𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑬𝑵𝑫 𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑳 𝑩𝑬 𝑰𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑰𝑪 - Levi Ackerman [1]

nineteen

19|EXPERIMENTS

"Did you remember to clean under the table?" Lilly questioned, sitting down at the large dining table, holding her swollen stomach with discomfort. "Always wear protection kids, this sucks."

"Do you need water? Something to eat?" Armin asked her, grabbing a pillow and putting it behind her for support.

"I'm fine, honest. Just waiting for my husband to return so I can murder him." She smirked, watching as they all gave her a worried look. "Oh don't take me seriously, I'm pregnant. Clean under the table."

"It's not dirty." Eren replied, frantically dusting near the door when Jean, Armin and Sasha entered, not dusting off their shoes. "Hey! Did you guys wipe the dust and dirt off your shoes before you came in?"

"Say what?" Jean said dumbfounded, putting down his sacks of supplies. "No, we didn't. Can't you see all the stuff we're carrying?"

"Do you seriously think that attitude will satisfy Captain Levi?" The Titan Shifter argued back. "If I hadn't given your sheets hospital corners this morning-"

"Quit nagging! Who are you, my mum?" He yelled, most likely about to start a fight with the boy.

"We're back." Mikasa and Historia entered the house with piles of firewood and an axe.

"Wait, were you just chopping firewood?" Armin jumped in as he noticed Historia had left the house in daylight and Mikasa was recently injured.

"Gotta stay in shape." Mikasa answered, shrugging before they dumped the wood by the fire.

"You got grabbed by a Titan! You should be in bed." The blonde boy continued but Mikasa ignored him.

"I try to stop her, but she won't listen." Eren grumbled. "I saw her doing sit ups earlier."

"Mikasa, I know you're stubborn but please keep an eye on your body. Its fragile and needs to be cared for." Lilly stood up and gave the girl a stern look. "I'm saying this as an adult and a doctor. Look after yourself because you'll need your strength."

"Sasha, what did you just put in your bag?" The doctor turned around as she heard the cadets beginning to squabble again.

"Nothing bread related." Sasha said darkly, hiding her bag from all their eyes causing them all to jump forwards in annoyance.

"Hey, focus! We gotta finish cleaning before the Captain gets back." Eren tried to get them to listen but it was too late.

"What's this commotion about? And why aren't you sitting?" Levi entered the small farm house. He ran his fingers under the table and clicked his tongue in disgust. "I'm quite sure I gave you enough time. Anyways, we'll discus your lax cleaning job another time. Eren, Hanje is itching to get the experiment started."

"Told you." Lillian smirked as she began to follow her husband out the house. "Should've cleaned under the table."

"How are you feeling?" He helped her on to his horse and mounted it behind her, one arm wrapping around her stomach to keep her pressed against his chest.

"I'm fine, my ankle is fine and the baby is fine." She reassured him, watching as the other cadets hopped on to their horses before they all rode to the experiment site. After greeting Hanje, the majority of them stood on the cliff edge looking down at Eren as he tried to learn how to harden his Titan skin.

"What's wrong, Eren? Get up!" Hanje yelled at the anorexic Titan with half of Erens body hanging out the nape of the neck. "The future of humanity is riding on you! Get up, dammit!"

"Hey, four eyes." Levi stated stoically to the loud woman beside him. "He's not quite the same this time. He's not even 10 metres, and some of his body doesn't have muscle. Plus, Eren's ass is hanging out."

"I always knew you were an ass guy." Lillian joked, nudging the man beside her which earned a few laughs from the cadets and Hanje.

"I can see that!" The brunette woman fired back at the short man. "Eren! Can you still move? Give us a signal or something."

"That gloomy brat is acting on her own again." The captain complained as Mikasa ignored the orders and ran over to Eren. "Time to think up a punishment?"

"Its called love, leave the girl be." Lilly sighed happily. "I remember when you use to say "I love you" to me."

"I love you." Levi said monotonously, watching the grinning woman beside him.

"Prove it." She smirked, turning around to face her husband properly, knowing they were being watched by Hanje intensely.

"I got you pregnant, I think that's proof enough." His eyes darted down to her stomach which was beginning to show with tight clothing. The doctors predicted she is pregnant for four months and that she might begin to feel the baby kick.

"He got you there." Hanje laughed before going serious again as Eren still had not given a signal. "No, there's no signal. We're done here!"

"I may be a doctor but I did not sign up for looking after patients who's faces are hanging off which will grow back in a couple hours." Lilly pulled a face of disgust and turned her back to her Godson, knowing she would have to care for him when they got back to the house, praying to God his face looked better by then.

"Looks like we've got a long road ahead before we can use the Titan hardening ability to seal the wall." Levi spoke his thoughts aloud, looking to Armin for his assessment on the situation.

"Yes, I knew we'd be grasping at straws from the start." Armin nodded slowly.

"Strategically, it's not a bad plan." The ebony haired man continued. "Instead of lugging tons of supplies, all we need is to get Eren there. Whether ot not we're grasping at straws all depends on Eren."

"He can do it, I know he can!" Lillian hummed as she walked over to Levi's horse and mounted it easily, glaring at her husband as he tried to tell her off.

"You ride in the same wagon as Eren." Instead he addressed Historia who was hiding beneath a cape so her face could not be seen. "I'm headed for Trost District with Hanje's group."

"Let's go."