Chapter Forty- One

His person

      "So you did go to the dance classes," I smirked, we were on the dance floor with the kids as well.

It felt nice to know who he was but without anyone else knowing (just a few).

     "I just watched a few lessons, nothing important." He grumbled causing me to giggle.

     "That's weird, you danced pretty well the first time we met." I played along.

     "Pretty sure I was trying to make sure we don't fall." He scoffed. 

     "Oh? Is that so?" I raised my eyebrow at him. "You had a mask on, I don't think people would've noticed it was you."

     "Athena, is that you?" I heard a voice interrupt our moment.

It was Jean, he was next to us and he looked sad. 

     "Jean?" I stopped dancing to face him completely, I felt Levi's arm wrap around my waist and pull me into him. "What are you-"

      "What are you doing with another guy?" Jean's voice broke and he turned his gaze to Levi. "Who is he?"

     "Jean," I let out an annoyed sigh. "First of all, I was fully drunk and you had someone else take me to my room?"

     "I wanted to do what was best for you-"

     "So you let anyone just take me?" I placed my hands on my hips.

     "Captain Levi was there and I trusted him-

     "Because he's your captain." I crossed my arms. 

     "Yes! But also because I had to take care of Sasha and Marco they're my friends-"

     "And I'm not asking you to put me before your friends." I chuckled. "You're young Jean-"

     "Babe!" Another voice interrupted me which got me a bit pissed off.

I saw a girl with auburn hair walk towards us with a smile on her face, she turned to Jean and interlocked her arms with his but he held a shocked look on his face.

     "I uh-" Jean stammered and she leaned into him with a brighter smile on her face. "Huh?"

     "I wanted to talk about our open relationship, I was thinking about it and I'd really love to close it." She giggled and took him away from me.

Wow.

Wowww.

What the fuck just happened. 

I am so confused.

     "What the hell was that?" Levi spat and released his hold from me running his hands through his hair.

     "I'm not sure-

     "He has no right to act like that when he literally didn't take care of you like a man should-"

     "Levi," I placed my hand on his arm and squeezed for a few seconds. "It's fine."

     "He has some nerve," He spat, I could tell he was getting more pissed off from the thought of Jean trying to get with me but an open relationship? A girlfriend? He already had a girlfriend? I'm so confused.

And she wasn't mad? 

I'm so confused. 

     "Levi," I chuckled.

     "What the hell are you laughing about?" He glared at me. 

     "There's no need to be mad," I explained. 

     "Like hell, there's no need to be mad," He rolled his eyes. 

I move his hands back onto my waist and begin dancing again, surprisingly he followed my lead but was still in a pissed-off mood. 

     "Do you want to be my boyfriend then?" I asked with a small smile on my face.

     "What?" He turned to me.

     "Do you want to go out with me? Go on dates, do stupid shit together." I grinned. "If you say no I have no choice but to move on."

     "I was supposed to ask," His voice grew smaller at the end and I felt my heart tighten. He was so cute.

     "I was beginning to think you'd never ask," I snorted bringing him closer to me. "Is that a yes?" 

     "Yeah." He sighed and I could tell this was the second time I bruised his ego, I really liked seeing this side of him.

     "What do people do on dates?" He hesitated.

     "You have never been on a date?" I furrowed my eyebrows at him.

     "No." He muttered turning his attention to the ground.

     "Levi?" I gasped trying to hide a giggle but I turned away instantly, this was pure gold to me seeing him so flustered.

     "Shut up," He glared at me once I turned my gaze back to him. 

     "Levi, you're probably one of the only boys I've been with with little to no experience. And you're ancient too." I laughed.

     "Yeah, yeah! Make fun all you want but I just- I never thought I'd end up with someone." He confessed. 

     "You deserve happiness." I smiled reassuring him. "Everything."

     "Not really," He sighed. "Remember Farlan and Isabel?"

      Wow, that was the first time he really willingly talked about them. He's talked about them before but very briefly, I let him know it was okay to talk about them when he was ready because I could tell he had a million thoughts running through his mind all these years. No one ever questioned him on it before, I was brave enough to ask about it even knowing the consequence of asking. I didn't want to be nosy and I didn't ask just to know everything about him and spread it to people. I asked because I knew there was something he was holding back on and he wanted to let out but didn't feel encouraged to even speak about it. 

     Levi was a tough guy but he had a big heart, he cared a lot about those around him even if it looked like he could kill you for not cleaning a room properly. Like for example Eren and Mikasa: he does not talk about Mikasa as much but they're cousins and he always looks out for her. When it came to Eren he always looked out for him as well, he wanted Eren to grow and become a strong soldier to protect humanity. His whole squad is all he has left now, he lost two of his best friends Isabel and Farlan and I know he regrets how it all went down. 

     He blamed himself for their deaths, his own selfishness and anger got them killed. When he should've fought with them he went to kill Erwin. It's strange how it all turned out, I mean the guy loves Erwin a lot and he didn't have to tell me that. I could see it.

     Though I think it was foolish of him to go after Erwin I could understand why he did it, but it's nothing something he can take back and we live in the present now. He shouldn't keep the burden of this any longer.

     "Levi," I stopped dancing and dragged him off to the side. "Come here."

     I gave him a hug that he was still shocked to even process, every time I hug him it always starts as a shock but later rewarded with the same feelings. He always ended up hugging me back no matter what, I think that's what I valued more. I was waiting for him, patiently waiting. He was really traumatized and he lost a lot of people, I will continue to wait for him because I know I want to spend the rest of my life with him and help him through these tough days. 

I want to be there for him. I want to be his person.