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Eren's POV

"As I ensured last time, I have taken your requests into consideration,"

I was in the middle of a meeting with my client in my office...

"and these are the suggestions I've got for you."

And I hated it. Not because of the meeting itself, but because of the client.

When I had finished talking, I passed the man the sheets with all the information and graphics he had required. The man I was talking about was an elder person - probably in his 40s or higher. He had a corpulent body, but was smaller than me - big in width and small in length, one could say. His face was round and creased and his dark brown hair had already grey-white spots. The man was called Mr Tony Sayo.

There was a reason why I disliked him.

As I handed him the paper, he took them from my hand and while he did so, he let his fingers brush my hand on purpose. Of course he had tried to do that discreetly and pretended that it was accidental, but I knew that it wasn't. His behaviour was telling me. No one else did those things to me like he did. Listening to me without paying much attention to what I was saying, but instead gawking at me with a kind of weird smile - as if they were totally fascinated and attached by me. Making me compliments on my looks or praising my work enthusiastically were also usual of him, just as his "coincidental" touches were. I was glad that a desk was seperating us or else he would have gone that far to sit on my lap. This man liked me more than a client should, there was no doubt about that. He was a creep.

I retreated my arm, shuddering in disgust inwardly, but of course I didn't let any of those feelings feature my expression, doing my best to show a professional and serious appearance. Nevertheless, I couldn't refrain from wiping off my hand on my pants, and I was glad that he couldn't see what I was doing since the desk was in the way - no, it was perfect where it stood.

Mr Sayo regarded the sheets, his pointer finger tracing his bottom lip as if he was in thought. Regardless of that, he did it again. Smirking lightly and probably liking that I was in his presence.

Why was he doing that to me? Wasn't he like married or whatever?! This was seriously grossing me out!

The problem was that he was one of my clients and it was my job to follow his requirements.

"Well," he said in his ugly raspy voice, "I'm more than satisfied with the suggestion you present me here now, Mr Yaeger. This is really just as I have imagined it. Please, proceed as it is suggested here."

There was so much more behind his voice. The way he looked at me right now - with that glistening eyes. The way he spoke to me - so much contentment in his tone. Whatever I had done to him that attracted him, I wished I could change that back or even better I wished it had never happened. Oh how much better it would have been if he never had visited Pixis Corporation in the first place.

With as much force as possible, I put on a polite smile and with the nicest voice I could manage I answered, "Of course. I will do as requested. I'm glad that the plans are in your liking, Mr Sayo."

"As ever, you're doing your job perfectly. I can't imagine someone doing it better than you, to be honest. I'm really glad that it is you and no one else taking my requests." There it was again. His overexaggerated praising. Of course there were other people who could do this. I wasn't doing an excellent job, this was a simple task that all the other employees here could do as well.

This man was trying to get my attention on him.

There was no way that I would fall for his nice words and allusions.

"Thank you for your kind words, Mr Sayo. But I have to make it clear to you that I'm just following my work. There are other people who do the same as me - and also as well as me. No need to praise me that mu-"

"But of course I need to!" he interrupted abruptly, standing up now and hovering over my desk, his hands slammed onto the table. I backed up a bit in my chair, looking at him with questioning and slightly widened eyes. Then, the man took one of my hands in his own ones, stroking the back of my hand slightly. "You are doing very well, Mr Yeager. I really mean it. You are a very talented and pretty man. You can be proud of tha-"

"Okay," I stretched out the word, utterly overwhelmed by his strange behaviour as I slid my hand from his grasp slowly and cautiously. "I think we can end the meeting now. Everything that needed to be clarified and said was said."

It was as if realization had hit that old guy hard because now he made a few steps back, holding his hands up. "I'm sorry that I might have intruded in your personal privacy. I didn't intend to come close to you nor did I want to make you uncomfortable, Mr Yeager. I'm truly sorry for my inappropriate manners." He said that in a hurry and tried to be convincing.

Right now I had that urge to slap him in the face, but I couldn't do else than to play along; at least for a little more. "I-It's okay I guess. I will forgive you." A lie. Such a lie.

He placed a hand on his chest, sighing heavily. "I'm relieved. Thank you for your forgiveness, Mr Yeager." Another smile I had to force out before he continued (I bet he had waited for me to smile at him before he would go on), "Well. I think this is enough for today. As you said just now, everything is cleared out."

"Right."

"Then..." A little pause occured in which he smiled to himself again. "we will meet each other at our next appointment again?" There was so much hope in his voice, I was eager to crush it.

"Yes. The agreed appointment in three days." I answered, attempting to sound nice. It was almost impossible by now, that man was irritating me as hell!

"I'm really looking forward to it." After we shook hands, he made his way to the door. During that time, I sat back on my seat as I sent glares to him. Sadly, he couldn't see them. All of a sudden, he turned around quickly, almost catching me in what I was doing. "Oh, I almost forgot!"

I made eye contact with him with the most innocent expression I could manage in those few seconds. "What is it, Mr Sayo?"

He grabbed the inner of his jacket as he responded. "Did I already give you my business card?" He took out a card and a pen from one of his pockets, quickly scribbling something onto the piece of paper. Whatever he was writing there I had no fucking interest in reading it.

"Oh. Yeah, yeah. You gave me one in our first meeting. I still have it." It was the truth and as I was about to show him the card he had given me, he had already slid a second one on my desk. The business card stopped right in front of me and I didn't do more than to peer my eyes at it in venom.

"Until next time then, Mr Yaeger." Mr Sayo said with a smug smirk and made his leave.

I glared at the now closed door before regarding the card again.

Next time?

My brows knitted in confusion, I then turned the card around, reading what was written on the back:

Call me privately:

0XXXX-XXX-XX

Disgusting. This was fucking disgusting.

More and more anger boiled up inside me as I threw papers on the floor (the ones of Mr Sayo's requests), barely holding myself back.

"Until next time, my ass!" I yelled as I hit the table with my fists, breathing heavily through my nose. That fucking pervert. I'll show him what it means to mess with me.

We won't ever have a meeting again. I'd make sure of it. I didn't want to see his ugly face with that ugly grin ever again!

But before I would do anything, I had to calm myself down first. The past few days were already stressing me out. Not only work, but other things, too. In addition to that, there was also that weird Sayo who brought me over the edge now. Seriously, the luck wasn't on my side at the moment, so it seemed. Putting my head in my palms, I attempted to steady my breath and lower my wrath. It would be a pain in the ass if my serious anger issues, which I had suffered from mostly in my teenage years, were coming back. I had other - more serious - problems to deal with at the moment. There was no time and space to give shits about something as silly and unnecessary as anger issues. Unlike back then, now it would only be my temper showing off too much sometimes, but as long as I managed to control myself as much as possible it should be alright.

