Blue and White - Levi Fanfiction

Ch. 52 - The Promise of our Future

Following the ceremony, the reception went by as quick as a blink, or perhaps faster. All the same, it was filled with so much fun and love and merriment, which was what made it so incredibly easy to live in the moment. In this way, the moment went by incredibly quickly.

After dancing with Erwin and giving him the news, I felt so incredibly lightweight and relieved that I danced with as many people as I could. Oh, that wasn't to say that I wasn't already floating among the clouds already - I mean, I just got married - but I'd been so nervous about that hidden piece of information that now that Erwin, one of my dearest friends knew, I felt like I could truly relax. Now that he knew, the rest would fall in place and I could trust that he would help us.

Even after waltzing with the commander, I stole him away often to dance some more, but it wasn't just with him that I danced. No, I pulled Moblit to the middle of the ballroom more than once, and Hange pulled me out there more often than I thought she would, but even they weren't the only ones. Our fellow comrades in the scouts, like Rashad and Dirk, danced with me for more than a few songs and honestly, I hadn't expected Dirk to be so light on his feet (but maybe it was just the drinks doing that to him). As was expected, I was also stolen away by the kids whenever a fast-paced song began, because they immediately picked up on the fact that I only knew how to waltz, and slowly at that.

I mean sure, I only knew one dance, and when compared to so many of these officials that was rather abysmal, but no one really seemed to mind that much. Twirling around in that dress, I felt like a little girl again, and perhaps I seemed like one among all the military brass and commanding officers in attendance. Oh, but I danced with them, too - several Garrison captains and lieutenants and the like, and even those of the Military Police (which was awkward).

It was almost like all of our problems were a million leagues away. It seemed like this served as the perfect point for all the regiments to come together and get along. I saw Erwin mingling with soldiers from other regiments and plenty of intermingling between the others, too. Hell, even the kids seemed to see people they recognized from their graduating class who had gone to different regiments.

Realistically, I knew that our problems weren't far away, of course they weren't. I knew damn well that preparation for the next mission, whatever it would entail, would begin in earnest soon. We might be attacked well before our next mission was underway - that was always a possibility. There was a lot of work to be done, that was for sure.

Still, I couldn't help but feel as though maybe someday soon, events like this would happen more often. Goodness, the kids would get older, perhaps get married themselves. And when we achieved peace, it'd be possible to have more excuses like this: to dance, to sing, to drink, and to make merry. I certainly hoped so.

I also couldn't help but feel as though our problems might offer us the chance to relax, even a bit. I mean, Erwin was still recovering from losing an arm and being beaten within the dungeons of the capital, Hange had nearly gotten killed during the fight with the Interior Squad, Levi's leg injury certainly wasn't completely healed yet and even he hadn't gotten out of the insurrection unscathed, and I... Well, I was lucky enough that my bruises and scrapes had healed almost completely from our fighting while on the run, but a few still lingered and a few still hurt.

Surely, our hard work and noble intentions had earned us some time to rest and recover, yes - and enough time of each?

It was hopeful thinking, I knew that. But still, to be able to celebrate like this was nice, incredibly so, and I wasn't going to waste this precious time. As such...

I was able to sneak time with Levi when he wasn't swarmed by other officers, which wasn't very often, to be honest. He was quite the popular man, so it would seem. Still, we managed to steal a few kisses whenever we managed to find ourselves away from the forefront of the festivities, rare though the opportunities were and for as scarcely as the opportunities presented themselves.