scene, despite the fact that they were in the underground, and wow, it was scary enough for her mother to shout in the first place.
She'd caught a sight of a number of, she had it clarified by the merchant, Thugs, sitting up on one of the tall houses, 3D movement gear at their waist. Zoe was fairly sure, if her memory was correct, that was Levi. He sat the same way Levi did, one knee crooked, other leg out flat, and she was 80% sure it was him, but she wasn't going to bring that up. Still, it was the way he'd finally moved, their shadows flitting above them, that made her finally screw her mother's opinion, and join the Cadets in 841.
And here she was now, 9 years later, everyone but her, and her brother's son dead in their family, doing something that kept her spirits up. She'd found Levi that was as well, and even as he smirked in her direction, expression otherwise impassive, she was happy she did. Zoe sank to the ground, knees bent, cushioning her fall, hand on the ground, before she stood, set her handles back in place, sweeping her fringe back into place. Eren looked almost surprised, and she put a hand on her hip, wondering why he did.
"I'm sorry, I just...I thought the Military Police were, I mean, not untalented, but you don't use the device a lot, do you?"
On any other occasion, she'd nod without pausing, but now, she took a beat, considering the Central Government's action of sending her and her top officers out into Titan territory. Zoe knew she was replaceable, to a point, and she'd recently been securing her place, as well she could. Erwin had said that he was replaceable, and she agreed, just because a few political enemies could find his replacement in an instant. Not that she wanted to, because Erwin was a sincere gift to humanity.
"Well, I manage to practice."
"Yea, your technique is really advanced," Eren said, fairly enthusiastic.
"despite it all, we are elite for a certain reason. I know, it doesn't match to your view, and in certain cases, it is selfish reasons we elect to being behind wall Sina, but honestly.." She gave a little sigh, waving her sentence away. "Doesn't matter. Levi, what do you want me to do?"
"Teach him better hand to hand," Levi said. "Concerning the idea that he doesn't keep his gear with him, I think we should focus on that.
She nodded, and stepped in. Auruo was used to demonstrate moves on, and occasionally Levi would step in to show a perfectly executed block. As the day progressed, Levi loosened up, almost smiling as Auruo decked Eren, the man making a snippy comment that lost all meaning as Eren popped up for another bout and put him on the ground. Zoe was fairly concerned that Eren and Auruo were going to have back problems if they got to see the end of their Solider careers.
They took a break for a late lunch, shaded by the shadow, expanding from the tall outpost, 3D gear set aside. Levi sat close to her, stealing her food periodically. She was a fair bit too busy, lips twisted down, writing scratching against paper. Zoe did elbow him at some point, as he jostled her and blocked her light, and she got a slight grunt of pain in quick time.
"Captain, do you want to let him use his gear?" Auruo asked.
Levi gave a quick nod, watching Eren silently, allowing his subordinate to call the shots, his unneeded complaints making Eren look a bit exasperated. He was good; probably why he was among the top ten. Maybe he was a little green, and Auruo had years of field combat on his side, but that was no reason to essentially chase him into the forest.
Eventually, Levi turned to her, the two a ways away. He dipped in, tried to shift her closer, legs spreading, attempting to place her between them. Zoe made another noise, holding up one finger, and he responded by letting his own travel over the leather binds over her body, just enough to distract her.
His fingers crept up, until she turned, raised her paper, glaring. "Levi, I'm almost done, if you don't mind."
"I don't, that's why I'm bothering you," Levi said, chin on the heel of his hand, eyebrows lifted, hand still on her leg, sitting so he faced away from the table, propped up.
Despite that fairly annoying answer, she smiled, and worked a bit faster. As she signed her name, his arms went tight around her waist, the h in Roth, looking very odd, but she didn't care, allowing herself to be manhandled between his legs, though she moved enough to be facing him. Levi's smirk was triumphant, hands sliding down her back, over her ass.
"Do you know when they'll be back?"
