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"Did you drown yourself?" Levi called outside of the bathroom door, knocking on it since it's been an hour now since he left Mikasa to bath on her own. Pulling Furlan away since his friend didn't think it was a good idea to leave a young child to bath alone after a huge shock or awful event in case they drown without noticing it.

"N-No" Mikasa huffed back from inside making Levi raise an eyebrow.

"Are you taking a shit?" Levi asked instead, letting his hand fall back to his side.

"NO! And you shouldn't curse before a girl" Mikasa yelled back, stamping her foot and slapping at the door a little. 

"Look, if you're going to be living with us, you're gonna get use to me cursing a lot more" Levi sighed as he crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow. 

"Yeah, you didn't seem much like a prince charming" Mikasa admitted making Levi eyebrow twitch a little. 

"She's got you there" Furlan grinned as he popped his head out from the kitchen earning a glare from Levi.

"Look. It's been an hour and I'm sure you're no longer bathing because the water would be cold by now. Is something wrong with the shirt I lent you?" Levi replied, leaning on the wall beside the bathroom door and waiting for her answer. Out of him and Furlan old shirts they went with his since Furlan old shirts could still be used by Levi making them still rather big on Mikasa. 

"I-I .. promise not to laugh?" Mikasa started to say before lowing her voice and making sure Levi won't laugh at her.

"Look, I think we both know I can't promise that. But, I'll try and make sure I don't over laugh at you. I'll help with whatever is wrong while laughing a little and than we'll pretend it never happened" Levi sighed, he wasn't very good at this looking after a child thing but than again he was still a child himself in the eyes of the laws.

"~~~" Mikasa whispered something to quiet and quick for Levi to catch through the door.

"Try again? Try and speak loud enough for me to hear this time otherwise I'm sending Furlan in" Levi warned as he crossed his arms, turning his head slightly to glance at the wooden door.

"I can't do the buttons" Mikasa weakly admitted, lowing her head in embarrassment. She never had to do many buttons before. Her night dress had none and she just had to pull it over her head. Her dresses only had a single button but it was thick and the hole was big enough for her to slide it through without even thinking. She's never done shirt buttons to do and Levi old shirt was full of buttons. 

"Oh" Levi breathed out, turning a little pale. He did not think that would be the main problem, he was hoping for a simple didn't know how to brush her hair or something. He wasn't expecting a clothing issues .. how was he meant to help with that. Sure, she was just nine but still .. was it okay for a fourteen year old to just walk in to help a naked nine year old get dressed or what! He never had siblings or anyone needing to look after. He's only hanged with Furlan mostly now and he was male just like him, he never needed help with these issues. Sure, if they got hurt they would help undress and patch each other up but they were both guys, it was fine. She was still a girl .. they didn't have a female figure around to help with this.

"Yeah" Mikasa sighed, clearly having the same embarrassed and panicked emotions as him. 

"Furlan! We have a problem ... You're a mother figure .. right?" Levi called out unsure, turning his head towards the kitchen doorway.

"I'm not a mother figure, I'm more of the nice big brother. Anyway, I'm cooking right now so help Mikasa yourself!" Furlan yelled out as he popping his head out of the doorway, holding a wooden spoon why wearing a sunny yellow kitchen apron. 

"Urr.. you sure?" Levi shot back with a raised eyebrow as he pushed away from the wall and looking Furlan over for his clear mother like get up.

"Don't make me piss in your tea" Furlan threatened before walking back into the kitchen once more.

"Yup, he sounds like a mother all right. My mother use to threaten my father all the time whenever he showed some cheek" Mikasa agreed from the other side of the door, Levi chuckling over the comment. 

"Right, let's get back to your issue. If I open the door by just a crack, can you slip the shirt back out. I'll do the button lot of buttons up for you and than you can slide it on like a dress. Once you've done that, step out and I button anymore needing done while leaving the top undone for you to easily slip off again tomorrow" Levi explained calmly and slowly making sure Mikasa understood what was going to happen without either one of them freaking out. 

