Chapter 2
"I like your picture Claire, it looks like you had a good time last weekend." You tell Claire as she happily fills in some more colors to her drawing. It was nearing the end of the day and the kids were drawing pictures of their favorite thing they did over the past weekend.
You point to a smiling stick figure wearing what appears to be a kerchief on their head and an apron sweeping a room. "Wow, Claire it looks like your Dad was really happy this weekend." She smiles. "Daddy is always happy when he gets to clean on his day off, Miss (f/n)!" She giggles.
"Well if he likes to clean that much maybe he can come by my place and make Eren clean his room." You add with a smirk. Eren is a good roomate but he could be super lazy. It was like pulling teeth to get him to even put his dirty clothes into the laundry hamper in the bathroom.
"Is that Hange over there, why is she sad?" You ask pointing to a stick figure wearing glasses and a frown. "Auntie Hange tracked mud all over the floor Daddy just mopped so she got time out." Claire said with a tiny smirk. "Are those cookies?" You ask pointing to the tray the little stick figure version of Claire is holding wearing a wide crayon smile. "Uh huh, Daddy makes the best cookies, way better than Auntie Hange's!" She frowns slightly."I wish Daddy was home every weekend, I miss him." You pat her head.
"I'm sure your Dad wishes he could be off every weekend too Claire but he always makes things extra fun when he does get to stay home, right?" You ask Claire who nods, a smile replacing her frown.
As you finish wiping down the tables after all of the children have been picked up, Marco approaches you. "Hey (f/n), I wanted to ask you if you wanted to hang out with us Friday night?" He asks giving you his usual sunny grin. "Friday, what are your plans?" He follows you out of the classroom as you exit and lock the door. "Um just going to dinner at the diner with Ymir, Krista, Sasha, Connie and Jean, l -" You sense a presence behind you and Marco stops midsentence. "No way." You had a feeling you knew who was interrupting. "You turn around and face the intruder. "First of all, Eren, it's rude to interrupt a conversation you aren't involved in and second, I am an adult and can make my own choices and I am not going to turn down a fun night with friends because you and Jean can't get along!" You say annoyed, folding your arms across your chest. You turn to Marco with an apologetic smile. "I would love to join you guys on Friday, what time did you have in mind?" Marco goes back to smiling. "About 7:30, I look forward to seeing you." He says and walks into the office.
You face Eren who is still wearing a scowl. "Aren't you hanging out with Armin and Mikasa on Friday anyway?" You ask. "Yes but I know that horseface planned this on purpose because I won't be there." You sigh. "Eren, I think Jean is a nice guy and he is fun to hang out with and maybe I would consider a date in the future but right now I am not ready for a relationship, I mean a romantic one." Eren lets out a sigh of relief.
"That doesn't mean you can tell me who I can and cannot date though Eren, keep that in mind." He sighs, defeated. "I'm sorry (f/n), I shouldn't keep you from having fun, but if horse- I mean Jean ever hurts you, I will kick his ass!" He says clenching his fist. You smile and hug him. "I'll keep that in mind." You then go to gather up your things so you can both go home.
You hum happily to yourself as you stand at the kitchen counter slicing vegetables for a salad to go with dinner. Suddenly Eren comes bounding into the room excitedly. "(F/n), I finally caught that Pokemon I ve been looking for!"
Right before he can show you his latest conquest he trips over his open shoelace and accidentally jolts forward, bumping against you. You feel a sting of pain as the knife you are holding slips and cuts into your finger. "Shit!" You scream dropping the knife and quickly grab a clean dish towel to apply pressure to the wound.
Eren backs up and looks over to you in worry. "Fuck, I am so sorry (f/n)!" He shouts already on the verge of crying. "It was an accident Eren but please be more careful next time." You reply moving the towel off your finger to assess the bleeding. "Crap, I think I might need stitches, can you drive me to the emergency room, Eren?" Eren nods trying to brush away his tears. "Of course I can (f/n) besides its my fault to begin with." You rinse your finger under cool water in the kitchen sink and rewrap your finger in the dish towel.
"I'm still really sorry, (f/n)." Eren says to you sadly as you both wait in an exam room for a doctor since the nurse in triage confirmed that you did need stitches. "You've apologised about 15 times now, Eren, I forgive you, it was an accident so just calm down okay?" You say sincerely and Eren takes a breath and starts to calm down.
"Well this looks like my first Pokemon Go related injury, didn't you read the shitty pay attention to your surroundings warning, (f/n)?" A famliar voice interrupts from the open doorway. You jump while simultaneously blushing in embarrassment . "I wasn't playing it, he was." You point to the still guilty looking Eren. "You're a doctor?" Eren asks as you facepalm internally. Levi walks into the room and washes his hands at the sink. He dries them with a paper towel and turns to Eren. "Tch, I certainly hope so, since I've spent at least a decade going to fucking medical school idiot." Eren frowns.
Levi finishes wrapping your newly stitched finger in gauze. "You can take the dressing off tomorrow and you'll need to come back in 5-7 days to have the sutures removed." He tells you after he discards the various packaging from the bandages and washes and dries his hands again.
You smirk. Levi raises an eyebrow at you. "What?" He asks. "I'm kind of disappointed, when Claire told me that you are out all night saving people, I thought maybe you were some kind of superhero." You laugh nervously. You are surprised to see Levi smirk back. "I consnsidered it but I'm not into wearing spandex." He replies in a totally deadpan manner. Eren rolls his eyes.
"Can we go now?" He whines. You blush "I'm sorry, it's past Eren's bedtime and he's getting cranky." You chuckle softly. "You're free to go but make sure you're more careful, I know what it's like to live with an individual who can't grasp the concept of being an adult." He says with an almost smile. Eren grumbles and starts walking towards the door.
"Thanks for your help." You tell Levi as you start to head to the door as well. You pause for a moment. "Don't I get a lollipop for being a good patient?" You ask smirking. "Tch, I take back what I said about you being an adult." You laugh and leave the room quickly blushing.
"Levi, are you smiling?" A tall blonde man asks coming up next to him in the hallway. "Fuck off Erwin." Levi replies and stalks off while Erwin shakes his head and laughs.Its the first time he's seen his friend smile in years.
The next morning, Claire comes running up to you waving a small snack bag. "Miss (f/n)!" She hands you the bag containing a homemade cookie. "Thank you, Claire, that's very nice of you." You smile at her. "Daddy said to give this to you for being such a good girl last night!" She says brightly as you turn crimson. You see Ymir smirk and raise an eyebrow."oh really?" You show her your bandaged finger and walk off while she bursts out laughing.