Chapter Text
First time Levi tried to kiss Hange was his most confusing day.
It was a hot evening that day as Levi was obsessively cleaning his office, dusting the surface of his desk, organizing his files into separate folders, and fixing his books on the bookshelf.
On days such as these, when training is canceled, everyone has the common sense of not disturbing on another. Well, everyone but Hange Zoe.
Levi sighed in contentment as he looked at his now cleaner office then he went to go sit on his chair, but just as he was about to sit down his office door slammed open, “Hey, Shorty! Guess what!”
Levi didn’t even bother to look at the woman at the doorway, he dropped down into his chair and shut his eyes, hoping that if he ignored her she’d disappear. Hange shut the door behind her as she excitedly walked up to Levi’s desk.
“Levi, guess what, guess what.”
Levi clenched his jaw and attempted to shut out the voice but there was no such luck, the voice just got louder and more insistent. “Leviiiiii!”
“What do you want, Shitty Glasses?” His eyes snapped open and glared at the brown eyes staring down at him with enthusiasm. And even though Levi knew who’d it’d be even before he opened his eyes, he didn’t expect to see her like that.
Hange looked almost looked like her usual self, almost.
Her hair wasn’t tied up as it usually is but instead was let down, her wet hair falling onto her shoulders and moistening her shirt. And Levi noticed, that for once, she seemed clean.
Her typical shit eating grin was plastered on her face as she dropped a small stack of papers on Levi’s desk, “Check it out.” Levi rose an eyebrow at her and gingerly lifted one of the papers, “What is it?”
“Some theories on abnormal titans and strategies for battle.”
Levi put the paper back in its stack and crossed his arms over his chest, leaning back with his eyes closed, “It’s our one free day off, and you decide to fucking work? What the hell, Hange.”
Hange rolled her eyes and planted her hands on his desk, “Pssh, well you’re the one who’s cleaning on their day off.”
“Hmhm, and how would you even know that?”
“You still have your kerchief on your head.”
“Hmm,” Levi tentatively rose his hand to his head and touched the piece of cloth, “Ah, okay.” He took it off of his head and fixed his hair.
“Either way, just read it please.” Hange stared at him pleadingly, her hair falling in front of her face, she quickly pushed it back behind her ear. Levi watched her then looked at the stack of papers, sighing slightly, “Fine.”
Hange grinned widely and plopped down on the couch near his desk, Levi picked up the stack of papers and ran his eyes through the letters of the first page. Before he even finished the first paragraph he heard a yawn coming from Hange.
He looked up at Hange from the paper to see her stretching, her yellow blouse tightening around her small chest and riding up her stomach as she let out another loud yawn. Levi tore his eyes away from her chest and shot a glare at her, “Can’t you be any louder?”
Hange settled down from her stretching and grinned at him, “I dunno, want me to try?”
Levi ignored her and went back to reading the report. Every now and then his gaze would flit toward her, noticing her impatient fingers running through her wet hair, her rapid foot tapping on the ground energetically, and the way her lips moving as she mumbled things to herself.
Her lips. Levi didn’t know why he only noticed now but they looked soft and… kissable.
Levi looked away from her then read the remainder of the report, trying to distract himself from his foolish hormonal thoughts.
As he finished reading the papers he cleared his throat grabbing the attention of Hange, he set the papers down at the head of his desk as Hange got up and walked to his desk, her eyebrows raised expectantly. “So what did you think?”
Levi leaned back and crossed his arms over his chest while shrugging, “It’s an interesting theory and strategy. What brought it up?” Even though he asked, he really didn’t want an answer. All he wanted was a selfish excuse to watch her.
Hange’s eyes brightened as she started rambling onto the founding of the strategy and theory, which consisted of their last expedition out the walls, all the while she explained Levi was watching the way her mouth twisted upwards at the corners.
Levi leaned forward, placing his elbows on the desk and his chin on his knuckles. He was entranced by her lips for some reason, and anyone with eyes could see it at that moment but it seemed that Hange thick glasses didn't work like they should.
“Maybe this might help with our next expedition! If we focus and strengthen these areas in our formation, then maybe we’ll go farther!”
