twenty

Breakfast was fast, faster than usual.

You were dragged to levis office by the man himself before training had begun so he could discuss the private training he was going to be giving to you.

Neither of you had talked since levis sudden need for a hug. If it was even considered a hug.

Still completely in the dark about what that whole thing was even about, unsure if you should bring it up and, at this point, unsure if it had even happened.

Levi snapped his fingers in front of your face with incredible sass as he glared. "Can you focus runt?"

You stapped out of your thoughts, staring at him with slightly wide eyes and hummed softly. "Sorry, sir," you muttered out as he leaned back again, resing his backside against his desk, as well as his hands.

"As i was saying, im training you at the end of training for extra time, erwin told you, yes?"

A nod came from you, keeping your mouth closed.

"Good. Any questions? Great." He turned, going to his chair and sat down, going to completely ignoring you.

You let out a small huff of air, keeping your hands held together behind your back and your eyes on levi. "Sir,"

He hummed in response, not looking up.

"Sir?-"

"You can speak without me looking at you,"

Your lips stayed parted, going silent as your eyes slightly narrowed on him out of irritation. "Are we gonna talk about it-"

"If i wanted to talk about it, i would have brought it up," levi spat back, glancing up at you through the strands of his hair

You let out a small hum, nodding your head, and went quiet

What were you meant to say? If you tried to push it, levi would probably force you out of his otfice.. but you were curious.

Levi had looked back away and was reading through something before letting out an exaggerated sigh. "Runt. Dont read into it. "

Dang. Howd he know. "Im not," you shot back, lying through your teeth, but the look levi gave you made you let out a grumble in defeat and look down.

"It was nothing. I just got a bit lightheaded. "

What a dumb ass lie, you wanted to say to him. But he obviously didn't want to talk about it, so you gave a small nod and shifted in your spot, letting your hands fall from behind your back.

"Okay, sir." You muttered out, taking in his closed off appearance one more time before excusing yourself and walked out, heading to get geared up for training.

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Levi seemed more in a mood than usual after your talk. It you weren't the only one to notice either.

A few of the cadets were muttering to themselves near you about levi, his usual demeanour being hightened 10x.

You raised an eyebrow hearing them talk.

"Aparently, someone overheard his wife filed for divorce," one of the girls whisperer, followed by a few questions and snickerks.

Levi had a wife? There was no way. And not just because you were sleeping with him. Hange knew about it and would have known he was married.

You rolled your eyes slightly at them, gossiping complete lies as levi explained what was going to happen in training today.

A series of 'yes sirs' filled the air, everyone walking off into groups of 3. You looked around for a few to join up with, but you felt a finger poke the side of your head.

Levi had his hand on his hip, staring at you with his usual cold gaze as he nodded his head towards mikasa. "You're pairing up with us,"

"Wha?- how is that fair? You two are way better than me. "

He hummed softly, mikasa walking over and gave you a small nod of acknowledgement.

"Because you won't learn shit without being beat a few times."

You glared slightly as levi unbuttoned the cuffs of his shirt, trying to ignore how insanely hot it was-

A small huff left your lips, and you slightly took a step back as mikasa handed levi one of the fake knives for compat training, and he raised an eyebrow at you

"Ready?"

Before even getting to answer, levi lunged at you, his knee going straight into your gut, making you choke out a cough and fall to your knees.

You let out a groan as levi stood in front of you, the tip of the knife now placed under your chin. He used it to make you look up at him, cocking his head to the side.

This damn asshole-

"Come on runt. All you gotta do is protect yourself" he hollowed out, his tone low and monotone but you knew there was a cocky undertone.

"Fuck you"

You hissed out, shakily getting to your feet and glared. You knew this was payback for trying to bring up the soft side of levi.

Even if it was very extremely over exaggerated pain for something so little, it was levi.

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Training went on, you panting heavily as levi took goes at you, ending each time with you either on the ground from falling or being pinned.

At this point levi was using you as a warm up.

