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When the Scouting Legion returned, they had managed to capture a Titan. It was a regular six meter class, nothing too special. Yet still, when Zoe got word of this, she immediately wanted to see it.
“I told you: no Titans.”
“Come on, Levi, just a little look! Let me just try to ask it a question! Maybe this one can communicate! Just a little peek!”
“Are you trying to put our child in danger?”
She pouted. “I’ll be careful.”
Suddenly, there was a little sniffle. Levi could only think, No, not this again. Her hormones were really acting up during the whole ordeal and the fact that she could not study her precious Titans like she usually could was heartbreaking to her. He hated to see her like that, but he was thinking about their child. What if something did happen if she were to get close to it and he was not able to do something in time? He would never forgive himself if something like that were to happen. It was best to not allow her to get close at all.
“Come here,” He mumbled and pulled her into him. He let her get all of her emotions out; he knew she was having a rough time with all the changes taking place in her body. He could not do much, but he could support her, and that was what he would do. Little things were becoming upsetting for her and he did his best to help her through it. She was becoming moody as her body came to change to accommodate their child. He just did his best to help her with these changes. It was all that he could do.
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It felt like the umpteenth time that Zoe had blown her nose. Why would her head not clear up so that she could just breathe? She tried once more with the last tissue in the box. And, it was useless. Her nose was raw and red, and yet, she was still unable to breathe properly. Sighing, she decided to just go back to her research. She would just have to try to not think about her nose being so stuffy.
There was a knock on the door. She was interrupted from her thoughts and looked up towards the door. “Come in,” She called. Armin popped his head into the room first to make sure it really was alright to come inside. In his hands he held a box of tissues. “You seemed like you needed these earlier, so I thought that maybe I could bring you some.”
“Thank you, Armin!” She exclaimed, scrambling to get up from her seat. He shook his hands in front of him to signal that she did not need to get up from where she was. “No, stay there!” He said, walking over to her and placing the box on the desk.
"That was perfect timing, you know." She smiled as she pulled a tissue out and put it up to her red nose, obnoxiously blowing the built up snot into it.
"I'm glad I could be of some help," He replied. He could not help but slightly grimace at how casual she was about clearing her nose. Trying to ignore her previous motion, he changed the subject and asked, "Is there anything else I can do for you?"
"You're so sweet!" She gushed, "No, there isn’t, though. Unless you want to do a few experiments on that new Titan," and she laughed before finishing, "Thanks a lot though for bringing these. I really needed them.”
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The fact that Zoe could not breathe really showed in her office. Scattered everywhere on the floor were used tissues, so, when Levi came at the end of the day to see if she was ready to go, his jaw immediately dropped.
"Oh, Levi," She greeted, turning her head around slightly. She was reaching pulling out a book from one of the bookshelves. "I'm just about done."
"What have you been doing? Completely clearing your nasal cavities?"
“I wish they were clear!”
He looked down at the floor in disgust. He reached down and picked up a tissue between his thumb and index fingers; he was even more disgusted upon seeing that they were used. He sighed as he continued about the room and picked up more, one by one.
She turned around completely. She scrunched up her face in confusion. "What are you doing?"
He grimaced as he faced her. "What does it look like? Cleaning up your mess,” He scoffed, followed by mumbling under his breath, “How can you work in this mess?"
"I didn't even notice." She shrugged. She grabbed her stuff, starting towards the door. "You ready to go?"
He shook his head. "Not until I'm done cleaning. How do you even go through so many in a day?
She frowned and went back to her desk. She sat on the edge as she watched him clean up her mess. "I don't know. I read that pregnancy can make a woman have a stuffed nose and I guess my nose is really stuffed." She laughed a bit, but he was not amused.
She was messy enough as it was, and with her constantly blowing her nose, he did not exactly want to clean up her snot rags, but they would not get cleaned up any other way. He honestly wondered how he could ever have found himself in a relationship with such a messy woman. But still, something about her made him so attracted, and he still found himself in love with her, no matter her awful habits.
She sat there and watched him the entire time he insisted on cleaning up everything. She giggled when he hastily grabbed a clean tissue to rid himself of the snot that had ended up on his hands.
“I’m going to go wash my hands.”
She smiled, following after him. It appeared that he was done so maybe they could finally go home.