"Yes, I'm sure." You said while doing your make-up, your phone left on the speaker on the bedside table. "I told you, it's not about you." You repeated as you tried to apply the fake lashes on your eyelids.

"But why? We were ready to give you Armin's bed." Eren joked at the other end of the call and you giggled a little.

"I know, I'm sorry. I just got a better offer... hear me out." You sighed trying to adjust the lashes. "A family friend said I could live with them until I'll figure out what to do, and it's free so I won't annoy anyone with my late payments and I'll come to visit you guys as usual." You explained and exulted when the lashes finally glued perfectly. "Oh yes, that's fantastic."

Eren snorted a little. "You know, if it was about the money, we could've found another solution together." You rolled your eyes, you knew he cared about you and wanted the best for you, but he couldn't understand you for shit. "My father-"

"Is the great Doctor Jeager, I know." You murmured annoyed. "I also know you would've asked him to pay for him, but I don't want you to. I'm fine, isn't that enough?" You tried to prove your point. Just because he was rich, thanks to his father's career, that didn't mean you were going to use him. Besides, you already had Levi that insisted on paying for you.

Your best friend kept quiet for a few seconds. "You're right." He decided to finally give in. "But just so you know, whenever you want, our apartment is open for you."

"Yeah yeah." You whispered trying to put on some lipstick. "You're just too kind, but I'll keep that in mind." You joked and stopped as you saw Levi entering the room, he was just wearing a towel tied to his waist since he had just had a shower. "Gotta go now, I'll text you, love you." You ended the call before Eren could answer and smiled at the man.

Levi frowned. "Who was that?" But the real question was: why did you say love you to that person? He didn't want to admit it, but he had grown attached to you he felt jealous every time he saw you with any other male presence.

You took your brush to put on some blush. "Huh? Oh, that was my best friend, he was kinda sad because I refused to move in with him." You said once you were done and looked at yourself through the mirror. "What do you think?" You turned to face him, he was now buttoning his white shirt and had already put on some elegant black pants.

"I think friends don't usually ask their female friends to move in." He commented and you frowned confused, his eyes traveled from your face to your half-naked body since you were wearing only a bra and your panties. "Were you calling him like that?"

"It's not like he can see me anyway." You answered getting up from the bed. "And I'm pretty sure he's seen me in a bathing suit, so it wouldn't make any difference." You mumbled more to yourself, totally unaware of the effect you were having on Levi's mood. "And he's not just a friend, but my best friend, besides, you asked me to move in."

He scoffed. "We're not friends." As he spoke those words, you turned to look at him, you felt a sad feeling taking over your whole body. "You're my sugar baby, it's different."

You gulped, he was right... but still. "Yeah, but... we're also friends? I mean, we spend most of the day together and you always laugh at my jokes." You tried to ease the tension.

Levi rolled his eyes. "Maybe." He walked towards you until his body was towering yours. "But I've seen more things about you than a friend would." His hand went on your shoulder and then slowly moved down caressing your arm, your heart beating way too fast for your liking and your breath almost stopped when you looked into his serious grey eyes. "And I'm not a fucking kid." His fingers traveled to your hips and firmly grabbed your skin.

Your entire body was shaking, this was exciting in so many ways and you were left speechless, but what could you do? That Levi Ackerman, he always got what he wanted, and at that very moment, he wanted you. "I think..." you placed your hand on his cheek, you felt his muscles softening and giving in to your kind touch. "You should lose the attitude." You giggled and pecked at his cheek leaving a red mark from your lipstick ok it. "Oh fuck, I'm so sorry." You tried to clean it with your hands.

He smirked seeing how you were panicking because you knew he hates to get dirty. "You shouldn't put so much makeup." He replied moving away from you to look for a tissue.

"Because I'm already beautiful?" You tried to put it innocently, but you just wanted to hear him compliment you.

"No, because it doesn't do shit on you." He smirked and you folded your arms on your chest annoyed. "Aw, what? The little brat just got mad?" He joked while cleaning the remaining lipstick from his face.

"Not funny." You muttered and went to take the dress you had bought from the mall, it took you hours to find the right one, Levi almost had to threaten you to buy it because it was very expensive and you felt bad. It was almost 300$, but it was very elegant and it covered your body at perfection making sure to highlight the right curves. "If you don't like me, just find yourself another bitch." You said while dressing up, the only problem was the back zip that you couldn't reach.

