Who's Shorter?

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You and your friends sat at the table, loudly talking throughout the time allotted for lunch. While you were eating your bread, you heard Jean get a bright idea. "Hey, we should play truth or dare." He smiled at his idea, like he was some kind of a genius. Eren however, had a different idea, "What's the point in that Jean?" He questions cockily, "We all know that wimps are going to choose truth!" He lowered his voice and mumbled, "Like you..." Jean was offended and stood up, "Watch it Jager! I would have chosen to dare, and you know it!" Your facial expression twitched as they got louder, arguing about who was more confident. "HEY!" You yelled, causing them to shut-up at long last. Jean and Eren looked at you frightened. After all, you have a habit of beating both of them senseless when they get like this, only to be stopped by Mikasa. "If you guys really want to find out who is the bravest, let's play a game of dares, only dares, and whoever backs out is the loser, got it?" Eren grinned, "Bring it wimp!" "Whatever Jager I am going to kick your ass!" You sighed, thinking about what a hopeless cause the two were.


Everyone that was at the table ended up playing the game of dares, leading into endless hilarity. Well, it was hilarious, until it was your turn. "______...." Eren grinned, soaking wet from his last dare (to jump into a bucket of water and roll of the floor) your eyes widened, knowing Eren was probably planning revenge. "I dare you to finally figure out who is shorter, you, or Corporal Levi." You glared at him. He knew you avoided finding out at all costs, by avoiding standing too close to the Corporal at all times. You were very self-conscious about your height. You snorted. "Fine, but I am going to kill you later Jager." You walked toward Levi's table, awaiting the pain of the truth.

You sauntered up to the Corporal's table, gathering everyone's attention. Poker-faced, you looked at the Corporal for permission to speak, saluting to him firmly. "What is it Cadet ______?" You got straight to the point. "Corporal, may I ask a quick favor of you?" He looked at you, telling you to continue. "I would appreciate if you could stand up, as straight as possible, in front of me please." He looked at you questioningly but complied none the less. You suddenly noticed everyone in the mess hall was looking at the two of your astonished. You also couldn't help but noticed a grinning Eren, suppressing his laughter. Silencing him with a glare, you turned your attention back to the Corporal. Standing up as straight as possible, you put a horizontal hand on the top of your head and measured a straight line. You were taller than him by an inch. You whispered under your breathe, "Thank god I'm taller..." You smiled and were about to thank him, when he looked at you, amusement dancing from his eyes. "Cadet?" "Yeah?" "You are standing on your tippy toes. I'm not so sure that's fair for measuring height differences." The mess hall snickered at you. You looked down and realized you were, in fact, standing on your toes. You frowned, and slowly lowers yourself so you stood flatly on your feet. Re-measuring, you were a whole inch short The Corporal Shortie. You gritted your teeth and looked at him with distaste. "Well Cadet there you have it. You are shorter than me." He said loud enough for the entire mess hall to hear. What they didn't hear was his muttered, "At least I'm taller than someone..." Eren had snuck up behind you and was now laughing with no restraints. Suddenly he pushed you into the Corporal. He knew that you had a... small (okay not that small) thing for him. "JAGER." You said loud enough, even some of the older Cadets flinched. He stopped laughing and ran. You were about to pursue the boy, but something was caught on your jacket. As you turned, you noticed it was the Corporal. "Corporal! Please let me go!" You pleaded, still trying to get out of his grip, flailing around only to see Eren run safely out of the mess hall. You on the other hand would have no such luck escaping. "So, you are the brat that everyone has been telling me about. You are the angry girl who has a habit of beating Jager. My office. Now." You sighed and felt the grip of your jacket loosen. Trailing behind the very short man, who is apparently taller than you, you went straight to his office.


In his office, he gestured for you to sit. Obeying him, you sat in the plush chair across from his desk. "Cadet. As much as Jager may be annoying, it is my duty to protect his idiotic ass. Therefore, you beating him will not be tolerated is that understood." He wasn't asking you if it was understood, he was telling you it better be fucking understood. "Yes sir." "That's what I like to hear." He looked through some files on his desk, ignoring your presence. Still, something was bothering you. "Um, sir?" He looked at you and waited. "If I may ask, how exactly tall are you?" He stood up and walked toward you once again. Yanking you out of the seat, he stood you up straight. You where rather close... "Think about it Cadet. How tall are you?" "I'm... 5'2" ...." You admitted looking down. "And I'm about how much taller than you?" You looked at him and squinted. "About an inch... so you are about 5'3"?" He nodded. "Honestly Cadet you should you your brain." He looked slightly down at you. You guys were... really close.


It was about three minutes of you guys staring at each other. You heart was beating so fast, but his kept at a confident, hypnotizing beat. In a trance, you slowly reached you hand up to his cravat, and yanked him down to your level. His words now left whispers of wind across your face when he spoke. "Cadet what are you-" You silenced him by kissing him softly. Much to your surprise, he kissed back with the same gentleness you contained. Levi and you lips moved magically, almost like they were made especially for this reason. Gently Levi entered his tongue in your mouth, to which you respond by battling for dominance. Levi let you win, making you grin into the kiss. Eventually, you pulled apart. You stared lovingly at the Corporal, and then you realized what you just did. For the first time today, blush escaped on your face. "AH!" You jumped back from him, karate-chopping the air. "Cadet, you do realize that you kissed me?" You stopped karate-chopping the poor, innocent air. "I'm sorry Corporal that was out of line, I'm going to go run laps now, okay? Okay bye!" You ran toward the door, trying to open it. Alas, the door had chosen that moment to become your enemy.


You tried different ways of opening the dreaded door before collapsing on the floor. You hear Levi's boots walk toward you, and familiarly yank you up. "Corporal, I'm really sorry, please don't hurt me." You shielded your face, tightly closing your eyes. He easily brought your hands away from you face. "Now why would I do that?" He placed a firmer kiss upon your lips than earlier, speaking a universe of beautiful words with a simple action. Suddenly, being so short didn't seem like a big deal; after all, you were perfect height for the Corporal.

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