𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 || 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟷

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✎ Notice: mentions of death(?) and blood

✎ characters used: Hanji and Levi

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' We're the same.

that's why we're both here;

alone and bored as shit,

looking for something to entertain us. '

The brunette moves her leg atop the other, swinging it in an indifferent manner. One hand is resting under her chin, the other holding a glass of some sort of liquor. Not quite drunk, far from it but there's traces of alcohol soaring through her veins.

Her observant eyes behind those deceptive glasses are locked on to some raven-haired male. He looks just about as bored as she is. Her lips curve up in a cheerful smile, eyes shining and in a matter of seconds, she's hopping off her stool to walk to the stranger.

He's quite short, she measures, but looks as tough as a rock. Dressed too formally to be here, seems as though he might've been lost and ended up here. Poor soul, must be really lonely.

"Perhaps you shouldn't be here, this is no place for people like you" Hanji muses loudly, feigning the cheerfulness in her voice. Her next sentence never comes out as the man turns to her with a scowl.

"Like me? What's that supposed to mean?" He retorts, not angrily but rather...confused and uncomfortably.

Hanji invites herself to sit on a stool next to him, leaning into the conversation with interest.

Dropping the formalities, she grins and speaks once more. "Silly me, I haven't even introduced myself to you and you already look like you want to walk away. Hanji's the name by the way. "

The raven scans her face before nodding his head, seemingly less confused somehow.

"Levi." He replies simply, not looking away from her. "And what did you mean by people like you?"

Ah so he's quite persistent, she thinks. Not bad. He might be a good one to mess with.

"Look at yourself. You're all dressed up as if you're ready to seal some deals for a big company. Thought you might've been lost or something" she answers jokingly but part of it is what she thought in the first place.

He cracks a small grin and she notices how his body becomes more relaxed, the uncomfortable feeling might be gone now. She hopes so.

"What, can't businessmen have a night out? Have some drinks in some bar?" He asks and Hanji hates to it but she can't tell if he's only joking or telling the truth.

She hums in response, doesn't really answer the question because it doesn't need one and Levi doesn't expect one either.

Brunette's eyes slither to the empty glass in front of him, her heart beginning to pound noisily in her chest at the sight of this opportunity.

"Hey, want something to drink? I could buy you some" Levi's eyebrow quirks up at her sudden offer.

"Sounds good to me." He agrees without a second thought and Hanji almost squeals in happiness.

Instead of calling the barista over, she takes his and her glass and makes a show of walking to the guy and trying to get his attention for the drinks.

Levi sits in place silently, observes the brunette like she was doing minutes ago. Her cheerful and happy-go-lucky personality type should piss him off, that's what he expected but there's enough alcohol in his system for him not to care.

After a moment all he can see is her back and honestly...he's not interested in acting like a creep so he turns away and pulls his phone out carefully, checks the time while Hanji is getting their drinks.

Hanji watches as the drink bubbles up, smiles once they're gone and returns to Levi, handing him the drink. The raven mutters a simple 'thank you' and rests the glass on his thigh.

He seems more interested in knowing her rather than the drink.

"What do you do for a living?" He asks, tracing the rim of his glass with his fingertip.

"Oh uh...I'm a teacher. Sounds boring but I love doing it." Her gaze turns a bit bashful, as if she's not used to people asking about her job and that he might start mocking her for it. "What about you?"

Levi is reluctant to answer before giving in and shrugging.

"I'm here for a business trip. Will leave soon. Thought I'd have some fun before going, I don't regret it" he says and raises his glass, cheering to something silently and Hanji does the same.

this is my chance.

Before taking a sip, Hanji is suddenly back at her feet. "Sorry, gotta pay a visit to the bathroom. I'll be back soon." And just like that, she's gone.

Levi almost laughs at her weird behaviour. She can't really sit still, can she?so random.

Hanji splashes her face with cold water to bring down the heat in her face. Her heart's beating like crazy and she's not quite sure if it's out of excitement or nervousness.

Either way, she has a triumphant smile on her face, her thoughts almost nonexistent at this point. Her focus is on the target at hand only...if the plan goes smoothly...

Soon

just like the other ones,

he will fall too.

Once she has dried up her face, she skips to where Levi was sat. Still there, still breathing, still...alive. her brows furrow, only takes her a second to realize Levi is not looking in her direction but to another. Her gaze follows and...she freezes in place.

A woman is on her knees in the middle of the bar, a few people circling her but none doing anything to help her get up. In the dim light, Hanji can see her face turning red by seconds ing and her breathing is laboured.

A glass is broken next to her hand, blood oozing out of her fingers due to being pressed to the sharp objects.

But she's way too focused on regulating her breath to pay notice to that. Hanji can hear her wheezing, everyone's attention is on her now. A man walks over and tries to help her up; it's no use.

The woman drops down again, a string of fresh blood dripping from the corner of her mouth.

Next thing she knows is that the poor woman is throwing up, blood and booze mixed. Chunks of clot can be seen on the floor, where she's throwing up. From where the brunette is standing, she can see her eyes painfully turning back into her head.

And then...someone screams.

"She's poisoned! Call an ambulance!" And just like that, chaos ensues. Everyone screaming, running out of the bar or trying to help the woman...while Hanji stands there, her mouth agape.

This...what is this? What is happening? How-

"Hey!" She turns her gaze and sees Levi, his gunmetal eyes blown out in terror. he grabs her shoulders, shaking them. "We've gotta get out of here!"

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