He didn’t know what got into him but he leaned further forward, standing up from his chair and raising his head to try and meet her lips with his own. Just as Levi’s lips were about to touch Hange’s, she turned her head to the side focusing her eyes on the door, “That reminds me, I should go show this to Captain!”
Levi’s lips was an inch from her neck, where her lips were before. She turned back to him, her nose touching hers. She grinned again and grabbed her papers then hurried to the door and as she opened it, she looked back then waved at Levi, “See you later, Rivaille!”
Hange walked out, closing the door out.
Levi froze momentarily then blinked, dropping back into his chair, “What the?”
A few days after Levi’s mistake of almost kissing Hange, she was once again at his desk her eyes shining brightly with hope, “Hey, Levi can you do me a favor?”
Levi shot her a glare then looked back at a book he was reading, “No.”
Hange sighed and rose her hands in a begging position, “Please, you didn’t even listen to my request.”
Levi didn’t even bother to look at her, “I already know what it is, it’s the same old, ‘Can you capture me a titan?’ thing, and my answer every time is, no”
“Please.”
“No.”
“Pleaaaase.”
“No.”
“Pleaaaase, it’s for science!” She dragged the word and Levi can hear a tinge of impatience.
“As I said before,” He rose his head to look at her, “No.”
Hange let out an exasperated sound from her mouth, “What if I get Erwin to make you capture one?”
“Then I’ll have no chance but to oblige to it. Orders are orders”
“Fine, I’ll go ask him then,” Hange stuck her tongue out at him then marched out of his room again, coming back about thirty minutes later, just as Levi was standing up to leave.
A large smile plastered on her face, she grabbed Levi’s shoulders and looked down at him, “Guess who’s going to capture me a titan?”
“Fuck off, Shitty Glasses” Levi slapped her arms away and put on his Survey Corps jacket, preparing to walk out the door.
“So you accept defeat! What was it you said before…?” Hange placed her thumb on her chin, mocking a thinking face. Levi watched her wearily, his hand resting on the doorknob.
“Aha!” Hange smirked and pointed up then at Levi, “‘Orders are orders’,” she said it in a gruff voice trying to imitate Levi, he glared at her relentlessly and poked her roughly in the middle of her chest, “Eat shit, Zoe. I don’t even sound like that.”
Hange rose her eyebrows and grinned while raising her arms in a surrender position, “Is the Lance Corporal getting embarrassed right now?” The tip of her lips curled upwards and she bit her bottom lip slightly, Levi narrowed his eyes on her lips then sneered and moved his hand away.
He turned away and opened the door, walking out with the image off her biting her bottom lip burned in his mind, “I’ll get you a damn titan so just shut the fuck up.”
Hange followed after him and nodded enthusiastically, “Alright, Corporal!” She grinned again and walked past him, but something made Levi grab her wrist and pull her to him. Hange blinked and Levi stared her dead in the eyes, just as he was about to lean in and kiss her, they heard footsteps, “Squad Leader Hange!”
Levi let go of Hange hastily and shot one more blank look at Hange’s confused face then walked away, walking past Moblit who had a bunch of papers in his hands as he ran to Hange, “I got the information you needed!”
“Eh? Oh, oh yeah, great!” She tore her eyes away from Levi’s retreating figure and grinned at Moblit as he handed her the papers. Hange and Moblit walked away then Levi turned around and watched them, their voices getting dimmer.
Levi glared at Hange’s back then at his own hands, he leaned against the wall and ran his hand down his face while groaning, “Damn it, I did it again.”
It was a Wednesday morning the third time Levi tried kissing Hange.
All he wanted was to clean and change his cravat, but if Hange is roaming around in the hallways it’s impossible for him to do what he wanted to do.
As Levi was walking to his room he saw Hange, she was conversing with Moblit again about whatever a pair of scientists would talk about, and once Levi saw them he turned around instantly and walked the opposite way.
For a few days, Levi has been avoiding Hange for a reason he couldn’t fully grasp. Every time he was near her, he wanted to grab her filthy hair and press his lips to hers, he wanted to taste what her lips were like, and he wanted to kiss her mindlessly until she forgot what a cruel and ruthless world they live in. And if anything creeped Levi out, it was his own thoughts.
As he walked past the stables Eren stumbled into Levi’s path, “Corporal Levi!” He stood up straight and hastily saluted.
