LEVI POV

I'm not stupid. I knew she was standing near the ajar door listening to me and Hange.

"I know you're listening, go to bed brat," I ordered down the hall loud enough for her to hear me.

I saw the shadow of her feet scurry away.

Hange giggled and turned to me, their lap top open on the table. "She's adorable...I really am happy for you both. Before you came around honestly I was searching, but you kept to yourself so much...couldn't really find anything on you."

"Guess I was fairly private. Still am." I side glanced at them sipping my tea.

"You say that after you made steamy love in my house, and confessed your undying feelings," they teased, poking my face.

I rubbed the side of my cheek and rolled my eyes.

"Still looking for your Titan man?" I shot back.

Hange put their hand on their palm and looked at me. "You were pretty popular with the ladies you know."

"Yeah," was all I managed to say. The air felt awkward for a moment. Hange was just looking at me smiling.

"She's perfect for you, Levi. Since I've met Star she's been nothing but a doll. We clicked very quickly. She's known me before I even had my memories back. She had awful tastes in men though let me tell you, and not the best in women either."

"I'm well aware Hange, now are we going to discuss anything relevant to her training? Wait-she likes women too?" I asked quizzically.

"Oops, I figured you knew. In anyway why are you looking like that, does it bother you? Don't you know she's crazy about you, it's always Levi this, Levi that-"

"...wait what does she say about me?" I asked in a demanding tone, trying to keep my voice down. I didn't know she was attracted to women too, she never told me and it wasn't in her little journal. I wasn't mad or anything but I wasn't sharing her either. I was just surprised she didn't tell me that. It also peeked my interests to know what she was telling Hange.

"Nope, my lips are sealed."

I stared at Hange hard. "Four-eyes, you and I both know you can't keep secrets like that very well."

"Ugh, she just goes on and on how she can't stop looking at you, thinking about you, she calls your her little 'spicy man' and talks in detail about all your little activities..."  Hange said the last word with a little  devilish grin.

I sat there quietly wondering what activities they talked about. For some reason it made me timid.

"...Alright enough chit chat let's get talking about her training..."

STAR POV

I managed to almost fall asleep when I heard the door push open. He locked it behind him and went to the bathroom. I knew it was Levi, and was elated that he was coming to bed.  I pretended to be asleep as he got undressed and into the bed with me. He laid behind me and wrapped his arms around me. I was wearing just a tank top and panties.

"I know you're not asleep," Levi whispered into my ear. "You have yet to start your loud ass snoring."

"...mmm almost waaas babe," I groaned half asleep, happy he was here but also a little irked at being interrupted.

He kissed my cheek and it was like taking a sleeping pill, I drifted off once more.

—//Star's very vivid dream, the alternate life //—
Many lives.
Many paths.

Time is not linear, all paths and all outcomes of every world is one vibration. Every time I come back it's different.

I was sitting in a prison cell,  awaiting my fate. All this time I managed to make it out of the underground just to join the military, enter the Survey Corps, join Levi's squad...then of course my magick powers revealed through my body's trump card: Transfiguration

I wasn't ready for this.

It took me awhile to understand, but the truth was it was all connected to Levi. Things were actually going well, I planned on pulling Hange aside now that we were close, to tell them about my current situation. I planned to start small,
Light a candle with my fingers, freeze a handful of water...then tell them everything, even the transfiguration. Then they would tell Levi.

I had blessed a ring to bind the transfiguration, but carelessly lost it on the last expedition.

As with Levi, things seemed to be going okay. He seemed to have a sort of different attitude about me. After all I was 'Bread girl' which he still annoyingly referred to me as. He chose me so quick to join his squad that even I was shocked. I knew I was skilled with ODM gear but I was terrified of horses and the amount of time it took to get over it was shameful.

——flash back before being imprisoned—-

Today I was sitting next to Levi around breakfast time. From the beginning introductions that morning he instantly knew who I was the second they read my name. He continued calling me "bread girl" from then on. The look on his face when he recognized me was unforgettable. He did a complete double take when he met my eyes, his face flushed. He was very quick to put me on his squad. He sat next to me without saying a word at first and when he overheard other cadets talking about trying to flirt with me, making bets on who could get "with me" first, he put them on cleaning duty immediately. Jean came up to me and I guess my body language gave away I was uncomfortable.

