|Lagniappe|

-III-

Is was no lie when Hange said that they would be leaving early the next morning. How did Levi obtain this knowledge? Mostly because he could hear her parading around in her room which was below his, at around 4 A.M. But also because she came up to his room, announced that she was leaving--which she received a pillow to the face-- before she began chewing Levi out for leaving Eren alone to sleep in the dungeon.

Was Levi going to allow for the brat to sleep in his quarters? No.

Was Levi going to baby the brat? No.

Was Levi ever going to let Hange live till 30? No.

But all of this aside, Levi listened to Hanges hissy fit before he fell back into bed and tried to sleep, only for her to pounce onto his back while pulling at his hair.

"You can't leave him alone! He's just a child!" She had screamed, making Levi tighten his grip on the pillows that he had clasped over his ears. Through thick and thin, Levi had dealt with the woman. The Titan-lover was jus beginning to cross the line with him, and he was prepared to lash out in retaliation.

"Let. Me. Sleep." He growled, the anger basically radiating off of him. The brunette pouted and crossed her arms, "Levi, I know you hate children, and that your soul is darker than the pits of hell itself, but please, try to bear with Eren until this incident is over? He has no one to stay with, and his mind has been taken back to his childhood... So he doesn't even-"

Levi glared at her through the curtain of his disheveled hair, narrowing his eyes to the point where he appeared to be trying to read something far away.

"It's not that I hate children." He finally said while sitting up, "It's just the fact that they are loud, messy, annoying, etcetera, that they can get on my nerves, alright? There were a lot of children in the underground that needed moral support, so I know my way around the brats."

Hange stared at him thoughtfully before snapping her fingers, "So! You can actually be a stable guardian for him! It's perfect-"

"No, Hange-"

"He's been through a lot for his age." The woman begged, clasping her hands together in front of her torso. She got down onto her knees in front of the bed and stuck out her bottom lip, "Please just watch after him!"

Levi snorted while flopping back into his fortress of blankets, "I already agreed to taking care of the best for some time off of training, didn't I?" He sighed at the last part, curling up with one of his pillows. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get my sleep. Due to this shitty thing called 'insomnia,' every moment of sleep is precious, so be off. Go save the world, or those filthy pigs we call royalty, or whatever."

Hange stood up from the floor and nodded her head in approval, "Okay, so....." She ran out of the room for a moment, only to return with the small boy in her arms, fast asleep. "You'll have to keep him in your room during the nights."

Levi didn't even need to look up to know who she was holding, and what her plan was.

"No."

She held up a finger and readjusted Eren in her arms so she didn't drop him. "You already promised, Levi, now take Eren."

"No."

"Levi, I swear to god..." Hange was beginning to go into her anger-mode, and Levi could sense this as well. "A few days is all I'm asking for, just take my Titan-baby and feed him, bathe him, and clothe him, that's all."