I stood up (with a cooled down head now) and collected the sheets that lay on the floor. I made my way out of my office, that stack of paper and the business card carried along with me, aiming for the reception.

"Oh. Hey, Eren." I met with Armin somewhere on my way and without thinking twice my blond friend followed me.

"Hi." I grumbled lowly, still a bit of annoyance evident in my voice.

"Did something happen?" he asked curiously, but also concerned.

The whole time we were walking to the reception and luckily I had there pretty fast. Instead of answering Armin's question, I slammed the sheets on the reception counter and looked down to Sasha who was sitting there - of course with food in her hands.

She had startled by the thump of the papers and when she looked up, her face was a bit scared at first, but it changed immediately when she saw me. "Oh! Itsh you, Ern. What do ya want?" Sasha asked with her mouth full of food.

"Don't talk to me when your mouth is full." I said and with the same monotonous but also slightly snappy voice I went on as I passed her the papers, "Here. My client, Mr Sayo, that had visited me just now. I don't want to work for him anymore. Pass his requests to another employee or whatever. I'm sick of him."

"Why?" Both Sasha and Armin wondered in unison.

I decided to respond to Armin and not Sasha because I didn't answer his prior question, and he deserved to know about it now at the latest. So I took out the business card from my pocket and showed him the front of the little piece of paper.

Armin cocked his head to the side, furrowing his brows, seeming to not understand. Actually, he couldn't understand that by only seeing the one side of the card. "What about his business card?" he questioned in a highly wondering tone.

I turned the card around, revealing the back side as my expression remained annoyed.

"Oh." he stated now, raising both of his brows now as he eventually understood what I was talking about.

Then, I turned back to Sasha and gave her the business card. "Do you think you can do something about this guy? I'll refuse to work for him any more." I didn't care how much inconveniences it would bring along, as long as I wouldn't have to see him again, I would accept it and take responsibility for the consequences.

It took some time for Sasha to find a solution, but after what felt like hours of typing and mouse clicks, I got finally an answer. "All you can do is to trade clients with someone else. That much is allowed. If there isn't a specific reason to why we should cut business with Mr Sayo, I can't do more than that."

"No specific reason?! What the fuck! That guy is harrassing me!" I spat, being close to losing my temper again.

Meanwhile, Sasha took a bite of her sandwich, chewing on it for a long time before she replied to me. She regarded the business card. "Geez, Eren. Just because he writes down "Call me privately" on his business card and gives it to you it is not reason enough to end business with him. I mean, you don't have to take something like that seriously. Where is your sense of professionalism? What are you? 12?" She then let out a loud laughter. Even if no one else laughed about her own joke, it didn't hinder her to continue laughing. It took so long until her laughter died out; all the while I had remained where I was, one arm of mine propped up as I covered my eyes in nerve-racking exhaustion. It seemed that Armin, too, stayed where he was - witnessing everything from behind me.

It even came that far that Connie joined in on us before the ponytailed secretary told me any more things.

"Hey, hey, hey, guys. 'Sup?" he called out in a carefree manner. God, how much I wished right now to be as relaxed as him.

"Hey, Connie." I heard Armin say.

Some time later, in which I didn't say anything to him, I felt a pat on my shoulder. "What's up Yeager? Something wrong?" I could see from the corner of my eye that Connie was leaning against the counter now, switching from looking at Armin, me and then Sasha and his eyes stayed at the latter for quite a while. "Hey, Sasha. It's the hundreth time that you're eating at your work place. Wait 'til lunch time. What if Pixis sees you like that?"

I rolled my eyes as I sighed loudly. Two stupid people at once. "To answer your previous question," I told him harshly with a forced smile and a twitching brow, "Nothing is wrong with me. The problem lays in your girlfriend." I waved my hand to Sasha.

The boy with the buzz-cut was completely overthrown by that. "Who? Sasha?" He then laughed loudly and to not much surprise Sasha joined him. I groaned silently, looking at Armin with pleading eyes after that. My blond friend shrugged his shoulders, shaking his head and smiling insecurely. Connie threw one arm over my shoulder. "Honey. She isn't my girlfriend. It's all platonic. P-l-a-t-o-"

"Got it, got it. Now get off of me." I shoved him off me with a frown before I turned to Sasha again. "Now can you do something or not?"

The brunette looked quickly at the monitor, eating her potato by the way. "Mmh. There are shome-"

"Sasha." I didn't need to say more words for her to understand.

As I wanted it, she swallowed first before starting to talk again. "There are indeed some employees who can trade with you. But it isn't as easy as that."

"What's even going on here?" Connie questioned, his arms crossed behind the back of his head as he stared up at the ceiling.

"Eren wants to change clients because his one has a crush on him." Sasha informed him, chuckling in her own ugly way.

"Hey! This man is a perverted little shit. It's disgusting that he looks at me in such a way. Technically, he could be my father. That's how he looks like."

"So you rather want him to gawk at other of our co-workers?" Buzzhead retorted nonchalantly.

"Well, yes. We have co-workers who are approximately his age. If he wants to hit on someone, then he shall try it with people his age and not those who are way younger than him. The best would be if he loses interest in that because doing that to people, who just want to do their work, is low."

"You're probably right."

"But," Sasha intervened, "As I said before, it isn't that easy. You have to ask your co-workers if they even want to do that and let me tell you that in the worst case no one volunteers because they're fine with their clients. After all, you have to give them the reason for why you're doing it. Your reason is one... well, that no one would like to deal with."

Seriously?! "Then let us kick him out!"

"Not possible."

"I will trade with you, Eren."

I think none of us expected to hear Armin's voice, agreeing to this matter. We turned our heads to him simultaneously, not believing that those words left his mouth just now. He smiled brightly at us as if everything was half as bad as it seemed.

"Armin, I said that we should find one for that client who is older than me and not younger." I told him in a serious tone, not liking the idea of Armin working for Mr Sayo. Armin was too innocent to face - and more importantly work for - such an old pervert.

"If he wants to do that, then let him be." Connie added his part to it, even though he had no right to interfere.

"Can't you shut up for once, ... honey?" I spat at him, slowly but certainly losing my patience.

"But Connie is right." Now it was Sasha talking. "Armin is also one of the possible persons who can trade with you."

