Casual Terms

On Saturday...

Kai was dealing with something earlier this afternoon and because the movie starts at 6 PM, the blond male hadn't arrived at the cinema yet.

Meanwhile, Zach and his close friend, Nathaniel Holt had reached the cinema at around 5.30 PM.

Nathaniel Holt, nicknamed as Nathan, works at The Underground City company but in a different department to Zach.

Nathan is a tall male with short light brown hair, and he's another popular male amongst the ladies for his looks, although the male is fond of Kai.

Zach was already made aware from Eren that Kai will be a little late, so both Zach and Nathan had gone to the nearby café to get themselves a drink while they waited.

"So what's the rumour I've been hearing about you and Kai?", Nathan asked.

Both males were waiting outside of the cinema.

Zach's lips twitched up in a faint smile.

"What rumours are you possibly talking about?", Zach was playing dumb.

Nathan rolled his eyes at this since the male was well aware that his friend had been hitting on Kai.

However, Zach wasn't the only male at the company who's had their eyes on Secretary Kai, because Nathan was also one of those individuals.

Of course, none of these men have ever been in a relationship with a another man before, but it seems that Kai was the exception they were making.

Kai's good looks weren't the only thing that was drawing everyone in.

Although Nathan seems to harbour feelings for Kai, the tall male didn't get jealous of Zach to the point where he wanted to sabotage his friend's chances with the blond male.

In fact, Nathan was going to make his own move on Kai because Zach wasn't in an official relationship with the blond male.

As long as Kai is still single, anyone had the chance to win the blond male's heart.

Zach was also aware of Nathan's feelings towards Kai, but the male with the raven hair was confident in his abilities to win over the blond male so he didn't regard his friend as a threat.

Neither men knew that another competition was arriving.

Nathan's smile dropped as his eyes caught sight of a familiar individual, and Zach who had seen his friend's expression change, also glanced back before he froze altogether.

...

Kai's P.O.V

I had just finished with the errand that I was taking care of earlier this afternoon when I got a phone call from Eren.

There was still 15 minutes left before the movie began, so I wondered why he was calling me since I had said that I'd be there on time.

I picked up the call anyways and placed the phone against my ear.

"Hey. Kai, are you on your way?", Eren's voice sounded a little anxious.

"Yeah, I'm making my way to the cinema now.", I said as I glanced back at Mikasa and gave her a small nod.

She gave me a wave before getting into her car and driving away since I had my own vehicle.

"Is something the matter?", I turned my attention back to the phone call.

"N-No...nothing at all.", Eren said quickly.

His tone only made me more curious as to what was making him so anxious, but I didn't bother asking him.

Telling him that I'll see him soon, I hung up the call and slid my phone into my pocket.

3rd Person's P.O.V

Kai had been sitting on a motorbike throughout the entire phone call and once that was over, the blond male turned the key in the engine.

He put on the black helmet and was soon off onto the road at a fast speed.

Kai didn't own a car since he didn't see the need for a large vehicle when he lives by himself, so the blond male had bought himself one of the latest motorbike models.

The male enjoyed the thrill sensation he gets when he would ride the motorbike at a fast speed, though that didn't mean he hated cars completely.

Kai found that a motorbike was more convenient since he can easily cut through the traffic without a problem.

However, the blond male never uses his motorbike when heading to work because that attracts too much attention, so to keep a low-profile, Kai hires a taxi to and from work.

He was dressed all in black, comprising of a leather jacket, a slightly loose t-shirt, a pair of tight-fitting leather trousers and a pair of leather boots.

Kai's attire attracted the gazes of many men and women, but he paid no mind to the attention he was receiving as he headed to the cinema to meet his friends.

Within 10 minutes, the blond male had arrived at the cinema.

...

Twenty minutes earlier, the person who had made Zach and Nathan stiffen in fear, was none other than President Levi himself.

The expensive BMW parked up not too far from where the two tall males stood.

