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A/N: Normally I put more author's notes on my fanfics, but for some reason none came to me for this one. I hope that doesn't bother anyone.

The Final Dare

"Levi~," Hanji said in a tone of voice that immediately told him whatever she had come to say would not be good. The scientist came up right behind him and hooked her arm around his neck, stopping his journey down the hallway. Levi just glanced back at her, waiting for her to get off. "I found out something good."

"When you're ready to have a normal conversation, shitty glasses, like a decent human being, then you can inform me about whatever stupid, inane thing you've discovered."

Hanji just laughed but she did, thankfully, get off of Levi. It was just as well; he had been about to remove her anyway in a rather unpleasant fashion. He kept walking toward his office with Hanji trailing behind. "It's about Eren."

This caught Levi's attention more than he liked to admit but, as always, his expression didn't change. "Did you find out something new from one of your experiments?"

"No," he could hear the delighted smile in her voice, "it was something one of the other trainees said."

"I doubt it's very accurate then, unless the trainee was Ackerman or Arlert. Those brats are always gossiping."

"Oh, it's accurate alright. I verified it with Eren myself. It was a rather uncomfortable conversation for him, but I can't feel too bad. It would be better if he just accepted it now rather than later."

"Accepted what?"

"Nothing~"

"Hanji, did you come here to actually tell me anything or just to tease me with more nonsense? Some of us have work to do."

The woman started at the seriousness of Levi's response. His words were the same as they would be during their normal bantering, but the use of her name and the tone of his voice betrayed him. It was odd to hear any real emotion from the man and Hanji couldn't help but be thankful to the boy that was surely responsible for the change, whether he knew it or not.

"So you do want to know."

Levi just stared flatly at her.

"The trainees have been playing 'Truth or Dare' for the past two weeks."

"What do I care what those brats do?"

"Oh, I think you'll care, once you hear what the current dare is."

Levi sighed in exasperation. Normally, she would have spilled everything by now in her excitement. The fact that she was making him pull it out from her sentence by sentence bothered him more than he let on. "What is the current dare?"

Her answer was a blunt statement, intended to shock but not really succeeding. "Eren has to kiss you."

"He's doing a terrible job of it."

"That's not how you're supposed to respond Levi! You should be excited. This could be your chance!"

"I've told you before, I have no intention of acting on my" he hesitated on the word "feelings."

"Will you have a choice when he's there in front of you, a willing victim?"

Levi did not appreciate her particular selection of words. "There's always a choice."

Hanji laughed. "I'd love to see the moment when the willpower of 'Humanity's Strongest' crumbles."

They had reached Levi's office. He stepped inside and turned to face her. "Good day, Hanji." Then he slammed the door in her face.

"It's a good sign if you don't want to talk about it! That just means I'm right!" Hanji called as she left.

"What is Hanji right about?" a voice asked, coming from inside Levi's office.

It was the one voice he did not want to hear in that moment. He turned around slowly, his eyes coming to rest on Eren, who was standing next to his desk. "What are you doing here?"

"I thought you wanted to see me...?" The boy trailed off, confusion marring his features.

Levi tried to remember what he could have possibly wanted to see the boy for, his memory muddled by his recent conversation.

After a few moments of silence, Eren spoke again. "Sir, are you feeling alright?" It was then that Levi noticed how he was studiously avoiding his superior officer's gaze.

"Didn't I tell you to look at me when we're talking, shitty brat?"

Eren's head jerked up, his eyes widening as they met Levi's own. He ducked it again, almost instantly, a flush spreading across his cheeks. "Sorry, sir." A few moments later, though, he just had to add a cheeky remark "Though you did tell me to stop staring at you. "

Levi's tone was harsh. "Jaeger."

The boy's eyes came up again, and this time he didn't look away.

"When did I say I wanted to speak with you?" It hurt his pride to ask it, but he really couldn't remember and it was starting to annoying him. This wasn't the sort of thing he tended to forget.

"Hanji came and told me at lunchtime, sir. She said it was important."

Eren didn't even flinch when Levi kicked the end table in the corner, sending it flying across the room. Clearly, the boy had spent too much time with him if such expressions of frustration failed to shock. An expletive escaped Levi's mouth but he didn't think it was quite harsh enough to match his feelings about the scientist right now. She needed to mind her own business!

Eren's voice was merely curious when he spoke, not surprised or afraid as Levi expected. "Sir?"

Levi just continued to stare at the fallen table, realizing that he was quite the hypocrite. He preferred not to meet the boy's gaze just now. "Is it better now, Jaeger?"

"Is what better?"

"The loneliness, now that's you've been able to spend time with your friends."

Eren didn't say anything.

"That was a question, shitty brat, and I expect an answer."

"Um...yeah, it's better."

