#(if anyone is curious: the ones who didn't make this list were two Guardians of the Galaxy ones - a holiday special and vol 3)

[smowkie]

✨ 9 favorite films that i watched (for the first time) in 2023 ✨ 

i was tagged by @lena221bee, thank you! i am once again very slow xD

i watched all of 11 films last year, so, uh, yeah.

in no particular order:

Stargate

Strange Way of Life

Barbie

Coco

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Godzilla vs. Kong

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Werewolf by Night

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

since i'm so late with this, i'm leaving the tags open to anyone who might want to do this

[i-hug-exploder-shanks]

Helloooo! I’ve been reading your works and I love them! I was wondering if you might be up for this writing request! So a female solar hunter who is a quiet strong type and never takes her helmet off or speaks much. Cayde is curious about trying to figure out her face, and shenanigans ensue 😂☺️

This was fun! I often write Cayde for my best friend who mains a solar hunter so this was familiar grounds for me. I hope you enjoy it!

"Leave it alone Cayde. Some things aren't your business," Ikora said looking up from her datapad and he gave her an innocent look despite both of them knowing that she knew what he was up to.

"What? Can't a guy invite a close friend out for a bowl of hot soup that you have to eat with a mouth? On a face? Which isn't covered by a helmet?" He said flopping into his chair at the war table and letting it do a full spin before kicking his boots up onto said table.

Zavala gave him a dirty look. "A good friend knows where not to pry," He offered his two cents. Not that Cayde was asking for anyone's loose change at the moment.

"And a better one knows when to push buttons! You two can't tell me you aren't curious about her? Do we even know it is a her under there?" He said crossing his arms.

"Under where?" A ghost asked as the Guardian in question entered the room.

"Ha! I made you say underwear! You fell for it!" Cayde laughed.

"I didn't say underwear I said- oh forget it. You're impossible." The ghost grumbled clearly realizing that now he definitely said it. Cayde winked at the guardian.

"You must have a blast teasing that one, not all ghosts are so serious." He said but didn't receive any sort of sign he had even been heard. He resisted pouting. Eventually he'd figure out her weak point. He always did.

"Thank you for coming so promptly Guardian. My hidden have sent me concerning information on some strange behaviors going on with the Fallen..." Ikora started and Cayde turned her out. He had already heard the debrief. As far as he was concerned it sounded like the dudes were just chilling. Maybe they decided they didn't want to get blow up by Guardians and started a garden out in the woods or something, he wasn't so concerned.

"-Cayde? Are you even listening? Can you take the Guardian or not?" Ikora asked crossing her arms.

"Yeah, yeah! Sheesh! I'll take them!" He said grabbing the Guardian by the arm and starting to leave the room only letting go once they were out of earshot.

"I was totally listening but... tell me again where I'm taking you?" He asked and the Guardian tilted her helmet in a way that he knew was absolutely judging.

"I believe you promised my Guardian lunch before anything else. She's been talking about nothing else for the last week." The ghost say bobbing and dodging when the Guardian swiped at it.

Cayde laughed. "I did say that didn't I? Well let's go then! I'm starved myself." He said cheerfully and started leading her to his favorite hole in the wall to get some ramen. He'd finally get to see her face and solve the mystery once and for all.

Sitting at the counter he flagged the cook, "Two please!" He said cheerfully and turned to watch as she sat beside him and reached up for her helmet. He held his breath only to make an audible noise of frustration when she pressed a button and a panel slid open giving her just enough room to eat through without anyone being able to see anything.

"You have got to be kidding me?! Where do they even make helmets like that?" He yelped throwing his hands up surprised by the bright tinkling sound of her laughter as her ghost seemed to hover smugly by her shoulder.

"She made it herself- with a little help from Ada. Isn't my Guardian brilliant?" The ghost cheered and Cayde had some words he would like to use but brilliant wasn't at the top of the list.

"She wants to know why you're upset. You weren't trying to trick her into removing her helmet, were you?" The little bot chimed and Cayde huffed.

"Can't blame a guy for being curious. There's rumors all over the tower about you. A cabal psion, terrible battle scars, that you're an exo who has no face at all? Surely you know about them?" He whined and she nodded.

"We started some of the rumors ourselves. My favorite is the one where she's an empty frame that I control as a way to pretend I found a guardian when I just want to fight myself." The ghost said twirling its shell mirthfully.