Soon enough, they watched as Eren stepped out from behind the steering wheel, but knowing that this expensive vehicle did not belong to Eren, they watched him open the backseat door and saw President Levi Ackerman stepping out.

Levi is known for wearing expensive suits in the workplace, but because this was a weekend, the raven haired male was surprisingly dressed in a casual attire (although these clothes were expensive too since they were from designer brands).

Even so, the President still stood out because of his handsome look.

The pair of steel grey eyes briefly glanced over at his two employees, making them shiver in terror.

Levi then looked at his watch and seeing as there was still time before it was six o'clock, the raven haired male leant against his car door while folding his arms over his chest.

Eren spotted his friends and he excused himself from his boss before approaching them.

"What's the boss doing here?", both Zach and Nathan asked in a hushed whisper.

"Well, he said that he wanted to watch the movie with us.", Eren scratched the back of his head with a sheepish smile on his face.

"So you invited him?", Zach asked with a frown as he couldn't understand why their boss wanted to watch a movie with them.

"Besides, if he wanted to watch a movie, that guy can probably watch it in his own theatre.", Nathan whispered.

Because Levi is rich, it was a given that the raven haired male had better facilities and services than his employees.

"I don't think he was going to take 'no' for an answer.", Eren recalled how his boss had a dark aura surrounding him when Eren had suggested that the President could watch this new movie in the comfort of his home.

Fearing that he could get killed under that murderous gaze, Eren quickly invited their boss.

Little did the three men know that Levi had come along for the purpose of spending time with Kai.

Since Hanji had said to spend time with the person outside of work in a casual setting, Levi had taken this opportunity.

It would have been odd for Levi to invite Kai because the raven haired male was sure that his secretary would reject the offer, so Levi decided to invite himself since Kai would willingly come if he was meeting his friends.

The President had taken his time to pick out his clothes because he wanted to show off how good-looking he was to Kai.

'That horse face cannot compare to me.', Levi thought to himself with a faint smirk on his face.

Eren had returned to Levi's side since it was the tall male's responsibility to keep his boss safe.

The four males watched as a motorbike parked not too far away.

President Levi didn't know who this individual was, but Eren, Zach and Nathan did.

The pair of steel grey eyes watched the male who got off the motorbike and Levi could feel his heart begin to thump loudly in his chest.

The biker was walking towards them and there was an alluring air about him which made it hard for Levi to look away.

The President didn't know why he was reacting like this because the only male he's ever reacted to is Kai, but the raven haired male soon understood why.

The biker had removed the helmet from their head and the short blond hair poured out like liquid gold.

Levi's breath got caught at the back of his throat at the sight of Kai, and he felt his heart practically palpitating in his ribcage.

The pair of steel grey eyes couldn't restrain themselves from staring at the blond male who was walking over.

'T'ch, it seems like I can't win against you.', Levi thought to himself.

The President had thought that he'd be able to impress Kai, but the blond male had beaten raven haired male to it.

It seems Kai didn't realise that Levi was there because Zach and Nathan were quick to approach the blond male.

"Hey, I told you guys that you should wait inside.", Kai said.

Both Zach and Nathan were like little schoolchildren telling Levi off to the teacher, this being Kai.

Once Kai found out that the President was here, the pair of amber eyes finally spotted the raven haired male in the distance.

"Why don't you guys go inside and buy snacks? I'll talk to him.", Kai said.

With a small nod, Zach and Nathan walked into the cinema while Kai approached his boss.

Levi could feel the nervousness building up in the pit of his stomach, and although his expression was as stoic as ever, his heart was not calm.

"Sir, what are you doing here?", Kai asked his boss.

No matter how much he thought about it, Kai could not understand why his boss was here of all places.

Kai knew that the President was not the kind of man who would spend his weekend with his employees.

"To see the movie, of course.", Levi concealed his nervousness well.