"Couldn't give a shit," he muttered, an elbow set back against the table where he'd leaned, hand now on her thigh. "You're such a fucking tease, you know that?"
She gave a short laugh, enjoying his hands as they smoothed slow over her. "Really?" Her hands were draped over his shoulders. "Why is that?"
"I have clarified how much of a turn on it is to see you move like that, haven't I?" His hands were a bit harsher now, at her hips, making her grind down on him, till she started it herself. "Fuck, you're gorgeous."
"All the time?" Even though she didn't need to ask it.
"Yes, all the fucking time," He said, voice a bit worn, biting the inside of his cheek.
Levi's hands stalled at her breasts, head dipping again, then brought it back up to hers. She let her hands cover his, encouraging him, the feel of him through her uniform just enough to work for her. His hands left then, sliding back down over her ass, squeezing tight, pulling her harder down, and Zoe tilted into kiss him, arms again over his fairly broad shoulders, hardly taller than him like this.
He pulled away, breath hitching harshly. "Swear, m'gonna," Levi didn't finish, hips starting to rise to meet hers.
The kiss was a bit more frantic now, and Levi attempted to worm his hand under her clothes, cursing sharply, breaking them apart. His curse ended in a tiny moan, and Levi's head rolled back just for an instant, looking desperate.
"Zoe, I swear to fuck, if you make me come in my pants, I-I'm going to..." LEvi's voice cracked and trailed off.
"Yea?" she asked, hardly decreasing the pressure she was putting on him every single time she moved her hips. "Tell me."
He shook his head, brow furrowed, concentrated on not allowing himself to come, so she outlined it herself, close to his ear. Asked him if he'd like to tie her down, which, oddly, he hadn't done too many times. Levi nodded, the reliably kinky bastard. Zoe smiled, liking it a bit too much when he was the one barely able to speak, mouth open, pupils dilated.
She continued on, starting on the cuffs, how they'd dig into her skin, how she wanted him to fuck her hard enough that she didn't care about that fact. Levi's agreements were frantic, his moan stumbling when she went into detail, told him what she wanted. Bruises on her hips, and if she just wore his shirt, something without a collar, she wanted his squad to see something there. Maybe a handprint on her ass, if he wanted, and his groan was drawn out, his face in her neck, mouth open against her skin, lips forming words unspoken.
Zoe recalled him mentioning someone else fucking her, and drizzled that in, his whine only brief. "They're not gonna come into you, got that?" his command was garbled, like he was babbiling, but the words reached her. The fact he was considering it made her falter, appealing to her as much as it seemed to him, and she hummed low, hands tight in his hair, overheating in her clothes.
"They could fuck me while I have you in my mouth, Levi," she said, "and then what? Are you gonna make them pull out, and show them how to really fuck me?"
His breath caught again, and his hips gave a tiny stutter. "Yes," he hissed.
Zoe dropped her voice further, "because you're the only one who can really fuck me, aren't you?" She knew how to stroke his ego, although it was fairly true. Mostly because he put in time, and attention, as he seemed to love knowing just where to touch, how to angle, make her melt, or scream. She fucking loved that, giving a bit of an involuntary jerk on his hair.
His hands fisted in the small amount of extra cloth on her uniform, curse long and drawn out. Levi trembled under her, damp forehead still set to her bared collarbone, and she wondered if that flush on his cheek was from exertion or embarrassment. They didn't move for a bit, and she wished she could've gotten off just on this, but; a victory nonetheless.
"Shit," he breathed, normally, eyes cutting to the forest. "Did anyone see that?"
"No, they haven't come out," she said, felt him nod again. And, Auruo's voice had still been audible throughout it.
"Good." Levi still didn't move to arrange himself, looking fairly annoyed, mouth in a slash. "I'm fucking dirty, Zoe."
"Yea?" she eased away from him, but he caught her, pulled her back down, back to him now, hand sliding under her pants, able to access her this way.
Zoe heard Auruo's voice, shouting at Eren to hurry up, they were going to come back; something along those lines. She struggled, but he held her tight, ministrations picking up pace.