The Guardian waved her hand at him and the ghost bobbed in agreement.

"Oh the one where you're 14 pigeons stacked on top of each other in a suit of armor is pretty creative, I agree. It would explain why Saint-14 likes you so much." The bot chuckled.

Cayde did his best to twist his face-plates into a pout. "Come on, not even a peek for your best pal and coolest Vanguard?" He tried.

"Well her best pal is currently getting our fire team glimmer in the Crucible and everyone knows that Ikora is the coolest Vanguard. Plus you act like no one has seen her face." The ghost said and they were briefly interrupted as their bowls were placed down in front of them filled with steaming ramen.

"Someone has seen her face? Who?" He demanded as she took the chopsticks and started dropping noodles into the slot in the helmet. She made a humming sound.

"Lord Shaxx has but only because she felt it was fair after she accidentally blew up his bathroom while he was in the shower- long story about a malfunctioning rocket launcher we were helping fix- but besides him there was also that one crying hatchling." The ghost said thoughtfully.

Cayde snorted. "Wait- you blew up Shaxx's bathroom and lived to tell the tale? Wait, you saw Lord Shaxx without the helmet?" He asked but the Guardian shook her head.

"He showers with it on, but we certainly got an eyeful of other parts of him- that's for sure!" The ghost squeaked and the Guardian let her head fall forward in a look of defeat, clearly begging her ghost to shut up. Cayde laughed.

"He probably showers in full armor after that! Fine, I get it. You don't want to take it off. I won't force you. I really did want to get your opinion of this place. what do you think?" He said deciding that if she wanted him to know, she would have told him.

The Guardian held two thumbs up and the conversation settled into calmer grounds. when their bowls were empty and their stomachs were full they stood to leave but before Cayde could say anything the Guardian leaned forward and lifted her helmet up, winking at him and kissing his cheek.

"Thanks for the date Cayde. It was nice." She said softly then settled her helmet back into place and walked off leaving him frozen to the spot in shock. Damn she was hot and funny? He was so screwed.

[justanotherlifeff]

Levi Ackerman × reader

Genre: Angst, Hurt/comfort, Fluff, matured themes, slowburn

Warning: There's mentions and descriptions of underage rape and suicidal themes and self harm. DETAILED SMUT IN THIS CHAPTER

No one's POV

(Y/N) knocked on Erwin's door. The ring was already on her finger. Levi opened the door with an annoyed face. His expression brightened slightly after seeing it's (Y/N) as he held the door for her. "(Y/N), please sit" Erwin told (Y/N) pointing at the chair in front of his table. "Now that both of you are here, what's the news that you wanted to give me, Levi?" Erwin asked Levi as (Y/N) sat down. "(Y/N) and I are engaged now. I thought you'd want to know." Levi told Erwin in a bland tone.

"I wonder why I'm not surprised." Erwin sighed as he replied to Levi's statement with sarcasm. “Levi, as her only guardian, I can't allow you to marry (Y/N) unless you get a stable home. We all know that raising a child in the regiment headquarters isn't possible." Erwin added. "Yes, I thought about it too. I'll make arrangements for a house and try to get on with this shit as quickly as possible. After all, this peace won't last forever." Levi answered to Erwin.

"Anyway, I called both of you here for a different reason..." Erwin started but was interrupted by (Y/N). "You called me for something?" she asked with a confused tone. Levi only told her to go to Erwin's office to break the news about their extremely bland engagement. (Y/N) wasn't concerned about the fact that Levi's proposal wasn't very glamorous because she never cared about grand romantic gestures and all that. She was just immensely happy because Levi took the effort to buy such a nice ring for her, that after abandoning his duties. Levi wouldn't do all that if he didn't love her. Erwin looked at Levi and raised his one of his massive eyebrows.

"I forgot to mention that to her" Levi said casually. He definitely wasn't gonna let them know that he was so nervous while telling her to get the ring that he forgot to mention (Y/N) that Erwin called her. "I see. Well, now that you're here, there's a mission I'd like to discuss with you. If you're uncomfortable with it, you can always refuse." Erwin told (Y/N) with a slightly concerned voice. "What's the mission?" (Y/N) asked monotonously.

