I Hate You A Little Less Today

Chapter 10

A few days had passed , every hour, every minute of the day all I could think about was the words that me and Levi exchanged. He hates me. I hate him. But my mind couldn't stop thinking about his soft gentle touch, when he dried my tears with his sleeve...

Why oh why does his touch linger on my cheek.

"Why are you making that face?"

I snapped back to reality, Hange was staring down and me from her bed. I was laying down on the floor of her room, just looking at the ceiling.

"I'm sorry, I got lost in my own thoughts" I quickly shook my head.

"Is it because I haven't been able to show you the titans? I'm sorry it's just that someone almost got eaten the other day and I-"

"No Hange, it's ok..." I interrupted while throwing my hands behind my head. "I probably would faint at the sight of a titan anyways"

She giggled, "Oh no but they're so interesting!" She continued talking about her experiments.

Her voice faded off, all I could hear was Levi's words.   Feel Levi's touch.

The fact that I kept thinking about him, made me angrier. It was so frustrating.

"-it was very uncharacteristic of Levi to do that anyways, I wonder if it's because-"

I shot up from the ground, "Wait what?" Hange mentioning Levi made me snap back into the conversation.

"I knew you weren't listening to me, why are you so distracted suddenly?" Hange started twisting her hair, pouting slightly.

"I- I just didn't hear the last part, what did you say about Levi?" I readjusted myself in a criss cross position, trying to seem nonchalant.

"I said..." Hange raised one eyebrow hesitantly, obviously weirded out by my odd behavior. "I said that Levi seemed off during today's meeting, I told him a joke and he stayed silent"

I scratched my head, "Well it's Levi, isn't it normal for him to stay silent...?"

Hange pursed her lips, "Not with me, he usually would tell me to shut up or something..."

It seemed like Hange was actually worried.

A fleeting thought passed through my mind, could he be going through the same thing I was going through?

No of coarse not. Humanity's strongest would never be this emotional over a dumb argument.

"Hange...do you think Levi is the emotional type?" I stared out the window. "You know him the best out of everyone here right?"

Hange smiled slightly, "I've had my suspicions...that underneath it all, he is"

I let out a sigh. Hange took notice.

"Why all of the sudden interest on the Captain? Last I remembered he was your sworn enemy" she chuckled.

"He still is" I said softly.

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The next day, I decided that I would work on this week's report on one of the fields. I sat down near a tree, hoping to escape my own thoughts. I hadn't seen Levi ever since our fight, and it was better that way.

I worked diligently, the breeze was soothing.

I felt myself suddenly drift, my eyes closing, I fell asleep.

"Hey..." I heard a gentle voice.

I opened my eyes slowly, only to find myself staring up at Eren, who was smiling at me softly. The sun was shinning on him beautifully, he looked so...cute.