Levi crossed his arms and glared at Eren, “What?”
“Squad Leader Zoe was looking for you.”
Levi almost flinched at the sound of Hange’s last name, “Why?”
Eren blinked and scratched the back of his neck, “I’m not sure, sir, sorry.” Levi sighed and grunted, “Fine.”
Eren saluted again then walked speedily away, Levi let out another sigh and continued walking around headquarters aimlessly trying to find a clean broom.
About thirty minutes after that Levi caught sight of the familiar dark brown hair that belonged to the one and only, Hange Zoe. She was hunching over a picnic table and was scribbling things down on a notebook.
Instead of avoiding her as Levi did earlier, he walked up to her and dug his hand in her hair, giving it a little tug. “Oi, Shitty Glasses, Jaeger said you were looking for me.”
Hange gave a little start then turned around, slowly grinning, “Ah, the prince has finally showed his face.”
Levi rolled his eyes and let go of her hair, taking a seat by her, “My face has been shown for about an hour.”
“If that’s so then how come I haven’t seen you, eh?”
“You weren’t looking hard enough.”
“Yeah, you’re right I keep forgetting to look down.”
“Oi!” Levi shot her a glare, “Watch it.”
The corner of Hange’s lips turned upwards as put her pen down, “Yeah, yeah, sorry Rivaille Heichou.”
Levi cringed, “Don’t call me that.”
“How about short ass?”
“How about I stuff a broom up your ass?”
“That’s not a nice way to treat a lady.”
“What, would you like it stuffed up somewhere else?”
Levi said it without thinking, and only after the last word escaped his lips did he realize how obscene it sounds. Before he could take back his words, he heard Hange laugh.
“Never thought you’d ask, Clean Freak.”
If Levi didn’t know how to contain himself so well he would’ve blushed but instead he just groaned and flicked her forehead with his finger, “What was it you need from me anyways?”
“Ouch,” Hange rubbed her forehead and held a leather covered small notebook up, “Just some new ideas on how to capture our next titan.” She flipped through a couple pages and slammed it down in front of Levi when she found the right page.
Levi flinched at the sudden loud noise, “Don’t interrupt the peace of quiet morning, Four-Eyes.” He picked up the book and started reading the strategy, Hange leaned close. Really close. Her cheek was touching his as she read along with him, reviewing it over again as he read.
Levi’s heart was beating loud enough that he feared Hange might hear it, he took a deep steady breath and tried focusing on Hange’s scribbled writing. As he took another discreet deep breath, he caught a small whiff of vanilla with the strong scent of old parched paper, “Oi.”
“Hmmm?”
Levi turned to face her, his nose less than a centimeter from her cheek. She turned and face him, her eyes widening a little seeing their close proximity. Her nose touched his as he raised his hand and dug it in her hair again, he narrowed his eyes on her.
“Shitty Glasses, when was the last time you showered?”
“Sunday, I think.”
“You think?”
“Definitely Sunday.”
Levi closed his eyes and took a slight sniff, he opened his eyes again and remembered how she was at his office four days ago. Clean.
"It's a record, don't you think, having still stayed clean this long," She remarked as she turned her face to look at him.
He was so close, close enough to do what he’s been craving to do, close enough to kiss her.
But he was frozen up and just as he finally got a grip of himself and was about to close the distance between their lips, a loud deep rumble erupted and the bright light of lightening illuminated their faces.
Both Hange and Levi broke away quickly and looked where the source of the happening is, “What the fuck?!”
Hange grinned and shot up to her feet, “Woo, Eren transformed again! Gotta go, science calls for me!” She quickly patted Levi’s head and ran to the place which was now covered in smoke, but even in that short time Levi still caught sight of the redness in her cheeks.
Levi sighed and stood up, “Fucking Jaeger has the worst timing.” He glared at the place that Hange ran off to then closed the notebook in his hand. “Great, she ditches me and leaves her shit here.”
As Levi walked to his room purposely avoiding anybody so he doesn’t need to deal with Eren’s screw up, he thought of the heat that emitted off of Hange as her lips was merely an inch from his.
He ran his thumb down the soft leather of the notebook in his hand, thinking that maybe now he could pay attention to the strategies Hange planned.