Chpt 3: The Maiden Enchants the Beast

Levi can wait, but he wouldn't say he is a patient man. He has to wait for clients who have no sense of punctuality when they are late for meetings, after all, but that is inevitable; not everyone can the same. But he learns from there, on how to stretch his patience limit. He improved, of course. He has to! Otherwise, he would be losing clients left and right. Containing his scowl to a straight face expression while mentally chanting fuck you and your problems, Levi still has much to learn.

Levi has come a long way, having mastered the skill of waiting up to an hour, but never had he ever have to wait for four. fucking. days. He was at the point where if he hears Dita stutter for another minute, he will do an Auruo and bite his own tongue and die a pitiful death. He could just imagine the headlines tomorrow morning, "Acclaimed lawyer dies in an unfortunate accident due to tongue-biting." What glory.

But before Levi managed to end his miserable existence, he heard a knock and lifted his heavy head. Like a ray of sunshine, Petra shined her way into his office, lifting up his desolated spirit.

"Sorry to interrupt but Erwin told me to report to you ASAP." Petra said with a smile.

Levi was overjoyed; not that his expression showed any hint of it. He IS Levi after all. But in his mind, he was busy setting off fireworks in celebration of being released from having an incompetent assistant.

"Alright." Levi turned to Dita, "You may go. Erwin would probably want to debrief you on your next placement."

Dita looks like he was just released from a really, really long jail term. Releasing a breath he didn't realised he'd been holding, Dita was all too eager about escaping from Levi and his infamous temper. Excited about his freedom, Dita didn't notice Petra's little wave and practically ran out of the room, almost crying from joy.

Petra turned her attention to Levi and asked with an eyebrow raised, "Just what did he do to incur your wrath?"

"Nothing much. Just loads of shitty coffee and a coffee drenched file." he shrugged.

Petra bit her bottom lip in an effort to restrain her laughter. "I see one of your pet peeve hasn't changed. Hope there wasn't any additions while I wasn't around."

"You wish. Anyway, back to work. I'm sure you heard this from Erwin already but from now on, you are my legal assistant. If Dawk calls for you, tell him to go suck Dita's dick."

Petra chuckled, "Such eloquent vocabulary as always. If there isn't anything else extra that I need to know, I will be out there while Dita does the hand over."

"Once that broken player has finished, consolidate everything and give me a report. I can't understand a single word of his when he stutters. Like, every time." Levi grumbles, while typing away on his computer.

"Roger, captain!" Petra gave him a mock salute and marches out with the grace of a noob soldier.

Once Petra was out of sight, Levi hid his face behind his palm. She is too cute for her own good.

And like always, much to his chagrin, Roy burst in like clockwork.

"And I see you have won over the maiden! A congratulation is in order!"

Levi shifted his fingers and glared through the gaps at the approaching man who was too annoying for his own good.

"Lay a finger on me and I will end you." He growled.

"Whoa! Why the grumpiness?" Roy took a seat in front of him, head supported by his fist. "I thought you were trying to get into her pants and you are one step closer now."

What a shitty grin.

"Don't make me out to be like you, you flirt. I can keep it in my pants, unlike you." Levi resumes typing. "I wonder why Hawkeye even bothers keeping you in check." He mumbles softly, but loud enough for Roy to hear.

"Not my fault that I'm a babe magnet." His grin even wider now.

Levi decided to keep his mouth shout so as not to prolong this pointless conversation but Roy has plans of his own.

"If only she would just surrender her heart and soul to me." He sighs. "What I would do to have her putty in my hands and …" Roy continued babbling nonsensical shit until Levi couldn't take it anymore.

"Don't you think you are holding her back?"

Roy shut up.

Taking it as a sign to continue, Levi decided to be charitable for once and elaborate.

"She can be so much more than what she is today. That lady holds a Masters in Law Degree, having graduated from St Rose University of Law; one of the best law schools in the entire country. Yet, she is stuck here only as a legal assistant, chasing after you day after day because you refuse to sign the damn paperwork and whatnots. I have no idea why she chose this path and I have no intention on asking her about it, but I find it an utter waste when talent isn't utilised to its full capacity." Levi ended his comment, not wanting to exceed his daily quota of words if he could help it.

For the first time since knowing him, Levi was seeing Roy not talking for more than two minutes.

Did I hit a nerve or something? Levi ponders.

"Yeah, you're probably right." And Levi has never heard Roy spoke so softly. He was kind of disturbed, wondering if some other soul replaced the Roy he knew. Just when he was about to reach over to smack the unknown out, Roy continued.

"I've brought this up to her more than once before but she always brushed me off. And I know for a fact that she hates to be questioned about her personal life, so I can't force it out of her unless I want her to hate me." A sigh escaped.

Levi didn't know how to give a suited response to that and saying anything compassionate was way out of his character, so he decided to end this 'heartfelt dialogue'.

"Whatever." Muttering under his breath.

After a few seconds of awkward silence, Levi couldn't take it anymore. He could feel goose bumps all over his neck and arms.

"Get out of my office. I'm leaving for a meeting soon and I'm not letting some monkey stay in here while I'm away." He announced.

"Hm?!" Roy perked up. "How about asking Petra to stay in here with me instead? She is a keeper, if you know what I mean." He gave a conspicuous wink to his short tempered colleague.

Just as Levi was about to hurl the letter opener, Roy's maker made her grand entrance.

"There you are, Mr Mustang! I've been searching all over for you." Riza said sweetly, all the time smiling at Roy. Instead of feeling the supposed joy and happiness, Roy could feel himself sinking into quicksand; doomed never see to sunlight again.

"Hawkeye, I strongly suggest you to consider installing GPS on him. Saves time tracking his ass down and you know his whereabouts all the time."

Roy's face was a priceless HOW COULD YOU SUGGEST SUCH A REPULSIVE IDEA TO HER?!

"I will definitely take that into consideration and see if it fits into my budget. Thank you for the intriguing idea, Mr Levi."

Roy turned to his Riza, this time with a face that screams I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD LISTEN TO HIS SUGGESTIONS!

Knowing he is defeated, Roy trudged out of Levi's office, mentally preparing himself for another earful. Not that he minds because Riza's attention would be all on him and he gets to listen to her lovely voice.

A/N 1: Levi is a happy man. For now.

A/N 2: So I explored their interaction in this chapter. Kinda fun. Words flowed quite smoothly. I totally imagined two babies talking to each other. Why the fuck do their faces look so freaking young?