Troublesome Chapter 3 - Levi x Reader x Eren

It was time to put the plan into action. Hanji had spent the past half hour convincing Eren to help, seeing as how Levi was jealous of him in the first place, as well as some other recruits who would gladly help out. You were waiting for Hanji to return in a corner, away from most of the commotion.

"What?! You want me to- Wait, Hanji!!" You heard a voice crying out and turned around from the corner to find quite an unusual sight before you.

Hanji had half-kidnapped poor Eren and dragged him to the corner you were waiting in. At first you were almost shocked at her over-ecstatic treatment of the boy. She wandered over, dragging Eren behind her who had been protesting the entire time.

"Quiet, Eren! You'll give us away!" She shushed him a little too loudly and threw the boy at you.

You only had a split second to react to Eren's body being thrown at you. You managed to catch him but the space between the two of you wasn't a lot. His face nearly collided with yours resulting in an almost-kiss. His hands braced his body against the wall you were against to prevent his body from getting any closer. You own hands rested on his broad chest and seeing as how he was slightly taller than you, the position the two of you were in didn't look inconspicuous. Despite this, the two of you were simply staring at each other. His beautiful turquoise eyes bore into yours and you felt your heart skip a beat. You had always found Eren to be handsome but your thoughts were interrupted by Hanji's loud and obnoxious voice once again.

"Aw, damn! This would have been the perfect opportunity!" She complained at the two of you.

Eren backed away from you and you awkwardly composed yourself before addressing Hanji.

"Ahem…what opportunity, Hanji?" You asked, the nervousness still residing in your voice from before.

"For Levi to walk past and see you two in a…suggestive position~ Eren pinning you up against the wall and your hands running over his chest…oh…so romantic~ And the two of you are on the verge of kissing as well! It's brilliant! Wait, wait, wait, I'm going to bring Levi and you two just look like like you're in love, okay?" And with the mouthful of words, Hanji was gone.

"Wait! Hanj-! Oh…she never learns…" you sighed and hung your head.

"So….what is actually going on? Hanji only half-informed me of what is going on," Eren asked you as he walked up to you.

"We're…uh…trying to make…the Lance Corporal jealous," you shyly admitted, rubbing the back of your neck.

"Jealous? Why?"

"He apparently saw you helping me earlier and, well, Hanji and I think he's jealous. So, as revenge for acting selfish and childish, we're going to make him even more jealous."

"He's…jealous of me and you? Does he think we have a 'thing' going on?" Eren asked you, raising his eyebrows.

"Well, when he confronted me about it earlier, he definitely insinuated something along those lines," you chuckles slightly.

Eren gently placed a hand on your shoulder and you turned to look into his eyes once again. He leaned down towards you so you were at eye level.

"I'd be glad to help out in any way I can. What did you have in mind?" Eren's soft smile had turned into a smirk. You saw something flickering in his eyes which you couldn't help but mirror his expression and allowed your lips curve into a smirk.

"Well, following on with what Hanji prattled on and on about before, we could play 'the lovers' card. We could pretend to fall in love with each other and slowly but surely set Levi off. Hopefully," you answered him, a hint of evil playing on your words.

"Sure. Let's do it." Eren agreed happily which took you by surprise.

He's really willing to do this?

"You do realise that some…kissing and such may be involved?" You asked nervously.

"Y-yeah…I can live with that…Truth be told, I've always found you pretty cute…" he admitted while rubbing the back of his hair, averting your gaze nervously.

You blushed at his confession and smiled brightly at him. Suddenly, footfall could be heard from around the corner the two of you were standing in. Two familiar voices came into earshot and you groaned in annoyance from whose voices you solely recognised.

"This had better be worth it, Hanji."

"Trust me, Corporal. I don't know what's going on with your horse, but she's been acting strange lately."

You turned back to Eren in a panic. You had about 10 seconds to decide what to do.

"Shit. The Corporal and Hanji are coming this way. We don't want to make it too obvious that we're 'dating' just yet, but imply it. What do we do?" you whispered a little too harshly.

