Cadet Ackerman (SnK ff.) [ON HOLD]

25. Gaps and Everything Wrong

25. Gaps and Everything Wrong

Eren leaded the way towards where the superiors all meeted with the royalty. He's anything but enthusiastic about it. He have to be honest, meeting Historia's right now nice, but not this early.

"Commander and the others will be right down the hall. We aren't allowed to go there unless we have to," Eren said, pointing down the hall. Levine rolled his eyes and clicked his tongue.

"Great," he said, sarcasm trailing his voice, "Now tell me if I should bow and greet Her Majesty."

"Come on, it's not so bad," Eren said and Levine raised an eyebrow at him, "I mean, it's just Historia. What could possibly go wrong?"

"Don't jinx me here, Eren," he replied and huffed, "This is such a drag."

And so he started walking down the hall and went to the meeting place where he saw Hange and Erwin, Hazel and Levi together with Historia fancy clothes and two bodyguards, MP's to be exact, behind her. Levine almost made a gag face, again, when he recognized the MPs' face. They're one of those rare appearing ones when he make a ruckus underground.

"Oh! Hey there, little shorty!" Hange greeted with a huge grin on her face. Levine was unfazed by this and saluted only to be dismissed by Erwin.

"It's nice to see you, Levine," Historia's said with a small smile. She always acts so civilized and ethical whenever she is in that royal get-up, but when she wants to loosen up, Levine would have to resist rolling his eyes.

"So do I, Your...Majesty," his lips twitched a bit, wanting to drop the act and be sassy and all. Can he do that? He saw Hange snickering to Levi and Hazel in which the couple shook their head at.

"So that everyone's here, what are we discu--" Hazel narrowed her eyes when Connie bursted into the room withbeads of sweat on his face and a look of desperation.

"Hazel-san! Hazel-san! Louis is---" he was cut off by loud crying. Levi looked away, Hange awed, Erwin have a bead of sweat on his cheek, Historia chuckled a little, Levine was about to run out the room and Hazel rolled her eyes knowing that her husband is avoiding to calm their son down.

"Urgh! I'll go," she stood up and walked out the room calmly. A few moments later the crying died down. The rest assumed that Hazel did a great job making the baby boy stop crying.

"Wow. The great Levi Ackerman is afraid of a child's cry. So sad," Levine said out loud after he noticed that his brother did avoid the situation.

This statement made Hange laugh and tease the fellow soldier. The two MPs shared a look but did not said a word.

"Let's just get on with it," Erwin said and so they did proceed with their meeting with Historia.

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The meeting didn't last long, but for Levine who doesn't like these sorts of stuff, he thought of it as a waste time for snoozing.

"I'm surprised I stayed awake for that long," Levine said and Levi looked at him with his emotionless expression, a trait they both share.

"Tch, I wouldn't be surprise if you feel asleep in the next meeting," he said and Levine turned his head to his brother.

"Wait, another meeting?" He paraphrased, but Levi didn't got the chance to speak when Hazel came walking to them with Louis in her arms.

"So what did I miss?" The blond asked, craddling a giggling baby boy that tried reaching out to his father, but stopped in midway when he saw him with his uncle.

"Historia's just told us about some plans about repairing some parts of the HQ and a probable escort again to the underground," Levine said and Mikasa joined in the scene as Hazel gave Louis to her for a while.