"Cum, and you can go."
Never thought it would actually be something of a punishment. She knew Auruo was going to walkout of those woods soon, so she relaxed into his fingers. Zoe reached back, hips canting forward into his fingers, hand around the back of his neck. And fuck it felt good, because she was still turned on, just from their activity, and he commented on how wet she was.
His fingers moved faster over her, coaxing her on in a low voice, promising he'd fuck her later, if she just came right now. "be a good girl, for me, Zoe," and she needed that line, fuck all, he could push her buttons like she could his. Zoe repeated his name, breathing it instead of shouting, tremors rocking her frame, his fingers still working slow. When she stilled, he removed his fingers, and she thought he'd slip them into her mouth, something he liked to do, but he pressed them into his own.
She watched, twisted enough to achieve this. Levi gave a tiny smirk around them, letting his two fingers slip from his mouth, standing, arm steadying her. He looked down, and the smirk disappeared.
"You're going to wash this," he said, voice low.
"Really?"
"I'm going to write down exact steps, set down a bucket. And I think I want to see you in that pretty set of underwear you always hide." He put on his cloak, making sure it covered the fairly odd looking spot, strapping his 3D gear on. "You're not sneaky, Zoe." Levi swung up on horse back, just as Auruo and Eren exited the trees, calling, "Let's go, Eren needs to clean."
Zoe managed up on her horse with her own gear on, Levi's look making her heart jump.
"And so does Zoe."
Eren's confusion was palpable, knowing she, at least, could do Levi's standard of cleaning, or avoid it with sex, and know he'd do it before she woke up. So, she wasn't exactly a person that Levi would attach 'clean up' to. But apparently, he was in a mood, and she'd caused it.
She walked across the courtyard, catching sight of the new recruits, laboring in the cold morning air, a few days of heavy cloud cover, and lack of precipitation providing a low temperature. Zoe wore an oversized black sweater, Levi's, just due to the fact she couldn't pack worth a shit, cup of hot tea in her hand, settling into the close bench, crossing her legs under her, and setting her book up. This was the one he'd been unable to find, but, here it was.
Most of the Special Tactile Squad, and senior regiment members were experiencing the first stretch of down time in 20 days. In fact, Petra was walking towards her, waving, a wall cutting them off from view of the recruits. Since Eren's experiment, she'd been talking to the squad more, just due to the fact she wanted to try the friend idea.
Petra sat on the adjacent bench, giving a huff, starting with a question about her book. Apparently, the woman read as much as she did, and if Zoe was known for something, it was reading. It was the only thing that her mother approved of, in all honesty. Levi was slinking towards them, mood worse, with the early morning idea, recent shower making him look like a drowned, and tired, cat, casual clothes doing nothing to help him.
A recruit tried to say something, but Levi looked at him once, and the boy fell back, real terror in his eyes. Zoe smiled as he walked closer, shutting her book, and letting her conversation with Petra lull, the both of them looking up at him. Levi came to a halt, glancing to Petra with a brief nod, gaze back on Zoe, flickering over her fast, and she knew that little look.
"Can I talk to you?"
Ah yes, the cover of talking. And once he had her alone, it would be a quick shift into sex.
"Levi, I'm busy."
His eyebrows raised, "Really?"
"Yea, I'm talking to Petra."
"Zoe," Levi entire body gave an impatient twitch, hand clenching.
"Yes?" she gave him a sweet smile, continuing, "Can you get me a blanket, or something? I'm cold." She shivered, tucking her elbows close, his sweater dropping enough from her shoulder to expose the mark he'd made on her, during the surmised 'cleaning'. "And one of Erd's muffins. For Petra too, if you don't mind."
His hands fisted, but he turned around, slink turning to more of a stomp, "Sure."
"The walk will wake you up," She called, but he was walking away.
"That was fairly impressive," Petra said, hiding her little laugh.