"Well, you see, we weren't able to capture all the lords who worked for the Reiss family and enthroned the fake king. There are exactly three lords who are not captured yet and we got a lead that they have properties in the underground city. Almost all rich lords have properties there in case the wall breaks or for any emergency situation. The documents on those properties are as shady as it can be and can't give us any right information. I was planning to send Levi and Hanji to pinpoint their location by an undercover mission but Hanji, having a curious mind like herself, can attract attention. Levi alone can't do it because in his time, he was quiet popular in the underground. They will recognise him if he tries to spy on people. You, (Y/N), are the most capable person after him but given that you're expecting and your past, I didn't want to involve you into this. But, right now, we don't have much of a choice. If you're uncomfortable with it, we will have to send Mikasa with Levi but she's not as matured as you are and may make bad decisions which could turn out to be risky for us." Erwin explained.

A rush of bad memories went through her mind but at the end, (Y/N) decided that she had to face her past. "I'll go." she answered calmly. Erwin scanned her face before saying, "I see, well, the mission is simple. You two won't engage in fights with anyone. You will only pinpoint their locations and report back. The rest will be taken care of by Levi squad and Hanji squad. You will have to go to the upper class whore houses because knowing how Lords usually are, you probably will find them there. There's this tavern out there where all the upper class people goes to drink. It's called the Devil's Punchbowl.." Erwin was interrupted as Levi snorted.

"I know that place. The owner had a shit load of ego" he muttered. (Y/N) decided that she wanted to hear the story behind that. "As I was saying, (Y/N), you will get inside and get information. You're not too popular yet, at least not in the underground. That's more or less the plan now." Erwin explained. "I see. Understood." (Y/N) replied. Just then, Hanji entered the room with 39 other squad leaders of the survey corps. (Y/N) and Levi looked at Erwin with a confused expression. "Commander, I fetched everyone here." Hanji said before saluting. Erwin stood up and came in front of them. (Y/N) did the same and stood beside Levi.

Erwin then, explained the whole situation, "I was planning to choose the next commander before our next expedition to reseal wall Maria. I am confused about who to choose because I have two candidates on my list. It's either Hanji because of her quick thinking and innovative ideas or (Y/N) because of her quick thinking and ability to see patterns in the enemy and counterattack perfectly. I thought if all the squad leaders here except Hanji help me out with a voting. It's pretty simple, when I call out one of their names, you will raise your hand to vote for her." Erwin explained. (Y/N) was shocked at the whole thing but Hanji, however was not because Erwin mentioned that she was a candidate for the next commander long ago.

"Anyone voting for Hanji, raise your hand." Erwin commanded and 20 people raised their hands. "I see.. I guess it's a tie. This makes things rather difficult." Erwin sighed. "Commander? May I have a word?" (Y/N) told Erwin with a confident voice. "Yes?" Erwin asked. "I don't think I'm fit for this role." she stated. "Why is that, (Y/N)?" Erwin asked, curious about why she was throwing out the huge career opportunity.

"Commander, I am not suitable for this role because, firstly, I'm not the type of person with good leadership skills. My trainee corps records clearly states that I'm not good at teamwork. I will never be able to achieve the trust of a whole military division just by my strength. Yes, I might be able to make quick decisions but I can't ever make actual battle plans. Commander, you yourself invented a whole battle formation. I could never do something like that. Hanji however, made that explosive added with 3DMG within a few hours. I believe that Hanji would be a better choice." (Y/N) explained.

"But... But you outsmarted Commander Erwin that time... No one has ever been able to do that..." Hanji tried to interject but Levi stopped her. "Hanji, that's because you never tried to outsmart the commander." he said to her. Then he turned at Erwin and said, "Commander, I'd like to change my vote to Hanji. I just realized that Hanji will do a better job than (Y/N)." "Well, it's decided then. Hanji will be next in the chain of command." Erwin declared. Then he turned to (Y/N) and said, "As for (Y/N), you still deserve a promotion. I think, as you're almost as strong as Levi, a second special operations squad could be formed with you as a squad leader. I will complete the paperwork for that.".

"Thank you, Commander." (Y/N) replied professionally but a smile crept on her face. This really was an amazing day for her. Erwin then turned at everyone else and said that they were dismissed and everyone walked out of Erwin's office. While going out, Levi told (Y/N), "Congratulations on your promotion." with a smug look. "Thank you. How do you think we should celebrate it?" (Y/N) answered with an equally smug expression. "Well, I have some things in mind. We need to go to our room though. Shall we?" Levi mumbled near her ear, making her the skin tingle due to his warm breath on her neck. "After you" (Y/N) answered with a smirk.

