A Place To Lean On (SNK//Rivetra Modern!AU)

Chapter 5: Friends

Friends are the people who will always have your back, and every time you're hurt or broken, they're always there for you. Friends are also the type of people who dearly wants to know mostly everything about you. For example, in Levi's case, friends are people who would put you in a internally long interview about the rumors you have with your pretty close other friend, or maybe crush?

"Erwin, for the millionth time, I do not have a crush on Petra!" Levi nearly shouted at the blonde man when he kept on asking about the closeness between him and the hazelnut girl. The guys were in Erwin's office, rambling about stuff until Erwin brought up a not very unusual theme.

"Or you do?" Erwin smirked. The shorter man slapped his face into his palms, sighing heavily.
"What's the problem with you? It's only been one month, Erwin. One goddamn month!" He grunted out, holding up an index finger.

"Don't you know that there's these two men fall in love in only seven days?" The taller man argued. "Not to mention all those Disney classics, and yes, Levi, that includes your Hunchback of Notre Dame."

"Jesus Christ." Levi mumbled exhaustingly. "Mike, won't you help me with this?" He turned to the oldest man leaning against a window frame, sipping tea.

"Yes, of course. You should admit that you're falling for her." Mike killed Levi's hope immediately as he said.

"God, why?!" Levi slammed Erwin's desk violently making it's owner soothing and comforted it. He turned to walk around the room grunting and muttering curses to himself.

"Why are you guys torturing me with these things?! I told you! We're just friends! And we just met last month! Can't you guys just accept it and make this easier?!"

"Levi, my friend, you're the one who's not making this easier." Mike calmly told him.

"How?! I denied your statements because they're not true! You guys keep having that thought so it's annoying!" Levi snapped. Not to be rude, that's how normal friends deny things.

"Didn't you notice yourself? You're so gentle and nice around her. Your eyes when you look at her, your faint smile, your gestures-" Erwin slowly explained. Now he has finally had the Hanji-ness in him. Before he finished, Levi himself collapsed on the living chair nearby defeated. His head throw back like he was completely dead. The two others stared at him, one with a bright smile of victory, one with a cocked eyebrow in amusement. Silent filled the room for some seconds.

"Why do I act differently around her?" Levi groaned.

"You gave up already?" Mike chuckled.

"See? You can't deny the obviousness." Erwin smiled like a proud father. And Levi was his son who just realized he had feelings on a girl.

"I don't even know, guys." Levi finally spoke up, sitting up straight. "Like, I think she's a really nice girl, she deserves kind attitudes, so..."

"I have a feeling that she's someone really special to you." Erwin said.

"Yeah, No, I don't know. I mean, she's really nice and pretty and all but, I think that we've known each other before." Levi mumbled. Erwin and Mike seemed really surprised when he admitted that he thinks Petra is pretty. But the last part was the most important thing.

"Hm? I've been friends with you for like, ages." Erwin curiously said. "Haven't seen you around with any girls like her."

"Or guys." Mike added helpfully.

"No, of course not." Levi shook his head. "I mean, like, since a really really really long time ago, I think I've seen her in my past." He tiredly picked up a cup of coffee that's sat on Erwin's desk. His dark face brighten after one sip.
"Okay then, enough about me. How's you two stories being?"

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Hanji and Nanaba also did a very great job at being friends with Petra. Pretend the girl was a gold mine, a beautiful, pure, precious gold mine which was full of fun stuff to discover. And Hanji and Nanaba were two miners and they wanted to dig all of those fun stuff inside (not sexually) of the gold mine Petra to take them.

Just like Levi, she had been interrogated since when she arrived the staff room. The two were still putting her into the most awkward situation by clinging on her and begged for her to tell them honestly about her being with Levi.

"Me and Levi have nothing for each other but friendship!" She said this over and over for millions times but the two still keep going even when she added "I already have a boyfriend!"

"What if you have feelings towards Levi and you leave him for him?" Hanji said.

In the first place, they were just meant this interrogation as a tease because Petra and Levi looked really close, but now she had crossed the line. Hanji also instantly regretted what she just spitted out as the bright eyes of Petra covered with dark aura.

"Lemme tell you this, Hanji Zoë." The small girl stood steadily on her heels, staring at Nanaba and Hanji's eyes with such threatening glare making them stepped one foot backward. "I know that you two planted this thing in your head and its hardly gonna die but hear me out for once! I am not having feelings towards Levi!" She said loudly. It had surprised them both when the normal sweet girl went so furious about this. "And I mean serious by that. I mean, I have a boyfriend for my own good and I've only met Levi since last month. Seriously guys, you can tease me about me having a crush on him but do not talk about my relationship like that! Please."

Petra's voice soften as she said the last word. At least Hanji and Nanaba had released their holds of breathe and felt relieved a little bit but this didn't mean that they are done.

"Pet" Nanaba started, placing a gentle hand on the shorter girl's shoulder. "I'm sirencely sorry. I really am. We both do. We do mean it as a joke but didn't think it could get you, like this..."

"Hm, apologise accepted." Petra nodded in statify. "But seriously, please stop bringing the 'me having a crush on Levi' thing again yeah?"

"No." Hanji said with a straight face which in response Nanaba nudged her so hard with the elbow. "Ow. Okay fine. I'm still shipping it though."

"Hanji!" Petra grunted. "I don't like Levi in that way! Not in forever!"

"We'll see." Hanji smirked "Nothing's gonna change my mind despite you're denying that."

Petra sighed in defeat. Having these kinds of friends might be really fun, but also hard to live with.

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A/n: Heyyyy guys! New update as promise! But I'm sorry if it's bad written, I'm numb right now.
That took a lot of time I know, I'm sorry! I'm the worst author ever. Never worth the wait and return you guys' kindness with super short chapters ;-;

ps. this is future author speaking, this is me editing my shit and Levi is so fucking out of character, same goes to Mike and Erwin and im sorry for that