"Ah, you have your guys to take care of," she said, "and, it takes much more to control Auruo, I believe, than with the weight of sex."
"True, I don't have that bonus."
When Levi came back, they shifted out of sex and common male idiocy talk, to books, Levi joining in, only to poke fun at her reading. Still she had her muffin, and tea, so she was more than happy, using him as something of a pillow. His finger slipped over her neck, caressing slow, easing his arm around her waist, obviously happier, being that he had talked to Petra regularly before this. Erd walked over, carrying more muffins and tea, plopping down on the third empty bench, completing the tucked away little space.
They began recounting battles, Erd and Petra arguing over some bits, then conceding when Levi interrupted with proper accounts. Gunther popped up, sat down next to Petra, and joined in. Small exclamations went up among the three squad members as Auruo walked over, wavy, pale blonde curls flattened, a new pot of tea in his hands, plopping down next to Zoe.
Levi cleared his throat, looking to the spot next to Erd, not amused as Auruo jostled them. The man picked himself up, after pouring her a new cup of tea. When Auruo sat down, Levi nodded, hooking his leg back over the other, the movement situating him closer, arm over the back of the bench, other still around her. His face was still impassive, though she knew he was content, at least.
His squad seemed to understand his dislike for praise, and Zoe alluded it to his loss of Isabel and Farlan. He'd loved it when they trained, smirking when the grudging compliments were given, his abilities sure and strong. But, he hadn't saved his friends so…
Levi did make sure to stop Auruo blustering, interjecting with a sharp comment. The other things he said were fairly restrained insults, adding to conversation with his filthy comments, though they weren't as bad as she knew he could get. She didn't have much to add in, until Levi told her to tell the story of her first Titan encounter.
Zoe's eyebrows raised, but she shrugged, "Okay, um, so, we were doing a practice formation, and I was brought along because the trainers loved me, and thought I could handle it. I mean, I did, but my squad members messed up when we encountered a Titan on the way back, missed the legs, or something, and while I was already up on it's neck and killed it, my gear malfunctioned, and a 13 meter was already thumping towards us, another mistake made, and most of the patrol was already back inside Maria, so I was fairly fucking dead, because I wasn't as proficient at killing them, one on one." shouldn't have said that. "Anyways, Levi's was working, and he broke off, and got me up the wall." She gave a tiny shudder. "I wasn't really sure of becoming a soldier, but...it's honestly the best option."
Auruo whistled, giving a short pause, in which he smiled, and said, "So, is that when you two- fear of death and all that shit?"
Levi blinked, and they shrugged at the same time, which seemed to amuse everyone to a good extent. The group moved on, suggesting what they should do today, blanching when Levi suggested cleaning in a flat voice, not a single indicator that he was joking. His expression dropped, and he waved his free hand, setting it to his forehead, flat line of his lips indicating that he was, in fact, joking.
Nervous laughs went around, and the group went back to musing over activities. Auruo snapped his fingers, pointing around the slight circle they created.
"There's a new bar-slash-theater, thingie, I dunno, by the river."
Erd gave a slight nod, "Sounds okay, but Auruo, I swear if this is another one of your brothel jokes, I will smack you in place of Petra."
It was better with friends. Especially when Auruo was stumbling about, very sloshed, Erd a bit tipsy, and therefore unable to help. Levi's eyebrows were twisted up in amusement, shoulders relaxed, watching the two sober members of his squad attempt to hold them up. Auruo was going on about how pretty Petra was, but that she was acting like they were married. Erd crashed into Auruo, in something of an attempt to shut him up, or something else, she had no idea.
All very amusing. But they all cared for each other, it was evident. Despite only being near them for a few weeks, she supposed...that she had friends now. Lovely sentiment, and she finally embraced it.
The wind changed, the first day that you came through. Cut the corn, washed it clean. Now everything that's ever gone before, is like a blur; and it's all because of you. And now I find, this city's like a stranger to me, I once was fooled by Cadillac's and honey; but no one feels like you. Not like you.