Blue and White - Levi Fanfiction

Ch. 13 - A Growing Family

"A year already," I mused, accepting a cup of tea when Levi offered it. I took a sip, appreciating the warmth of it for a moment as floral notes wafted up towards my nose. "I almost can't believe it. The past year has gone by so quickly."

"It went by really fast," Farlan agreed before reclining and letting out a long, low whistle. "It doesn't seem like that much time has gone by."

"It did," Levi said, ever so level-headed. Cool, gunmetal eyes of gray met mine. "And you've proven to be more useful than Farlan."

"Hey," Farlan said immediately, intent on defending himself. "I am useful!"

"You are," I assured him. "Levi's just making an attempt at a joke. And besides, you are useful, just clearly not as useful as I am." I thought it over for a moment, or at least I pretended to, letting my gaze drift up and one index finger tap my chin, as though lost in thought. "No one can snore as loud as you and keep everyone up for hours on end."

"Oh, please," Farlan huffed, and I knew by the mischievous look in his eyes that he was intending to tease me right back - and strike back harder than I had. I prepared myself for it, but I still found myself flustered by his words: "Like you two were asleep last night, anyway."

My cheeks burned with embarrassment and I nearly slapped his arm reflexively. "Zip it, you."

Farlan shrugged before taking a sip of his tea to hide his smile, foregoing replying for now. Of course, it was useless for him to even attempt to hide his smile, because when he lowered the cup from his lips, there was a mischievous smile proudly stretched across them. "You two were awfully quiet about it, though."

When Levi sent him a look, and I scoffed, he let out a laugh, one that proved he was rather pleased with himself.

"So much has happened in just a year, huh?"

"I just can't wrap my head around it," I said, happy that the conversation was getting back on track. "It just doesn't feel like it's been nearly that long."

"Let's hope your second year goes just as well as the first," Farlan said.

I smiled at him and took a long draught of my tea, savoring the taste. "Let us hope."

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"I can't believe we're doing this," Farlan muttered, looking down at the list in his hands, still whining despite the fact it'd been several minutes since we left - or were actually rather forcefully escorted from our own home - to run some errands, leaving Levi at home doing the cleaning. "I mean, who does he think he is? Sending us out for this shit."

"There are worse ways to spend a Saturday," I said thoughtfully.

"Really? Name one," Farlan challenged.

I didn't have to think long to come up with an answer. "Oh, let's see. Here's one: being at home cleaning while he's going on a rampage. I don't know about you, but I prefer this. Besides, it's not like any of this is easy to find down here. We can take all day to do it, and hopefully he'll be out of his funk by the time we get back."

"You've got a point," Farlan said, considering it and looking back at the list. "This list sucks. Look there," he said, pointing at one of the items. "A dustpan. A fucking dustpan! Where does he think we're going to find one down here?"

"Who knows," I said with a sigh. Even if we did return home after getting only some of the items, he would only send us back out - unless we claimed to look everywhere, in which case we'd have to be out for a lot longer. So regardless... it would be a long day. "But we can say we looked but couldn't find any and go back home with a few things. So long as we make it believable, how would he know?"