LeviHan One-Shot Book

Birthday

Prompt: It's Hanji's birthday and it was cause for celebration. Always quick to handle a situation herself, she threw herself a birthday party. Eager to celebrate, she awaits who she thinks will show up but unfortunately, no one does...or rather...almost no one does.

Modern AU Setting

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Rays of sunshine beamed through a window of a small cozy apartment. Inside that apartment sat Hanji who was currently seated at the head of a long table with her hands clasped together. She was waiting for something, or rather...someone. Why you might be asking? Because it was her birthday of course!  A red velvet cake sat in the center of the table, one that Hanji stared at hungrily. She wanted nothing more than to dig in and devour that delicious delicacy in front of her but she fought tooth and nail with her own mind to keep herself from doing that. After all, she had to share it with the guests that were bound to arrive. Surely they wouldn't take long right? Right...?

"Alright, where's everyone at? It's been an hour since I set this whole shindig up. Surely it won't be much longer until someone showed up." Hanji muttered to herself as she patiently waited for the guests she was expecting to arrive. Minutes passed...nobody came. Hours came...again, nobody came. In this time, her morale had plummeted. She'd already eaten the majority of the birthday cake she had made for herself as well as taken down the decorations, and had given up on enjoying the day with someone. She didn't even care who it was at this point. She just wanted someone to show some sign that they remembered her birthday. Suddenly, a knock on the door shook her free from her saddened state. She stepped over towards the door and opened it, revealing the man she had been seeing on time to time, Levi Ackerman.

"Sup Four-Eyes. Sorry I'm late. The drive over here was shitty given the weather and the traffic." Levi said, hoping his explanation would be enough to make up for his tardiness. Thankfully for him, Hanji was just happy someone showed up and was quick to practically jump onto him and wrap him up with her arms for a great big hug.

"No worries Levi. I'm glad you could make it. Please, come in. I'll make you some tea." Hanji replied as she released the hug and backed into her apartment, allowing Levi to step inside. Levi did exactly that, stepping into the colder apartment as Hanji shut the door behind him before stepping past the shorter man and towards the table she was previously seated at. Meanwhile, Levi's eyes met with the trash can beside him, noticing the discarded decorations filling it almost to the very top of the can.

"Party's already over, huh?" Levi asked as Hanji suddenly stopped and hung her head low. Levi had no idea just how Hange's special day had gone thus far, but he had a feeling he was about to find out.

"There was no party...no one came." Hanji muttered quietly, feeling far more emotional about it than she intended to let on. Levi took a couple steps towards Hanji, feeling a bit sorry for the partner in front of him.

"I'm sorry, Hanji. I tried to get here sooner." Levi replied as the saddened woman shook her head and turned around to face Levi. A tear fell from Hanji's eye which affected Levi internally. He didn't like to see her in pain, but seeing that the otherwise overly positive Hanji was currently shedding a tear caused him feel even more empathetic towards her. Hanji then smiled which kinda helped alleviate the pain in Levi's heart.

"You showed up at least. That's what's important to me. Sorry about the cake. I got a little hungry waiting on everyone to arrive." Hanji said as Levi's gaze fell onto the practically destroyed red velvet cake on the table, feeling even more guilty that he wasn't able to make it as early as he intended. "Don't apologize. It's me who should be sorry."