When they reached Levi's room, Levi pinned (Y/N) to a wall and kissed her passionately. He helped her get rid of the survey corps coat that she had on and also the uniform underneath. "Go to bed, (Y/N). I'll be back shortly" He commanded her before picking up the clothes and retiring to the closet. (Y/N) knew that he will fold those up now. After all, he was the neatest person she met. She remembered a day from back when she just joined the special operations squad. She had been given stable duty that day.

"How do you never complain when heichou gives you stable duties? Everyone hates mucking the stables and he is downright unfair to you because you win sparring challenges with him sometimes." Eren ranted. He was walking with (Y/N) to the stable. "Well, he wasn't wrong. I did dirty his uniform this time. I could've been more careful with the tea if I wasn't reading a book while working. I don't think anyone would tolerate their subordinate throwing tea at them." (Y/N) muttered as a reply.

"Well, you're not wrong... But you did apologise. If he made you clean his uniform, that would be more fair. Mucking the stable seems like a bit too much." Eren told (Y/N) with a sympathetic look. (Y/N) shrugged it off and said, "Well, he's the captain. He's the one who makes the decision of what punishment we should get. I'd rather trust his judgement instead of calling it unfair.". "No wonder he doesn't hate you as much as he hates us..." Eren muttered before leaving (Y/N) alone.

Levi came to check how well the mucking was going to find (Y/N) scrubbing the last stall. It had only been three hours and Levi didn't expect (Y/N) to be done with the third stall. He checked the other stalls and found them practically spotless. The horses were tied on a tree nearby. "I didn't expect her to figure that out so soon... Eren took 3 times of re cleaning to figure that out..." Levi thought. The cleaning was above average. Almost as good as him. "You're pretty good at this. You'll be cleaning my room from now on." he commanded. Since then, (Y/N)'s cleaning duties were to clean Levi's room. They would chat while she was cleaning about books they both read. They had many friendly conversations, ones that lead to them having feelings for each other. Ones that lead to (Y/N) trusting Levi with her past.

It seemed stupid to (Y/N), how they denied their feelings for so long when they were there all that time. Levi came back, naked, while (Y/N) was lost in thoughts. "What are you thinking?" Levi asked her before pinning her down on the bed and kissing her neck. "I was thinking about that day. The day when you asked me to start cleaning your room?" (Y/N) sighed.

"Mhhm? That was a good decision. Those brats can't clean as good as you." Levi mumbled before going back to kissing her neck. His hands moved towards her vagina as his kisses got rougher, leaving marks on her neck. She was panting slightly as his fingers made his way into her vagina, stretching it, filling it. When he felt like she was wet enough, without any warning, he positioned himself and plunged into her making her yelp in pleasure. He moved in a rough pace, making her come closer to euphoria.

Meanwhile, Erwin sent Hanji to collect (Y/N)'s trainee corps report card and her so called birth certificate. Hanji, as she had nothing to do due to the lack of a lab in this survey corps branch, decided to get done with her work as fast as possible. She knew that (Y/N) was staying with Levi and decided to go to Levi's office, which was attached to Levi's room. To Levi's distaste, she never knocked before entering Levi's office and this time was no exception. Only, this time, she actually regretted doing it.

After entering Levi's office, she clearly heard the sound of sex and (Y/N)'s moaning from the other side of the door to Levi's room. She thought it would be funny to interrupt them and thus she called out, "Oi Levi! I need (Y/N) here for a second. Erwin sent me to get some documents from her." The noise stopped and after a minute or so, a fully dressed Levi came out of the room with an annoyed expression. "Don't you understand the concept of knocking, Hanji?" he told Hanji with his voice filled with contempt.

"Hey, not in mood for one of your boring lectures. I asked for (Y/N) anyway. Not you." Hanji said casually with a smile. "She probably will kill you when she's here." Levi replied in a deadpan voice. Just after Levi finished his sentence, (Y/N) came out of the room with a murderous glint in her eyes. "You have amazing timing, Hanji." she sneered at Hanji. Hanji deserved it though because she arrived just moments before (Y/N) reached an orgasm.

