When Levi was finally home, he immediately ran for his bathroom, throwing his clothes off as he went. He jumped into the shower and began to scrub himself as the hot water scorched his skin. He was freezing after all that time in the water and he was going to stay in the shower until he was sure every inch of him was clean. He watched as the dirty water flowed down the drain, eventually running clear. He scrubbed his hair until he was sure his scalp was bleeding, and then simply sat on the shower floor awhile, thinking about what a horrible day he'd had. He sighed, hugging his knees to his chest as he traced pictures on the steaming glass of the shower door. He drew a dragonfly, and a pair of goggles, before angrily wiping them away and rubbing his face. He never wanted to see bugs or shitty entomologists ever again. Even if their hair did look pretty with leaves and water drops in it. He spat a few curses, stood up, and got out of the shower. He was going to go get drunk.

Eren got the call around 11PM, "oi, shitty brat, ge' down here an' drink wi' me."

Mikasa was sitting on his sofa, watching him as he tried to make sense of his boss on the phone. They had been having a horror-film marathon and she was more than a little freaked out and wanted Eren to come back so she could latch onto his arm again. "Jus' come down an' drink wi' me, there's no'n here an' is boring!" Levi had been drinking since 5 that afternoon, apparently the trip to Dauper had been far more traumatic than expected. Eren sighed, hung up the phone and looked to Mikasa, "I have to go meet Levi at some bar, will you be ok here?"

His answer was Mikasa leaping into his arms and knocking him over with a shriek of "don't leave me here alone!"

He groaned as he patted her back, the air knocked out of him, she was tough as nails but when it came to horror movies she was a total wimp, "let's go get a drink then, love."

They found Levi in his usual bar, a dive on the corner of the red light district where no one cared who he was. It was one of the few places he could drink in peace, and tonight it was pretty much empty. He looked over as Eren and Mikasa walked in, raising his glass of vodka with a drunken smile, "you guys! Awh, you guys came. Tha's cute. Did I inerupt date night?"

"You're fucked," Mikasa remarked with amusement, poking her boss' cheek, "completely fucked drunk."

"Ih was awful, so muddy, fuckin' filth erywhere.." Levi grumbled, taking a gulp of his vodka. Eren made a face, that was straight alcohol in the glass. Mikasa ordered a screwball for herself and a beer for Eren. "Hey you're both unerage.." Levi frowned, with an adorably confused face that looked positively foreign on him. "Shut up, no one cares here," Mikasa hissed, elbowing him in the ribs. "Eren! Control your girlfren!" Levi looked shocked, and Eren had to laugh, this was the most drunk he'd ever seen the man. "What happened, sir? Why did you come here?" he asked as he sat by his boss and picked up the beer that had just been set down by his arm. "They like tha' fuckin mud so much, is gross!" Levi growled, double-tapping his glass on the bar to order another, "an' they c'be so clean an' nice lookin'! They have t'eyes, those eyes were so.."

Levi got distracted by his drink, downing the last of it before another was dropped off to him. Mikasa was watching him as she sipped her screwdriver, and then she looked to Eren, "think he has the hots for Hanji. Icequeen Levi is feeling carnal."

"Oh shup, you like Eren," Levi spat in return, hitching his thumb in his assistant's direction, "you two fuck in t'cupboard, I know, I heard once."

Mikasa was as red as her scarf now and ready to slap the man, but Eren cut in, "so you're annoyed about the interview today, sir? You didn't like Dr Zoe or the sanctuary?"

"Ih was fuckin' awful," Levi fumbled in his pockets then to pull out a box of cigarettes, "they have so much potential an' they can't go jus' fuckin' clean themself no i'stead they jus' wanna waddle in mud an' looka bugs all day."

Eren nodded as he tried to make sense of Levi's drunken slurs, "they were nice though, they're not a bad person."

"Hanji Zoe can go fuck'emself," Levi muttered as he lowered his head onto the bar, closing his eyes, "shitty goggles wi' nice hair an' eyes, and ass.."