Chapter 23: Questions With No Answers

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~Erwin~

I sat on Levi's right as we watched over the screens displaying different traffic surveillance. Currently, we were looking over the incident that happened the other night, the street we were watching had a woman beaten to death and of course, the culprit ran from the scene.

We were hoping that this would give us more evidence it had something to do with Zeke but for all, we knew it could've just been some random low-life preying on some innocent woman. I hadn't spoken to (Y/N) all day, with it being my day off at Jaeger Enterprise, I had time to come in and do more work on the case.

"Here," Levi says as he points at his screen, leaning over, I look in the spot his finger rested on. There the woman was walking alone, it was the same woman from that night, same white coat and blonde hair. As she rounded the corner a car was coming toward her, when she had noticed it slowed down, it looked as if they were having a conversation. That was until a dark figure jumped out of the car and attempted to grab her.

Whoever had been driving continued moving forward but slowly waiting for their partner. But the lady was fighting back, doing everything possible to get away. Levi and I watched closely as the figure began hitting the woman and shaking her like crazy. Clearly, she screamed as he went to cover her mouth only for him to shove her to the ground. According to Kenny, she had been strangled.

Returning my gaze to my own screen I watched as the car came into view of the next camera. "Right there, can you zoom this in for me so I can get the plate numbers?" I ask Armin, he was better at things like this than I was. Quickly getting up out of my seat, the blonde occupied it and worked his magic. There the still fuzzy number was legible. Scribbling the words down I thanked Armin and left the room.

After having the numbers run through I found it was one of the cars Zeke owned. This had to be it! I turn back to Levi who then looked at his uncle. "Alright, I'll have them picked up, in the meantime Erwin, it's best you get out of here. We can't have your cover blown just yet." Kenny says.

~(Y/N)~

Sprawled out on the couch, I let out a long tired sigh. It was the weekend, which meant I wouldn't get to see Erwin until Monday. We both agreed the weekend would be our break days for exercising, but still, I wish I had a good reason to go see him.

I hadn't even gotten dressed, only because I had no plans to leave. Hanji was busy in Winside getting the fundraiser ready. And Erwin hadn't texted me back. There was always Petra but she was probably busy too.

I got up from the couch to fix my loose robe. Upon getting up there was a knock at my door. I wonder who that could be. Without thinking, I swing the door open to find my handsome blonde. "Erwin," I greet in slight shock. I truly wasn't expecting to see him since he never reached out.

"Hi...uh, is this a bad time?" he wonders. I watched as his eyes undressed me, how they slowly trailed up and down. How is this the same man who made out with me at Hanji's? He's all flustered again. I did my best to hold back any hysterical laughter, but it was hard considering his face was slowly turning a bright shade of red.

"Not at all, do you wanna come in?"

I step aside allowing him access, he didn't hesitate. This would be the first time he's stayed longer than five minutes...hopefully. "Would you like something to drink?" I ask as I shut the door behind me.

"No thanks, sorry for not responding to any of your texts I had some errands this morning,"

"No biggy," I go to sit back on the couch beside him. There was a long pause between us, as we sat there. Erwin had been looking off into space while I watched him do so. He must be lost in thought. "Was there something you wanted?" Then the thought of him saying 'you' popped into my head caused me to cross my legs. And thoughts of the other night came to mind.

"Did Zeke say anything to you the other night? The night you kissed me?" he then asks out of the blue. I was a little caught off guard by the question, I didn't think it really mattered- well I guess it does in a sense.

"Well- he was talking about work and how Monday I needed to see him. Then he said uh..." I trail off feeling a little uncomfortable with telling him.

"What?" Erwin wonders as he turns towards me.

"He insulted you. He said that I shouldn't be interested in such a soft man. And then, of course, started talking about himself of course which as usual I zoned out. Then he kept trying to convince me to go on a date with him," I explain.

The blonde let out a sigh as he took my hand into his. With a gentle squeeze, my eyes shift from our hands to his crystal blue eyes. "I'm sorry," he says.