Out of the corner of his eye, Levi could tell that Eren's face was turning an interesting shade of red. Clearly there was something else, probably whatever Hanji had been babbling on about. Without really realizing what he was doing, Levi flipped around, then shoved Eren up against the wall. The boy was slouching a bit, due to the indent of the window behind him, so their faces were actually at the same height for once.

"What is this I hear about a dare?"

It was amazing how quickly all of the color could drain out of Eren's face. Soon he was babbling, rushing through the words in order to get them out but all succeeding in making them almost indecipherable. "It was just some stupid bet with Jean. I wasn't going to do it."

"Why not?"

"Because it would be inappropriate."

"Why? Because I'm older than you?"

"Because you're my superior officer and you don't..." he trailed off.

Levi's tone was low and dangerous. "I don't what?"

The boy's eyes drifted off to the side, his face flushing red once more. "You don't feel that way about me."

Levi leaned in further so that his lips almost brushed Eren's ear. "You're just making excuses."

"Do you want me to kiss you?"

The older man stepped back, releasing Eren. The boy blew out a huge gust of air, as if he had been holding his breath the entire time. "Not particularly." Levi was most definitely lying.

Eren didn't really stop to think about what he was doing before he grabbed the collar of Levi's jacket, pulling him forward. Then again, he never particularly thought about anything before doing it. "Then stop messing with me!"

"Is that what you think I'm doing?" Levi asked, his tone regaining its normal bored quality.

The boy's voice was strangled, panicked. "What else would it be?"

"Provoking you, but it seems I've wasted my time. I should have just done this in the first place."

As he said it, Levi closed the few remaining centimeters between their faces, pressing his lips against Eren's. Eren's eyes squeezed shut. He wasn't really sure what was going on but if it meant he didn't have to kiss Jean...to hell with Jean! He was kissing Captain Levi! It only lasted a few seconds before Levi pulled away.

"There, you've completed the dare, right?"

Yes.

No.

Eren was not going to let him write the moment off as so insignificant. "I don't care about the stupid dare!"

Levi rose one eyebrow and waited.

"I care about you!"

"Then next time brush your teeth before coming to my office and I'll give you a proper kiss."

"What?"

"You are slow, aren't you?" Levi sighed. "You're not the only one who's been lonely." He brushed a hand along Eren's cheek, which embarrassed the boy more than the kiss had. "Eren." He didn't need to say anything else. All it took was the sound of his name to tell Eren how Levi felt. His voice was soft when he spoke again. "I wasn't going to let anyone else kiss you."

Eren was aghast. "You knew about that part too?"

"I overheard you when you made the deal with Kirschtein, though at the time, I didn't know what you had dared each other to do."

A familiar voice came from outside in the hallway. "What are you doing?"

Eren hurriedly stepped back, while Levi walked over to the door. As soon as he opened it, Hanji tumbled into the room with an upset Mikasa standing behind her.

"Hello, Levi. Fancy seeing you here," the scientist said, standing up, not seeming at all regretful that she had just been discovered eavesdropping.

"This is my office."

"So it is. And look! Eren is here too. You were looking for him, weren't you Mikasa?"

Levi just glared at her, knowing perfectly well what she had been doing and where she had been. The infernal woman just couldn't let him be.

"Um...I'll be going then," Eren said, slipping around to stand next to Mikasa.

Levi grabbed the back of his shirt before he could leave. "Oi, brat."

Eren glanced back. "Sir?"

"Come back here after dinner. We have more to discuss."

Eren nodded quickly, then hurried after his sister. He didn't particularly want to be discussing anything if he was going to be alone with the captain again later, but somehow he got the feeling that he wasn't the only one.

"Hey, you realize the week's up, yeah?" Ymir asked.

"Is it already?" Connie asked.

"This should be good," Reiner added with a smirk.

Jean was staring in horror at Eren, who seemingly hadn't heard a word that was being said. "Eren, you didn't...you did kiss him, right?" When he got no response, Jean shook his fellow trainee, hoping beyond hope that he was wrong. There would be no getting out of this now, not with everyone watching. "Eren!"

"What? Oh. Yeah. I completed the dare."

"No way. I don't believe it," Ymir replied. "He's lying."

"He'd at least have some bruises," Bertholdt agreed with a nod.

"He is not going to kiss Jean," Mikasa protested.

"That's right. He's not."

All of the trainees turned to face the captain, who was now standing right behind Eren. Eren opened his mouth to say something, then snapped it shut when he realized that probably wasn't the brightest idea. Levi leaned forward, pressing Eren back into the table, then gave him the most intense kiss of his life. Before it could really go on, though, Levi pulled back, leaving behind a very dazed Eren.

"That satisfy you lot?"

The trainees mutely nodded.

"The only one who will be kissing the brat is me." And with those parting words, Levi went back to his table to be enthusiastically tackled by Hanji.

"Do you think this means we're done playing?" Connie asked.

"We're done playing." All of the others replied.

They did not want to die.

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