At first, the boy just stared at him as if he didn't understand. Then he opened his mouth as he was about to say something. However, before he could, a blonde boy ran up to them.

"There you are! Somehow, I'm not surprised that the crash I heard ended up being because of you. Are you ok Eren?"

"Yeah, I'm fine Armin. Stupid cans were stacked incorrectly."

At that statement, Armin laughed nervously while scratching the back of his head. "I don't think that's it…" Looking past Eren, Armin noticed Levi. His eyes widened to the point of looking like they were going to pop out, and he quickly bowed his head. "I'm sorry for Eren's actions Levi. I'm 85% sure he didn't do it on purpose."

"Hey!" Eren jumped up, now glaring at Armin. "What's that supposed to mean?!"

Armin lifted his head, looking at Eren with an expression of mixed confusion and curiosity. "I can never tell with you…now that I think about it, I don't think anyone can."

Levi sighed. This wasn't going anywhere. He knew Armin well enough to at least somewhat respect him. He never messed up the aisles, and if he ever saw something on the floor he immediately picked it up and put it in its proper place, regardless if he was the one who did it or not.

Levi stood up to his full height and turned to Armin, now fully convinced that Eren wasn't even worth a second glance. "Oi, keep an eye on your dog. On a second note, animals aren't allowed, so don't bring him with you next time." With that, he turned and started cleaning up the mess.

Glancing behind him for a moment, he saw Eren staring at him with an expression that could only be described as rage. A vein in his neck looked dangerously close to popping, and his entire body was shaking. Armin realized what was happening and quickly jumped between them.

"Stop Eren! You did make trouble for him, so of course he would be annoyed. Please, you've already caused enough trouble earlier. I don't think I can take anymore."

Eren stopped glaring at Levi and looked at Armin with an expression of hurt and betrayal.

"That ice cream was disgusting! How can you call that chocolate?! He deserved it!"

'So, I'm not the only one this guy's pissed off today.' Levi could only imagine how many times Armin apologized for this moron's behavior on a daily basis. It was only 11am and already this Eren brat managed to piss off multiple people. 'Ice cream…? What is he, 5 years old?' Levi thought to himself. What type of mature person threw a fight over ice cream not meeting their expectations?

Coming out of his thoughts, he continued to blankly stare at Eren who was still looking at Armin. Suddenly, Eren closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "You're right Armin. Sorry."

Armin visibly relaxed, now smiling at the fact that the problem was over. Turning to Levi he apologized again. "Sorry about the mess. We'll be leaving now." With that he turned around and started to practically drag Eren down the aisle.

While picking up the cans, he could hear Armin and Eren talking.

"How did that happen anyway?"

"There was a can I wanted, but then I noticed there was another one on the top, so I went for it."

"Why not just get the one you could reach?"

"Because I know for a fact that Mikasa can reach the one on the top."

"…"

"I'm NOT inferior!"

Soon, they reached the end of the aisle, and Levi could no longer hear their voices. 'He has issues.' Levi thought. After 15 minutes, the cans were stacked up on the shelves again perfectly. Taking a step back, he admired his work. 'There's gotta be a way to make this place idiot proof…' His mind starting to wander, he almost didn't hear Petra calling his name.

Turning his head, he saw Petra jogging towards him. Stopping a couple of feet away, she looked at him nervously. "Um…Hange is on the phone. Also, you have the rest of the day off." She shuffled her feet, not looking him in the eye.

Alarms went off in Levi's head. "Petra…"

At the sound of her name she jumped slightly. However, she still didn't look him in the eye. She began blinking at a rather fast pace and looked anywhere but directly at him. Levi tried again.

"Petra…"

She winced. Taking a deep breath as if gathering up the courage, she finally looked him in the eye.

"Well you see…there was this animal that unfortunately ended up in the general vicinity of Hange. You know when she gets excited she never pays attention to her surroundings, and she ended up in someone else's house chasing it. She said the window was open. Anyway, It wasn't a stray like she thought, and you can imagine how the situation looked when the owners came through the front door soon after. All they saw was Hange sitting on top of their dog holding it down while breathing heavily."

"…What?"

Petra looked mortified. "Don't make me say it again. So…she's being held in front of their house by the cops. The owners of the dog are there too. The cops don't really believe her version of the story and she called to have you verify the fact that she doesn't…you know…with animals."

"Somehow, I can't help but feel like I should have seen something like this coming." Pinching the bridge of his nose, Levi sighed. Trying to convince the cops that Hange wasn't into animals like that wasn't how he predicted his day going.

"Okay, just give me the address and I'll head straight there."