"Don't be dramatic." He placed himself behind you and started to zip the dress, his fingers sometimes would touch your skin just for the purpose of teasing you. "If I didn't like you, you wouldn't be here in the first place." He explained then turning you around to look at your eyes. "Don't be a brat."

"Is that a love confession?" You teased him, the reality was that you never got mad at him in the first place, you knew how he was and you got used to him and his ways.

He stared at you for what seemed an eternity. "Something like that." He muttered and then pressed his lips on yours before you got the chance to reply because he knew you would either take the thing way too seriously or make a joke out of it.

Your mind was a mix of pure happiness and confusion, did he have feelings for you? And if that was so, could you change that relationship of yours into a real one? You hoped so, but at that moment you couldn't talk about it because you weren't sure. Once he pulled away, you giggled. "You like lipstick, admit it." You smiled.

He sighed relieved, he was scared you would question his words, because even he didn't know what was going on in his brain. "Go and get ready already, I'll wait for you in the car." He started to walk towards the door while you started to look for the purse you had bought with the dress, just because it matched it. Levi cleared his throat and you turned to see him standing at the door. "You do look gorgeous in that dress."

You smiled. "Thank you." After that there was a silent moment that was way too awkward, so you decided to pull a joke of yours. "300$ can do the trick." He just nodded.

"Hurry up." And with that, he walked away.

You sighed once you heard the door being closed, meaning that he was getting in the car. You let out a small giggle and looked at yourself through the mirror, he had just called you gorgeous and he never did before that day, he only called you hot, or sexy but just during sex. You felt your belly tickling as if you could feel butterflies inside of it.

Was that love? You were scared to think so.

**

"Holy fuck, this place is bigger than my school." You gasped as you entered the restaurant, Levi placed his hand on your back, right on the spot that wasn't covered by the soft fabric of the dress, and guided you towards the reception. "How many floors does it have?" You asked looking around, it was full of rich people, you could tell by the way they were all dressed up and how they were behaving.

Wow, so that's how it felt to be the high society?

"I don't know, I don't care." Levi kept walking unbothered, some women in distance eyed him but he didn't seem to notice as his attention was focused on you and the way you were smiling at the shiny chandeliers, the expensive carpets, and the music that was coming from one of the halls.

"Good evening, do you have a reservation?" The waiter asked politely once you arrived in front of the reception.

"Ackerman." Levi simply said, you weren't surprised by his grumpiness, but still tried to smile apologetically to the man hoping he wouldn't mind.

Out to your surprise, the waiter didn't seem hurt in any way, he was probably used to people treating him so coldly and kept on a professional look. "Here it is, please follow me, your table is on the terrace." He smiled politely and gestured you to follow him.

"Terrace?" You mumbled. "How big is this place?" You argued amazed.

Levi was about to tell you to shut up, but the waiter preceded him. "It's one of the biggest restaurants of all the city, Miss, this was once a hotel, that's why it has so many rooms." He explained and you nodded interested, you walked a little faster to reach the man to listen better to his words leaving your date behind you.

"And how many floors does it have?" You asked again and the man laughed at how curious you looked.

Levi wasn't exactly the patient type, but he didn't like scenes as well. However, he couldn't get over the way you were looking at the waiter, as if he was the most intelligent person on Earth, because he wasn't, he was just a waiter. "Almost 10."

"Wow." You slowed your step and went back to Levi. "Have you heard? 10 floors! And our terrace is on the fifth one!" You clapped your hand and he smiled softly, how could he be mad at something so pure as your smile of excitement. "I like this place, it's amazing." You grabbed his hand and he nodded.

He was surprised but decided not to say anything, he liked the way your hand felt against his skin anyway. "Here, this is your table, I hope you'll enjoy the dinner." The man pointed at one of the many tables and then walked away.

You approached your seat and looked up at the clear blue sky, you could already see some stars popping out of the dark. "Beautiful." You whispered and suddenly felt Levi's black jacket on your bare shoulders, you looked up at him. "Thank you."