I shake my head a little, "It's not your fault Erwin, and if anything he's probably more pissed at me for what I said to him after,"

He now looked at me curiously, "I told him that the only way I'd go out with him is if hell froze over. Then proceeded to warn him if he ever spoke lowly of you again I would take you with me and quit working for him. So he that's when he said for me to meet him in his office then drove off looking all mad,"

Standing up from his seat, he walks around the couch and stops just behind me. My eyes follow him watching his expression. What is he thinking? Quickly getting up, I cross my arms over my chest as I stand before him now. "I won't let him do anything to me, Erwin, I... I'm with you, and even if I didn't have feelings for you, Zeke is the last person I'd want to be with,"

Then he took my waist into his hands and tightly clutched the fabric of my robe. Letting out another sigh, I felt the skirt ride up a little as he pulled it. "I know... but the thought of his hands on you... it makes me sick- I don't want anyone putting their hands on you, not unless it's me," he says, his voice low and rough. The thought of his hands on my body caused me to shiver in anticipation.

Reaching up, I cup his face in my hands, pulling him down a little I greet his lips with a tender kiss. Slowly our lips moved against one another soon becoming intense, almost hungry for one another. His hands moved around me feeling around my waist. Pulled flush against him, his body felt hard and hot, I could only imagine what his skin would feel like against mine. I smiled against his mouth upon being tickled by the stubble he had.

I wanted more, I wanted every inch of my skin to be marked by him. To hell with Zeke's persistence, the man I wanted was right before me, and if I had to prove it, then so be it. With soft pecks against his lips now, I could tell he wanted to move so after one last good kiss, I pull back a little, only he leaned in trailing kisses from the side of my lips down to my neck. Letting out a sigh, my fingers combed through his golden locks again feeling his stubble rubbing against my skin.

~Erwin~

My pants felt tight, as my tongue ran over (Y/N)'s neck in search of her sweet spot. I was a bit sloppy- but it had been so long since I had done something like this. But suddenly I heard a soft mewl all while her body stiffened- I found it.

With a gentle smirk, I press my lips against her neck and began to suck down gently. She let out another mewl, it was louder this time. Shit, if I keep this up I won't be able to stop! Her small hands clutched the front of my shirt tightly as if she was prepared for her legs to give out. "Erwin~" she moans softly.

A growl slipped past my lips upon hearing her sweet noises. I had to stop, I can't take her like this. (Y/N) deserves the best- not something random like this. Moving further down, I pulled her robe off of her shoulder, there I placed a few gentle kisses on her skin. She was so warm and soft against my mouth, it was almost hard to resist going any further. Finally, I let out another sigh causing her to shiver as she held me in her arms. Picking my head up off her shoulder I finally look into her (e/c) eyes.

Pressing my forehead against hers, I say, "I should go," my voice was shallow as I was still catching my breath.

She chuckles and shuts her eyes for a moment before looking back up at me. "You are such a tease you know that?" she asks.

I laugh with her and shake my head against hers. "I want to...believe me I'd love nothing more but... there is something I have to do first,"

I could feel her fingers at the back of my head gently running through my hair. "Okay...just don't make me wait too long please- I'm already starting to go crazy," she whispers.

Believe me, I'm going crazy too angel.

~Levi~

I walked out of the room after Zeke. The damn bastard still clean as far as we knew. Our interview came up short when the cops found the culprit but still, everything about the conversation with him seemed as though he had staged it almost.

~Earlier~

I sat before the blonde with his lawyer behind him. Eren- his brother was in another room being questioned so we could check for inconsistencies between their stories. "Alright let's get started," I mutter as I open the file I had on Zeke before him.

"Okay so, Wednesday night a little after three in the morning, a woman had been beaten to death. Upon looking back at the footage my team and I found that the car that was used was one of yours," I pulled out the pictures of his car along with the license plate numbers. The blonde looked over it then back at me with a coy smile.

"Ah, yes. Larry, isn't that the car that was stolen from me?" he asks turning to his lawyer.

"Yes sir," his lawyer answered. Okay, prick.