It was a surprisingly short walk to the address. After about 10 minutes he could see the cop car in the distance. Speeding up, he finally reached them. Hange was sitting on the curb, looking unusually guilty. The cops were standing in front of her reviewing the story she told them.

Levi took a deep breath, and silently forced himself to be civil. Messing with cops wouldn't be smart and the situation was bad enough.

"Sir…?" Levi said, as nicely as he could.

The cop turned around. "Oh…you're Levi right? So, your friend here was caught in quite the predicament. I'm sure you know the full story by now. The owners of the dog haven't pressed any charges yet but they're inside deciding on what to do. According to your friend here, she just thought the animal was a stray and decided to keep it as her own. It ran away and she gave chase. Normally, people wouldn't jump through an open window of someone else's house for that, but she insists that's all it was."

Levi quickly glared at Hange before looking back at the cops. "I assure you that Hange wasn't doing anything…unusual…to the animal. She just gets worked up easily and doesn't pay attention to where she's going."

At that moment, the front door of the house Hange was caught in slammed open.

"I can't believe you broke into our house and molested our dog! You freak!"

Levi stiffened. That voice. That terribly annoying voice. 'No, it's not possible. What are the odds of that?' He didn't want to turn around. If he did, an already bad situation would become a hundred times worse.

"Eren! We don't have the full story yet. It wouldn't be fair to jump to conclu-Levi!?"

Levi finally turned around, seeing Armin staring at him in shock. "What are you doing here? Wait…are you the roommate she was talking about?"

Nodding slightly, Levi decided it was time to try to convince Armin not to press charges. He could see Eren staring at him, but surprisingly he didn't look angry.

"Armin, I'm sorry about Hange. Don't press charges, she didn't mean any of it."

Armin glanced at Hange who was still staring sullenly at the ground. Armin sighed, and looked back to Levi. "Ok, if you trust her then I should too. Just…tell her to knock next time."

Relief washed over Levi. He was sure that if it was anyone other than Armin, Hange would be in jail by now. Wanting to get out of there as soon as possible, he turned to Hange. "Get up, we're leaving."

As Hange stood up, Levi heard his name. Eren was walking down the steps and stopped a couple of feet from him. It looked like he was trying to say something but struggling. Finally, after a couple of seconds he talked.

"About earlier…I shouldn't have made the mess I did in the supermarket. Reaching for the highest can probably wasn't the smartest thing to do." Eren stopped talking and looked away, now unsure of what to do.

'So the brat actually has manners.' Levi stared at Eren and decided that this wasn't worth an argument.

"Keep my store clean and we won't have any problems." Turning around, he was about to start walking away when he heard Armin say something.

"What?" Levi asked. He wasn't sure if he heard correctly.

"I said, do you want to come in? We all pretty much got off on the wrong foot and lunch is almost ready anyway. Mikasa always makes too much, just in case her girlfriend comes over."

Levi was about to answer with a "fuck no" when Hange jumped up and down shouting. "Yes! I'm starving. Running really takes your energy away."

Levi's eyebrow twitched. 'When we get back to the apartment, I'm going to murder this freak." Sighing, he nodded and mumbled a 'fine'.

Armin smiled, but Eren looked slightly annoyed. While walking up the steps, Levi couldn't help but wonder why Armin agreed to not press charges so quickly. Anyone would have if they walked inside their home to see something like that. Asking Armin aside in the hallway, while Eren and Hange continued on into the living room, he asked that very question.

Armin laughed lightly. "Well…we here have some experience with people who seem off and do things others wouldn't normally do. I know them, and I know they're not bad people. So making snap judgment's just doesn't seem right anymore. The window Hange came through was actually open for a person to come through. She just wasn't the right one."

Levi blinked in shock. "It was open for someone to come through?"

Armin looked away and laughed nervously. "Yeah…Mikasa keeps the window open for Sasha so she can come in whenever she wants. She doesn't have a key yet, so the window is the only other way in. The whole window thing they have going on actually started by accident, but now it's become a habit and feels pretty normal. I was never told how the whole thing started, and whenever I ask I just get ignored."

Levi sighed. 'Oh god, I think I just met a group people worse than Hange.'

Walking with Armin into the living room, what they both saw stopped them dead in their tracks.

Hange was in front of the dog, having cornered it. She was talking loudly about how great a specimen this specific dog was. Eren was pulling on Hange's arm, heels digging into the floor. He was shouting. "Stop! You're scaring him! Get away you freak!" Some black haired girl Levi didn't recognize was sitting on the couch, calmly watching the whole thing while eating ice cream.

Levi slowly turned to look at Armin, who at the same time looked at Levi. The same thought went through their heads at that moment.

'What have I done?'