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Even after the Ferris Wheel ride has finished, the tingling sensation that I felt all over my body still lingered. There's almost no space in between us now—courtesy to Rein's effort—and his hand never left mine. It didn't help cease the heat on my face so I kept looking down, avoiding his gaze as much as I can.

But of course, Rein being the overly worried little shit he is, noticed my behavior.

I felt him squeezed my hand, making me look up to see a worried look on his face. "Are you okay?"

"Yes, I am." He really is worried about me, huh? I set my gaze straight to his eyes to meet his gaze and gave him a reassuring look. "Don't worry."

"Why is your face red, then? It surely isn't from heat." He stopped, thinking for a moment before a sly grin broke out of his features. "Oho, are you blushing? You're blushing, aren't you?"

I tried my best to stop myself from blushing, giving him a sharp look. "I'm not, why would you even fucking think of that?"

He tutted. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. Do I look so damn good that I made you blush?"

I kicked him on the shin, making him wince, his hand moving to clutch it. He shot me an offended look in which I replied with a mask of indifference on my face. "Ow, that hurts."

"That's for you being a shitty brat."

I quickly walked away, leaving a laughing Rein behind. He followed soon after he finished having a good amount of laugh, his subject not being funny at all.

Poking my side, he started to ask me, "Hey, are you mad?"

I'm not mad, I'm just irritated. Who wouldn't be if someone made fun of you when you're blushing? It's not like you can fucking control it.

I didn't answer and remained silent, keeping fixing my gaze ahead of me while ignoring Rein. But he kept on being stubborn, something that the Yeager twins are very good at. Once they set their heart on something, they wouldn't stop at anything just to get it.

So in response to him I also acted stubborn, willing myself to ignore his apologies. It was proven hard, considering that I almost always give in easily to them since we were kids, but I won't do it this time.

"Hey, Levi, talk to me." He's still poking me, not stopping even once. He then wrapped his hand around my forearm, starting to tug it. "Sorry if I made you angry."

He sounded so awfully honest that I couldn't help but sigh and give in. I scolded myself in my mind, scolded how I was so easily swayed by him despite acting the complete opposite when it comes to others but I'm not having any of it. Instead, I sighed and stopped to look at him with seriousness.

"Fucking stop poking me if you still want to go home with your shitty fingers completely attached."

"But you're mad at me."

He is now wearing a sad expression, like a child who didn't get the toy that they want. I rolled my eyes at the sight and punched his shoulder lightly.

"I'm not mad at you. I'm just irritated that you're making fun of the redness of my face."

"But you're so cute like that!"

I once again shot him a glare, eventually closing my eyes and letting him have his way. We went silent after that, threading the path with our hands connected as we walked past through a swarm of crowd.

Once we reached the uncrowded part of the amusement park, he stopped walking, forcing me to do the same.

"What do you want to do now?"

I thought for a moment. I don't really have any idea of what exciting shits I want to do at this moment.

I gave him a shrug as a response. I don't care about what we'll do, to be fucking honest. Even if we just stared at each other for the whole night, it would still be nothing sort of boring. There's no dull moment when you're with him.

Nodding, he took my hand again without another word and started pulling me to where the exit was. He didn't say a word, just forced me to follow him to wherever fuck he wanted.

"What are you planning?"

"I want to take a picture at the photo booth. A remembrance."

"That place is a rectangular space of pure filth and germs."

He looked down at me with a pleading look. "Please? Just this one?"

I really can't say no to this guy. Sighing, I gave him a curt nod and he pulled me to where the photo booth is.

When the place is within our sight, we saw that the booth was empty. It definitely lit his mood up more, dragging me with him faster and I found myself walking faster to keep up with his pace.

"Oi, Rein, slow down a little, will you? In case you couldn't see, my legs aren't as fucking long as yours."

He didn't comply. He kept on walking on a fast pace, leaving me jogging me so I won't be dragged behind. I don't know if he didn't fucking hear me because of the noise surrounding us or the damn brat just chose to ignore what I said, but I just stop complaining and did my best to keep up.

