Your lie (Levi • Reader)

42. Tetris

... you pulled her to a corner before she could gossip any further ...

"Hange, don't talk about things that aren't true! You're going to spread rumours!", you grumbled, glancing over to the table of the higher-ranked.

"Uh? But aren't you-", her eyes lifted to look to the other side of the room and saw Terra sitting next to Levi.
"Wh-", she whispered in a confused tone, until understanding started spreading across her face.

You, calmly sighing:
"Please, I really appreciate your efforts, or whatever you're trying to do there, but I- I don't want it.
It creates weird situations and makes everything just so much worse.", you smiled at her.
"... But thanks Hange."
When looking at her, you noticed that she didn't seem to be even listening to you.

Hange pensively confused:
"...I thought I told him to ask you, not Petra...", she mumbled.

"You WHAT?", you repeated loudly with widened eyes.

Hange in her thoughts
A few days ago:
After breakfast, I pulled Levi to the side and laughed, while he cursed at me.

"You crazy woman, let me go.", he grunted angrily and I stopped behind the stairs.

With an expectant facial expression, I stared at him.

Levi annoyedly glanced up.
"What?"

Me overwhelmed:
"Sooo? I haven't asked you how the shopping went."

Levi in a deep tone:
"Fuck off."

"Hey Shorty, don't be like that!", I laughed amusedly, rummaging through his hair.

Levi grunted and parted roughly from me, intending to leave.
"Don't touch me."

"Hey, where are you going?", I asked, tripping behind him.

"Training.", he blankly responded.

I raised my eyebrows up and down with a smirk.
"...With (Y/N)?"

He didn't stop his pace and ignored me.

"Hey, wait!", I shouted, catching up.
"Have you asked her out already?"

Levi annoyedly stared forward.
"..."

"Come on, Shorty, you have the skills, the looks...
the...
charm...", I became slower.
"Well, we can work on that..."

Levi frowned in annoyance.

"I'm sure she'll say yes, if you ask her.", I exclaimed optimistically.
When realising he wouldn't respond, I added:
"Or do you want Eren to take her with him?"

Levi monotonically:
"I don't care."

Me, shrugging in surprise:
"Shorty! Really?! Thats's so noble of you!", I gave out.
"You're allowing Eren Yeager to take the first step!", I continued, looking up to an unknown light, while clenching my right fist.
"The first fight he has ever lost, the strongest man on this earth, the cleanest individual having ever existed...", I closed my eyes with a whisper, not overdramatising at all.

Pensively I put a finger onto my glasses to rearrange them.
"Maybe he'll even manage after a few approaches."

Levi annoyed:
"Tch. She wouldn't consent to him anyway."

I got you hehehe.
"Are you sure? (Y/N) said something else..."
His look turned to me emotionlessly for the first time.

"What?"