"Even if that's true," I turned to Armin, "I don't want that. I don't feel well when thinking of the possibility that this man might look at you the same way he looked at me. Thinking of that makes me feel uncomfortable."

"You don't have to worry about me, Eren. I'll be alright. If he happens to do the same to me, we then have the right to end business with him because then we know that he really is a weirdo." Armin smiled reassuringly, not feeling uncomfortable by that at all.

I still wasn't convinced by him and Armin figured that out. "If he dares to make any inappropriate moves, I'll tell Pixis. He'll take care of it."

There was still that little bit of doubt left inside me. "And I will tell Jean." he finished. Seeing him say that with that smile on his face made everything somewhat scary because we all knew what would happen once Jean found out what another man tried to do to his beloved husband.

"Oh." Connie stretched out the "oh", knowing very well what Jean was capable of.

Now all my doubts were vanished. "Well, if that man dares lay a hand on you, he might as well can dig his own grave." I stated, actually befriending with that idea of an angry Jean messing with Mr Sayo.

"Does that mean that you agree on changing clients with one of Armin's?" Sasha asked, full of expectations.

I glanced at my friend quickly, seeing how he gave me a reassuring nod, before I made my decision. "Fine. I'll do it."

"Wait, guys..." It came out of Connie, leaving us in a long silence, making us impatient for what was coming next. "Why are we even discussing that now of all times?! I mean, lunch time has already begun ten minutes ago!!"

I groaned heavily to that while Armin snickered, Sasha not even paying attention. Wow, such a rare thing. For once she didn't react to the word "lunch" and did her work instead. Standing ovation.

"Got it!" Sasha yelled a bit too loudly, typing something on her computer. "Now we just need Pixis' okay and then it's official and legit." She took another bite of her sandwich.

"You have my okay." It came from none of the four of us but from a man who sounded much older than us. That old man was standing behind me and even if there was no reason to, I was scared to turn around. Although it was clear that Sasha was the most screwed one of us all at the moment- no one beside her did something against the rules right now.

I slowly turned around to face the male and as expected it was Pixis joining our conversation. He had a friendly expression and he smiled genuinely, but no one really knew what was behind his facade. Pixis was an unpredictable person. We all had our respect towards him.

"O-Oh, Mr Pixis!" Sasha screeched, dropped her sandwich (something like this was a sin to her), stood up and straightened her body, greeting our superior military style. No one of us understood why she was doing that, after all we weren't in military, but it was obvious from her fidgeting that Sasha was going to get scolded soon. Though, getting scolded by Pixis was different.

The old man sniffed the air, waving with his hand. "Oh, what a nice smell. A faint scent of lettuche, tomatoes and... Is that pork?"

"It's turkey, sir. I-I mean- I don't understand what you mean, sir!" she corrected herself, but it was too late. Pixis had witnessed how she was biting into a sandwich just now.

"Why do I smell turkey here?"

"I'm sorry, sir."

"What did I tell you time and again?"

"No food during work."

"Why?"

"Because for that we have our lunch time."

I snorted unexpectedly, gaining everyone's attention with that for a while in which I then had to cover my mouth with my hand and blushed lightly in embarrassment. Oh god, this was the ugliest snort just now, but I had no other choice! Imagining how Sasha was eating only during lunch was ridiculous to think of and to be honest it surprised me that I was the only one reacting to it. Even Connie had remained silent!

Pixis patted Sasha's head now, who was still in her greeting position; grinning weirdly and sweating in nervosity. "One day, you'll grow up too, Miss Blouse. Now, I'm off visiting an old friend who needs my advice. Cancel all my appointments for today please."

"Yes, sir!"

"You can lower your hand, Miss Blouse."

"Yes, sir."

"And by the way... I hope this was the last time that I heard how you called me only 'Pixis', got it?"

"Yes, sir!"

It was only after Pixis has left that one of us began to speak. It was Connie. "Can we all go to the cafeteria now?! I'm starving." he complained, already opening the door and beckoning us to go with him already.

"Wait! Let me go with you!" Sasha shouted at us.

"No. Your lunch time is on another time." Connie scowled at her.

"But my sandwich is on the floor! I'm hungry."

"Your fault. I don't care."

We all sat at a table, Armin next to me and Connie opposite of me, eating our meal. Actually, I didn't have appetite to eat something, since I was still a bit pissed off of what had happened today. So much trouble over irrelevant things. My head was rested on my propped up palm as I sighed, poking my food with my fork, my eyes lingering lazily on the person in front of me - Connie.

Connie...

I narrowed my eyes as a specific thought rushed through my mind, bugging me. If Connie just hadn't been sick back then, Pixis would have never picked me up to accompany Armin to that meeting. If Connie only had gone to that meeting - as it was planned - I would have never met Levi. And if I had never known him, I wouldn't be in such a state and situation now. I gripped the fork tightly now, my hand shaking in frustration.

In other words, it was all Connie's fault-

All of a sudden, I regained my senses again and realized what I was accusing him of right now. It was wrong of me to think like that! The fork slipped through my fingers and a 'clank' echoed through the room as soon as the dish had dropped to the surface of the table. Some people that sat on the same table as me were most likely looking at me suspiciously, but I didn't bother to care about that. I put my head in my hands, rubbing my eyes and taking a deep breath before I went for my meal. I figured out that I was actually starving to death.

Again I couldn't do else than to let my dish fall, but this time because I received a stingy nudge in my rips. It came from the right side and I knew very well who sat there.

"Ow. Why did you do that, Armin?" I whined, rubbing the hurt spot.

"Don't tell me you're thinking of what I think you're thinking of!" Was the only thing he said harshly, sending me a glare.

I didn't understand what he meant. "Huh?"

He grabbed me by my collar, bringing our faces to eye level. The next things he uttered were breathed out in a whisper. "Don't blame Connie for it. He isn't at any fault!"

"Wait, how did you..."

"I saw it in your eyes and the way you looked at him. Listen. Yes, I know that you have it hard at the moment, but you can't go that far that you start blaming people who are totally innocent in this issue! Eren, what has gotten into you?!"

He shook my upper body, swaying me back and forth. At some point, I managed to grab his wrists and stop his doing, releasing from his grasp. "I got it, Armin. Now let me go! You've understood it wrong. Well... at least partly. It might be right that, for one second, I held a grudge against him a few minutes ago, but I realized by myself that what I was thinking there was totally absurd!" I breathed out a loud sigh in exhaustion, running a hand through my hair. "I'm sorry. It's probably because I'm in a bad mood today."

