Chapter 17

                                    

                                          
"Levi, I'll be going out for while, are sure you'll be alright on your own?" Eren asked as he tied his shoes.
                          
The rest of the day they busied themselves putting away the clothes and stuff that Eren bought online. The Alpha hardly believed that he bought too much for Levi, the stuff came in a total of four boxes. Only to discovered that some of the packages were from Hange.
                          
While cleaning the mess, his phone rang. It was Armin and he wanted to talk to him. After all, everything that happened Eren almost forgot about Armin. There is a big possibility that Armin knew what Levi has done to his boss and him hiding Levi in secret.
                          
Levi nodded with a smile.
                          
"Okay, just- uh, just continue putting away the clothes and don't open those packages," he pointed at the three boxes. "They're from Hange and I'm not sure if there even safe to open."
                          
"Okay," Levi replied.
                          
"I'll be back in swift. Don't go anywhere, don't let anybody in except for Mikasa. I already texted her that I'll be gone for a while. If you're hungry, there are leftovers in the frig and when you heat it up in the microwave make sure-"
                          
"Eren, go." Levi rolled his eyes at him. He's not a stupid kid how can burn the house down when he's left alone.
                          
"Okay, I'll be really, really quick."
                          
"Go," Levi literally push him out of the house.
                          
Levi rolled his eyes again and locked the door. Without a second thought, he moves to the living room and unpacked all his clothes.
                          
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It was 4 in the afternoon when Levi heard the door unlocked. He raced to the door only to found Mikasa. With a groan, Levi returns to his room.
                          
"What is all this mess?!" Mikasa exclaimed. The living room is a mess, plastic packaging and Styrofoam were scattered everywhere and the empty boxes just sat there in the corner.
                          
She eyed Levi who completely ignored her and disappeared into the room. She knew her brother is messy and you have to force him to clean but she thought things will go well because Eren's mate will live with them and she will have a permanent helper with the cleaning.
                          
No, she is not cleaning any of the mess. She is mentally drained in school and more willing to bang the Omega's door, demand him out and clean the mess he or Eren made. But she can't have that, she already gave her word to Eren.
                          
She took her phone and searched for something on the net. There she found an article: How to Motivate Someone to Clean. She read the article and thought her plan. There is a huge possibility that it won't work, mainly because Levi is not a child but it is worth the shot.
                          
"Boy! Look at this mess!" She exclaimed making sure that the Omega in the other room can hear. Also pretending to be surprised. "Eren won't be happy to see this when he gets home."
                          
When Mikasa didn't hear anything from the other room she changed her tactic. She rests her back against the door. "Look, Eren can be messy at times. Okay, all the time. And I can't keep up with it now that I'm going to school. So, all I'm asking if you could help me clean his room and the house."
                          
She can hear some movements in the room and she continued with her top topic. "Did you know how many germs are in Eren's room? Germs that can give any sorts of life-threatening illness to your Alpha?!"
                          
Mikasa almost got thrown forward when the door suddenly opened. Levi standing right there shaking, fear in his eyes.
                          
"Help me," it almost came out as a plea.
                          
"Of course, I will and did you know that those Styrofoam can cause allergies?" She pointed at the Styrofoam scattered on the floor. Levi tensed at the sight.
                          
Mikasa thank the gods that her tactic worked, however, there is a voice behind her head saying that she overdid it but she shakes it off.
                          
"Right this way," she leads Levi to the kitchen and gave all the stuff he needs to clean Eren's room and the living room. "I'll get Eren's laundry while you clean. I'll just dump them in the laundry shop and I'll help you with the rest."
                          
Levi practically ignored her again but this time he is busy cleaning. An apron tied around his waist, gloves on both hands, a cloth covering his nose and another one on his head. Now, Levi looks more like a housewife.
                          
Mikasa swiftly took all her brother's laundry and went downstairs. When she was dumping the clothes in the machine her eyes caught something familiar mixed on Eren's heap of clothes.
                          
It was one of the tiny dresses that Carla gave her. "What is this still doing here? I thought Eren already....."
                          
Mikasa dug into her memory and tried to retrieved what was Levi is wearing today. Yes, she knew that tiny dress. Digging into Eren's laundry, she saw more of those tiny dresses. She took one of her favorites, lacing her fingers on the fabric. "And I thought I had moved on when I get rid of these. In the end, my chest stopped aching when I saw these all in one piece..."
                          
She smiled down at the dresses before putting them all in the machine.
                          
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Mikasa was a gaping fish when she returned after 30 minutes. She quickly got out and double checked the apartment number. There is no way this apartment was the same apartment that she lives in.
                          
She eyed the floor while it sparkled in the afternoon light. Not a hint of cobwebs on the walls, not a single dust on everything and their brown couch is actually white?!
                          
She and Eren never knew, of course, when they got the apartment the couch comes with it.
                          
Mikasa hesitates to even set her foot on the floor. She never thought that Levi will be able to clean this and her mind is still working on the mystery of how the raven transformed their couch. It looks like new!
                          
"Done," Levi said proudly while removing the gloves and the cloth on his nose.
                          
"Wow, I mean. Wow! How did you do this?!" Mikasa went straight to the couch and examined it. Then she noticed the opened door to Eren's room, she never seen brother's room that clean, Levi also changed the sheets.
                          
Levi puffed proudly at his work.
                          
"You changed the sheets, you should have told me. I should have put them in the laundry shop."
                          
"Done, hand washed in the bathroom. They're hanged on the rooftop. Based on the afternoon temperature, it will dry after the sunset."
                          
"Woah...." Mikasa was so out of words. Levi never said a full sentence before. But more importantly, how did Levi did all of this while she's in the laundry shop for only 30 minutes?!
                          
Levi stood proudly, head high, hands crossed his chest.
                          
Mikasa stared at him in disbelief. On second thought, Levi didn't remove his apron.
                          
"You know~ Eren would love you to cook for dinner."