Chapter 1 - My First Day

Chapter 1 - My First Day

The shrill sound of an alarm on a cold winter morning. Arguably one of the worst feelings. You roll over in bed and hit snooze, maybe in 5 minutes you’ll be more awake. The next alarm goes off and you groan. You decide to sit up and stare at the wall for a few minutes while you slowly come to.

Looking at your phone you see a text message waiting for you. Sasha texted you that she would be over at 7:30 to go to school together.

You look at the time and see that it’s 6:40. You walk to your bathroom and start getting ready.

Today was your first day of your senior year of college. You were so glad to be done with school in two semesters.

You spent a few extra minutes on your hair and makeup. Because of your name, you’re expected to be put together. Not that you couldn’t have fun, but when it came to school you needed to be extra focused.

After graduating, you were expected to start working at your dad’s company. One day he would pass down the responsibilities to you. Was it something you dreamed of doing? No, not really. But it also wasn’t the worst thing.

Sasha texted you that she was at your door. You walk over and buzz her in. Thank god your family allowed you to move into your own apartment after high school. You were almost forced to live at home.

“Come in!”, You yell at the knock on the door.

Sasha walks in with a bright smile, “Hi Y/n!”

You smile and wave as you grab a piece of toast and coffee. You text your driver that you’re ready to leave. Yes, unfortunately your parents insisted that you have a driver.

“Let’s head downstairs”, You say to Sasha.

Both of you walk to the elevator.

While waiting to get to the ground floor Sasha asks, “So where’s the new bodyguard?”

You grumble, “I have to meet him tonight after classes.”

You walk into the lobby and stand by the doors waiting on your driver.

“Y/n, I don’t think a bodyguard is a bad idea. With everything that happened last month it might be a g-”

“Sasha. I appreciate your concern, but I’d really rather not think about that right now”, You give her a weak smile and she drops it.

Seeing your driver you walk to the car and slide in.

“Good morning, Miss. Y/n”, says your driver.

You give him a smile, “Good morning.”

Sasha looks to you as the car starts moving, “Look I’m sorry I brought that up, Y/n. I was just worried about you, but let’s focus on having a good first day.”

You look at Sasha, “Of course. I’m sorry for being so cold earlier, I honestly didn’t get much sleep last night.”

Sasha giggles, “That’s okay.”

You and Sasha goofed around the rest of the car ride. Both of you are trying to get rid of the first day of school jitters.

“I’m so sad we don’t have any classes together”, You whine.

Sasha laughs, “Well you should have majored in nutrition instead of business!”

You both laugh. Sasha is truly pursuing her dream career which was food. You admired her for following her passion.

You hop out of the car and thank your driver.

“Do you want to meet up for lunch after classes? Maybe we can get together with the rest of the gang?”, Sasha asks.

You smile, “Yeah let’s do it! I’m done at noon so just text the group chat where we’re meeting.”

Sasha replies, “Okay! Good luck!”

You both head to your separate buildings. You’re feeling pretty nervous since it’s your first day. The only classes you have left to take are for your major, and you’re the only business major in your friend group. You have a few acquaintances in your major, but your school is huge and you don’t know if they’ll be in your classes.

You quickly walk into the classroom and find a seat in the middle row. You pull out your laptop and get your notes ready. You check your phone and see you have a few minutes until class starts. You check the group chat to see that there are a bunch of unread messages.

You smile at your friend’s messages. They’re excited to meet up for lunch because it’s been a few months since the gang got together. The room is starting to fill up and you notice someone pulling out the seat beside you.

The boy smiles and says, “Hi I’m Eren. Is it okay if I sit here?”

“Yes! I’m Y/n”, You smile back.

He has dark brown hair, but what really sticks out to you are his piercing green eyes. You had never seen him before.

“I transferred to New York from my school in California”, Eren tells you.

You respond, “Oh that explains why I didn’t recognize you. Are you enjoying the city so far?”

Eren laughs, “I am. I’m excited about the change of pace.”

You smile at him, unable to respond because your professor starts the lecture.

The rest of your classes go by in a blur. To your relief, Eren had the same classes as you so you felt less alone. You thought about inviting him to lunch, but decided against it since you hadn’t seen your friends in a while.

You face Eren and say, “Well it was great meeting you. I’m assuming I’ll see you tomorrow?”

Eren replies with a smile, “I hope so.”

You feel a small blush creep on your face and say, “I’ll see you tomorrow then.”