The two ackermans took goes at you. ;D

Levi swapping out every once in awhile to take a break from bullying you, which is really all it was.  When it was mikasas go she went a little easier on you, not to mention actually gave you pointers on what not to do and what to do better.

Levi watched from the side as mikasa showed you a simple way of blocking an attack. He jerked his head back at mikasa, getting a nod in return.

She gave you a pityful weak smile and stepped back as levi took her place once again. He grabbed the knife from mikasa and eyed you.

"Can't you at least not be so rough-"

Nope. Nope was the answer. Levi stepped forward, swiftly letting his leg go between yours enough for him to wrap it around your calf and trip you.

Barely having even time to see him come towards him. His hand now gripping you at your shirt to hold you from falling back.

"Thought you liked it rough?" He muttered out, staring down at you as your hands instinctively grabbed at his arm, not wanting to fall.

Most had finished for the day and had gone for lunch. Levi let out a low hum, the two of you exchanging glanced before his hand let go, dropping you with a thud.

"Mikasa, you're done. Go wash up, " he called over to her. She pressed her lips together and nodded her head, swiftly turning and walked off.

Levi turned back to you letting out a small huff. "Weve been at this for an hour and you havent even been close to protecting yourself"

Your eyes slightly narrowed on the man as you let out a light scoff. "Maybe if you actually tried teaching me something i would be doing better-"

"The best way to learn is to do" he spoke, now glaring back at you.

"Oh wise words" you grumbled out, taking a step closer and put your hands up in the fight stance you had learned, no thanks to levi.

You had to beat this dickheas, even if it was nearly impossible. You knew that, levi knew it too.

There was no one who had beaten levi in hand to hand combat- well, ever really. And that's people that even dared to go up against him.

now, here you were being nudged and pushed, beaten over and over again. The two of you had been out in the training grounds for about an extra 40 minutes now. Your cream coloured trousers tattered in random scuffs of dirt.

Your chest heaved as you glared at levi, who seemed like he hadn't even been moving. Not a hair out of place or a sign of sweat on him.

This was completely unfair. You weren't a competitive type - or you thought. But fuck, seeing levi taunt you with a slight glint in his eyes as he held up the knife and motioned you to come at him.

You had to win. You had to win. You had to win.

Your hand moved as if on instinct, going to levi and grabbing his wrist that was coming at you. It felt too easy. You manoeuvred to avoid the knife hitting you just as mikasa had taught you.

One hand slid up in one swift motion, going to grab his shoulder, but levi was too quick. You were going to lose. He had got the knife heading towards your neck.

You let out a sharp breath and glared, your hand going down and grabbed his crotch with the full palm of your hand.

The action caught levi off guard as a sharp breath left his lips and body tensing.

You took the chance, grabbing the knife off him, your hand still pressed against his groin, and your body now pressed slightly against his with the knife to levis neck.

Heavy pants left your lips as you stared up at him with an amused grin. You had won.

Levi stared down at you, completely still before slightly moving away from your grip. "That's cheating,"

A small scoff left your lips. "I got you, didn't i?"

"Are you gonna do that to someone you're fighting?"

You went silent, pressing your lips together, and let out a small hum, knowing he was right. "I still won.." you muttered out in defence.

Levi eyed you before moving over, gently grabbing your jaw to make you look back up from your gaze that had fallen to the floor. "You did." He paused. "good-.. good job. "

Did he just fucking?-

He was too quick. He let go and walked off, leaving you standing there with your mouth agape. "Did you just praise me?!"

"Shut up!" He called back, picking up his speed slightly, making a small grin make its way onto your face.

He had praised you and not in a sexual way. Levi. Levi had praised you.

God, the thought of it made you let out a childish giggle as you went to fun after him. "Hey, wait up!"

You were blatantly ignored, but you were in too much of a good mood to care as you ran to catch up with him.

***Aaa sorry it took so long again. Writers block is real 👆🤓

- Teur <3