"Only enough for my hand" Mikasa mumbled out making Levi roll his eyes.

"I'll be having the door in my face meaning I won't even be able to see your hand that holds the shirt out" Levi reassured and Mikasa gave a silent nod forgetting Levi couldn't see.

"Ready?" Levi asked as he reached for the door handle with his right hand, ready to hold his left hand out to grab the shirt blindly. 

"Hmm" Mikasa hummed shuffling closer to the door and ready to shove out her right hand with the shirt.

"Here we go" Levi muttered before opening the door, closing his eyes and holding his hand out, feeling the shirt be shoved in his hand before the door was slammed shut from the inside.

"Did you get it?" Mikasa asked with child like innocent making Levi take a deep breath, feeling glad his hand didn't get chopped off by the door closing.

"Yep, I'll start with the buttons now but next time, let's not make a next time" Levi replied shakily before working on the lower buttons first, planning to leave the top two undone for her to pop her head through and he'll do the second button up if needed once she steps out. 

"Next time don't throw the shirt at me with the towel and shut the door. If you gave it to me before hand, I would have noticed the buttons" Mikasa argued back making Levi frown.

"You really aren't cute" Levi grumbled back under his breath. 

"Well, someone has to be the adult and it clearly won't be you" Mikasa shot back smugly making Levi eye twitch a little.

"And here I had hoped for the cute little sister that everyone always talked over but I got stuck with a damn brat" Levi hissed back, rushing with the buttons so he could yell at her face to face.

"Well, there can't be two dumb idiots in the family" Mikasa answered with slight sass and Levi was wondering if it was too late to throw her back outside. 

It took him a couple minutes but Levi did as many buttons as he planed. Holding the shirt up and making sure he didn't miss match any buttons or there was any holes. It was his old shirt after all that's been left in a box with the rest of any old clothing he or Furlan planned to give out to anyone who would need them on the streets or area. Giving a satisfied nod once he saw it as well as it was when he watched it last before throwing it in the box.

Knocking on the door and smirking as Mikasa barely opened the door, holding her small hand out blindly before he placed it in her grip. Watching her yank it back inside before the door closed once more. He listened to a couple of shuffling before the door opened making him step back from being smacked with it.  

"Well?" Levi asked as he stepped out from behind  the door, ready to do up the second of last button.

"It fits but we might need better bottoms" Mikasa replied as the shirt came to her mid thigh The old but clean pair of boxes being slightly big but the elastic keeping them up for now and the shirt covered them thankfully.

"We'll get you some better fitting underwear and trousers tomorrow, there's a drop off point for clothes that other's throw out. Everyone shares clothes here and just throw out what doesn't fit or stays unused for other's to have. We'll check for some things for you when Me and Furlan throw out our old stuff. We'll keep my old shirts for you since they'll fit while you carry on growing a little" Levi mumbled as he stepped forward, doing the second from the top button up and leaving the collar button undone. She was completely covered but should still be able to pull the shirt off without needing to do any other button. 

"That's nice" Mikasa commented shyly and Levi just nodded.

"Well, things underground are a lot different from above. We look out for each other in the little ways while also only looking out for ourselves. You'll get use to it but for now, don't tell anyone you're from above .. all right" Levi replied as he stepped back, taking notice of her still wet hair and knowing it will need a brush. He was sure that Furlan still had an old brush left over, they had a comb they shared now but an old brush from a girl Furlan once knew should be left laying away somewhere for Mikasa to use. 

"I won't tell but I don't know how to act .. like one of you. Only time Mother let me off the farm land was when Father took me to collect fire wood in the woods but I had to stay close to him. Wasn't allowed alone, I don't know anything but what they taught me" Mikasa mumbled back with a frown, clearly worrying over not fitting in or ruining things. 

"Don't worry, we'll just stick together and handle each hit life throws at us together" Levi promised, ruffling her already knotty hair as Mikasa just stared at him surprised.