"Don't want you to catch a cold." He slightly kissed your forehead and then helped you to sit down before taking a seat in front of you. "I'm assuming you're happy with the location." He said then handing you one of the menus.

"Are you kidding? I've never been to a place like this!" He nodded, Levi was used to places like that but he never liked them, now he was starting to rethink about it. "Holy crap, this has the same value as one of my kidneys!" You exclaimed suddenly distracting him from his inner thoughts, he looked at your surprised and scared face and almost laughed at how cute you looked.

"If you want to pay with your kidney, I won't stop you." Levi joked opening the menu and reading some of the dishes that were listed, yeah some of them were way too expensive for their quality, but that wasn't a problem for him.

You, on the other hand, almost had a heart attack at those prices. So that's how rich people spend their money? And Levi called you stupid for buying a big bowl of chicken nuggets? How dare he, with all that money you could've bought at least 10 big boxes of chicken nuggets with a lot of mayo. "Are you sure about this?" You whispered looking at the other people sitting at the tables surrounding yours. "If you want we can go home and pretend we never came here."

At that, Levi chuckled softly, you were pretty when you worried. "Do you really think I would've brought you here if I couldn't afford it?" He shook his head and you blushed embarrassed. "You underestimate my money, Y/n."

"I underestimate your will to spend it, not your money." You muttered and sighed. "But thank you, for the terrace and the dress, and the food." You said honestly and he looked at you confused, it had been more than two months and you still hadn't got used to it.

**
Once you had finished, you got up from your seat. The night was getting colder, but you were feeling rather warm with Levi's jacket and his arm around your waist as you two were walking inside. The dinner had been just amazing, you had tried so many new dishes, each one of them was a surprise that left you speechless, even if the man next to you kept telling you that it wasn't even that good. You had tried to convince Levi to order some wine, but he was very strict with alcohol saying he had to drive and you were still underage.

"You didn't seem to care the first time you offered me a drink." You had mumbled offended.

He shrugged. "Because I didn't care about you, now I do." And that was enough to make you shut up and accept his decision.

As you were walking, you were talking about some decorations you wanted to buy for Levi's house since you were moving in, he didn't really care as long as you were happy. "And then I want to buy a lot of plants to put in the garden, I'll name them personally and I'll try to grow them-" you were cut off by a voice unknown to you.

"Levi!" A man and a woman waved at your date, which quickly removed his arm from your waist leaving you confused and speechless. "Strange seeing you here, considering we have to threaten you in order to make you leave your house." You looked at him surprised by the woman's words. She was much taller than him and had a beautiful smile along with her brown hair and eyes.

Levi just sighed. "Hanji, Erwin, what the hell are you two doing here?" His tone changed completely, earlier he seemed so warm and almost happy to be there with you, and now his voice was back at his cold, annoyed tone.

You gulped and looked ad the blonde man, he was even taller and had two piercing blue eyes, his smile was calm and confident. "Hanji and I came here with Mike and the others to celebrate, remember? We had invited you, but you said you were busy."

"I am." The black-haired man replied. "Clearly I didn't think you would come here to celebrate." He rolled his eyes and only then the other two noticed your presence.

Hanji gasped excitedly and you frowned. "Oh my god!" She grabbed your hand and shook it with enthusiasm. "And who are you? Shorty has a girlfriend? Nice to meet you! I am Hanji Zoe, one of the few people that can tolerate shorty." You giggled at the nickname and at how friendly she looked and the man rolled his eyes.

"Hanji, cut it off." He snapped. "She's not my girlfriend."

Those words, felt like he had just stabbed you in your stomach multiple times. But you hid the pain he had just caused you and smiled at both of them. "Is great to meet you, I'm Y/n." You introduced yourself shaking Hanji's hand and then Erwin's one.

"I'm Erwin Smith, Levi's friends are always welcome." He tried to reassure you and you smiled awkwardly. "You look very young, how old are you?" He asked then curiously.

"Erwin!" Hanji intervened slapping slightly his arm. "You never ask a lady her age." She scolded him and Erwin scratched the back of his neck embarrassed. "But you do look young." The woman looked at you intensely.

"Well, I am-" you started but Levi stopped you.