"I'm just glad that you went back to thinking properly by yourself, Eren. Try not to do that ever again! Don't only try; succeed." Armin lectured, giving me a scolding look.

"Yeah, yeah. I know now that nothing is Connie's fault. I mean, it may be that Levi and I met because of his sickness, but everything that followed after our first encounter was my fault because everything had been under my power. I could have stopped meeting him and never let it go that far that I developed feelings for him, but in the end I let him influence my life. And the worst was that I let him do almost everything with me because I loved him so much. I was in fault for my own unhappiness."

"Now, now. You're going too far."

"But it's the truth!"

My best friend watched me with a pitiful expression, taking a spoon of his lunch then, and being deep in thought after that, tapping his bottom lips with the spoon. "I wonder why he is like that." he said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"I don't know..." I struggled with the thought of telling him of what else I knew of Levi, but eventually decided not to tell Armin. Firstly, because I didn't know much more than that Levi used to know abuser. Secondly, I didn't want Armin to deal with it more than necessary. After all, this wasn't something he should care about too much. It would only bring along more problems once he started to search up for details and interfere in my - and more importantly in Levi's - life, even though it wasn't any of his business.

Armin and I didn't talk to each other for a long time after that, though I hadn't really a clue why there was that unbearable silence between us. It was not before we had finished lunch and went back to our offices that Armin was the first one to talk.

He accompanied me to my office. "Well, if you want to hear my opinion I would say that you shouldn't think much about the past and Levi anymore, and rather concentrate on what you want to achieve in the future instead."

I waved with my hand dismissively. "Yeah, yeah. I know that. It's not like I'm still sticking to the past. I've already left it behind and I am focusing on what I want to accomplish in my life."

"Oh, really?" It seemed to me that there was an implied disapproving and judging undertone hidden behind his voice, which made me furrow my brows in suspicion.

"Yes, I really mean it." I said, confused by his statement.

"Are you sure about that?" he edged.

"Yes, I'm sure about it! Why are you even asking-"

"Then what about the key?"

This question made me freeze in an instant. Armin threw me off completely with that ask, making me silent. I hadn't been prepared for this question and even less did I know how to react to it.

Almost out of reflex, I turned away, my back facing him now, as I held the key - which was wrapped around my neck. Not a second passed and I had already tightened the grip around the metal, holding it close to my body, as if it were something I had to protect, no matter what. My hand around the key started to tremble, my head lowered to the ground.

Armin had caught me in my sore point. "I-It's the only thing of him that I have left." I spoke out in a shaky voice, trying to understand myself why I was saying this.

"You make it sound like this is the only thing you have of your beloved one that is dead now. Eren, he hurt you. Why are you torturing yourself with that thing that reminds you of him?"

Armin didn't understand. He couldn't understand how I was feeling. I had tried to throw that key away - really! But... I couldn't. I just couldn't do it. "I can't throw it away." It was nothing more than a whisper. There were both of my hands wrapped around the key now, my eyes moving to where the little metal thing was hidden. "I won't throw it away. I j-just... can't do it."

"Can't you understand that, with that key around you, it might be impossible for you to move on?"

I shook my head vigorously. "I can move on, and I will... despite of the it."

"Well, if you say so." he retorted indifferently and kind of lightheartedly, and somehow I had that feeling that he was shrugging his shoulders to it. "I'll have to go back to work now. Until later."

And then he exited the room, leaving me alone in my office; the silence surrounding me.

Why did he have to mention the key?

The key was the only material thing that I had of Levi. It had a physical substance, it wouldn't vanish like one of his hickeys on my skin would.

I couldn't part myself from it. Even though he had given it to me not long time ago.

- Flashback -

It was the day when we had visited Levi's family.

I was laying in my bed - after the sex session we had in his room - as the two sentences repeated itself in my head, making me unable to sleep.

'You're a good fuck. Though, I dunno how long I want to keep you anymore.'

Levi had murmured that right before he had drifted off to sleep and, as much as I didn't want to admit it, what he had said just now was making me feel sick.

I didn't know when it was that Levi woke up, but I could tell that it was nothing more than a nap of a few hours that he had had. During that time, I wasn't able to close my eyes, thinking of it nonstop.

"Oi, Eren. Wake up. We have to go downstairs or else Farlan and Isabel will get suspicious."

I fisted the pillow under my head, letting out a low guttural growl. I had to gulp hard in order to swallow down the lump in my throat before I stood up on the bed. As I was straightening my upper body, I heard some rummaging behind me.

"Levi..." I said weakly, but when I turned my head to him I was met with a necklace in front of my eyes right away.

"Here." he said simply, holding out that key to me with an expressionless face.

"What...?"

He gave a quick look back to the nightstand behind him. "I was actually searching for another thing that was for another purpose, but this is the only thing I found instead. I don't care about it. You can have it." Levi then wrapped his arms around my neck, attaching the necklace to me. The whole time I stayed motionless and silent, not grasping at all what was going on and why Levi was giving me that thing. And for some reason my eyes became teary.

When the raven released from me, he regarded the key around my neck closely before he gave an opinion to it. "Yeah, you-"

And what he said next didn't reach my ears anymore as tears started to well up inside my eyes. I didn't understand this situation at all. First, he said that he was unsure of how long he wanted to stay with me anymore and then this?! What was going on in his mind to act like that?

"Levi..." The tears streamed down my face now and I choked on my words.

"Oi, brat. Why are you crying?" he complained, clicking with his tongue.

So many mixed feelings inside me and I didn't know what to do.

- End of flashback -

It may be right that I didn't know the meaning behind the key nor if it even had one because Levi never told me anything about it, but one thing was certain.