"Come on (Y/N)! I'd not..ahem..interrupt if I didn't have a good reason!" Hanji tried to reason with her. Hanji understood the fact that (Y/N) did not approve of her little joke at all and she didn't want to make (Y/N) hate her. After all, she considered (Y/N) as a good friend and the fact that (Y/N) set up her and Moblit together proved it. "I'm not carrying shopping bags for you again if you don't have a good enough excuse. What documents do you want?" (Y/N) asked in an annoyed voice. She wasn't as angry as before.

"Erwin asked for your trainee corps report card and your birth certificate. They are required for the paperwork for your promotion." Hanji explained herself. (Y/N) didn't reply to that and retired to Levi's room to dig those documents out from her bag. She didn't get a chance to unpack yet. When she found those, she handed them to Hanji and asked, "Well, is that all?" in a tone that clearly made Hanji realise that she wasn't wanted in the room anymore. Hanji understood why and decided to give them the privacy. "Yep. That's all" she answered cheerfully before leaving the office.

(Y/N) POV

Levi was pounding into me and just as I started loosing all sense of my surroundings and reach orgasm, Levi stopped. "Don't stop! please!" I gasped but he pulled out and grunted with a sarcastic tone, "Shitty glasses is here. That woman didn't knock again and that must be the most amazing timing I can think of". " I'll kill her" I muttered before getting up on the bed. After Hanji was gone, I looked back at Levi and said, "Well? Let's continue where we left off?". Levi looked at me and said, " You know what (Y/N), I'll give you two options. We can either continue where we left off or try something new. You choose." with a smirk.

I decided that something new would be better since I was far from an orgasm right now. "Let's try something new." I answered. "Good choice. Now, go wash your asshole." he commanded. I was confused by his command but I stripped and went to the bathroom and did what he said anyway. When I was back, our clothes were already folded and Levi was putting them back in the closet. He made me suck his dick to get it hard again and then he made me turn around and bend. After that, he fucked me and made me cum. Did he forget about trying something new? Just when that thought crossed my mind, I found him using his fingers to scoop up my cum from outside my vagina and smothering them on my asshole. Then I felt his finger poke at it.

Suddenly, I understood what this was about. I read about it in books. He was going to try anal. I blushed furiously at the thought. I felt one of his fingers getting inserted in me slowly and a satisfied sigh escaped my mouth. He moved the finger to and fro slowly making me feel the weirdest sensations ever. More fingers were inserted, the sensation increased gradually by time until I felt his dick poking on that hole.

"Levi, it wont fit..." I tried to tell him but he suddenly plunged it all in, making me yelp in pain and pleasure. He didn't move for a while giving me some time to adjust to his size. "Tell me when you're ready" he muttered as he pulled my hair to get my face close to his. After a while, when the pain subsided, I told him, "You can move now..". He didn’t waste a second and started out moving slowly, increasing his speed rapidly. The amazing sensation was numbing my legs and blurring my mind. Suddenly, I felt something warm flowing inside me.

"Do me a favour and clench your ass." Levi muttered to me before pulling out. I did what he said and after pulling out, he picked me up and went to the bathroom because he figured out that my legs were jelly at this point. After getting me to the toilet seat, he commanded me to wash myself before leaving the bathroom.

No one's POV

It was time for lunch and (Y/N) was already dressed. Levi, however took time because the smallest crinkle on his clothes were unacceptable to him. (Y/N) often wondered how he managed to notice such small details on his clothes. Even during combat, he always tried to stay as clean and tidy as possible. "Levi, when are you buying that house that you talked about to Uncle Erwin?" (Y/N) asked as Levi was ironing his shirt with a metal pot filled with warm water.

"I'm planning to buy it before going to the next expedition. We will have to order the furniture too. Those will take a few months to be ready..." Levi muttered as he tried to get rid of that one crease which didn't seem to be going no matter how hard he tried. "Well, do you have any plans about where we should get the house?" (Y/N) asked. Levi paused at that. He didn't make any plans as he never thought he'd be in a situation like this. "Well, we could think about it later" he replied before wearing his shirt. As they were walking towards the canteen, he told (Y/N), "You're not seating with my squad today. You're a squad leader now so sit at the squad leader's table." (Y/N) nodded at him as they went together towards the squad leader table.