Hange sat on one side of me and Levi glared at Jean and told him to move. That's all it took for him to very swiftly take off to find somewhere else to sit. I greeted them both properly, Hange of course being the first to click with me aside from the stoic Levi who just constantly glanced at me as Hange talked their ass off about Titans.

"Hange. I need to speak to this cadet alone for a bit," Levi finally said.

Hange looked a little surprised then smiled with rosey cheeks and nodded. "Sure thing shorty!"

Levi waited till they were out of earshot, and picked at his food while he spoke to me, not even meeting eyes with me.

"How did you get out?"

I chose my words carefully. Lying wasn't my forte and he was very observant of body language.

"My mother helped me before she died."

Levi stopped poking his food and looked at me. He was so handsome and it made my heart rate increase when he spoke.

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"Thank you Captain. I appreciate that..."

"Why are you here though? Are you crazy?"
He asked, looking at me with an expressionless face.

"Maybe...but it's better than wandering the streets. I don't have family. My father is dead. But he was a piece of shit so it's fine..." I said, my eyes twitching even talking about him.

"Why did you stop coming by?"

I took big breath.

"Because I couldn't risk being caught. I was being hunted.." I whispered the last part.

"Is this something we need to discuss privately?"

STAR POV

"Get up."

I felt a painful pinch on my left nipple and scowled. It was fucking 4am.

He pinched harder.

"Oh my god okay!"

He let go and I sat up with the meanest mug on my face.

He looked more tired than I was.

"Morning. Go get dressed gloomy."

I glared at him. "Morning to you too."

Of course he was already dressed.

I smirked. Perfect timing.

"And if I don't?"

He tilted my chin to make me look at him. "Sweetie we don't really have the time, but if you want to play games I'm quite ready to use that crop any time," he threatened.

"You won't do shit, I said turning around and shaking my ass at him."

Honestly that was the stupidest thing I could say to that man. I had never actually used that crop and had no idea what I was in for. And for some reason he planned ahead and opened the side drawer and pulled the damn thing out.

"You sure about that?" He asked, holding it his hand like he was studying it.

I giggled like a school girl.

In one swift move he grabbed me by my hair and swatted my ass with the crop and I yelped and he did it second time before I screamed my safe word.

He let go of my hair and I turned around giving him a sour face.

"You know with all your tattoos and piercings I figured you took pain a little better," he teased, as I got up, the pain on my ass radiating heat. I would be lying if it didn't somewhat turn me on but damn I'm surprised he didn't break the damn thing as hard as he hit.

"Hey, you okay?"

"It's fine, I'd by lying if I said that wasn't sexy...and effective," I replied.

"Good, hurry up and get dressed," he said, smacking my ass.

LEVI POV

When I say it was really hard not to fuck her when I woke her up, I had to fill my head with images of ugly titans, or even worse, thinking about the fact I was doing this because I was afraid of her getting hurt, or...killed.

She told me that she had a dream last night about us that may have been another timeline. We didn't have a lot of time so I asked her if it was urgent and she said she could tell me tonight. All this time she wanted me to go to the gym with her and now that I'm going to save on Hange driving back and forth, she's incredibly bashful about the entire thing.

The gym smelled like sweat but I bared worse before. The entire time I watched her while Hange worked out with her she kept glaring at me when I tried to give her tips and when she started doing squats on the barbel I had to sit outside because it was too much for me to watch without getting aroused.

After that we went to the park near an empty little area, where I decided her and Hange could spar.

I was actually impressed.

She lasted a whole 2 minutes with Hange.

"Pathetic, get off the ground already," I said to her when she nearly ate shit. Hange was very careful not to actually injure her, but I told her we couldn't be completely soft either. I'd rather her have some bruises than be someone's meal.

I learned aside from her acute martial arts training, Hange had taught her a few things in their spare time

I wouldn't tell her I was impressed though, least not yet. I didn't want it getting to her pretty little head.

When we went for a run I swear her run was my jog. I had to stop looking at her because it was so cute and funny watching her "run" that I kept picturing that stupid panda onsie on her.

I teased her here and there about her lack of skills but overall she wasn't bad especially at lifting weights, mostly when she used anything lower body.

Fighting? Needed work.
Running? Horrible.

That afternoon when I got home she was already asleep.

Nope.

No naps, or she would be up all night.