I will never ever take that key off.

~~~

It was three days later that something unusual happened at my work place. I was in the middle of doing the work for the client that Armin traded with one of mine, namely Mr Sayo, when I suddenly heard loud steps nearing my office and someone calling out for a person. Even stranger was how that shouting voice sounded like Armin's, which confused me even more. I had never heard him yell in the floors before.

And then, all of a sudden, the door to my office was pushed open and a man stumbled in. I recognized that person right away, not to forget how much he had pissed me off. It was Mr Sayo who stormed in my room, standing still at the moment, his hands placed on his knees as he attempted to catch his breath. For a fat man like him even those few steps were a struggle, huh?

Close to behind him was Armin, looking at me with an apologetic expression. "I'm sorry, Eren. I couldn't stop him."

"Mr Yaeger!" the man shouted out of the blue, throwing his arms in the air. "What is this?! I don't understand! Why am I not your client anymore?!"

There was a puzzled look on my face for a while, trying to comprehend why this stupid man made of fuss because of the fact that I wasn't working for him anymore. Served him right. No one wanted to see his perverted stares and listen to his inappropriate allusions.

"I'm sorry, Mr Sayo. But why are you intruding in my office like that? It's rude."

His expression was serious. "I don't accept this that easily. I need explanations."

"I'm afraid I can't tell you that, but there are reasons for this change. You have to accept it."

"No!" he yelled even louder now, "No, no, no! I was satisfied with you work! Why is that happening to me?!"

This man was gradually irritating me, making me lose my coolness soon. "I'm sorry, Mr Sayo," I told him through gritted teeth. How much I hated it right now to use those polite formalities, "But work is work. Mr Arlert is in charge of your requests from now on. Bear. with. it." I said the last thing with the little bit of patience that I had left, hoping that he would go away after that because I couldn't promise anything if he happened to decide to discuss that matter further.

"What the heck! Where is your superior? I need to have a conversatiom with him. This can't be. I won't let anyone take you away from me."

What the fuck?!

I was about to grab him by the collar and threaten him since he dared to say such a thing, but Armin was faster and positioned himself between Sayo and me.

"I'm sorry that this change is not in your liking, Mr Sayo," Armin began talking in a calm and collected voice, "but Mr Yeager can't work for you anymore."

"And why exactly is that, huh?!" the old man spat in anger, crossing his arms.

"Mr Yeager has got more work to do now. He doesn't have the time to work for as many clients as he used to have, including you, Mr Sayo."

My former client let out another sound of confusion, while I reacted the same way, but by furrowing my brows almost appreciably. What Armin was telling wasn't true... Or, wait...

"Hah?! What do you mean by 'more work to do'? What difference does that make?" Mr Sayo was still unconvinced by that, his frown not altering.

"Well," Armin crossed his arms, too, remaining in a confident position. "One of his other clients, who is way longer a client of Mr Yeager than you are, has given Mr Yeager more challenging work to do. That's why he had to give up on one of his clients and since you, Mr Sayo, are his newest one, it was decided that I will take care of your demands.

An incoherent noise Mr Sayo's ground teeth, his hands balled into fists. "It's because of the money, isn't it?"

"Excuse me?" Armin and I said in unison, not believing that we heard that just now.

"Of course it's the money!" He pointed a finger at us, his face distorted in wrath. "You've decided to work more for you client because he was willing to pay you more! I'm right, aren't I? That's all that young people like you want and think of! Money! But you know what, Mr Yeager? You don't have to accept his offer. Tell me how much he pays and I'll pay more! I can give you as much money as you want, Mr Yeager! Just tell me and I'll give you the amount. Of course only if you go back to work for me." There was an insane grin plastered on his face and his breath went unsteady and heavy.

Slowly but certainly, this man was getting more and more scary.

"I'm sorry to tell you that, but the decision is irreversable." Armin informed him. "Even if you go to our superior, Mr Pixis, nothing can be changed. By the way, it's not a matter of money. It's a matter of the relevance of the client's requests."

There was a long time in which the man didn't answer, watching my blond friend with widened eyes. Eventually, he moved and exclaimed one last thing. "The appointment today is cancelled!" He was referring to Armin and after that he luckily left the office, but not without slamming the door shut.

Armin stared at the door for a long time, with his hands behind his back, before he said in a cute and childish tone, "He's gone."

This made me chuckle lightly. "Thanks God, he is." Re-thinking about everything that had happened a few moments ago, I then noticed one important thing. "Armin."

"Hm?" he hummed carefreely.

"You just told him a lie." It was more of a statement than of a question.

He shrugged his shoulder and when he turned his head to me I was faced with a wide smile. "If it means to protect my best friend, I won't hesitate to tell a second and a third lie."

I gave him a small smile. "Thanks, Armin."

He looked at his watch. "Lunch time will begin in half an hour. How about eating pizza today? I don't have appetite for cafeteria meal, ugh."

Even if he didn't respond to my gratefulness, I was sure that he knew how much I was grateful for his help; not only now but every other time he helped me. "Sure. I'll have finished with my work until lunch."

~~~

"Mmh~" Armin moaned in delight after taking a bite of his pizza. "Oh my god, so delicious. Have I ever told you how much I love pizza, Eren?"

I placed my left cheek on my left palm, cocking my head to the side as a smile played around my lips. "You're saying that to me everytime we eat pizza together."

"I can't do anything against that. I just love pizza so much. Whoever invented it deserves a place in Heaven." The blond took another bite, drawing out a string of melted cheese from the slice of pizza. "It tastes even better after such a stressful hour."

I put the straw of my drink between my teeth and sipped on my Coke. "I hope I don't have to see him again."

"Oh, trust me. You won't see him again that fast anymore."

I gave Armin a questioning look. "How can you be that sure of that?"

"I had received a mail from him ten minutes ago. There he stated that he cut business with me and with Pixis Corporation in general."

"Even better." Was all I said, but to be honest there wasn't much more to say to that.

"You know, I had researched about Mr Sayo a bit before our meeting today..."

"Why?"

He shrugged. "Out of curiosity. I found out that Tony Sayo is a vice-president of a very powerful company in Wall Sina District."

"Wall Sina? That's hundreds of miles away from Shiganshina."

"Yes, but Sayo has business to do in Shiganshina and other places of Wall Maria District for the next several months. He's a very demanding person and there are even rumours of blackmailing and corruption."

"Holy shit. Why would a man like him have business with Pixis Corporation?"

"Beats me. Maybe for his own little interests that don't have much to do with his company."

"Anyway, I'm just glad that he's gone forever now."

"Oh, and he's 47." Armin added quickly. I think he knew that this is the only thing that would have an effect on me.

And he was right with that. Right after hearing it, I choked on my drink, coughing loudly. "What the fuck? How does he dare to have a liking in someone who is 22 years younger than him?!"

"I'm certain he doesn't know about your age."

"But he can see that I'm way younger than him!"

"Well, you've got a point on that." he said as he stared down, touching his chin.

His eyes then wandered to the window behind me and from one second to the other his eyes widened.

This didn't go unnoticed by me. "What is it, Armin?" I turned around immediately, looking out of the window now, too. But I didn't find anything suspicious nor abnormal. With a wondering face I faced back my friend, tilting my head. "What did you see there just now, Armin? What was it?"

Armin's face was back to normal, looking at me with an innocent and oblivious expression. "N-Nothing." he replied with uncertainty trailing his voice.