"Hey, maybe I should let the squad know about my promotion. After all, we will still be working together and they deserve to know why I'm not sitting with them.." (Y/N) started to say before getting interrupted by Levi who simply said, "Go ahead" before walking towards the leader's table. (Y/N) went to Levi squad's table and before she was able to say anything, the team started congratulating her on her promotion. "News does travel fast" (Y/N) thought. "I'll be sitting at the leader's table from now on but I'll see you guys during training. Our squads will be working together you see" (Y/N) started but was interrupted by Sasha.

"(Y/N), don't worry about us. We are your friends. We will find a way to spend time with you. You better become a better squad leader than Levi Heichou" she said but before (Y/N) could reply, Connie said, "Pretty sure that squad leader (Y/N) is scarier than Levi heichou sometimes." "Oi, call me (Y/N). You're not in my squad and we graduated together. By the way, how am I scarier than Levi?" (Y/N) asked, completely confused. "Well, you see, you're scary enough yourself but if anyone tries to hit on you or mess with you, that's basically picking on a personal fight with Levi Heichou. I'm surprised that horse face is still alive" Eren elaborated with a protesting Jean muttering "Shut up you suicidal bastard!".

After having a small talk with Levi squad, (Y/N) went to the Leader's table with her lunch. Hanji was already there and Levi was absent. "Where's Levi?" (Y/N) asked Hanji as she sat down beside her. "Oh, well, Queen Historia came to visit Erwin on some business. She called for Levi. He will be here soon." Hanji explained. The squad leader's table in this scout regiment branch was a long table that went horizontally to both ends of the canteen. It was placed at the end of the canteen, conveniently near the buffet table. Squad leaders were still coming in.

As (Y/N) started eating, two male squad leaders that she didn't know sat in front of her and Hanji on the other side of the table and one of them said, "Well, it seems like we have a new face around here. Weren't you a cadet only like a few months back?" "Yes. I got promoted today." (Y/N) answered politely. "Yes, we know that. We were there when it happened. You're sleeping with Levi aren't you? I don't understand why Commander Erwin gives a shitty thug so much importance. I heard you're even carrying Levi's bastard. Is that how you got the promotion? Just asking cause you don't look like you can take down a fly. Strongest woman my ass" the other man said with a smirk.

"For your information Steve, (Y/N)..." Hanji started with an angry expression but was interrupted by (Y/N) as she said, "Oi Hanji, don't you think the stew tastes amazing today?". Hanji was surprised by (Y/N)'s extremely calm reaction and she figured that (Y/N) had a plan and thus, didn't talk much on that matter. The guy named Steve, however, did not understand and continued, "Oi Tom, she isn't even denying it. Heard she calls the commander 'uncle'. The commander isn't her uncle for sure. Heard she's from the underground and was taken in by the (L/N). Pretty sure she has an affair with the commander too. What do you recon she'll do to the bastard?" he asked his companion who was named Tom.

"I dunno, probably sell it to some lord or something like any whore would." Tom chuckled but stopped immediately to find (Y/N) looking at him with a calm but piercing look. (Y/N) gave him a small smile and said, "You see, Steve and Tom, you are wrong in three places. You're right. I am a whore. Judging from how nosy you people are, I'm pretty sure you two know that I was found in a whore house in the underground. Here's where you're wrong. Firstly, you clearly didn't do much research on anything from after I got out from the underground. If you did, you'd not question my promotion. Heck, you'd not try to mess with me. Well, as you two didn't do your research properly, let's start with a fist fight. Practical classes are always better than theoretical ones right? Oh, and I don't want to fight Tom. Steve, you're the big guy, let's do a round. If I can't get you under my feet in 30 seconds, you win.".

"You'll fight me? Sugar, I don't hit women" Steve smirked. The whole leader's table were looking at (Y/N) and Steve. Levi arrived the scene just a while ago and heard most of what (Y/N) said. "(Y/N), I'll take care of him.." Levi tried to say but (Y/N) stopped him and said, "Let me do this by myself." "Do you happen to be afraid, Steve? " (Y/N) asked Steve as she stood up from her chair, rolled the sleeves of her shirt and walked in front of the seated Steve. "Steve, she's asking for it. Just beat her ass" Tom told Steve in a bored voice. Steve didn't answer to that and stood up. There was quiet a bit of space between the buffet table and the leader's table. The whole canteen was looking at Steve and (Y/N) now.