"But it's a little strange, isn't it?", Kai asked, "To spend your weekend with your employees.", he said.

Meanwhile, Eren who was standing beside their boss had begun to sweat out of nervousness.

The tall male felt surprised yet scared at the way Kai spoke to their boss in such a manner.

However, this wasn't the first time that the blond male was doing this because, at the company, Kai is the only individual who speaks out against their boss when something isn't right, while everyone else is too frightened to even utter a word against the CEO.

Even so, Eren was not looking forward to the frightening aura surround Levi like what had happened yesterday, but surprisingly the President was not angry.

Levi's eyes did not leave Kai's face.

"There's no rule which states that I cannot spend time with my employees outside of work hours.", Levi said, "Unless you have a problem with me being here.", the raven haired male regained his confidence as he now stared at Kai intently.

Kai did not break the eye contact, nor did his expression falter as he responded back.

"There's no problem at all.", the blond male stepped aside, finally allowing Levi the space to head into the cinema, "Shall we go inside? The movie is about to begin.", Kai said.

The President walked past while Kai and Eren followed along.

The blond male glanced over at Eren for a brief second.

'Eren, we're going to have a word after this.', Kai thought to himself since Zach and Nathan had told him that it had been Eren who had invited their boss.

Kai wasn't necessarily bothered that their boss was with them, it just felt a little odd.

'I mean, wouldn't you rather spend time with your friends than your employees?', Kai thought.

The blond male still found the President's behaviour strange.

After all this time, President Levi suddenly wants to spend time with his employees outside of work hours???

Of course, that would raise anyone's suspicion.

Kai decided to drop the matter since it was just a movie after all.

...

Zach had bought Kai a drink which Levi wasn't so pleased about, but the President didn't say a word.

Once finding out that his seat was nowhere near Kai, Levi had asked Eren to switch seats with him.

The original seating plan was Eren, Kai, Zach, Nathan then Levi.

But now, Eren was moved to the end of the row while Levi sat beside Kai.

The lights gradually dimmed down as the movie began.

The group were here to watch a horror movie.

...

Almost an hour later...

There was still over half an hour left to the film, but it seems that two individuals were not interested in the movie.

Zach, Nathan and Eren sat there clutching onto each other as their eyes were fixed onto the large screen while being terrified for their lives.

Kai sat on his seat with his left arm propped up on the armrest and his chin resting on his hand. The blond male stared at the screen with a bored expression.

And finally, there was Levi.

The raven haired male's eyes were on the screen but he was so bored that he wasn't even registering what was happening in the film.

Kai looked away from the screen and glanced at his friends to find them cowering in their seats.

The blond male wasn't necessarily a fan of horror movies because he just doesn't get scared, so Kai only rolled his eyes at his friends for being scaredy-cats.

The pair of amber eyes briefly glanced at the President and watched how the raven haired male's expression stayed as stoic as ever.

With an internal sigh, Kai brought his attention back to the movie.

Less than a minute later, Levi glanced over at Kai who sat beside him.

Even in the dark theatre, Levi felt as though the pair of large amber eyes were shining brightly and the raven haired male just could not look away.

President Levi wasn't a movie fan since he'd prefer reading books over watching a movie, although there were rare times when he would sit in his living room and watch a film.

The only reason he had come along was to spend time with his secretary, so even though this film bored him, he sat through it because the blond male was also there.

Kai's attention was brought to his phone when he had felt it vibrate in his pocket.

The blond male glanced at the phone screen to find Jean calling him.

Kai had already lowered down the brightness of the phone screen once entering the cinema theatre, and although this didn't disturb anyone, Levi's eyes had caught a glimpse of the phone screen.

'Who's Jean?', Levi thought to himself once having caught sight of the name on the screen.

Kai made no move to answer the phone call and instead switched the phone to silent.

The blond male merely stared at his phone screen until Jean hung up the call since no one was picking up.