As soon as we reached the place, he unceremoniously opened the curtains wide and pulled me inside. He put some bill on the machine and clicked something before positioning himself beside me with a bright smile.

I'm painfully aware of the brooding look I have on my face, but it doesn't mean that just because he wanted some pictures as a remembrance that I'll go out of my way to at least try to lighten up.

The machine started taking shots, the flash almost blinding me which made me squint my eye. Rein just continued smiling at the camera and sometimes he's even doing funny faces. Noticing that I wasn't even smiling, he looked down at me.

"Levi, we're taking a photo as a remembrace, not a mug shot. Smile, will you?"

"No." I won't comply. It's enough that he brought me to this box of filth.

He frowned, narrowing his eyes on me. Slowly, his lips started to form a smirk and I know right then that what entered his mind isn't a good idea.

"Then let me do this."

He placed both of his hands on my shoulder, making me face him. One of his hand travelled down to the small of my back and the other cupped my cheek, my eyes widening at the sudden change in him. He looked at me with lidded eyes and a smirk, causing my face to heat up while a lump formed in my throat.

What the fuck is he doing?!

He started leaning in, the look on his face not changing. I just stared at him with wide eyes, waiting for what's to come with my face burning. Is he going to kiss me?

I just stoodthere as stiff as a board, my mind starting to panic. I swallowed the lump in my throat and opened my mouth to speak, only to be stopped by him.

"Smile, Levi."

And another flash occured with the feeling of his warm lips touching my cheek.

"I guess that I will consider this as the prize, Levi."

I never smacked anyone so hard.

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"What do you want to do now?"

We went away from the photo booth as soon as he got his damn pictures. The smile on his face was priceless even after I hit him so hard in the back of his head. He continued to stare at it while we walk, he even bumped onto others because he's not looking at his way.

Frowning at the lack of answer, I slapped his arm and it's enough to make him look at me.

"What?"

I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. "I asked you what you want to do now. "

He looked up in wonder before answering, "I want to buy some pizza and hang out in your apartment."

"Wow, you sounded like you own the place."

He craned his neck to look at me, giving me his puppy eyes. He's not looking at where he's going and I won't be surprised if he'll suddenly trip because of it. "Is it okay?"

You don't even need to ask. "I'm just kidding you. Yeah, let's do that."

He smiled widely and nodded enthusiastically. It did the trick and what I thought earlier happened. He tripped on the uneven path of cobblestone, losing his balance and falling on his butt.

"Ow."

I laughed and the look he gave me could've killed me but no, I continued laughing, ignoring his glare at me, him laughing along with me eventually.

I held out a hand to him, smiling at him. "Stand up and let's go home, brat."

*****

"Ahh, I feel so full."

Rein is laying on the couch with his head resting on my lap, his hand rubbing circles on his stomach. I removed my gaze from the movie that's currently playing on the TV—the movie that I wasn't paying attention to—and looked down at my lap, seeing his face so relaxed with his eyes closed and the tiniest of smile on his lips. Seeing him like this started a rumble in my stomach as my heart started to quicken its pace.

"That's because you ate too much. I'm pretty fucking sure that eating that amount of pizza isn't considered healthy."

He hummed and waved a single hand lazily in the air in an dismissive manner. "What's done is done, Levi. I already ate it. There's nothing we can do unless you want me to puke all of it."

"What the hell, Yeager, shut the fuck up if you won't say anything that's not goddamn disgusting."

"Hush, Levi, and let the silence take over."

I rolled my eyes with his response but complied to it. I returned my gaze to the screen a few meters away in front of us, but the thing completely lost my interest so I just shut it off, the lost of the sounds coming off of it made the place completely silent.

