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Special Chapter: Lance Corporal Levi

[When Levi comes to, he's sopping wet and covered in slimy bile. The last thing he remembers is being swallowed by a Titan. Did it vomit him out before he'd been digested? He shuddered at the thought. He'd rather be dead, than...]

Shit.

[He gags a little, pushing his hands against the grass in front of the school until they're dry enough to get the slop off his face, before looking around.]

[It was nothing like where they had been fighting, but he couldn't be sure of that, with how Titans could move, but... Something felt wrong. Levi looks down at himself, seeing his 3D Maneuver Gear was gone as well. He was vulnerable, he couldn't stay outside.]

[So he goes into the school building, surprised to find it recently used, and looks for somewhere he can clean off.]

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That sounds fucking retarded. Numbers are supposed to get bigger.

Well they do in my time but apparently they used to go backward!

[ She's not very good at most of her classes that aren't baking tbh ]

Shit's insane.

[He crosses his arms.]

Is there gonna be fucking tea or not? And cake, or whatever.

Oh! Yes!

[ She got distracted. She's going to turn around and start leading him down a hall already.. ]

Do you want to eat in a classroom or the cafeteria or a dorm room?

Let's go to the mess.

[Er, the cafeteria. That's where you're meant to eat, anyway, it'd be proper.]

[He'll just drag along behind where ever she leads.]

The mess?

[ That's not the classroom or dorms so she's assuming it's another word for the cafe. ]

Okay! I'll meet you there in about 10 minutes okay? I've got to go get some of the cake I made, unless you have extra meal tickets.

Fine, whatever.

[He watches her go, before making sure he's clean one more time and following directions posted around to find the cafeteria. It's... huge. He's been in huge ornate rooms before, but this feels strange. He just... sits at an empty table and continues looking around. It's too brightly lit and smells... so clean.]

[He could get used to it.]

[ After about 12 minutes, Ichigo comes over with two plates of strawberry cheesecake with both filling made from cream cheese and from strawberry cream cheese, the bottom and sides with ground chocolate graham crackers and butter, and the top with a special strawberry puree infused with gelatin to make sure that it stayed in place! With bits of white chocolate sprinkled on top and a strawberry on the side of course, since the plate would look lonely without it and Ichigo doesn't have time to go make sauce so that she can decorate the plates otherwise.

For a first experience with sweets, this is probably going to spoil the hell out of him since Ichigo is, without a doubt, a professional at this point. ]

It's strawberry cheesecake entremet, I hope you like it! It's just what I had on hand already or I could make just about anything you like.

[Twelve minutes exactly? Levi's waiting in a chair across the cafeteria, tipped back on its back legs as he watches her come back in... and promptly stares at the brightly colored food she's set in front of him.]

Why the fuck is it pink?

That's the color of strawberries. You haven't ever seen a strawberry before? Well, besides me. [ Ichigo = strawberry after all..

Though to be fair she wears a lot of pink too so ]

That's a fruit, right? We don't get that sort of shit... Stale ass bread and potatoes... That's about it.

[Still really suspicious about all of this... He takes the fork and cuts a small corner, finally tasting it after another moment of hesitation.]

Well, stale bread's good if you want to make croutons or bread puddings with it but why would you eat stale bread plain...

[ She looks at him apprehensively. HE MUST LIKE IT!! Or she'll have to go about trying to make him a million desserts until she finds one he likes! ]

Because it's the only thing we have left and we gotta fucking save it.

[He talks with his mouthful, of course. Chewing and swallowing.]

It's... really fucking sweet. I feel like my mouth is gonna rot out...

[Yeah, he says that but he's taking a bigger bite.]

Well if you're only used to eating potatoes and stale bread you might have to get used to it. It tastes good though, right?

[ Because really sweet and mouth-rotting aren't bad things when it comes to desserts all the time. She has to make sure, especially since he's taking another bite! ]

It's good. It's just fucking... weird.

[The texture and the sweetness and the flavor are all completely foreign to him, after all. He swallows another bite.]

Did you make tea?

I ordered some hot tea from the lunch ladies, it'll be here in a minute. I don't have a tea set so it's easier to just order it from them.

[ Plus she's good with sweets, not tea. Her tea levels are microwave water, put bag in. ]

[Levi's not terribly good at it either, but it beats his coffee making skills. There's a reason he switched to tea after Petra.....]

[He just nods.]

Better be good.

[And his standard of "good" is "rationed, probably rancid" so there's not much chance it won't pass muster.]

[ Almost as if on cue, the cafeteria worker brings the tea to the table. Ichigo thanks her with a smile, then sips hers after blowing on it briefly. ]

Mm~

[ And now it's time to take a bite of her own cake. ]

Yummy yummy~ [ What is that face she's making even.. ]

[That... that reminds him of how Zoe looks when she's studying Titans. Ew.]

[Levi looks away pointedly, just eating through his cake and then sitting back with his teacup.]

Too sweet for me to get used to right away, but it was pretty fucking good.

Well, cheesecake is pretty rich. Maybe next time I'll make you something that's lighter~

[ She's smiling though. ]

I'm glad you like it.

Like I said, I'm not fucking used to that sticky sweet shit. I'll try it again some time.

[He reaches to pour another cup of tea, drinking at it slowly this time.]

[ She's gonna make this guy the best damn strawberry tart he's ever had next time since fruit tarts are a lot less sweet than cakes and hers is award-winning ok. ]

Thanks. Have you tried flavors other than potato and stale bread though? What sorts of things do you like?

[ She can figure out what sorts of tastes he likes too, like if he tends toward more bitter she can make opera cake, which has a strong coffee flavor. Or if he actually likes potatoes she could even make some sweet potato desserts. Or green tea desserts. Or pretty much anything, she just wants to figure out what his tastes are so she can get it right. ]

[He thinks about it a moment.]

Tomatoes, cabbage, beets, carrots, spinach... Sweet potatoes sometimes.

I had honey once.

Hmm... I could make a sweet potato pie so that it'd be a familiar taste. Or maybe carrot cake.. or red velvet cake!

[ She sounds like she's getting more excited about this. ]

I'd try them, if you made them.

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