"Get up you two," I woke up to a bright flash of light as Farlan threw open the curtains, nearly causing me to fall off the couch.

OW

"Five more minutes."

"Fucking hell-"

"Did you do something? We've received several letters from the Forster household," Farlan placed two letters on the side table. The first clearly stamped and sealed with the Forster crest, the second unmarked.

we may have

hopefully only good things...

it really hasn't been that long since we spoke to petra

understatement of the year

it's been an evening??????????

"We may have done something," I muttered, glancing at Levi, "-but it hasn't been that long at all."

unless something changed dramatically

"Well? Are you going to read it?" Farlan nodded at the two letters, taking a seat across from us.

we should

"The sealed one first," Levi reached for it, "this one is probably from Floch."

well- let's read it

"It's an invitation," I leaned over his shoulder to read with him. "We've been invited over to his estate for drinks."

"You've been invited over for drinks- it's only addressed to you," I pointed out, scanning the letter over once more.

that's weird

"Fuck that," Levi muttered, "I'm not going."

...

"You really should," I took the letter from him. "It's out of character for him to do something like this."

i assumed he was trying to approach me-

but maybe we don't know his goals

he might be trying something entirely different

"I wouldn't go," Farlan spoke up, "you don't know him- he clearly has a plan- it would be safest to avoid getting caught up in it."

sure but

"We can't just spend all of our time sitting on our hands thinking about what he might be doing," I countered, "if we continue to waste our time like this we'll never figure out what's really going on- he'll have more and more time to plan and take action."

it's the same isn't it?

we can take the risk and charge in looking for something or...

we can just go for it

i'd rather take action and end up regretting it than never do anything

but maybe that's just me

"We should at least wait for Petra," Levi frowned.

well...

"I guess but- I'm worried he'll get suspicious."

it'll be a problem if he realizes that we know something

i mean...

he's probably trying to figure out our real relationship

we just have the upper hand in the fact that he doesn't know we swapped bodies

he's in the dark as to just how much we know

"It would be a problem if we looked too eager to."

ok sir....

"We should go together- I could use it as an excuse to speak to Petra," I suggested, completely ignoring Levi and Farlan.

i know you guys are worried but-

i don't think he could do that much

realistically

"Write to Petra first- we'll have to let her know that you're coming."

alright

"Farlan, please find someone to take a letter to Petra Ral," I looked around for a piece of paper, "and make sure that it's delivered directly to her."

the more we can minimize other people being involved the better

"I'll write back to Marquess Forster," Levi sighed loudly, "someone bring me letter paper."

wow <3

couple activity

writing letters together

"Make sure it's not painfully obvious that you hate him," I teased, "we have to maintain some degree of civility."

especially if you're going to get anything out of him

"That's not going to happen."

oh well i tried

"What are you going to write?"

"A date and time will be enough, he isn't worth much more."

i guess i agree with that

"It continually baffles me how little you care about how you're perceived."

but i think that's one of the things that i like about you

"That isn't an insult," I continued, "it's admirable- I wish I could be more like you."

less sensitive to the rest of the world

i think it would be freeing

weird that after swapping back into my own body im dreaming of living like like levi ackerman

"Whatever you say," Levi gave me a weird look.

WHAT

"It's the truth."

"I believe you."

"And?"

"I think you're crazy," he turned back to his letter, "you've never cared about what I thought."

"That's because you're you."

it's different

"Wow."

"I don't mean it negatively- I mean-" I rushed to explain. "When I was younger I definitely cared- that's probably why we ended up at odds for so long but- at some point I got so comfortable with you that I stopped caring about maintaining appearances."

i was probably closest to my actual self

it's just that...

my actual self hated your guts at that point

"Why did we even start hating each other?"

honestly?

"I'm not sure-" I paused, "we didn't hate each other at first did we? And then at some point little annoyances started building up so as we got older I stopped wanting to hear you out."

our rivalry was fun when we were younger

finding little ways to one up each other

it wasn't awful

"I think-" he hesitated, "at some point your name may have been floated around as a potential candidate for the future duchess, that's why I started acting differently."

oh

"Had your heart set on Historia or something?"

just kidding

"No- you were ruled out once your father began educating you as his heir."

i see

"It's weird that they were trying to set you up from such a young age- you sound like some noble lady."

it's sad funny

"My father had recently passed, they were trying to make sure the future of the Duchy was secure."

oh

"I'm sorry."

"No need."

"Are you done with your letter?"

"Yeah."

"Farlan? See to it that these two get to Floch and Petra."

"About that-" Farlan glanced out the window, "I think one of them is here already."

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sorry it's a bit late!! i was working late yesterday and didn't have enough time to finish it up before the update!

hope all of u are doing well!

- ami