You both wave and you start walking a few blocks to the cafe you’re meeting your friends at. Trying to shake those green eyes out of your head.

“Y/n!!!”, You look to see your group of friends already at a table.

You get a big smile on your face and run over to hug each of them.

“I’ve missed you all so much!”, You gush.

Jean squeezes you extra hard, “But you missed me the most right?”

You laugh and slap his arm. You all get seated and start catching up.

“Armin, how was your summer internship?”, You ask.

He replies with a smile, “It was never boring! Lots of experiments and work. The person I was shadowing was a lot of fun, but she was a bit of a workaholic.”

You giggle, “So not much free time?”

“No”, He responds, “But I learned a lot and I’m hoping I’ll get a job there once I graduate.”

Connie interrupts, “My turn! I had a blast working at a really cool restaurant! Sasha and I got into some trouble though.”

Jean scoffs, “Why doesn’t that surprise me?”

You smile and say, “What about you, Mikasa?”

Mikasa replies quietly, “I spent most of the summer working out. I even learned how to fight!”

Your eyes light up, “You are so cool! Please teach me sometime!”

Mikasa smiles and nods.

Jean puffs out his chest, “Well I spent my summer interning with a company in Europe. The internship was okay but the girls wer-”

“Please don’t make me lose my appetite!”, Sasha yells.

Everyone laughs and eats lunch while catching up.

“So now that we are all back together, when are we going to go to a party? I heard Floch’s frat is having one this weekend to celebrate the beginning of the semester”, Jean says.

“I thought we were going to take our senior year more seriously?”, You laugh knowing that was never going to happen.

“I’m down!”, Connie says.

Sasha agrees, “Me too, as long as there’s food.”

“So then it’s settled! This friday night! We should all meet up at Y/n’s and pregame”, Jean says happily.

“That’s fine with me, I can supply the booze as long as you guys bring some snacks”, You reply.

You look at your phone and see a text from your dad, reminding you to be home in 30 minutes.

Crap. You text your driver and let him know where you are.

“Alright guys this was fun but I’ve gotta head out. Let’s get fucked up this weekend for old times sake”, You say with a smile.

Your group of friends erupt in agreement and you leave the cafe.

As you’re sitting in the car you sigh. You’re finally starting to feel more like yourself since the incident happened last month. You know your friends are worried about you, but hopefully this weekend can show them that you’re doing better.

You honestly can’t wait for this weekend. Letting loose and having fun with your friends sounded like exactly what you need.

You hop out of the car after thanking your driver and walk into the apartment building. Even though you’re happy to be on your own, you can't help but feel a little nostalgic. The elevator dings and you walk into the penthouse suite.

“Mom? Dad?”, You yell out.

“In the office!”, You hear your dad respond.

You take off your shoes and set your purse down. You walk into your dad’s office and your mom runs up and hugs you.

“Hi sweetie! How was your first day?” She asks.

“It was fine, Mom”, You respond uncomfortably because of the unknown person standing next to your dad. “Who’s this?”, You ask.

Your dad beams and gestures to the man, “This is Levi Ackerman, your new bodyguard.”

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Synopsis: Living post grad can be tough, especially when most of your friends are just entering their senior year. Your best friend invites you to play a practice game, but there couldn't possibly be ulterior motives could there?

Pairing: Choi Jongho x Reader

Genre: non idol!au, soccer player!jongho, soccer player!reader, mainly fluff, suggestive

Wordcount: 2.6k

Note: This was originally a one-shot, but I may write more! Please let me know what you think :)

It’s a wild Friday night. Pajamas are on, you have your favorite comfort show on, and a bucket of ice cream all to yourself. You are casually scrolling through social media. A lot of your friends have moved back in for their final year of college. You graduated the year before them, which at the time you were thrilled to be done. Now seeing them all go back without you hurts. You were the captain of your soccer team, and seeing your teammates prepare for the indoor season without you is a little bit of a bummer. 

You were able to land a corporate job, which you are of course grateful for. Most days are spent alone considering you work from home. You can’t deny the depression that is starting to creep back in. Your phone dings and you smile at the photo that your best friend, Lauren, sends you. The photo shows a smiling Lauren with the rest of your team, and you can see part of the men’s team trying to get into their photo. You chuckle and heart the photo in imessage. You can’t deny the pain you feel knowing you won’t be there this season. 

Turning up your show to try to drown out the sadness seems like the best idea. Until your phone goes off again. 

“You better not be moping all alone right now. We miss you.”