Of course I didn't accept such answer. I scowled at him now, knowing that Armin tried to hide something from me. "Hey, Armin. Tell me what you saw there just now. Why are you making a big deal out of it?"

"It was nothing worth to tell." he insisted. It seemed that I wouldn't get anything out of him that fast. "Just don't think about him anymore." It surprised me how Armin slapped his hands over his mouth right after he had said that, as if he had spit it out.

Something in my mind told me that it wasn't Mr Sayo that my best friend meant with "him", but... And then everything made sense to me.

"Levi." I said without any emotions.

"I-It was just a quick look at him. He was out of my sight as fast as he had appeared.

I clenched my fists, grinding my teeth. "Why... Why won't he let me alone? Why?!" My voice rose, bordering on an exclamation.

"Calm down, Eren. Please. He isn't coming this way. He's gone. See? That's why I didn't want to tell you. Because I knew that you would react like that. But there is no reason to heat up. Levi isn't here, he's somewhere else."

I looked into Armin's bright blue eyes. Surprisingly, his orbs calmed me down, and I nodded. "Okay. I'm all calm now. But still... I don't understand. How does he find me everywhere?"

My friend thought about it as he curled a blond lock in his fingers. "Well, don't forget that his brother is an expert in IT."

I tilted my head as I gave him puzzled look. "I don't get it."

"He has probably taught Levi how to track phones."

As soon as this realization reached me, my eyes widened in an instant. "You're right, Armin!"

"I'm not sure about that though-"

I pulled out my phone from my pocket, examining it as if it was something I had never seen before. "He's tracking my phone! I have to change my phone!"

"No, Eren. You have to change your phone number."

"I will change my phone and my phone number!"

"Well, you can do that, too, I guess."

"Wait..." I turned to the windows one more time before I looked back at my blond friend. "If he's really doing that, then why isn't he coming here to this place where we are?"

I received nothing more than a shrug from Armin. "Who knows? What I told just now is only an assumption. Maybe I'm totally wrong with it and he uses other methods."

I shook my head. "No, I don't think that. Your suggestion is the most logical."

"You'll know once you've got another phone number. If he doesn't appear where you are anymore, then you can be sure that it was phone tracking."

I nodded in approval. "You're right."

Half an hour later, we headed back to our work place, talking about random things. When we had reached the entrance hall, Armin seemed to look out for someone.

That someone was Sasha. "Hey, Sasha. Are you busy? I need to talk to you in a few minutes." he told her.

"Okay~" Sasha yelled from a corner of the room. It was the place where one could prepare some coffee for themselves... and eat snacks.

"Well, I'll go to my office now. Till later, Armin."

"Yeah, okay. I need to go get the sheets from my office." And then the two of us parted.

I entered my office, rubbing the back of my head as I yawned. I wasn't in a bad mood nor in a good one. It was something in between; an indifferent mood, I guess.

I was on my way to my desk when all of a sudden my black office chair, which back was faced to me, spun unexpectedly. I freezed in my position, my eyes widening as I tried to think of who it could be that was in my office. The chair was still turning, but only slowly, so that I still didn't know by now who it was sitting there. But then the worst thought came into my mind. After all, he was seen by Armin not much earlier.

Don't tell me...

Oh please, don't let it be him.

I wouldn't mind seeing everyone else here right now, but please don't let it be him. I didn't want that. I just didn't want to see him here now. Why couldn't I have my peace for fucking sake!

My body began to tremble lightly as anxiety rushed through my body, my eyes fixated on the moving chair right in front on my eyes.

It felt like a nightmare disguised as reality when my emerald eyes locked with a pair of steel-grey eyes.

Levi wore a dark blue collar shirt and black pants. His undercut was combed neatly, no strand was in a wrong place. He sat on the chair relaxed, his back leant back lazily as his emotionless orbs pierced through my head. His elbows were propped by the armrest, the fingers of each of his hands were touching by the tips, the hands, overall, forming a triangle.

"Welcome back." he said with a hint of amusement, but mostly seriousness.

I couldn't do more than to watch him from where I was standing motionlessly, my heart beat racing by now, I could practically feel it bump against my rips.

For quite a while I refused believing what my eyes saw there, shaking my head lightly. His presence alone was already making me feel insecure and sick. "How did you...? What are you doing here?" I whispered almost inaudibly, shifting my eyes away from him and slowly to the floor beneath my feet.

Before my eyes were on the ground, I was able to see him stand up, going around the desk as his left pointer finger made traces on the edge of the table. "It's my day-off. By the way, the secretary here is really really really dumb." he answered in a cocky tone.

Sasha did it again? How did she manage to let Levi in a second time, even though she knew that he wasn't an employee here?

"What do you want?" My bottom lip quivered, but at the same time it was anger that rose inside me. That's what it was... I wouldn't let him do anything with me anymore. I was independent from him, actually for a long time already, there was no reason for me anymore to be mentally influenced by him. Raising my head, I then sent him an intense glare. "Go away." I growled lowly.

Maybe it was only my imagination, but I had that feeling that I saw his eyes lighting up for a quick moment - it was in a rather challenging way which could be proved by the fact that he was smirking now. "What if I don't?"

My glare didn't falter. "I won't hesitate to call the security." It wasn't a matter of whether I could do that, the bigger problem was whether Levi would let me. He had many possibilities to make my mouth shut. Many possibilities...

"Oh-ho, I'm scared now. I don't know what to do." he said in a highly sarcastic and amused tone, his smirk not faltering either.

"You're tracking my phone."

"Congrats. You've figured it out."

So it was really true.

"I'll change my phone number."

"I don't care. I know where you live and where you work."

Oh, shit. He got me there. He would still be able to find me.

I took a deep shuddery breath before I said in the most hatred tone possible, "You're making me sick."

His smirk fell. "Your attitude is pissing me off."

I didn't answer to this.

"Come back to me."

Still no response.

"It's an order."

The anger inside me grew as I came closer to Levi - not considering that this might be a big mistake - and with our faces only mere inches apart, I whispered madly, "I don't give a fuck about your orders."

One brow of Levi's twitched barely visibly and before I had noticed it, his hand was already grabbing me by my collar and our lips collided.

I was still in the process of fully realizing what was happening, since this was something I hadn't expected - or should I rather say that I suppressed that thought. My eyes were widened and my breath hitched.

It was one long kiss and during that time he was kissing me I couldn't do else than to let it happen. For some reason I was unable to move my body, I was unable to push him off of me.

When Levi released from me, I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding in. I covered my mouth with one hand as I lowered my head, my lips felt swollen.