"Just walk, act natural and follow my lead, okay?" You nodded in response.

The two of you walked out from behind the corner and you were suddenly met with the cold stare of the Corporal. You gulped hard and pretended to take no notice of it. What did Eren have in mind? You couldn't back out now. You looked past Levi and caught Hanji's look of approval and thumbs up. You turned back and followed Eren down the hallway. It wasn't until you had just passed the Corporal that Eren took action.

"How's the arm? Is it feeling any better from this morning?" he asked nonchalantly. Wow. Okay. Eren could act.

"It's fine," you answered softly touching the wound site with a brisk finger, "It stings every so often but it must just be the antiseptic you rubbed on it before." You emphasised the word 'rubbed'.

"If you need anything for the pain, just let me know, alright? You know I'd be willing to help out in any way I can."

"Thank you, Eren. I appreciate it." You placed a hand on his shoulder and looked lovingly into his eyes, to which he returned.

In your peripheral vision, you could see that the Corporal had stopped dead in his tracks and was obviously listening to your conversation.

"Corporal? Don't you want to check on your horse?" Hanji asked innocently.

He said nothing and turned back, heading in the direction of the two of you. Eren saw this coming and you saw his soft smile twist into a perfect grin. He slowly moved his hand resting at his side and wrapped it around your waist. You felt his hand snaking around your figure and caught on to what he was playing. The Corporal continued to storm in your direction but Eren didn't cease his movements. The hand around your waist pulled you close to him and pulled you close to him and into an embrace. Your hands wrapped themselves around his shoulders and you rested your head on his chest, facing away from Levi. You could hear his heartbeat picking up its pace as Levi approached, however he had slowed down significantly as the two of you came closer to each other. Finally resting his chin on top of your head, he closed his eyes as Levi had almost reached the two of you. Eren was gently rubbing your back and eventually came to slightly gripping at your jacket as Levi rapidly approached.

Your heart was racing now.

What would Levi do? Break you up? Punch the living daylights out of Eren? Drag you off? You shut your eyes quickly and gripped the back of Eren's jacket tightly as a bead of sweat rolled down your forehead. Levi's footsteps were growing heavier as he came closer and closer…


…and further and further away.

He had walked straight past you. Straight past you.

Your eyes shot open and quickly lifted your head from Eren's chest as he did the same. The both of you stared at Levi storming away from the three of you. Eren's grip on you loosened and you felt Hanji lean her arm against your shoulder.

"Well, that was interesting~"

"Interesting? He stormed off, Hanji. That's all we got out of him," you answered back, slightly irritated and stepping away from Eren who was now leaning back against the wall.

"Yes. He stormed off! Lance Corporal Levi! Mister Cool, Calm and Collected. Never lets his feelings get in the way of anything, no matter what! And you two managed to make him storm off! Congratulations! That's an achievement!" Hanji was almost yelling in glee at the your performance, "So I'm guessing you two are 'dating'~?"

You nodded with a blush as did Eren. Hanji grinned her biggest grin yet and almost squealed in delight.

"This is going to be so much fun! Keep it up you two! I'll let the other people what's happening. The ones that I've recruited for the plan, don't worry. This is a secret I will be keeping from other people outside the plan!" And with a final smirk, she was gone. Again.

"So sorry you got caught up in all of this, Eren…but that was some great leading back there. Levi completely bought it."

"Yeah…" he was smirking once again as he wrapped his arm around your shoulder once again, "so you're my 'girlfriend' now?"

"I never agreed to that. You never asked me~" you grinned back at him evilly.

"But- you just- we…" he stuttered, utterly confused.

"Ask me nicely~" you requested in sing-song.

"______? Will you be my 'girlfriend' for the time being so we can execute this plan?" He rolled his eyes as he asked you the question.

"Sure, Eren. And thanks for helping out." You threw your arm around his shoulder and nudged him gently.

"Well, you know I'd be willing to help out in any way I can~" You laughed at his statement and he let out a small laugh as the two of you headed towards the dining room to execute the second part of the plan.