One-shots & Short Stories [Levi | Reader]

Levi x Reader ~ Fairy Tale NOT Like

[Word Count: 9033]

Levi felt just so irritated.

Firstly Hanji had to break his favourite set of tea cups in the morning just because "I had to take Eren's sample to the office as fast as possible!" Yeah, as if that would magically fucking ressurect his precious china.

Then Eren fucking Jaeger just had to go and make a tantrum about not being invited to the ball that was to be held tonight in the near palace. And from where the fuck did he even know about the ball? That kid had enough problems, he shouldn't have acted like a witty girl just because he got no annoying velvety piece of shit in front of his door at six fucking in the morning.

Then after he calmed the teen down, he had to go and do the usual training session with the cadets. Fair enough it seems.

Followed by a good time of afternoon tea and then he planned to do some paperwork, rest, maybe even visit the town and buy himself some tea leaves, or even a new broom because the old one was getting worn out.

But Erwin just had to ruin his peaceful alone time, burst his bubble and tell him he had to go to the ball that was to be held tonight. He had to look pretty and talk politely and blah, blah, blah. The reason? The man had no fucking idea.

So now he was here, dressed in a tux, with a bouquet of flowers for who damn knows, walking down the streets of the town square because he got partially lost on his way to the palace. Just great. This definetely wasn't how his afternoon and evening should be spend. 

If he was lucky he could be reading a book in the mess hall just near the fireplace with no damn brats around because it would be after curfew, a cup of tea in hand and peaceful mind, away from his everyday problems. But no. 

He was forced to attend this frilly ball, to get "pretty" as Erwin had said, then buy flowers again an order from Erwin and go to the ball, actually interact with living people and not insult them, then eat properly, talk no bullshit and make no frowns, on top of it all - he wasn't even given permission to get drunk. 

This was so fucking wrong on so many levels.

As he made his way through the crowd that was to either go to the ball, either go back to their homes, he accidentally bumped into someone and said someone was going to fall down before he caught his hand and pulled him back up.

When he looked who the person was he found himself face to face with a woman around her mid-twenties, exactly two inches shorter than he was with one slightly bewildered look on her face. 

He let go of her forearm as fast as he had gripped it, but the woman was in no haste, so she took her time to look at him curiously, then apologize.

"I'm really sorry for my recklessness, sir. I didn't mean to bump into you." She stated, her tone was high pitched in supposed nervousness, Levi guessed easily, but she held not that much regret in her voice as she stated through her words. 

"You don't really sound sorry."

"I do bump into people everyday, so it's kind of a routine to apologize." She shrugged slightly and he snorted. He should be on his way to the fucking palace, not here talking with whoever this woman was. 

But wait a second---

He could use her. Not just as a waste of time for him to take longer until his arrival. No, he could really use her. In a way even Erwin himself wouldn't expect. 

"And where were you going?" The raven asked the woman, who only frowned as an answer, sighing slightly.

"I was actually just taking a walk. An ass back at the bar I work at pissed me off way too much, so I literally quitted. I was planning on looking for a new job."