"Remember that. It's not the last time that I did this to you." Levi grumbled.

My body didn't move an inch, shivering even more now; no words would leave my mouth. That kiss broke my defense. It was like the wall that I had built up to shield myself from him had crumbled because of that damn kiss. I had lost my guard.

Oh shit.

Fuck!

Here I was, being that weak human being again. Unable to protect myself and captivated by another human being who had the ability to make me theirs.

"Oh?" The raven wondered, still amused. "Did I, by any chance, surprise you with that kiss, Eren~?"

It was a bad sign that I didn't answer. I was trapped. I was trapped and I couldn't flee.

I felt how Levi's arms sneaked around my waist, bringing me closer to him. I didn't reject it; which was bad. His fingers caressed my lower back with light, feathery touches. "Do you want another kiss?" His lips moved to my ear and the words he said were a husky and raspy whisper. "Or could it be that you want something... more?" He chuckled lowly, licking my ear.

"S-Stop..." I breathed out, muffled by my hand on my mouth. So my voice hadn't gone completely, huh?

"What did you say? I can't hear you."

Whatever it was that caused in me to yell the next thing loudly, I was grateful that it happened. "Stop it, Levi!"

The last thing I heard of him was a sigh in annoyance before my hands pushed him off of me. Looking at him, I saw that he was pissed-off. "D-Don't do that to me. I hate it."

"You think you hate it because you can't resist it. But in reality, you like it - if not, even love it.

"You're wrong..."

"I'm not." He palmed my right cheek. "Why are you making everything so difficult, Eren? It's actually really easy. You just haven't figured it out yet."

"I-I won't go back to you."

"Deep in your mind you want to."

Was he right? What was the thing that I truly desired? Oh, yeah. What I truly wished for was to have a proper relationship with this guy here. But on the other hand, part of me, forbid me to have that desire because it was impossible to happen. One shouldn't wish for something that can never happen. Something impossible can never become reality.

Not bearing eye contact with him, because it was dangerous, I prepared myself to speak out the words that shall make it clear to him ultimately that a continuation of our fuck buddy relationship could never ever exist again in the future.

"Levi... I love you, but I-"

A light knock on the door made me startle as Levi stared at the door now, pulling his hand away from my cheek. Not much later, the door was opened and I heard a voice that I knew too well.

"Sorry for the intrusion." It was Armin saying that. It didn't matter why he wanted to see me, but I was so relieved that he came. After all, I had no clue whether my speech would have convinced Levi or not. Probably the latter were to occur.

Levi made a few steps away from me and towards the door, that many that he was out of my sight now. "You're indeed intruding into a serious talk. Go away." Levi retorted sternly.

I didn't turn around to face the two of them, remaining still, one hand covering my mouth again as my shoulders tensed up.

"Excuse me... but are you one of Mr Yaeger's clients?" Armin asked politely, pretending to not know who Levi was. Of course he knew who he was, but he had a plan that would most certainly clear out the situation in my favor. When it came to such like things, I could count on my best friend blindly.

"I am." Levi replied in a confident and dominant voice.

"No, you aren't." There was a sudden change in Armin's voice, it was hard not to notice.

I slowly turned my head back and what I was met with was something I didn't expect. It was almost undescribable how Armin was looking at Levi right at this moment. His chin a bit lowered, but what was unbelievable was the intense, death glare like, stare he gave Levi. It was as if his big bright blue eyes were piercing holes into the raven's skull. A sight I had never ever seen of Armin before.

Either Levi was really unmoved by that or he was hella good at pretending not to be.

"Leave or the security will be alarmed in a matter of a few seconds." Armin said in the most threatingly voice he could manage. And let me tell you that he was astonishingly good at that.

Levi put his hands in his pockets as he approached Armin. He sank his head to my friend's eye level. "Tch! Do you really think a little blondie like you can intimidate me?"

Armin remained silent, continuing to glare at the raven.

Levi shifted his eyes to me. "See you next time, Eren. Right?" He finally left, but not without a smug smirk plastered on his face.

Armin's face went back to a soft expression as he let out a little sigh. He then smiled at me as he slowly closed the door to leave as well. "You don't have to worry anymore, Eren? It's over now."

That he had left now confused me to the fullest because I would have rather expected him to be there for me since Levi had mixed up my feelings once again.

Why did he do that?

Armin...

- - -

Armin's POV

"Hey, Sasha. As I told you before, I'm here now." I stood in front of Sasha's desk, carrying the sheets in my arms that I needed to give her.

The brunette looked up from the computer, a cookie stuck between her teeth. "Oh, yeah! What'sh up, coconut head?" She took a big bite of her snack, munching it loudly and even letting some crumbles fall on her desk.

I smiled insecurely to it. "Please, refrain from calling me that, Sasha."

"But you are a cute little mushroom!" She spat, her mouth still full by the way, so that some cookie crumbles went flying and passed my head, other hit my shirt.

"Ah, yes. Whatever. Here are the sheets with Mr Sayo's requests." I gave her the papers, and she took them.

She groaned. "Again that matter? What is it this time?"

"You can nullify those assignments."

"Why? Did he fall for you, too?" She asked, wiggling her eyebrows.

"No. He was dissatisfied with the fact that I was in charge of his requests from now on and not Eren. And that's why he end the business."

"I see... Well, okay!" she shrieked a bit too loudly; but that was her nature.

She was about to put those sheets away when suddenly something rushed through her mind. "Say, say, Armin. Could it be that we have a new employee that I don't know of yet?"

I furrowed my brows to her question. As far as I knew, there wasn't anyone new employed at Pixis Corporation, but who could know it better than Sasha - and probably Pixis himself. I shook my head. "No, I don't know anyone."

"Oh, okay..." She placed her pointer finger on her bottom lip. "Well, you see, when I was grabbing some snacks from the table there - a few minutes before you and Eren came - I saw someone entering this place and rushing to the floors where the offices where. I couldn't see much of him, but I was pretty sure that I don't know him."

"Are you sure about that?"

She nodded eagerly. "Yes. From what I was able to see I can say that he had a quite unique appearance. Like, the undercut-"

Hearing that from her made me jerk in both surprise and shock, instinctively slamming my fists on the counter. "Wait! Was he a tall man with a raven undercut?!"

Her face lit up. "Yes! He was! So we do have a new employee, right? Why didn't anyone tell me tha-"

"Sasha! Are you dumb?!"

"What, what?! What did I do wrong?"

Instead of answering, I began to ran to the floor, aiming for Eren's office.

