Seven Orders of Levi

7 Orders

Hange spoke adamant words that made Levi roll his eyes with annoyance. "It's not an easy experiment, but we all have to face things we don't like." The researcher sighed deeply, thinking about when they had to torture those poor Titans, Sawyer and Bean. "The fact remains, we need to know how Eren will react under extreme emotional upheaval, or if forced to do something not to his liking."

Levi looked up from the paperwork he was trying to fill out for Erwin. "If I didn't know you better, Hange, I'd say it sounds like you want to rape the brat."

"Whoa, me?" Hange laughed annoying loud. "He's just a kid, Levi."

The captain glared hard. "I'm quite aware of that."

"To me, he's an interesting specimen, but I wouldn't go that far just to conduct my experiments."

"Good," Levi muttered. "Emotional upheaval and orders he doesn't want, eh? I assume that means more than demanding that he clean the courtyard."

"Obviously, since you've had him clean it three times this week. I mean orders that go against his morals, like ... killing puppies or something."

"He's a soldier. If I order him to kill a puppy, he would murder the damn mutt."

"Just because you would," Hange began to mutter, but stopped before chancing a pissed-off captain. "Maybe ... well, I can't recommend that he hurt one of his friends, since they're all soldiers too, but maybe ... umm..."

"Forget it. I'll take care of this," he said sternly.

"Oh, thank you, Levi!" Hange grinned with a relieved sigh. "Seriously, I was drawing a blank on how to initiate the experiment without stripping my clothes off, jumping on top of him, and smothering him with kisses." The researcher began to turn toward the door.

"Hange."

His stern voice stopped the retreating feet, and when Hange looked back, Levi's eyes were bitterly cold.

"Don't ever even think of doing that to him," he warned venomously.

A loud laugh burst out. "As if I would! No worries, Captain. I won't use any of my assistants, either. If one of them got pregnant, that really would slow down my research, although..." Humming, with finger tapping chin, Hange paused in front of the door. "If a human like him got a normal female human pregnant, would the baby be human or Titan? Now that is something I'm curious about."

"Hange," he growled.

"Kidding! Well, not really. Besides, whose body would I use for that type of experiment? Oh! Maybe that little girlfriend of his—"

"She is one of our best, and I won't let her be taken off duty for nine months on one of your whims."

"A shame. Oh well. Take ample notes for me, okay?" Then Hange left the office.

Levi felt stirring rage within him from that damn researcher's teasing. He looked at his paperwork, but there was no way he could focus now. He rose and stormed out of the office. Saluting halfheartedly to soldiers as he went, he walked out to the castle's courtyard.

There he saw Eren with a broom in his hands, tasked with cleaning yet again since the young soldier was pitifully undisciplined in cleanliness. However, his work had stopped as he spoke with Erwin. As Levi watched from a distance, he saw that something the commander said made Eren laugh. That happy face looked so childish, and it upset Levi for some reason. Then Erwin patted Eren's back and encouraged him with a few words, which made the eager teen smile happily.

"Che!" Levi scoffed, hating the jealousy that burned in his gut. He had never been jealous of the commander before, but this was different. It was not an issue of rank or ability. This was ... personal!