Blue and White - Levi Fanfiction

Ch. 81 - My Name

"Levi, my love," I called, buttoning my sweater as I walked through the house. "Are you almost ready?"

I slowed in my step, still answerless as I found myself in an empty living room. Emi was toddling on behind me, her toy horse in hand as she pretended to ride it. She was hopping along cutely, a happy little song escaping her.

"Where are you?"

"The office," I heard from that direction.

"Come on, Emi," I said, reaching for her with one hand. "Always waiting on daddy to get ready, aren't we?"

Emi grabbed two of my fingers in her hand and ran alongside me as we walked to the office. The door was already open, and Levi was standing beside the desk, a manila folder in one hand. His brow was furrowed with concentration as his other hand skimmed through the documents in it.

"What's that, Levi?"

His eyes darted up to look at me. They lowered to see that I was dressed and ready, as was Emi, who let go of me to run to her father.

"Are we ready, then?" He asked, ignoring my question. He was dressed too, and certainly looked handsome, but I was too curious about the contents of the file - which he now dropped back onto the desk - to really appreciate it, let alone comment on it.

"Mm-hm," I hummed, slightly skeptical of his lack of an answer.

He lifted Emi up, pressing a kiss to her cheek. He breezed towards me then, still in the doorway. He paused only to set a hand under my chin to keep me still as he leaned in to kiss my cheek as well. He left the room and I glanced back over to the desk. Curiosity pulled me towards it, but I resisted, closing the office door behind me with a sigh as I followed him to the backdoor.

Today we were off to Reyes' home for his retirement party. After getting reassigned to the surface, he'd continued to work in the Military Policeman offices, doing light work and easy patrols. But just recently, he'd retired. His old age was catching up to him, and he wanted to just relax and enjoy being with his family in Trost.

With Levi and I traveling routinely now between the coast and base, sometimes Levi going alone to the coast so that Emi wouldn't get too stressed out with the burden of traveling so much and so often, it really was lucky timing that we were here when Reyes scheduled the party.

I grabbed the present we'd gotten for him, which was a simple cookbook because he'd expressed his interest in learning how to make better meals for his family now that he was going to be home more often. I met with my two loves at the door, slipped my boots on, and when we were all ready, we headed out, tacked the horses, and were on our way to Trost.

We hitched the horses at a communal post down the road from where Reyes actually lived. The walk to his house was quiet, Emi walking between us with one hand held by each of us. The birds overhead twittered to each other as they flitted from tree to tree.

When we reached the house, Levi tugged the gate open and allowed us to head in first. I knocked on the door, waiting patiently for someone to answer. When the door opened, I was greeted by Reyes himself, a broad smile on his face upon seeing us.

"Ah, hello Ackerman family!"

He let us in, and soon enough his entire family was swarming us, all his kids and even his wife fighting to be the first to give each of us hugs. Emi and I accepted their loving greetings with joy, while Levi was a lot more reluctant and settled on shaking everyone's hands, including the kids. We were the first ones there, but it wasn't like he invited the whole city. Essentially, there were only some other family members of his and some of his closet co-workers.