Levi was here. Levi came here to this place before Eren and I arrived here and had probably waited for him in his own office! Crap!

I should've known it. I should have known that when I saw him on the streets! Of course he was heading for this place. After all, I spotted him close to this company. Why didn't I think of this earlier?! Oh god, Eren...

Standing in front of Eren's office door now, I tried to steady my breath first. I had to act normally if I wanted to enter this room.

Eren...

... I will come and rescue you.

I knocked lightly on the door and waited a bit before I opened it. What I was met with was Eren standing in the middle of the room with his back facing me, and a piercing glare of grey eyes that were hard to avoid from the person I expected to be here.

Act naturally.

"Sorry for the intrusion." I said in the most politely voice I could manage at the moment. I would be lying if I said that it was easy for me to do. It wasn't. Not when I knew that Levi was making Eren uncomfortable. I could see that. Otherwise Eren wouldn't have his head lowered like that.

"You're indeed intruding into a serious talk. Go away." Levi spat at me.

Don't lose your control, Armin.

I smiled as I asked him the following, "Excuse me... but are you one of Mr Yeager's clients?" I knew what Levi was going to answer, but it wasn't like I didn't know what I was doing. I had a plan.

"I am." he answered, as I had expected it.

My smile dropped in an instant and I was now sending him a cold glare. "No, you aren't." My voice went deeper now; full of confidence.

I didn't stop giving him a glare, my eyes locked with his. From the corner of my eyes, I saw how Eren turned around and was somehow a little bit taken off, I guess, but not one second did I move my eyes to him. Not yet. Not now. I had to make Levi leave first. "Leave or the security will be alarmed in a matter of seconds."

After some time, he came closer to me, bringing his head to level mine. "Tch! Do you really think a little blondie like you can intimidate me?"

Blondie?!

I still frowned at him, staying silent.

Levi faced Eren, smirking. "See you next time, Eren. Right?"

And then, he left.

I softened my face, sighing lightly. After that, I gave my best friend a big smile as I went to close the door. "You don't have to worry anymore, Eren. It's all over now."

It broke my heart seeing the disappointment in his eyes.

Yes, I wanted to stay by your side now, Eren.

As much as I wanted to be there for you, I had to do something else first.

When I had closed the door, I wipped my head to the right, spotting Levi who was still walking down the floor.

Now or never.

Sprinting fast, I reached him quickly and I thanked the coincidence that we were right in front of a storage room. Levi shifted his face to me, looking in irritation when I suddenly pushed him towards that room. I used my whole body weight for it, after all, I didn't know how strong he was.

Luckily, he didn't react to my push fast enough so that he had no other choice than to fall back into the storage room. But sadly, he didn't do that before he grabbed my arms, making me fall with him.

We landed in a room of almost complete darkness and with a loud thud. My body rolled over the floor a few times before it came to an halt. I couldn't prevent a painful groan from leaving my mouth.

"What the fuck!" I heard Levi snap. "You fucking dipshit! You made me all dirty!"

This wasn't even an understatement. The floor was really dusty. I coughed a bit and wiped some dust off my face as I stood up. Levi did the same, but instead of caring about his face, he rather wanted his clothes to be clean again. Of course he did that while sending me death glares. As a response I stared back at him.

"What?!" There was no way that someone could sound more pissed-off than he did right at this moment. "Do you want to kill me here now?!"

I balled my hands into fists. "Eren loves you so much. Why are you doing that to him?" I shouted from the depths of my lungs.

The few sunbeams that were able to shine through the provisional windows let me see how Levi scoffed as he rolled his eyes. "Oh my fucking god. I can't believe that this is happening to me right now."

I made long and quick steps to him, grabbing him by his collar with both of my hands. To my surprise, he didn't do anything against that.

"Don't avoid my question! Why are you doing that to Eren? Y-You..." My voice trembled in anger. "You are the worst for doing that."

His expression was indifferent. "Thanks for the compliment."

"You hurt Eren!" I went on with the reproaches, hoping that I would get somewhere with them. I needed answers. I needed to understand why Levi did those things to my best friend!

"Oi, I never raised a hand against him."

"But you hurt him emotionally! You did all these bad things to him, even though you know how much Eren loves you..."

"I don't care about his love." he said nonchalantly, making my anger rise.

"Why?" I whispered desperately, close to tearing up.

"Love is temporary. In the end, you'll only get hurt."

It made me speechless tht he said that, and as if it was almost subconsciously, I let go of him.

"Are you speaking from own experience?" It was probably that. I needed to hear that come from his own mouth.

"I don't have to explain myself to you."

"Tell me." I demanded. "I want to know. I want to know why you are doing this to Eren."

"Eren, Eren, Eren. That's all I hear leaving your mouth." He came closer to me, lifting my head up by my chin. A little smirk ghosted around his lips. "Could it be that you have a crush on Eren?"

Levi was twisting the meaning behind my words purposely. God, he was irritating me gradually.

"He's my best friend." I retorted.

The raven raised a brow. "So what? It's not illegal for one to have a crush on their best friend."

I slapped his hand under my chin away. "I'm married!"

"Oh?" His smirk didn't fade away.

"Yes. Married. Something that will never ever happen to you."

His smirk was gone. It was an annoyed look now.

"No one would ever want to marry you because of your personality!"

A frown.

"No one wants someone who doesn't appreciate feelings such as love! No one likes those kind of people!"

He was glaring intensely at me by now! This meant that what I was saying had an effect on him.

"If people like you don't show love and affection, then they don't deserve and need the same thing back!"

"Shut up!" he exclaimed in full of wrath, veins popping up on his neck. "Just shut the fuck up! You don't know anything about me! What gives you the right to think of me like that?!"

The things he was saying made be a bit taken back.

Levi pressed his eyes shut and grabbed his hair firmly as he lowered his head. "All those feelings..." One of his hands moved to his face. "I'm suppressing them for so long already. Don't bring them back! Don't anyone of you dare..."

The sudden change was something I hadn't expected - not even considered.

"Levi?"

The raven released his hands from his head, his grey eyes literally looming in madness as he breathed heavily. "Go away." He pushed me aside and went straight for the door. "Go away! Leave me the fuck alone!"

I looked through the opened door to the floor where I saw Levi walk away. My eyes rested on the floor for a long time before I moved.

I couldn't believe at first that the last last thing made me change my view about him, but it did.

Levi wasn't the tough person I always thought he was.

He was a broken person.

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THE NEXT CHAPTER IS GOING TO HAVE A WARNING!