Lauren always has a sense for whenever you’re feeling sad. Something you love and hate about her. Mostly love. 

Nah. I’m at a huge corporate rager. Drunk off my ass, might go home with someone.

Lauren replies almost immediately.

“Okay now I’m actually worried. Why don’t you play in our practice scrimmage tomorrow? The boys have an unfair advantage, so we need all the help we can get.”

You roll your eyes.

Don’t you think that would be a little pathetic? And what unfair advantage could they possibly have? You stomp them at every scrimmage.

As you wait for a response you think about joining your old team. I mean it is just a practice game, and it’s not like you have anything better to do. The exercise would be nice.

“Are you kidding? The team would be thrilled. We miss you all the time :(. The unfair advantage would be Marcus’ friend that is in town. They went to elementary school together when Marcus lived in Korea, and well he’s fucking incredible at soccer.”

You sigh and try not to think too much about your answer. Maybe just going with the flow will work out for me this one time.

Damn all you had to say was Marcus and I’m in. I can’t wait to see his face when we win. Just text me the details and I’ll be there.

Lauren sent you a voice memo of her and the rest of the girls screaming in excitement. You laugh and then start to get ready for bed. The scrimmage is at 9am so you need to make sure you get plenty of sleep. 

Tomorrow comes and before you know it, you’re at the fieldhouse. You’re not sure why you were so nervous because the girls give you an enormous warm welcome. Lauren forces you to start stretching and warming up early since it’s been a few months since you’ve played. As you and Lauren are warming up together, you notice she has the biggest smirk on her face.

“Why are you smiling like that?”, You ask.

Lauren giggles, “Don’t hate me. We obviously needed you to beat the boy’s team, but I also had a bit of a side quest.”

You narrow your eyes, “What are you up to?”

Lauren says, “Well Marcus’ friend is super hot and good at soccer. I thought maybe you guys could get to know each other.”

“This was a set up?!” You gasp.

Lauren hushes you, “No one else knows. Even if you don’t want him to be your boyfriend, it could be a fun hookup. Just trust me on this.”

You roll your eyes, “Whatever. He better not be ugly.”

Lauren laughs as the two of you continue to warm up. You can’t deny the butterflies you feel at the idea of this mystery man. Lauren has never been wrong before, so you’re just hoping you can muster up enough courage to be yourself. 

“Well well well. Look what the cat dragged in”

You immediately know who the voice belongs to. You turn and can’t help but smile.

“I’m not admitting that I missed you”, You say with your hands on your hips.

Marcus laughs and opens his arms. You both embrace until Marcus tries to squeeze the life out of you.

“Okay! Are you trying to squeeze me to death?!” You shout as you wiggle out of his embrace. 

Marcus smiles, “I missed you.”

Lauren interrupts, “Okay okay enough with the flirting, Marcus.”

Marcus recognizes someone behind you, “Over here, Jongho!”

You all turn to see the man that Marcus was calling over. Fuck Lauren was right, he’s gorgeous. He gives your group the cutest smile you’ve ever seen and jogs over to your group. 

Lauren whispers to you, “You’re drooling.”

You lightly smack Lauren’s arm and try not to keep staring at Jongho.

“Alright everyone! This is Jongho. We met when I lived in Korea and he’s here to stomp your asses.” Marcus says as he wraps his arm around Jongho’s shoulder.

Lauren rolls her eyes and puts her arm around you, “Well, Jongho, this is y/n and she’s here to make sure that doesn’t happen.”

You are giggling at Lauren when you finally make eye contact with Jongho. He is smiling brightly at you. You’re unable to hide the slight blush that appears on your cheeks. A burst of confidence comes through you. 

“Yeah sorry you came all this way just to have your ass handed to you” You say with a smirk. 

The teams are laughing and you can’t bring yourself to look away from Jongho. The sexual tension is undeniable. He steps closer to you and you refuse to back down from eye contact, even when you have to look up to meet his eyeline.

Jongho looks down at you flirtatiously, “You’re a mouthy one aren’t you. I like that.”

He walks towards his side of the field, the rest of the boys follow after him. While you’re momentarily frozen in your spot. You can’t believe someone as beautiful as him said that to you. 

Lauren drags you back to your side of the field while you continually thank her for making you come. She continues to nod her head with that ‘I told you so’ look. You can’t even argue with her because she was oh so right.  

