The Janitor (Levi x Reader modern)

Chapter 16

Your POV

~After breakfast~

"I'm gonna go!" You yelled, pulling your jacket on, and grabbing your phone. "Not by yourself you're not!" Levi called. You sighed. Damn you Corey. "I'll take Hanji along." You called back upstairs. "Fine. It's better tha-" He got cut off by Hanji yelling, "Yaaaayy!"

She ran downstairs, pulled her jacket on, and grabbed her phone. "I'll bring her back alive, shorty!" She called, and shooed you outside. "So, why'd you want to leave?" Hanji asked. You shrugged, "I wanted to go shopping." You replied casually.

Hanji giggled, "Ooh~ but you don't like shopping. What's the occasion?" She asked. Your face turned red. "A-an o-occasion..." You said, averting your gaze. "It's shorty huh? Ooh! (Y/N)! I know just what to get him!" She squealed like a child. "I have something in mind..." You whispered. "It's not cleaning supplies is it? Oh god, I learned my lesson last year..." She said, wide-eyed.

(In this AU Levi's birthday is Christmas Eve, not Christmas Day.) "Was it a birthday gift or Christmas gift?" You asked. She looked at you confused. "Levi always celebrated Christmas alone... he said it was, "Tradition" I say it's not, but you know, that's Levi." She said, brushing it off.

He celebrates Christmas alone?

"Does he celebrate anything else alone?" You asked Hanji, she inhaled. "Pretty much every holiday..." She said. He spends them... alone? But when we where little we spent the holidays together. You felt a chill creep up your spine.

When I disappeared did he stop celebrating the holidays? Oh my god. That means it's all my fault Levi's like how he is. Tears started falling out of your eyes. "Woah! (Y/N)! Are you ok? Did something stir up a painful memory?" Hanji asked, leaning over so we were face to face. "It's my fault Levi's like this. It's all because I left him, Hanji!" You wanted to yell, but everyone would stare. "C'mon let's just get the gift and leave. I mean it's already cold out here!" She said, you nodded and went to the china store. You picked out a teacup in the shape of a rose. You knew Levi had a teacup collection... somewhere.

Levi's POV

Hanji and (Y/N) opened the door. "Heyo short stacks! See she's alive!" Hanji said proudly, waving her hands to (Y/N). Are those tear stains on her face? I walked closer to (Y/N) and looked at her face, she blushed and turned away. "Were you crying?" I asked her.

I heard Hanji curse under her breath. "Um..." (Y/N) said, fiddling with a black box. Probably shouldn't ask about that. (Y/N) drew in a breath, "Do you spend the holidays alone now?" She asked looking up at me. Hanji's eyes widened, and she fake yawned. "Oh my look at the time! Igottagoseeyabye!" She said, and ran up the stairs.

"Answer my question." I said. She looked at me with determination shining in her brilliant (E/C) eyes. "Answer my question first, Shorty." She said. She must've realized something when she grabbed a stool to stand on so she was taller.

Your POV

"Yes, ever since you left, I stopped celebrating holidays. We did that together, (Y/N). I was afraid if I celebrated it with someone else I would ruin one of the best times we had." Levi said, emotionlessly. "Now, why were you crying?" He said, helping you down from the stool.

"It was my fault that you became who you are, how you seclude yourself from humanity because you don't want to forget me, of all people, this childhood friend that you had, and that was special to only you, no one else cared about me, except you Levi. Why? I was just a child who loved tea sets, so we collected cups together and had this in this royal glass cabinet. Then my dad decided he had enough of Maria City, and that we were moving to Sina City, no questions asked." You inhaled. "So Levi, why?"

He looked at you with his steel-grey eyes. "Because I love you." He said, "So would you possibly...go out with me?" He asked, not looking at you in case you didn't return his feelings. You ran over and hugged him, and he hugged back. "Of course I'll go out with you, Shorty." You said, you looked up and saw Levi smiling.

His real smile.