Complications Throughout Generations

Chapter 77

Eren's POV:

There are some days where it's just Reiner and I since he stayed alive the entire time. Bertolt's life got cut a little short...oops.

"You don't think that's why she's being distant, do you?" Reiner asked.

"I don't know, man." I shook my head and stretched my arms. We were in English and we had a moment of free time. "But I can't imagine what else it would be."

"I honestly feel bad. Jean's shockingly treated her like a goddess. Never thought I'd take notes from the kid."

"Me neither."

The class started back up but before the bell rang, he walked in.

"Are you the new transfer?" Mrs. Azumabito asked. He nodded yes and sat in the only open seat conveniently in front of me. We didn't make any eye contact. If anything, we forcefully looked away from each other. I turned around to Reiner again and covered my mouth with wide eyes. Reiner said 'yikes' inaudibly and stretched his mouth downward. I rolled my eyes and faced forward. When I looked down, there was a note on my desk. That was fast. Instead of a crumpled piece of paper, like what Mikasa and I normally pass, this was neatly folded.

Don't try talking to me during this class or else I will beat the fuck out of you

How charming.

I scribbled underneath it with my god awful handwriting. Of course, his was the neatest I had ever seen. Even neater than Historia's.

K

I folded the paper back up and balanced it on his shoulder. He quickly took it. Obviously it's a quick read. He crumbled it up and shoved it in his bag. Seems like someone wasn't too happy that they just got 'K'd' on paper.

The boring class went on but I just looked at the back of Levi's head the entire time. I was fantasizing of the day when he'd come up to me and tell me he remembers or maybe that he wants to talk about...just something. I would've been fine with any type of communication as long as it was from him first. That's the whole point of this after all.

I accidentally knocked my pen off my desk which earned a scoff from Levi. Once I sat upright, I pretended to draw on his neck. He turned his body at an alarming speed with death in his eyes. I motioned a zipper closing across my lips. He said don't talk so I won't. I'll just annoy the shit out of him. He turned back around with the most dramatic eye roll I've ever seen. With the end of the pen, I started to make circles on his back. He quietly sighed in defeat. Levi, it was your idea not to talk during this class. Sucks, doesn't it? He's smart though. He might know if I write something. Might as well.

Levi
Is
Dumb

He turned around and gave me another glare. "Would you fucking quit it?" He whispered. I shrugged with an innocent look on my face. I knew I would get him to break.

"You're gonna get a black eye." Reiner whispered in my ear. I turned my head halfway and smiled.

The class had finally ended and I was quick to leave the room but stayed against lockers to wait for Levi. Reiner was out before him and wished me luck. I was leaning back with my foot propped up behind me.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" He shouted. There it is.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I shrugged as I kept my hands in my pockets. He stomped on my thigh to push my leg down and slammed my left shoulder into a locker. I genuinely wasn't phased. If I wanted to, I would take Levi on. I may not have Titan abilities anymore but there was no Uncle Kenny to teach him how to be a fighter. He acts out of anger, there's no skill behind it. Don't get me wrong, he's still strong for being only 5 feet. He'll grow those couple extra inches but for now, he's the size of a peanut. If it was anyone else or my size and stature, he'd be a goner. 5'7 and a varsity athlete against little Levi? It's only his attitude that makes him intimidating.

"You didn't want to talk to me anymore, so now your plan is to just annoy the shit out of me?" He was dangerously close to my face.

"Is that how you see it?" I took his hand off my shoulder and held it down to his side. He was shocked. I've never fought back. "I wanted you to stop being an asshole and you said you couldn't so I left. Simple as that. So don't fucking turn this around on me." As I said that, I actually turned him so that it was his back pressed against the lockers rather than him. Being 7 inches taller, I was towering over him. My hand was beside his head. He gave the same stoic face but as always, his eyes told a different story. "Can you please, for fucks sake, just be done?"

"Why do you think I stopped beating the shit out of you?" He scoffed and crossed his arms, looking away from me. I took my other hand and moved his chin so he would look back at me.

"Why don't we make a deal, okay? If you want me in your room, I'll be there. If you want to call me, I'll be there. But that means you need to stop being a little bitch." If I had called Captain Levi that, it would've been me with 8 fingers left. "Stop trying to beat me up like a childish bully every time you see me in school. The second you do that again, the second all of this," I waved my pointer finger in between us, "will be over. You don't need to be my friend in public, but just stop harassing me because you're too much of a pussy to admit how you really feel about me." I stood up properly and he cleared his throat awkwardly. "Can you handle that?"

"Yeah." He whispered.

"I'll see you tonight then."

I walked away without another word. My heart was beating out of my chest. I sounded well put together but I was petrified. I hope that put him in his place a little.