It's Always Been Us

Chapter 4 Pride and Preparations

  Never underestimate the power of a man the same height as you, even if he is 5'3. I've always joked about Levi's height to him, never behind his back. We are sitting in his office at the moment, I'm sitting in the corner of the room drawing while Levi drinks his black tea while reading at his desk. He stands up to refill his cup when I decide to strike. "Heya!" I tackle him to the floor.

  I sit on Levi's back," what the hell do you think your doing brat?" He looks agitated. I laugh," I'm testing how long I can keep you on the floor for without dying." He tries to get up but I push him back down with my elbow. "How long do you plan on keeping this up for?"

 "How long do you plan on letting me sit on you is the correct question, Levi." I smirk. Suddenly he flips over, sending me rolling onto my stomach.  He stands up and proceeds to get tea, I look at him," No fair!" He gives a bored expression at me," I'm a 160 pound, 34 year old man... don't be so stupid." 

  "Yeah, but your also the same height as me. So that means I would have had even the slightest chance at winning. Brain over brawn?" He rolls his eyes. "Not if your as stupid as titan feces."

  I frown,"Thats mean! I'm smart, just not as smart as Hanji or Armin..." I get up off the floor and stroll over to the window. I look outside, its almost morning. The reason I'm in Levi's office at an early hour is simple: I just felt like it. Levi is always up before daybreak reading over reports and drinking tea. I couldn't sleep last night anyway. Maybe its from the stress of going out on an expedition outside the walls in a few days.

  Today we start preparations for the expedition, I'm on horse duty with Jean. I laugh at the thought of prepping the horses along side a horse face... I'm so punny. "You think your ready for today? Maybe you'll finally get a titan kill," Levi smirks. A shiver goes up my spine," the only reason I haven't gotten a kill yet is because I'm either helping Hanji capture them or Samson beats me to the neck..." Levi scoffs and brings his tea cup closer to his lips,"sometimes I wish you were one of my kids..." My ears perk up a little,"huh?" 

  He sets his cup down and looks out his window," I love you like as if you were my own child, Malic. What happened to your family was terrible and taking you in was one of the best choices I ever made. But you know something?" I shake my head lightly. " I didn't want to legally adopt you because I want you to marry my son someday."

  I choke on my spit,"what?!" "You heard me, I know how you feel about him too. To me its obvious but not to everyone else I suppose. Samson is pretty stupid, and I say that with love, but I think your the one for him. That shitty brat Nifa needs to keep to herself."

  I laugh," I agree with most of what you said, but to tell you the truth..." I look out the window into the sunrise," I don't think he loves me the way I love him... he's to hung up on Nifa." I take a deep breath in and let it out. I would have never thought Levi was interested in Samson's relationship to me.  I worry about how the expedition is going to go, if I'm lucky the demon spawn will finally be devoured into a titan. I'm surprised that Nifa didn't die on the last expedition, Samson had saved her from a titans grasp. I still groan at the thought.

  Later that morning I went to breakfast in the mess hall. I take a seat across from Jean," Hey horse face..." He glares at me," Good morning to you too..." I start to eat my bread and potato soup. "So should we start with the grooming first or do you want to go straight to putting the new horse shoes on them?" Jean questions. I look up from my food for a brief moment," After we feed them we need to check Armin's horse, he thinks she might be pregnant. But yeah we could groom them."

  I hear laughing and I turn to see Nifa and her friend Moblit heading in my direction, they come up to me," aw its thing one and horse two!" I scoff," so original, Nifa. You should become a comedian, your face is enough of a joke."