"Okay then, do you have any idea who could have stolen it then? Former co-worker? Ex-lover? Or is this possibly some random guy?" I wonder.

Almost too quickly he shook his head then looked at the pictures again. "Yeah, no I don't know anyone who'd deliberately steal my car,"

With narrow eyes, I glanced up at his lawyer now. My eyes scanned over him in hopes to find something off about either of them. When I got down to the lawyer's hand I found his right hand scraped up as if he had been punching something- or someone. "Alright-"

The door opened and Kenny stuck his head in. "Sorry for the intrusion, it looks like they caught the culprits. Send these gentlemen home," he says. Confused I look back at the blonde who seemed to be smiling. I wanted to punch him.

~Present~

On his way out I watched as Zeke slowly walked past Erwin's desk, that's when I noticed he probably had been looking at his desk. Shit his nameplate. Quickly walking up, I stood in his field of vision, if I had put the nameplate down Zeke would've suspected something and I might blow Erwin's cover. "Try to stay out of trouble blondie, jail wouldn't suit you,"

"No, it wouldn't," he retorts still grinning.

They'd probably beat your rich ass up, that or worse. With that, the blonde left our precinct, there I turn and head to my uncle's office. "Don't you think we should've kept them longer? What if the culprits were working for him?"

"That's what I want you to find out," he says.

I stood there silently prepared to hear the old man out. "I checked the rest of the surveillance, and that car went to the little hardware shop we've been looking into." Right the one Erwin said was talking about Zeke was apparently friends with the owner and part of his charity.

"We'll go tom-"

"No, I don't want you going until after the fundraiser. Zeke will probably warn his friend now that he knows we have surveillance of that car, so I'm gonna watch over and see if this guy moves. I want you to look into Eren Jaeger, when I interviewed him he said some stuff that didn't add up, plus he looked a little roughed up." Kenny explains.

I recalled seeing the lawyer's hand being bruised up. Maybe it's possible he was beating Eren into submission? Maybe Eren wanted to come forward? "I did see the lawyer's hand, it's possible he might've beaten Eren,"

"Probably, but I'll also look into it, you worry about Eren, see if might be willing to give us any information on his brother," Kenny says. With that, I nodded I didn't think Eren would say anything but it's possible...with some persuasion. What happened after he left Attledon? Has Mikasa tried reaching out to him?

~(Y/N)~

It was Monday morning now and I stood beside Erwin in front of Zeke's desk. And on that desk was piles upon piles of papers. What they were for I had no clue. "Now, as punishment, you will be going over these papers and shredding the files from last year. Don't worry they all have their dates labeled- well- maybe. Anyway, I'd like you to have this done by tomorrow afternoon,"

"Excuse me but what have we done to deserve punishment? If anything this is an abuse of power,"

Zeke narrowed his eyes at Erwin after he made his comment, slowly coming out behind his desk, he stood before him. They looked as if they were ready to brawl. "As far as I'm concerned this punishment is well deserved. Leaving work early- and let alone skipping it? Honestly (Y/N) I expected you to be a better role model." Zeke then looked at me, in a slow stride he stops behind me. "You should be lucky I'm not moving your friend into another department, because that can easily be arranged. All I ask is that you show up for work and call out with a good reason. Not to spend the day with your fling,"

Now he circled me like a vulture, honestly, I replied, "He's not a fling," When he finally was face to face with me, he didn't seem all that convinced.

"You and I will discuss this later, but until then, get to work both of you," with that, Zeke left the room leaving me and Erwin to do the mountain of paperwork. This guy is gonna have a foot shoved up his ass if he keeps this up. And how dare he threaten to move Erwin like that! I stood there pouting as the words looped in my mind 'your fling'. Please, he's my- I turn to look at the blonde. Were we a thing? I mean we never really talked about our relationship. I mean we make out like a couple and do couple things here and there but... does Erwin consider us a couple? I mean he did say he didn't want anyone touching me so that's gotta count for something.

Instead of dwelling on that thought, I took a good stack of papers and situated myself on the floor by Erwin, and began working. He and I could figure out all this later, away from our jealous boss. 

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