--Next day-- At the hospital --

"I'm alright ! I'm telling you, I'm fine now !"

The two have been quarreling ever since (Y/n) insisted on going back to the office to catch up on some things, but her grumpy vice president doesn't allow her to do so.

Levi ponders for a few seconds before sending his girlfriend a stern glare.

"No."

"Really ? A full check-up for just passing out briefly ? Oh come on ! I've had worse, I don't need this much rest or treatment, sir," (Y/n) is only inches away from throwing a tantrum like a kid.

"Passing out even briefly means you're not all that well, now listen to me brat-"

She crosses her arms, "I can't. I need to go to work."

"Just take a day off you stubborn little shit."

"I can't, I have tons to get through today. Moreover, Ms. Reiss cannot handle all my work. She still has a lot to learn so I need to be there to guide her too. Not only that, some board members are probably looking for my assistance."

Levi sighs, "I have to admit, I valued your sense of responsibility and passion for these past 9 years," he then cupped her cheeks, "but for now, it's a no. Because you're ."

"My woman.." (Y/n) blinked.

She then looks up to him, her cheeks still being cupped. (Y/n) raises both her clenched hands which are shaped like kitten paws, "can you see me cringing ?" Sarcasm laced in her voice as she grins nervously, "what are you going to do about that ?"

"Good. I believe it'll be very hard to work with those hands, so it's been decided.. you'll take a day off." Levi replies as he copies the shape of her cringing hands, and with those hands he squishes her cheeks.

His secretary stands there, dumbfounded, "wait what ?"

"I'll just go to that board meeting so tell me if anything's up. You can still call me even if nothing's up just in case you miss me." In a swift movement, Levi leans down a bit to give her a quick peck on her nose before dismissing himself with a smug face.

(Y/n) was left there, pouting and sighing in annoyance since she's not allowed to work.

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"So this is the Ackerman Department Store that's due to open in Liberio next week-"

Hanji is currently presenting the marketing plan on a large projector, in front of many board members, when suddenly the CEO cuts her off.

"The opening event is creative enough and since we'll be launching a brand that hasn't been introduced in Trost, it'll draw enough attention. And we have Liberio's biggest adult's cafe coming in, so the marketing team could highlight that, too. I say this would be a successful opening," Levi stated.

The brown haired woman stood there with her mouth agape, "I.. Um, yes, I agree with you, sir,"

"Then why don't we wrap up for today ?"

Without waiting for anyone's opinion, Levi stands from his chair in the meeting room and storms out quickly, leaving the other meeting members speechless upon his weird actions.

"What's gotten into him ?"

"He's usually awfully picky about new brands.."

"I thought this meeting would last for 3 hours or so, it's only been 20 minutes !"

The board members start to talk about their boss' rare behaviour, while Hanji immediately rushes outside to catch up to her best friend.

"Hey, shorty ! Why are you in a rush ?"

"I'm not."

"Then why wrap that up so quickly ? You know we still have a long way to go to discuss that, do you need to take a shit or something ?"

Levi rolls his eyes, "fuck off shitty glasses. By the way, the price tag of your shirt is sticking out."

"What ??" The woman stops on her tracks, examining her crisp long sleeved dress shirt, only to realize that Levi's words are true. She laughs before snatching away the price tag on her shirt and holding it in her hand, "I never knew- Levi ??"

Hanji notices that the short man is no longer with her.

"Holy shit he's sure fast for a person with short legs.."

Meanwhile, the vice president is making his way to his private office. On the way there, he passes several employees' cubicles. That is until he's about to pass the receptionist desk. With his eyes glued to his phone, the man sends an order to the secretary, "Ms. Reiss, I'm heading out now, so cancel all my afternoon meeti-"

Wait.. this scent..

He turns around to see the one and only his loyal secretary, standing behind the receptionist desk with a polite smile on her face. She's clad in her usual blouse.

"What's this ? I hope I'm not seeing illusions just because I miss someone dearly."

The woman only smiles, not giving a single comment.

Levi squints his eyes at her, "I thought I told you not to come into work brat."

"And I'm sure I told you I'm not that sick. Besides, isn't it special treatment to get a special holiday for a full health check when I'm fine ?" (Y/n) retorted politely.

"Tch.. What's wrong with special treatment ? Why do you hate it so much anyway ? Did special treatment ever drive your family to bankruptcy ?"

She chuckles, "don't worry. My family's never been wealthy enough to go bankrupt, sir."

The man releases a scoff, "don't laugh. I'm not liking this at all. Disobey me again and I'll punish you tonight." With that, he disappears into his private office.

Just in time, Historia arrives at the receptionist desk with a cup of iced coffee in her hand. A look of panic takes over her face, "what is it ? What just happened ? What's Mr. Ackerman not liking ?"

"Ah, it's nothing, Ms. Reiss."

"So you don't even know all your mistakes.." The blonde pondered, "well, I say Mr. Ackerman is just too sensitive. Yes, you can put up with your boss being a perfectionist, but if my boyfriend was like that, it'd be so tiring. Is that why he can't be in a relationship ? Mr. Ackerman is just so... ugh.."

(Y/n)'s head slowly turned to the trainee beside her with a dark aura emanating from the woman, "why did you say..?" Veins begin to protrude from (Y/n)'s neck as she hears Historia talking shit about her boyfriend, the vice president himself.

"You know, I heard that Mr. Ackerman has never been in a proper relationship. But then again, who could ever put up with his attitude ? I mean, he's so sensitive and full of himself. Guys who are so full of themselves are such a turn-off, don't you think so ?" By the time Historia turns to face (Y/n), she's met with a deathly yet polite glare, "w-what is it, Ms. (L/n) ?"

The loyal secretary clears her throat, "enough with this talk, are you done writing up this week's report ?"

"No, not yet.."

"What about the schedule sheet ? And the list of overseas travels for the second half ?"

Sweat began to trickle down the blonde's forehead, "I-I'll get them finished now !"

"Good. Guys who are so full of themselves are indeed a turn-off," (Y/n) then turns to Historia with a sadistic smile plastered on her face, "but so are girls who don't do their work on time." She then proceeds to do her work.

*BUZZ*

Frowning, (Y/n) checked her phone.

[Vice President Levi Ackerman]

Oi brat, can you come over to my place tonight ?

[(Y/n) (L/n)]

I don't think I can, I have a lot of stuff to do at my apartment tonight.

[Vice President Levi Ackerman]

Fine.

She shoves her phone back into her pocket, 'what's with the sudden request ?' (Y/n) thought.

The woman quickly shrugs it off before continuing to write some demanded reports.

------- Time skip -------

10.17 P.M

(Y/n) was woken up from her slumber upon someone banging on her door. It's quite late, she has just finished organizing her fridge as well as doing some laundry. Colorful vocabulary escaped her mouth as she made her way towards the door to see who it was.

She grumpily opens the door with an unpleasant face. And that's when her eyes widened to the point it almost fell out of the sockets.

"Mr. Ackerman ??!!"

Clad in a long sleeved grey shirt and black pajama trousers, her boss stood there.

"What are you doing here ? Do you even know what time it is ??" (Y/n) eyed him up and down, catching a glimpse of his muscular body underneath his grey shirt.

Levi crosses his arms, "because you said you couldn't."

"Pardon ? I don't quite understand-"

"Because you said you couldn't come to my place. I thought I'd come here and sleep over. I missed you anyways" Levi uttered bluntly. The sight of his girlfriend being sleepy yet shocked at the same time brings a small smile to his tired face.

The vice president then softens his voice as he looks at her lovingly.

"Let's sleep together tonight."