Your team is huddled and hyping each other up. You are all in agreement that you must win this scrimmage no matter what. Even though it’s only a practice game. You will be in your favorite position, center defender. Lauren let you know that Jongho is a forward, so you will definitely be seeing him. Your team all put your hands together.

Before you can break you tell them, “Not one of his balls will get past me.”

Your team cheers and breaks. As you walk to your position, you’re shaking yourself out. You can’t decide if it’s because it’s been awhile since you played or because you’re nervous as fuck. Either way, Jongho is not getting past you. 

For the first 10 minutes you wonder when you will get to play. Both teams are so hyped up that it was really just a battle of the forwards and midfielders for a while. This was good because you were able to watch Jongho in action and see how he plays. Unfortunately for you he is incredible, so this will definitely be a tough match. 

Jongho is the first one to slip through the midfielders and he is barreling right towards you with the ball. You take a deep breath and immediately go into action. He attempts to side step you, but you step directly in front of him and kick the ball between his legs. Jongho wasn’t prepared for you to be able to disable him so quickly that he didn’t have time to slow his body down. The force causes Jongho to fall, bringing you down with him. You immediately jump back up, only to sag in relief when you see Lauren is on the other side of the field with the ball.

“Are you okay?!” You see a frantic Jongho searching all over you to make sure he didn’t cause you harm.

You laugh, “I’m fine. Better luck next time.”

You can see that Jongho is taken aback by you. He wasn’t expecting you to be so incredibly good at defense, and also not afraid to put yourself directly in his path. He can’t help but admire you, but he will also not be misjudging you again. 

Before leaving, he can’t help but brush the few hairs that are in your face out of the way. He tucks them behind your ear, and then runs off to the other side of the field. Leaving you there speechless, and furiously blushing. 

As the game continues, the girls are not backing down. The score is 1-0, with Lauren being able to score because you got the ball from Jongho. You had a few more run-ins with different people on the other team, but none of them were able to get past you. With only a minute left, you can feel a flip of the switch for everyone on the field. The girls, desperate to defend and keep their advantage. The boys, desperate for one goal.

You can feel all the attention is on you. You are the reason they can’t score. You continue your breathing techniques as Jongho makes a beeline for the goal. Needing to get past you, he has three different guys running with him. As they go down the field they’re passing it to one another, in an attempt to confuse you. The three of them are now running side by side and passing it between each other. 

They reach you and the fight begins. You get the ball from one of the guys and attempt to kick it, but Jongho blocks you. You are trying to get the ball back when he passes it to another teammate that you didn’t see. He was further away so you start sprinting right at him, but right before you get to him he kicks it far. You hold your breath while watching the ball soar right to Jongho. Who happened to be right by the goal box. 

You immediately take off towards him, your other defender doing her best. He’s able to fake her out and make it past her, as she falls to the ground. Jongho is lining up his shot, and you know the only way to stop him is to slide to the ball. He doesn’t see you coming up behind him, and right as he’s about to kick the ball his feet are taken out under him. Since he was so close to the ball, you had to risk a slide tackle. The ball went right to your goalie as you planned and the buzzer went off. 

You are laying on your side breathing heavily as you hear the rest of your teammates screaming in victory. You turn over and see Jongho laying right behind you with his hands on his head in defeat. 

You sit up, “Are you okay?” 

Jongho looks at you and smiles, “You really weren’t kidding. I thoroughly just got my ass handed to me.”

Jongho sits up as you two begin to laugh. Even after the intense game and you’re not sure if you’ll be able to move later, the chemistry is undeniable. 

Jongho picks up one of your hands, “Would you let me take you on a date? You are the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen.”

You blush and begin to laugh, “Even after I slide tackled you?”

Jongho smiles, “Yeah. I’ve met my match, and now I don’t think I’ll ever be able to stop thinking about you.”

It’s your turn to fix his hair. 

“Let’s get you checked out by the trainer first, and then we can see about that date.” 

I’m Your Bodyguard, Not Your Boyfriend (Masterlist)

Summary: You honestly can’t wait for this weekend. Letting loose and having fun with your friends sounded like exactly what you need. You hop out of the car after thanking your driver and walk into the apartment building. Even though you’re happy to be on your own, you can’t help but feel a little nostalgic. The elevator dings and you walk into the penthouse suite. “Mom? Dad?”, You yell out. “In the office!”, You hear your dad respond. You take off your shoes and set your purse down. You walk into your dad’s office and your mom runs up and hugs you. “Hi sweetie! How was your first day?” She asks. “It was fine, Mom”, You respond uncomfortably because of the unknown person standing next to your dad. “Who’s this?”, You ask. Your dad beams and gestures to the man, “This is Levi Ackerman, your new bodyguard.”