"She's 24, not that it should matter." He's snapped and you widened your eyes. 24? You were barely 19! And surely didn't even look like a 24 years old woman, more like a 16 years old teenager with growth problems. "We have to go, I'll see you in the office." He muttered and without saying a word more, he walked away.

You gulped. "I'm sorry, but it was a pleasure to meet you." You waved and basically ran after him, he was walking faster than usual and you thanked yourself for not putting on some high heels. "Levi, wait up!" You followed him to the reception where he stopped to pay for the dinner. "Hey, is everything ok?" You asked worried, he had left just like that, those poor people looked so confused by his reaction.

"Everything is fine." He muttered giving his credit card to the waiter, he didn't even look at you and you felt so tiny and mortified. Once the payment was done, you both exited the building, the night was going great until his sudden snap and you couldn't understand why, as you entered the parking lot, you felt Levi's hand trying to grab yours, but you folded your arms on your chest.

He kept quiet but didn't like the action. You got in the car quickly and gulped looking at your legs as he started the car, you were lost in your thoughts at why he would lie to his friends like that? Was he embarrassed by you? Maybe he really didn't like you and you were making up everything. Your eyes snapped on him when you felt his hand on your knee, with a snort you moved it away. "Stop." You muttered.

"What?" He replied with an angry frown.

You raised your eyebrows. "I'm not 24."

"I perfectly know." He snapped and you snorted. "What's with you?"

"With me? Levi, I'm not the one embarrassed to tell my friends that I go out with a 19 years old!" You almost yelled. "Honestly? It was so awkward, you just pushed me away and pretend we're nothing!"

"What did you want me to tell them?" He asked calmly, you never heard him yell, but you figured that was just his way to show anger, if he ever showed any kind of emotion. "Hi guys, this is my sugar baby, she's 7 years younger than me and we have sex like every day. It's that what you wanted?"

You closed your hands in two firsts. "If you're so embarrassed about it, why did you propose it in the first place?!" You asked angrily. "Gosh Levi, you made it look like we're... friends."

He stopped at a red light. "Weren't you the one saying that we're friends just a few hours ago?" He turned to face you and you stared at his inexpressive eyes.

"Yeah, but-" you wanted to tell him that you wanted more, you needed more from him. No, not now, it wasn't the right time, you were arguing and he was mad, chances were he was going to break up with- what?! You weren't even together! "Nothing." You didn't know if you were angry at him or yourself.

He just snorted and started again the car. "Gosh, you're so sensitive."

"Whatever." But you were sensitive, in fact, you could already feel your eyes watering, but you didn't give in to the tears because you didn't want him to see you weak like that.

The rest of the ride was silent, you arrived home and went straight into the bathroom to take off the makeup and your dress. Most of your things were still at the dormitory, after you went shopping, Levi had agreed to let you take a few things, but still.

You washed your face and took off the lashes, your expression looked so sad and it felt like you had a hole inside of you, you just felt empty. You took a deep breath and forced a smile, there was no time for that, you just needed to sleep.

You entered his room shyly, you were afraid he was still mad at you because of earlier. "Mhm, where can I sleep?" You asked trying to cover your raspy voice with a more genuine tone.

Levi was already on his bed wearing only a pair of pants, he liked to sleep shirtless and you knew that. He tilted his head towards you. "Don't be stupid, you'll sleep with me." He moved a little showing you a small spot for you.

As if you hadn't already slept there. You rolled your eyes and moved closer to the bed. "Can you help me?" You pointed at the zip and he sat up, his hands caressed your skin as he unzipped the dress and let it fall down, then he surrounded your waist with his arms and placed his forehead against your back. "Do you feel better?" You muttered playing with your hands.

"Yes." He answered with a sigh. "I didn't want to scare you."

"It's ok." You turned, he looked up at you and you smiled, you placed your hands on his shoulders and sat on his lap as he grabbed you by your hips. "We were both stressed." You murmured and he nodded placing a kiss on your shoulder. "Let's go to sleep, yeah?"

"Tomorrow morning I'll drive you." He cupped your cheeks and pecked at your lips. "Finally you got rid of that lipstick." He groaned and pulled you on the bed.

You lied down on his chest and giggled. "The red suits you." You joked.

"Ugh, I won't buy any of that shit ever again."