I leaned back and let my head hang on the edge of the couch, closing my eyes and making my mind wander. I already admitted that I'm starting to like him. I never felt like this before, never felt my heart beat so fast it feels like it want to get out of my chest when he's around, my stomach tying itself in knots at the very thought of him, how my world became bright and warm in contrast to what it was before he came back, a world that's dark and cold, a world where I feel so alone. I wasn't used to anything he's making me feel, used believe that all of it are nonexistent and are only written in papers using ink, but now that I experienced it first hand, a part of me started to believe it. Despite the peculiarity of it, I don't want it to stop. I finally felt happy after five years of longing.

I don't know if I'm going way too fucking fast, considering that he's been here for only a weeks, but we already knew each other long before. I may only be misleading the longing that I'm feeling into believing that I'm liking him for more than a friend, but I don't think that it's possible to confuse this longing to these things that bubble inside me at the thought of him.

I looked down and opened my eyes to look at him, his eyes closed, his features looking soft with his face relaxed. Just the sight started to do wonders to my heart and the annoying insects in my stomach. Before I can even think of what I'm doing, my hand find its way to his face, gently touching his cheek. The moment my hand touched his skin, it felt like some kind of electricity had sparked, just like how it did earlier when he held my hand, but this time, I didn't pull back. I let my hand rest on his soft, tan cheek.

With his eyes closed, he leaned in to my hand, my thumb starting to softly carress his cheek. My eyes never left his face so when he opened his eyes, I was met by the deep, warm, amber colored eyes. The meeting of our gaze made a smile form on his lips, his hands moving to also rest on my cheek.

"Did you have fun today?"

I nodded. "Yeah, it's fun."

The smile on his face widen, a sly glint appeared in his eyes. "And it's fun seeing you jealous and blushing."

My hand quickly took his cheek in between my thumb and index finger, pinching and pulling it at the same time. My action caused him to yelp, swatting my hands away and resting his palm on his cheek.

"That hurts."

"You're a brat. You talk shit, you get hit. Simple logic, really."

He did his best to glare at me, he really did, but it just made him look like there's something in his eyes. "Sadist."

"Oh, really now?" I retained the impassive look on my face but my amusement is showing through my voice. "I'm a sadist for doing something to stop your brattiness?"

He rolled his eyes, a gleam of amusement trying but failing to hide. "Whatever, Levi. You act like a grumpy old man."

"I do not."

"You do."

"Brat."

"Grump."

I huffed and crossed my arms, looking away from him. He sat up then placed both of his hands on my waist and in a span of a few seconds, I felt his fingers slowly made its way to my sides, starting to make movements until he's tickling me.

I am very ticklish and it fucking sucks. And unfortunately, this brat knows it and is taking advantage of it.

"S-stop it! I-I'm going to k-kill you!" I was laughing really fucking hard as I tried to squirm my way out of him but he isn't having any of it. The sound of my laughter seems to fuel him up more and he started tickling me as if it's his life's mission.

"Rein, you f-fucking brat! Let m-me go, ah!"

"No, I won't. I'm going to tickle you until you run out of air." And tickle me he did, making my face red as I gasp for air between my laugh. He started to laugh along, his eyes shining with joy.

When he finished, he left me gasping for air to catch my breath, my stomach aching from laughing too hard. Even my jaw fucking aches.

"Pffft."

My head whipped to look at him and sent him a glare, a scowl resting on my face. He threw both his hands up in the air defensively.

"What the fuck are you laughing at?" He shook his head and feigned innocence, the fake act showing in his features.

"Nothing." I narrowed my eyes at him and felt my eye twitched. He sighed and brought of his hands to his lap before looking at me with a small, genuine smile. "It just feels so good to hear your laughter, Levi. It sounds so beautiful, and hearing it makes me want to hear it more and more."

The irritation I felt vanished like it didn't exist in the first place. It was replaced by a warm feeling, making my face heat up causing me to look away.

"Aww, is Levi blushing again?" I turned to look at him and caught a cheeky look on his face, all I know is that I want to wipe that look off of it.

"I don't."

He nodded and hummed, showing that he's not believing me. "Oh, sure you don't."