Pairing: Levi Ackerman x reader

Genre: Strangers to lovers; 18+ rating

Word Count: 35k

Warnings: Foul language; alcohol consumption; violence; explicit sexual content 

Author’s Note: This story was originally posted on AO3, so I apologize for the amount of chapters. I’m also new to posting on Tumblr, so please be patient while I figure everything out 😊This story is complete, so I will be slowly getting the chapters here. I hope you enjoy!

Chapter One 

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven 

Chapter Twelve 

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter 5 - The Conference

It’s early the next morning, your phone is ringing.

“Hello?”, You say groggily.

“Well good morning, sunshine! It’s almost noon, why on earth are you still in bed?”

You sigh, “Hi Dad. It’s the weekend so I like to let myself sleep as long as I need.”

“You won’t be able to do that forever you know. Once you’re running my company, you’ll need to be ready at all times”, He lectures.

You respond with annoyance, “Yes I know, but until then I will allow myself the luxury of sleeping in.”

Your Dad sighs, “Well I didn’t mean to wake you, I just thought you might be excited to know that I will need you to attend our annual business conference next week.”

Your eyes widen, “What? Really? You don’t normally let me attend, why now?”

“Your mother talked some sense into me. You’re graduating college in the spring, so we need to start getting you ready for the real world. You’ll only be shadowing and observing at the conference, but it will give you great experience”, Your Dad explains.

You smile, “Thank you, Dad. I’ll be looking forward to it. Am I able to get this in writing so I can show my professors?”

He responds, “Oh don’t worry about that. My assistant already took care of it. All you need to focus on is what you want to pack. This year's conference is in L.A.”

You gasp, “L.A?! Are you serious? Do we have any days off? I would love to explore and go to the beach!”

Your father chuckles, “You will have one full free day, and a few free evenings. But honey please don’t forget our arrangement. Levi is to accompany you, even to California.”

You roll your eyes, “Yes I know.” You weren’t surprised that Levi was coming with you, but you were annoyed by it.

“Your mother and I leave in 2 days to make sure everything is prepared correctly. Your flight leaves a week from today. Oh, and one more thing”, Your father smiles at you, “We will also be hosting a ball one evening. Just a fun little treat for our investors and everyone attending.”

You squeal, “Oh my god! I need to pick out a dress! I’m so excited!”

Your Dad laughs, “Just make sure you don’t drink too much, Y/n. There might be a few eligible bachelors there.”

“Whatever you say”, You respond with a smile.

The next week was extremely hectic. You were working really hard to get ahead of your class assignments so you didn’t have to worry about them while you were away. Late nights of homework and studying. During the day when you weren’t in class, you were busy buying an entire new wardrobe.

You had to buy plenty of business casual outfits for the conference so you look like you belong there. On the flip side, you also bought a handful of new bikinis and fun outfits for your days off. But your favorite piece of clothing you bought was definitely your dress for the ball. You couldn’t wait to wear it! You honestly looked drop dead gorgeous in it.

Before you knew it, it was the day of your flight. You and Levi rush to the airport, you have 5 enormous suitcases following you. Your dad hired an assistant for the week to help you out.

“Historia, thank you so much for helping with the bags. I don’t know what I would’ve done without you!”, You say as you’re taking your seat on the plane.

She giggles, “It’s no problem, Y/n. I’ll see you after the flight.”

Historia walks back to economy, you were going to give your dad an earful for that. You will definitely make sure she is in first class on the way home.

You sigh as you look out the window. You glance to your side to see Levi mindlessly scrolling through his phone. Sometimes you forget that he’s even there. You were so busy this last week you’ve barely spoken to him.

As the plane begins to taxi to where it needs to go, your hands start to shake.

“Shit”, You whisper.

You’d hoped your flight anxiety had gone away, it’s been years since your last panic attack on a plane. It wasn’t as debilitating, but you can feel the anxiety slowly creeping in. Takeoff and landing are what really freak you out about flying.

“Y/n?”, You look over to see Levi staring at you.

You didn’t notice but you had gripped both of the armrests as hard as you could. Your face is pale, and tears prick the sides of your eyes.

Your mouth is dry and you say quietly, “Sorry. I have terrible flight anxiety. Takeoff and landing are the worst parts for me.”

