Kindergarten teacher. (Erwin X Levi)

Chapter 13: Chapter XIII

"Levi, I told you to go home,"

"And I told you I won't, so stop babbling and do your job,"

Levi took the stack of books in his hands, they covered his way to the bookshelf but he kept his back straight not letting any of them fall. Petra followed him, twisting her fingers as she was losing the ideas to convince Levi that the kindergarten will work without him, just for a day.

Levi was always so stubborn and hard to speak to when he insists on something.

He knew Petra was behind him, feeling her eyes on his back he said nothing. Taking every book and placed it in their places, trying to stay calm but his grip on the cover could tear it.

"You can't be here if you are sick, we can't let the kids catch something from you,"

She continued with a calm and warm voice that in this situation was going on Levi's nerves. He squeezed the book and repeated, for the third time this morning. "I'm not sick,"

She sighed, feeling helpless until the doors have opened once again and the hope walked in with two long legs. Petra turned around and her loud voice made Levi drop the book and curse under his nose.

"Mr. Smith, so good you are here!"

She ran to him, Erwin was holding the hand of his daughter but let it go when he saw the redhead teacher almost running in his direction. The slight surprise of this unnatural welcoming was covered by his naturally warm smile.

"Hello," Erwin said and watched her coming even closer.

She stood on her tippy toes and lowered her voice here. "I know this is unusual," She coughed to clean her whisper. "I know that you and Levi are quite good friends that's why I thought maybe he could listen to you. He isn't feeling very well, was vomiting when he came here but he keeps saying that everything is fine when it's not. Maybe you could convince him that it's okay to take a rest day?"

As she was speaking he glanced over her shoulder to the small posture that was looking right in his direction. Erwin smiled, couldn't hold it when Levi turned his head back when he got caught.

"I will try to talk to him," He said warmly.

Ever since the performance, Levi was ignoring Erwin.

Erwin didn't know what was the reason for Levi's weird behavior. He didn't want to talk, and when somehow it happened he would talk only about kindergarten, barely, shortly, and rude as for Levi.

Knowing exactly at what time Erwin arrives Levi would avoid him, finding a time to take things to do like cleaning the board or cleaning the art class.

He was acting like nothing ever happened between them, as Erwin was like the other parents that Levi sometimes hated for their loud kids and won't hide it.

It hurt Erwin, making him think later in the car about what he did wrong, coming in the mornings with a smile and hoping that it will be a good day for Levi but leaving with that anxious feeling in his stomach.

This time he felt that Levi won't run away.

He nodded at Petra, excused her, and walked to the tiny posture. Erwin smiled, seeing his head shift, hearing in the back how Petra talks to Isabel in a cute voice.

Levi was ready, hearing in the back voices of these two talking, Erwin's voice loud, resonant without even trying. He didn't understand any of the words but the vibrations that Erwin's voice made could crush the whole class making the books that Levi just put in place fall.

Then he hears heavy footsteps, feeling like with every step the blood was flowing faster in his ears, like something big was coming, not the big man, he was really big, but something that made his stomach squeeze excitingly and anxiously.