I just rolled my eyes and stood up, sauntering to the kitchen to make myself some tea. Rein followed me and is walking beside me, bumping his hips to mine on the way. I looked up and saw him giving me a crooked smile.

"Did I piss you off?"

"What do you think?"

"Uh, yes...?" He sounded so unsure that it made me want to chuckle but I fought it. He has a weird look on his face which made him look constipated—I just wish that he only looks constipated or else I'll throw him out—while his hand is scratching his nape.

"Look, Levi. I don't want to annoy you so if I did, I'm sorry. You're just too cute when you're flustered and..." He started rambling and I didn't take the time to listen. I just started to put some water in the kettle and let it boil, taking out two cups from the cupboard and a teabag. He sat by the counter with his chin resting on top of his palms, his elbows propped on the countertop. He kept his eyes trained on me the whole time and I raised an eyebrow at him before questioning him.

"What?"

He tilted his head a bit to the left, his eyebrow furrowing on the process. His lips slowly pursed into a straight line, his face showing how deep he's thinking right now. Worry started to bubble inside of me at the sight.

"Oi, Rein. What are—"

"Are you sure that you never had a boyfriend in those five years? Not even once?"

I rolled my eyes, not amused. Did he really made me worry for nothing?

I turned to face my back to him when I heard the whistling of the kettle. I poured some water in each cup, letting the teabag add some flavor to the water before I threw it to the trash can. I added a little sugar to Rein's cup and stirred it before I went to the counter and sat beside him.

"Thanks." He blew at the tea before he took a sip, and I tore my gaze away from him to start drinking my own. A few seconds of silence was broken when he called me again.

"Levi." I set my cup down and looked at him. "You haven't answered my question."

"I already answered it before, haven't I?"

"Yes, but I still can't believe it.

"I'll only had a fucking lover before if I had one without me knowing it. "

"Is that so?" He went silent after that, proceeding to drink his tea without another word. I just frowned before I brushed it off, already used to his randomness.

I heard my phone rang from my pocket and I knew who it was without even looking at it. I took it out of my pocket and unlocked it, tapping Shitty Glasses' message.

Hey, Levi! I'm sure that you're already home by now. Where's the information I'm asking you? I'm dying here, you know. :3

Sighing in exasperation, I started to ask in my mind the question that it always has when it comes to them; Why are they that fucking excited to know about someone's goddamn love life? I don't even have one but they kept on pestering me.

"Let me guess, it's Hanji, isn't it?"

"Yeah."

I started typing a response to them. They won't stop bugging me unless I tell them something. Nosy Shitty Glasses. I wonder why they became my friend.

It's great, we had fun at the amusement park. It would've been better without you fucking pestering me, you Shitty Glasses.

I'm about to set my phone down when it another message came again. It's from Shitty Glasses. They're replying so fast. Is Hanji that eager?

What?! That's it?! I need details! ;(

I ignored the message and set my phone to silent mode before placing it down on the countertop. I resumed drinking my tea that started cooling down and I heard Rein cleared his throat.

"You said that you weren't interested in anyone before, right? That you're too picky?"

He remembered that? "Yes, what about it?"

"If I told you I like you, would you go out to an official date with me?"

What he said caught me off guard. Is he serious about it? Or he's just playing around?

I composed myself before I shifted my body to look at him fully, making my look as serious as I can before asking, "What if I said 'yes'? Would you do it."

He gave me a challenged look and nodded, a fire of determination burning in his eyes. "I will."

The corner of my lips twitched and soon became a smirk. I think I like where this is going.

"Then prove it."

Who knows, maybe this will be the start of an "us".

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Author's Note

Okay, I'm sorry for not updating for so long and updating a not-so-satisfying chapter. I have some reasons but I don't think that it's enough excuse. My writer's block still didn't left me, I was preparing for the school since it very near (it'll start this Monday) and I need to ready a lot of things for it.

I may not be able to also update frequently since school is going to start. I need to focus on my studies and I don't have Wi-Fi connection at our dorm. I won't have much time to make an update, but I'll do my best to at least update once a week.