A/N: Marco's alive in this one :) and I apologize if some of the things Levi does make no sense when he's a neko.
"SHIT!"
You flinched at the sudden outburst. You looked around the hallway wondering where the sound was echoing from, was it to the left where Hanji was or to the right where Levi's office was? You didn't have to think much when another slur of curses was emitted to the left. 'Yup, that's Hanji all right" you thought.
"OH SHIT! HELP ME!"
Sighing, you made your way to Hanji, expecting some sort of mess or small explosion of some sort but when you entered into the room, you were rather...shocked.
There stood Hanji, holding various beakers with chemicals of blue and purple in them, and a small...child? They had raven hair yet something seemed off. They had black cat ears accompanied by a black tail. They were also wearing an outfit similar to your Corporal's.
"Hanji? Are you alright?" you said, staring at her with worried eyes.
"OH MY GOD! (Y/N)! YOU'RE A LIFESAVER!" she ran towards you and hurriedly hid behind your back.
You were confused, looking back at Hanji who was peeking over your shoulder at the boy with cat ears and tail.
"What's happening here Hanji?" she looked meekly at you.
"Well, I was performing an experiment on shortie and it seemed to have backfired" she said sheepishly, rubbing her hand on her nape.
"W-wait..." you pointed at the neko boy, "that's our Corporal?" you asked.
"Yup! He's one cute boy isn't he?" she smiled at you.
You were looking at your Corporal, he was much shorter, at the height of well...maybe a one-year-old. He was looking at you with a scowl, unhappy at the predicament he's currently in.
"Tch" he clicked his tongue, "get back here shittyglasses!" he ran towards Hanji with his little legs, tails flickering and ears twitching in annoyance.
"AHH!!" Hanji screamed and told you to protect her.
You hastily ran towards Levi and picked him up, he was rather light, since he was now small. You held him by his sides, his legs were dangling as his ears and tails twitched every so often. Looking into his grey hues, your (E/C) ones couldn't help but adore the little neko.
"Let go of me (Y/N)!" he struggled against your grip. You denied his request and walked all the way to the other end of the room.
"Hanji, can you fix this?" she lifted up her goggles and contemplated for a few minutes.
"I believe so, but he'll remain that way for about a day or tw-" Levi cut her off.
"TWO DAYS?" he was purely raging at this point, squirming around trying to free himself from you. It was in vain since your grip on him was strong.
"Now now Levi, this means (Y/N) will take care of you. You wouldn't want anyone else would you?" she smirked at Levi. He paused his squirming and just glared at her.
"Would you be alright doing that dear?" Hanji asked, hope glistening in her eyes.
"I'm alright with it if Corporal's alright with it" you made it so that he looked at you.
"Would you be alright with that sir?" he nodded his head, ears on point and tail swaying slowly. Hanji knew he was happy about you taking care of him, but you didn't know.
"Alright! It's settled then, (Y/N) will take care of you until I make the antidote" she gestured for you to let go of Levi. You did so and she whispered cautiously to his ear "this is your chance" before bidding the both of you farewell.
You looked at Levi and smiled at him, though he seemed to be pouting. You cooed at him because he was showing so many emotions you never thought he had when he was his usual stoic self. He blushed at your cooing, and even more so when you started complimenting him that he was cute.
"You're rather cute sir" you say, leaning down towards him. He turned his head to the side, but his tail was swaying. All of a sudden, his stomach and yours growled. You laughed at the coincidence and asked if he'd like to eat. He nodded his head and as you were about to walk, he called your name.
"(Y/N)" you looked at Levi. "Yes?"
He looked up at you, slowly bringing his arms up, performing small grabbing motions, much like a child asking to be picked up. "Carry me...please?" he murmured, arms still up.
You were shocked that he asked you to carry him, you figured he would be uncomfortable if you did, so you left him to walk by himself. Smiling at him, you picked him up. He had actually made his way to slump over your shoulder, the pressure on your shoulder wasn't too heavy so walking wouldn't really be an issue. "Thank you" he said, you responded with a hum, making your way towards the mess hall.
Timeskip
You were currently seated with your comrades, Eren, Jean, Marco, Mikasa, and Armin. You were currently eating some bread, Levi sat on top of the table, close beside you as he drank his tea. He received odd stares and curious glances from the people around the table and some around the mess hall.