You close your eyes as you feel the plane come to a stop. You know at any moment the plane is going to take off. You try to take deep breaths, you’re squeezing the armrests as hard as you can.

You feel a cool hand slip over yours and grab your hand. You peek over to see Levi staring at you, it’s clear he’s trying to comfort you.

The plane takes off and a small whimper leaves your mouth. Levi pulls your hand to his chest and wraps himself around your arm. You look at him and you can see the worry in his eyes. The plane makes a sharp turn to head in the right direction. Your eyes close and you’re squeezing Levi’s hand as hard as you can.

After a few minutes, the plane levels out and you can feel your breathing returning to normal. Your heart is still racing, but you’re well aware that’s because of something else. Levi is now rubbing small circles over your hand.

You look at him and give a weak smile, “Thank you. I’m feeling better now.”

You slowly start to remove your hand from his. He gives your hand a gentle squeeze and releases it.

“Would some wine help your nerves?”, He asks genuinely concerned.

You smile, “I think that would help a lot. Thank you.”

Levi waves down one of the flight attendants and they bring you a glass of red wine.

You slowly sip on it as you watch a random movie. After your second glass you can feel the buzz kicking in. You eat lunch on the plane, and after another movie the pilot let’s everyone know you’re almost to your destination.

Landing was much smoother, thanks to all the wine you had. You were still anxious, but the alcohol helps you relax. Although there was something on your mind, something you couldn’t stop thinking about. Even after you were off the plane and in the car on the way to the hotel.

Levi held your hand during the landing.

Even though you were much calmer this time, he still gently held onto it. The weirdest part was, you let him. You even kind of liked it.

Maybe it’s the alcohol, or maybe it’s the jet lag that’s causing you to think about your bodyguard.

Once you get to the hotel you’re shown to your rooms. Historia is on the same floor but a few doors down. You and Levi are in a suite.

You walk into your suite, surprised by how beautiful it is. You look around and notice there are two bedrooms. For some reason your heart sank. Of course there would be two bedrooms. Levi is your freaking bodyguard. It must be the exhaustion causing you to feel this way.

The hotel worker leaves a tray of fruit and lets himself out. Levi walks into the smaller bedroom and starts unpacking his things. You sit on the couch and eat some of the fruit that was left.

Levi looks at his watch, “You have 2 hours until the opening ceremony starts.”

You groan, “Why would they have that in the evening. I just want to sleep.” You slouch over on the couch.

You whine some more and then finally push yourself off the couch.

Historia has already unpacked most of your things, and is hanging your clothes to prevent wrinkles. You grab an outfit and your shower supplies. You start walking to the shower when Levi interrupts you.

“Hey brat. Don’t take too long. We’re sharing a bathroom, so remember I have to shower as well”, He says curtly.

You’re so tired and don’t know how to respond to him calling you a brat. So you do what you think a brat would do.

You stick your tongue out and shut the bathroom door.

What am I, a child? You laugh to yourself and turn on the shower. The hot water feels so nice after a day of travel. You try to be quick, remembering that Levi also needs to shower.

You notice that there is shampoo and bodywash in the shower that doesn’t belong to you. Levi must’ve already put it in here when he was unpacking. You stare at it for a moment. You pick up the bodywash and open it. You put it near your nose and smell, a small smile appearing on your face. It smells like Levi.

You nearly drop the container when you realize what you’re doing. You run your face under the hot water, hoping that will help you come to your senses.

When you hop out of the shower, you go to grab your clothes and realize you forgot your underwear and bra. You groan and smack your forehead. The jet lag is really starting to make you tired.

Historia is most likely back in her room by now, and Levi is probably hanging out in his room. So it shouldn’t be too hard to run into your room without being seen.

You wrap the towel around your body and grab your clothes. You walk out of the bathroom and as soon as you get to the living room, you see Levi biting an apple.

You freeze and he drops his apple as he sees the towel wrapped around your body.

“For fuck’s sake!”, Levi shouts and quickly shields his eyes.

You scream as you run to your room, “I’m sorry! I forgot my underwear!”

You slam the door shut behind you. Did you really just tell him about your underwear? A blush erupts across your face and you just want to crawl into bed forever.

You finally get yourself dressed in black dress pants and a nice pink long sleeve top. You dry and straighten your hair. You quickly reapply your makeup and you stand up to look at yourself in the mirror. You look cute but professional. You check the time and grab your purse.