Steve charged at (Y/N) but (Y/N) simply used her hands to use Steve's height and weight to knock him down. She saw Eren do that to Jean multiple times and practiced it with Levi back when she was getting knife training. Of course, most people weren't surprised by such a feat from (Y/N) because they all trusted Erwin's decisions. As Steve was trying to get up, he saw (Y/N) casually walking towards him and kick him in the face with an extremely accurate amount of speed and at an extremely accurate area of the head which knocked him out.

"Well, Tom, do your research better next time. By the way, your second mistake was to think that Uncle Erwin isn't my uncle, because, he is. Thirdly, you shouldn't have said that thing about me selling my kid. I wouldn't have given lowlifes like you any attention if you didn't do that. Now that you succeeded in attracting my attention, help your friend to the medics. He'll have a concussion." (Y/N) told Tom, who was speechless by (Y/N)'s abilities. After Tom left with an unconscious Steve, (Y/N) sat back at her seat and started with her stew.

"Those are the bullies among the squad leaders. There are three types of squad leaders around here. Bullies like them, the normal ones, and people like myself or Levi, the ones who actually are assets to the Survey corps. These bullies thought you're one of the normal ones but they didn't think you'd be with the elites. They don't usually sit with us. They just came here today to mess with you. You'd not see them around usually." Hanji explained. "I reckoned you'd find this type of divisions in the military police. Not the Survey Corps." (Y/N) muttered as she slurped down her now cold stew. "(Y/N), every military division has shit like this. Some more than the others. None of the divisions are perfect." Levi answered to that before looking at Hanji and asking, "Hanji, where do you reckon we should buy a house?"

[AUTHOR'S NOTE: Remember how (Y/N) walked on to Petra kissing Levi while getting to her cleaning duties before the 57th expedition? Now you know how she got the duty of cleaning Levi's room in the first place.]

To be continued...

Taglist: @reality-is-often-disappointing, @kingtamakimurder

[fangirllifu]

Sweet Like Pudding Ch. 18

Italics - thoughts

Training, training and more training. Yesterday had been nothing but, yep well you guessed it, training. And now it's the last day of the training camp.

Despite what happened the day before, with the collapsing and losing consciousness and all that. Kanna still wanted (more like demanded) to help out. And because the coaches didn't have the heart to refuse the kindhearted girl, she was placed on watch by not just the coaches and managers, but even the players as well.

In the early hours of the day, she observed every single practice match and did duties as a manager would do. In the evening, she helped the players that came to her for inputs in their individual practices. The likes of which mainly centered around the always-hungry-to-be-better-trio: the-ever-enthusiastic-to-improve-his-skills-for-his-team, Guardian Deity of Karasuno Nishinoya Yuu, the-constantly-striving-to-sharpen-his-skills-nothing-close-to-perfection, Kageyama Tobio and the-bearer-of-boundless-energy-and-drive-to-limitlessly-evolve, Hinata Shouyo.

Though she also helped with receiving and spiking practice for the others, her help was mostly needed and greatly appreciated by the Karasuno team. Because unlike the other powerhouse schools who have developed a style they are known for, Karasuno who didn't have one, had that much more room to experiment and mature. So Kanna eagerly supported them as they practiced their endeavors, like correcting the timing of their synchronized attack, along with the timing of Nishinoya's set-up jump.

After all the minor flukes and setbacks, finally they were able to connect as one. It was such a beauty to watch, truly an achievement worth noting. Now all that's left is to indulge in some well deserved protein. Praise the holy meat God!

The barbeque was a success, as one would've expected. Although there were a few mishaps, like Kageyama almost chocking which thankfully was solved by Akaashi. And then there was the matter of Bokuto stealing a bunch of meat on the grills, which was then solved by a peeved Kuroo. No fights broke out, which the managers were grateful for. All in all it was an enjoyable afternoon of meat and mingling for everybody.

Meanwhile, the Nekoma team was making their way to join their very own pudding head, when something made them stop in their tracks.

They watched as Kanna walked towards Kenma, who was silently sitting at a corner playing games on his phone. As Kanna sat beside him, they almost fell in surprise as they witnessed Kenma put his phone away. They all stood there unmoving, astounded as to what just happened. Being too distracted, they didn't notice the two get up and leave.

Kuroo having noticed his team members staring at nothing with expressions ranging from surprised to utter disbelief, walked up to them with Akaashi and Bokuto following behind him.

"What's with you guys?" Kuroo raised his eyebrow questioningly, once they were standing directly in front of the team, curious as to what was making his teammates make such faces.

