Your lie (Levi • Reader)

45. Stay

... "Stubborn fool.", with that, he turned around and pouted slightly, because he saw you ran out of ideas ...

You curiously leaned over to see what he had packed out.

Then you came closer.
"Are you going to clean now?", you asked perked up.

He glanced annoyedly at you and you broke out in laughter.
"Levi, it's too dark, you can't even see what you're going to clean!"

Levi reluctantly:
"Just watch."

You, with a confident smirk:
"Fine. But I'll find dirty spots tomorrow.", you challenged him.

He looked at you poised and in slight amusement.
"Are you serious?"

You smirked.
"Bet."

He shook his head in disbelief.
"The winner has one free wish."

You looked at him in surprise, for that he agreed first and then even adding something to make it more interesting.
"Deal!", you laughed.

Carefully you sat down onto his desk and watched him proceeding.
Levi started with the ceiling.
The ceiling.
With an incredulous expression, you stared at him.

Whatever.
That freak won't win anyways.
There was no way he'd be able to clean every inch of this room, it was impossible.

You observed him, while leaning back and supporting yourself with your hands.

At the sight, you felt delight coming up inside of you.
Levi moved to the high bookshelves and stood on a chair to do so.
With a cloth covering his mouth, he first brushed the dust off the top, continuing with the books, which he, one by one, wiped with a separate cloth.

You got to be kidding me, you thought and giggled.
His steel-grey eyes moved to you with a dimming glance. It was so contradictory, it was ridiculous! He looked like a maid!

"What is it, idiot?", he blankly asked.

"...N-nothing...", you tried to maintain yourself.

He raised an eyebrow, making everything just so much worse.
"L-Levi..."

"What?", he monotonically asked.

"You look like a fairy!", you clutched your stomach, bursting out in laughter.

His dark gaze annoyedly flickered.
How did you dare to call him that?
What kind of nerves did you have to call him anything near as 'fairy'.
Everyone else had an immense respect towards him, while you stayed obviously completely ignorant to that.
And what did 'fairy' even mean?
"Tch.", he turned back to his work, going to the upper drawers.

"A-and like a m-maid!", you chortled.

He frowned.
"Shut up."

With an amused giggle, you brushed a strand of hair behind your ear, watching Levi carrying on.
You didn't know why, but staying with him in a room like that, seeing him cleaning as eagerly as he did. There was just this warm feeling in your tummy, which seemed to extend through your whole body with a pleasant tickle.
You smiled softly.