You were really just supposed to be a friend to him.

He was supposed to keep it like that. God, he can’t even keep himself in check now? What kind of person is he then? When it was only him, Hange, and Ewrin, he was definitely way more composed than he was now. Shaking his head to clear away most of his thoughts, he simply sighed and accepted reality.

What was he honestly thinking when he asked you for an engagement…

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“We’re engaged now. Wouldn’t kill you to act a little affectionate.”

Leaning against the wall on the outside of the ballroom with his arms crossed, the man huffed at the distance that you’ve placed between the two of them. His usual poker face while he stared at you through his dark eye circles while gave off the impression that he was kind of.. glaring at you.

In all honesty, this engagement was out of nowhere anyways.

Levi had told you that he was sick of getting so many random ladies going up to him. It never even occurred to you how he managed to stay unwed for so long without being criticized by the public or nobles.

The only reason you did get chosen by ‘Humanities strongest’ was because he told you that he knew you better than some random lady who came up to him, which was fair enough. This was the first ball the two of you were attending together as an ‘official couple’, but it still felt pretty awkward. The lady who had invited the two of you was absolutely delighted to see your appearance, even if you didn’t even hold his arm when entering, much less dance with him.

You’ve never seen that man smile before— he always looked like he was too tired for this shit, or he’s going to destroy all that shit. Right now he looked like the latter.

“Not like we’re complete strangers or something. Come closer, brat. You’re too far away.”

Well currently, both of you were standing right in the hallway, outside the door to enter the ballroom again after you went out because it was starting to feel too stuffy inside for you.