Levi's POV

The sound of our pencils scribbling against our papers echoed in my uncle's house. Soon, I'll inherit this house. But until I graduate from high school, this house will remain as my uncle's. My eyes would dart to look at Hanji as we did our physics homework. I smiled at her, not wanting this moment to end. 

Hanji stopped writing, looking at me. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," I smiled to myself, going back to the homework. "Nothing's wrong."

"Are you sure?"

I nodded my head, leaning over to kiss her cheek. "Yeah, I'm sure. Thanks for... standing up for me... against Moblit."

The soft sound of her chuckle as she scoots herself closer to me was beautiful. The way her eyes sparkled as she kissed my cheek. "Why wouldn't I stand up for you? For one, you're my boyfriend. I should always stand up for you. And two, he was way out of line. I still don't get why he broke up with me if he didn't like the idea of me marrying someone else." She brushes a stray piece of her hair out of her eyes. "Anyways, are you done with number 8?"

"Yeah, I already finished it. I'm on 10."

"Ohh... I'm far behind." Hanji chuckles to herself. She quickly scribbles more things on the paper, sighing softly. "Can we take a break? We've been working on homework for the past hour. And since we're in this place, can I go exploring?"

"Exploring?"

"This place is huge... and I would want to explore every little room. And we'll go back to studying." Hanji's eyes lit up as she spoke fast. "Oh, please, Levi? Please?"

I chuckled, nodding my head and putting my pencil down. "Okay, let's go. But there are rooms we're not allowed to go in."

"I thought you were... what's the word? Master of the mansion?" Hanji chuckles softly.

"Not yet, Hanji. My uncle's still in charge until I graduate. A few more months..." My eyes dropped to the side, fully aware of the burden that will fall onto me when I graduate. With all honesty, I'm scared... 

"Levi?"

"Huh? What?"

Hanji smiles, kisses my cheek. "Come on, something's on your mind. I can tell. What is it?"

"It's just... am I going to fix whatever my uncle did? I know I've been saying I want to fix it... but I don't know where to start. You know what I mean?"

Hanji nods her head, kissing my cheek again. "I know what you mean. That's why we're going to go to the library next week, go through every single book that relates to owning a corporation. We're going to study every single book, and we'll start small. We'll fix the bottom of the corporation before fixing the top. We'll figure everything out from there, Levi, okay?"

"Okay."

"You're not alone. You have me."

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I want to try to do something different. This time, I'm going to officially make a sequel. Not sure when the sequel will come out soon, but I thought that whatever else is going to happen in this story is completely different than just studying. Maybe more drama and maybe more... smut-related. Either way, sorry for cutting this short! I will be finishing up 「Educate Me」. I'm hoping to work on the werewolf story because I had it replying in my head. That or... another teacher/student relationship- this time with college. There are other stories I would want to work on, but for now...

Thank you for reading this short Study Partners story!