"Is that Levi?" Armin inquired, he sat beside you.
"Yup! Hanji turned him this way. I find it rather entertaining" you chucked as Levi just turned to you to give you a small glare before continuing to sip on his tea.
"S-so would that mean his ears and tail are actually real?" murmured Armin.
"Of course it means that Armin!" Eren shouted, patting his friend on the back. "That also means he can't really order us around, he's in that size! What could he even do?" Eren grinned.
"He could still beat the shit out of you titan boy" Jean said smirking.
"That's true, but I wonder if this is permanent. Is it (Y/N)?" Marco sweetly asked you.
"Hanji said it'll take about one to two days. She asked that I take care of him too, I agreed to" you said, grabbing a napkin when you noticed some tea that was beside Levi's face. You held his little cheek before beginning to wipe them off.
"Hold still sir" you said, leaning closer to him. He became frozen, paralyzed by how close you were to him. His ears were twitching uncontrollably and his tail was swaying way too fast, knocking some plates off. Levi began to purr and wrap his tail around your wrist.
"Whoa...are you guys seeing this?" Eren asked the others, they all nodded.
"Hah, seems like Corporal's a smitten kitten" Jean smirked.
"Huh?" you looked up at your comrades, too engrossed with helping Levi to hear what they said to you. "What are you guys talking about?"
"Levi likes you (Y/N)" Mikasa says bluntly, though she disliked the idea of Levi liking you, if you did like him back, she would be supportive of you.
You were even more dumbfounded, looking around at your friends, asking them to elaborate.
"Look at him (Y/N)" you looked at Levi and he stopped purring, but his tail still wrapped around your wrist.
"I think when cats wrap their tails around their well, owners if they love them and trust them" Armin informed you, "so with that in mind, and many others factors..."
"Other factors? What are you talking about?" you asked, with Levi's tail still wrapped around yours. Levi looked at you and began to stand up, making his way to lay his whole body on top of your shoulder. He hoped to stay close to you as much as possible. So he did. Levi's stomach pressed on your shoulder as his arms made their way to grab your face on the right side. Nuzzling against your cheek. His tail was now released from your wrist but was wrapped around your arm, though just barely.
Levi began to purr once again, it was truly an odd sight no doubt.
"Yeah! Haven't you noticed?" Marco asked, "he's been giving you fewer chores, complimenting you and allowing you to actually touch him. Well, I mean in small pats on the head, and such."
You were left thinking about what Marco said, the others chimed in and reminded you of the times when Levi would show you that he did indeed like you. Your heart swelled, feeling really happy at the revelation that he liked you back. Levi seemed to be ignoring what the cadets were saying, though he knew that you realized his feelings for you, he just didn't want to act on anything when he didn't know your answer yet. He needed your consent, at the most your permission if he was going to kiss you, that being because it would be your first kiss and his too. He didn't want to do anything you didn't want to do, having been brought up within a brothel, these things were really sensitive to him.
He continued to nuzzle against your cheek, craving to be close to you, he couldn't help it. You looked to the right, well as much as you could. You carefully lifted Levi up and set him so that he would look directly at you. Your arms were wrapped around him, as his body was pressed against yours.
"Do you like me...Levi?" you questioned. His ears dropped low, hoping you'd accept his feelings, hoping so much you would.
"I-I...I do..." he stuttered out, head hung low, prepared for rejection or anything. He wasn't the most confident, he may have a good body that much he knows, but the lack of being nice towards anyone, his bluntness, his stoic face, his attitude and obsession with cleanliness, who could ever really love him? The answer was you, you would love him.
"I like you too Levi, well more like love. So I love you Levi" you said, smiling brightly at him. His ears perked up and twitched, his tail slowly swaying.
"R-really? A-are you sure? I don't, what if I'm not go-" you silenced him with a hush.
"I chose you didn't I? I wouldn't love anyone without a reason" you said, "and look around, the others are happy for you and me". Levi looked around and saw the smiles upon the faces of the cadets. Oh yeah, he forgot they were there for a moment.
"Well done sir! We're really happy for you!" Marco exclaimed.
"Yeah! (Y/N) this means we get fewer chores right?" Jean and Eren asked. That only earned them a hiss from the Corporal.