"Kenma….." Yamamoto started, but was still too shocked to finish.

"He….. He…" Fukunaga, who rarely spoke, tried to explain but couldn't find the words to.

"stopped his game." Kai finished for them.

Kuroo, Bokuto and Akaashi looked among themselves confused beyond belief.

"What?" Akaashi deadpanned.

"Kenma stopped his game…." Yaku paused before he declared. "….for Kanna-chan."

Once he finished, Kuroo lost his marbles. Bokuto and Akaashi was just staring at him and back at the team trying to understand what was happening, and how it all involved Kanna.

"This can't be happening. Please tell me you're joking."

"That doesn't happen okay. Kenma doesn't ju—."

"Are you sure you weren't just imagining it?"

Kuroo questioned, well rambled. And with his teammates' absentminded nods, he began once again. He was now walking in back and forth with hands in his hair as he continued to mumble incoherent words to himself. Next thing you know the whole Nekoma team was following after their captain.

Bokuto and Akaashi looked at each other in confusion, and they weren't the only ones. With how loud and hysterical the bunch was getting, they would undoubtedly attract attention. The others all gathered around and asked Bokuto and Akaashi what was going on, but they too didn't know. Of course a none-Nekoma team member would never understand just how insane and nearly unimaginable it all was.

As everyone's curiosity grew, so did their impatience. It's been 10 minutes and the Nekoma bunch were still lost in their own world. The rest were starting to get twitchy from all the waiting and the still unanswered question of why they were acting like a bunch of lunatics. If nobody from the distraught team starts explaining soon, pretty sure someone's going to get hurt.

Who could blame them though? Even Nekomata-sensei had this weird expression on his face. If the team's reactions didn't send a red flag, their coach's reaction sure did. Sure enough like a bomb, Bokuto exploded, his patience being shorter than everybody else's, particularly so because it apparently involved his precious baby cousin.

"DUDE! JUST tell us what the heck's wrong already?!" He shouted as he frantically shook Kuroo.

Akaashi and his teammates tried to calm him down, but they couldn't deny that they too were worried given the reactions of the whole Nekoma Team.

Bokuto's frantic shaking and hysterical shouting seemed to snap the rooster-head captain out of his daze, as he stopped rambling and stared straight at Bokuto.

Kuroo looked around, sweat dripping from his forehead as he looked back at Bokuto and swallowed.

"How the heck am I supposed to explain this to HIM?! There isn't even any other possible way to easily explain this?!"

"I mean, I've had my suspicions but I didn't—"

"…I haven't even talked to Kenma about this."

He heaved a heavy sigh before he started.

"Okay look, I'm gonna try my best to explain this so that you'll understand. It might seem a little weird, but bear with me please." Once they nodded he started his explanation.

"Alright, well, you see... Kenma doesn't just pause, much less stop playing his game for anybody. And by that I mean nobody. Heck! Hardly anyone in the team can make him pause his game. And he'll only ever put his phone or console down when he either finished the game, or died trying to. But never in the middle of it." Kuroo finished. He really didn't want to have to say it out loud, so trying his best in explaining was his best bet. And by the looks of most of them, they seem to have an inkling as to where he was going with this.

"And so, I don't understand? How is that a problem?" Came the confused voice of one very concerned and distressed cousin.

Too bad the one person who needed to understand it most, couldn't. Kuroo was extremely conflicted as to what he should do. He tried looking around in hopes of someone, anyone, who could tell him what course of action would be best to take. Instead, all he got were what he assumed to be the same expression he currently had on his face. Completely and utterly frustrated, he turned to the one person who he was sure would know just the right thing to say and how to properly deal with the anomaly that is Bokuto, Akaashi. He silently pleaded with his eyes to save him from the trouble he was currently in.

"Bokuto-san." Akaashi said as he stepped closer to Bokuto and placed a hand on his shoulder. He then leaned in and whispered something to him

Kuroo along with the others bared witness to the gradual changes in Bokuto's facial expressions and body language. They watched as his puzzled expression turned to somewhat akin to understanding before it morphed into one they could no longer decipher. He'd also turned rigid straight that it was starting to make them all uneasy.

Nobody knew what Akaashi had said to Bokuto, and they would never know because said person refuses to tell them. But he didn't have to. They all figured it was the same conclusion that they had all came up on. They just hoped that Bokuto wouldn't do something he would end up regretting one day.

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