As you’re walking to the living room you say, “Levi! We need to-”

You stop talking when you see Levi standing against the door looking at you like he’s bored. He’s in dress pants and a dress shirt, he looks so good. You chuckle when you see his tie is slightly crooked.

You walk over and fix his tie, “All better.” You smile and walk towards the door.

What you don’t see is Levi’s wide eyes and the slight blush on his cheeks.

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Chapter 8 - A New Friend

The car ride to the convention was pin drop silent. Yesterday after your phone call with Sasha, you had your driver take you to In-And-Out. Thankfully, you were able to quickly sneak out without Levi noticing. As you were driving away, you saw Levi running towards the car. It was too late though, he wasn’t able to catch you.

As soon as you got back, Levi was waiting on the curb for you. He gave you a tense lecture for about an hour. Honestly you were barely listening. Afterwards you spent the rest of the evening in bed watching tv.

Your phone buzzed, bringing you out of your daydream. Sasha was just checking in to see how you were doing. You lied and said that you were 100% better. You told her that you had been drinking so that’s why you were so emotional. Obviously that was a lie, but she didn’t push you on the subject.

You spent extra time on your appearance this morning hoping that it would make you feel better. It helped a little with your confidence, but you couldn’t deny the hurt you felt deep inside.

The car pulled up to the convention center, you got out of the car and went into the building. Not bothering to wait on Levi, you knew he would be tailing you anyway.

The first few sessions were boring. You really just weren’t in the right headspace for this. Thankfully, Levi watched over you from a distance today.

It was finally time for lunch and you were starving. You grab the salmon platter and head to a table alone. You sit down and start eating. Your anxiety starts creeping in, you can feel your body start to get overheated. Even as an adult, you can’t help but feel like a loser because you’re eating alone. All of your insecurities start creeping in and it feels like everyone is staring at you. Just as you’re starting to consider leaving, someone pulls the chair beside you and sits down.

You look over, relief immediately washing over you. You don’t care who it is, you're just glad to not be alone anymore. The man sitting next to you is very tall with blonde hair and noticeably thick eyebrows.

He looks at you and offers you his hand, “My name is Erwin Smith. I’ve been meaning to introduce myself. I’m one of the senior managers at your dad’s company.”

His smile puts you at ease and you shake his head, “It’s good to meet you. I’m Y/n.”

Erwin laughs, “Yes I know.”

You blush and internally cringe. Of course he knows your name, dumbass.

“I think I could be helpful to you as you begin transitioning into our company. I would like to be friends if you’re okay with that”, Erwin says sweetly.

You smile, “Oh yes of course! Thank you so much. Everyone already has their groups of friends, so it’s hard to meet anyone. Especially when you’re the CEO’s daughter. I think everyone is afraid of me.”

Erwin chuckles and puts a reassuring hand on your shoulder, “Don’t worry. I’ll help you meet everyone worth knowing.”

You spend the next hour getting to know Erwin. You don’t take his kindness lightly, you’re extremely grateful to him. Little do you know, a grumpy asshole has been staring daggers into the back of your head this whole time.

Erwin leans over, “Hey, are you and Levi a couple?”

You stare at him shocked, “Uh no. Why would you think that?”

He laughs, “No reason. I was just trying to figure out why he’s been glaring at us this whole time.”

You immediately turn your head around and your eyes meet Levi’s. He’s clearly pissed.

You turn back around and roll your eyes, “He’s technically my bodyguard, but he’s more like a pain in my ass.”

Erwin lets out a loud laugh, “I like your sass. Most people are intimidated by him.”

“Well I’m not most people”, You say teasingly. “Wait, how do you know Levi anyway?”, You ask.

“Oh Levi and I go way back. I’m actually the one who recommended him to your father for this bodyguard position”, Erwin says.

Your eyes open wide, “Wow really?

Erwin smiles and asks, “Is it hard to imagine Levi and I as friends?”

You giggle, “If I’m being honest, yes. You’re so kind and open, and Levi is so...wounded.”

Erwin raises his eyebrows, “I don’t know if I’ve ever heard someone use that word to describe Levi. Scary and stubborn are normally what people describe him as.” Erwin ponders the word for another moment, “It seems that you have seen right through Levi. Right to his very core. I’m very defensive of Levi, you see. Most people don’t give him a chance because of his cold demeanor. But if you even spend one second truly looking at him, you’ll see a bird who’s wing is broken. He’s wounded.”

You don’t acknowledge the tears that are threatening to fall onto your face.