"Tch, like you two would get fewer chores. Only (Y/N) can and that's final" Levi said with annoyance.
You chucked at his remark towards your comrades, the two were sulking, really hating that they had to clean so much and having to make it meet up to the Corporal's standard.
You brought your soft lips to his cheek, giving him a sweet delicate kiss. His face reddened, using his small hands to hide his face as much as possible. Levi was really showing a lot of emotions today huh?
"I think you broke him (Y/N)" Mikasa told you holding back her snicker, amused by the Corporal's embarrassment. You laughed and brought Levi closer to you, he released his hands to look at you. He brought his small hands out and touched your cheeks.
"I love you too" he smiled, a sweet sight on such a neko. He pushed your face slightly to the side so he could return the kiss. Happy to finally kiss you with your kiss confirming that he was allowed to do such an intimate thing with you, he was overjoyed.
"Awww" Marco cooed, just really happy for the both of you, along with Armin who sat there smiling.
"Corporal" Armin nervously asked. Levi turned to look over his shoulder to look at Armin.
"What is it cadet ?" he was a little upset that he couldn't resume what he was doing.
"(Y/N) told me about how much she loves you. She wrote poems, the length of books about her feelings for you" you nearly choked when Armin told Levi about that. You trusted him with that and now he's exposing you to the very man you were writing about.
"Is that so?" Levi asked Armin.
"Yes, sir. She even drew you, I believe she has a ske-" you've heard enough and stood up abruptly. Face red from the embarrassment that such a thing was being shared so publically. You set Levi down onto the table and before turning towards Armin, you patted Levi's head.
"Armin!" you shouted, "how could you do that! I thought you'd keep it a secret!" you shook Armin by the shoulders.
"I-I'm sorry! Hanji made me do it! She somehow overheard!" he hastily said.
"Hanji? W-where's Hanji?" you snapped around and saw Hanji right behind you, smirking.
"Did you force him into doing it?" you asked.
"Maybe, maybe not~" she smirked. "I'm surprised shortie got the balls to finally tell you, it was a lovely sight to see" she sat down beside you.
"I even made Moblit draw a quick sketch of that kiss shortie gave~" Hanji said as she waved a rolled-up paper. Levi suddenly has his eyes widened, ears, and tails shot up. He hissed at Hanji.
"YOU PIECE OF SHIT!" he shouted, lunging at Hanji and clinging onto her face, using his sharpened nails to drag it against her face, prepared to make marks.
"OH FUCK" Hanji shot up and ran around, trying to pry Levi off her face. "I'm sorry I'm sorry! Let me go- argh!" she shouted.
"No! I'll kill all your titans and when I'm done with them I-" he sensed your soft hands coming his way. Knowing that it was you, he allowed you to take him. You held him like a child.
"Hanji, may I take a look at the drawing?" you asked her. She nodded and handed you the drawing. "I'm sorry about Levi. Hope your dear Moblit treats your wounds Hanji" you walked away, leaving Hanji scrunching up her nose. Not in disgust but to show her own way of embarrassment for what you told her.
Levi clicked his tongue, "damn that woman, she gets on my nerve" you chuckled.
"That I can't argue with, but you shouldn't go doing that stunt you did. Hanji's our friend, treat her like one, even if she gets on your nerves, she means well" you told Levi, patting his head that had the rolled-up drawing. He clicked his tongue.
"She shouldn't have gotten Moblit to draw that. I'd much rather the both of us to remember it, not have it drawn and let others have access to such a moment" he reddened, "t-that and because I already showed them too much of how I would be with you...so, I'd much rather reserve it for only you to see" Levi finished.
Your heart couldn't handle it, it was beating too fast, it was too much to handle.
"Oh Levi" you held him closer to you, embracing him closer before walking to your table. The others smiled at you as you sat down, allowing Levi to sit on your lap as you scratched affectionately behind his ear. You released a sigh. Never quite losing such love you had for the very neko that was in front of you. The same went for him, his heart wanted to metaphorically cry.
'Someone loves me'
Such a thought never occurred to him, he didn't think anyone for the rest of his life would ever actually love him. Yet here you were, and he couldn't be happier. He truly was smitten by you.