You whisper, “I just wish he would let me in.” You wipe a tear and chuckle, “I must look so stupid. He’s my bodyguard after all. He could have any woman in this building if he wanted. Why did I think I even stood a chance.”

Erwin looks at you with concern, “Did something happen?”

You hesitate but choose to trust Erwin, especially knowing that he would never intentionally hurt Levi.

“Well, we kissed and did...other things”, Your face starts to redden but you continue, “Afterwards he was very cold to me, and when we got back to the hotel room he said that it was all a mistake. That it shouldn’t have happened.”

Erwin pinches the bridge of his nose in frustration, “That idiot.” He is quiet for a moment before starting again, “What if we test him to see if his real feelings for you come out?”

You look at him curiously, “What do you mean?”

Erwin smiles mischievously, “What if we act like we are starting to become romantically interested in each other? I know Levi, and if he truly has feelings for you he will become jealous immediately.”

You ask, “You don’t think Levi will be upset when we tell him it was a joke?”

“I think he’ll be more grateful that we helped him realize his true intentions”, Erwin says confidently.

You agreed to the plan, and you both casually talked while finishing your food. Your Dad soon approaches you, and Levi decides to also come over when he sees your father.

“Y/n! I’m glad to see you’ve finally met Erwin! Handsome fella, isn’t he?”, Your Dad asks with a smile.

You blush and remember your plan, “Yes he is, Dad.”

You don’t notice Levi’s eye twitch at your answer.

“Well, Y/n, I wanted you to come with me so we could discuss your plans for the rest of the day”, Your Dad looks to Levi, “There’s no need for you to come along since I will have my guards with me. Take the next few hours off to relax!”

Levi argues, “Sir I disagree. I don’t think I should be separated from Y/n.”

Your Dad responds, “Oh nonsense! She’ll be just fine.” He motions for you to follow him, “Come along.”

You walk after your father, but stop to look at Levi. He looks pissed and doesn’t break eye contact with you. You manage to pull your eyes away from him and catch up to you Dad.

Erwin’s POV

Levi is seething as he sits beside Erwin.

“Hey Levi, long time no s-”, Erwin starts.

“What the fuck are you doing with, Y/n?”, Levi asks bluntly.

Erwin plays dumb, “What are you talking about? I was getting to know her, we are going to be co-workers.”

Levi rolls his eyes, “Cut the bullshit, Erwin. I saw her blushing and I saw you laughing. You two looked like you were on a goddamned date.”

Erwin asks, “And if we were? Why does that matter to you?”

Levi looks away, “You can’t date my client.”

Erwin pushes, “Maybe, but I can fuck her.” Erwin has no intentions of that, but he wants to see how Levi will respond.

Levi snaps his head and stares daggers into your eyes. If looks could kill, Erwin would absolutely be dead right now.

“What the hell did you just say?”, Levi continues, “Look, you’re my friend but you are really pissing me off.”

Erwin doesn’t back down, “What’s wrong with me wanting to fuck Y/n?”

Levi growls, “I swear to god if you don’t stop saying that I’m going to put my fist through your skull.”

Erwin chuckles dryly, “I don’t see why this is an issue. You used to be my wingman, why can’t you be now?” Erwin pauses and then smiles, “Unless...you want to fuck Y/n as well.”

Levi whisper yells, “Oh my god I don’t just want to fuck Y/n! Can you stop saying the words fuck and Y/n!?”

Erwin teases, “Hmm so there’s more you want? Do you have feelings for this woman, Levi?”

Levi pushes out of his seat and as he walks away he says, “Fuck you.”

Erwin lets out a hearty laugh. His plan is already working.

Y/N’s POV

“Dad, do I have to?”, You ask.

“Absolutely. I won’t budge on this, it’s very important that you have a date to the company ball”, Your dad responds bluntly.

You sigh, “Well that would’ve been nice to know considering it’s tomorrow.”

Your dad chuckles, “I happen to have a few eligible bachelors that I could set you up with.”

You shake your head, “No that’s okay. I have someone in mind.”

You sit while your dad is talking to someone else, and pull out your phone. Luckily you had exchanged numbers. You pull up his name and start a text.

“Hey, Erwin. This is super last minute, but my dad insists that I have a date to the ball tomorrow. Would you like to go together?”

Erwin responds quickly, “Of course. I’ll pick you up at 8.”

You sigh and look out the window of the building. At least you’ll have someone to dance with, even if all you can think of is those gray eyes.

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