There was a minute gap before Jean called again.

This time Kai sent a quick text to his friend and because the blond male's fingers typed away at a fast speed on the screen, Levi hadn't been able to see what his secretary had written.

The raven haired male soon looked away because he didn't want to seem like he was prying into Kai's private matters although Levi wanted to know who the blond male was texting.

'Jean?', Levi repeated that name in his head, 'That sounds like a man's name.', he thought to himself, 'Could it be that horse face?', the male wondered.

Although President Levi had barely paid attention at the start of the movie, now he didn't even bother looking at the screen since his mind was preoccupied with something else.

Half an hour later, the movie had come to an end and the group exited the theatre.

"Here, hold this. I'll be back.", Kai handed his motorbike helmet to Eren before walking off.

"Where are you going?", Eren asked.

"Restroom.", Kai said before he headed in the direction of the restroom.

Levi watched the blond male walk away and the raven haired male knew that his secretary was heading to take the phone call which he had missed during the movie.

"Brat, I'm heading to the restroom.", Levi soon followed in the same direction as his secretary.

"Yes, sir.", Eren gave a nod and waited with his friends while Kai and Levi went to use the restroom.

The tall male paused for a second.

'Boss and Kai are going to use the restroom at the same time?', Eren found it slightly odd but he shook his head, thinking it might have just been a coincidence.

...

Meanwhile, Kai stood outside in the corridor with his mobile phone to his ear.

The blond male certainly didn't want to enter the men's restroom and he most certainly was not allowed in the women's restroom, so without any other choice, Kai stood in the corridor.

"Why did you call?", Kai asked.

Levi had walked over and now stood behind the wall, eavesdropping on his secretary's conversation.

"Your apartment? Wait, like right now?", Kai asked.

Levi tensed once hearing Kai being called to someone's apartment.

'It's definitely that horse face.', the raven haired male thought to himself.

"Look I'm busy right now.", Kai said.

'That's right. You're spending time with me so why should you go to that guy?', Levi was pleased that Kai was rejecting the guy called 'Jean'.

"So what's it to me if you're home alone?", Kai asked with a small frown.

'Wait...he's inviting Kai because he's home alone?', Levi's expression hardened once becoming aware with what intentions this guy called 'Jean' was inviting Kai with, 'T'ch, there's no way I'm going to allow you near Kai while I'm around.', the raven haired male thought to himself.

"Jean, seriously...", Kai paused in his conversation as he spotted the President walking over, "I'll call you back later.", the blond male hung up and walked past his boss just as the President was heading to the restroom.

Once Secretary Kai was out of Levi's sight, the blond male glanced at his phone.

'This guy always calls me after he fights with Mikasa.', Kai released a small sigh, 'I seriously don't understand those two.', the blond male thought.

Kai's P.O.V

'Why do those two fight when it's clear that they like each other?', I thought to myself.

I've known both Mikasa and Jean since high school, so they're both really good friends of mine.

Although I call Mikasa my best friend, technically she's not really my best friend.

Mikasa is the first female friend I've made and she's also the only one, other than my parents, who knows about my real identity.

The only reason she had found out about my identity is because of puberty.

Although my body developed, I was a little late to actually hit puberty and when it arrived, it had been a terrifying experience obviously.

We may have learnt that our body goes through changes as we get older, however, I did not have any female friends to talk to about this.

In everyone's eyes, I'm a male so it would have been very odd for me to bring up this subject.

You'd think someone would notice my gender during P.E. classes, however, I did not change with the male students.

My father had it set up so that I supposedly had a medical condition where I had a really bad scar on my back.

And because of this, I only ever changed in one of the teacher's office.

That man is a lawyer, so of course, he'd have his ways to keep my real gender a secret.

Even though I had my mother (the only woman who knew that I was actually a girl), she was not around most of the time because of her job.

She works as a lecturer at a university, and I only ever saw her early in the morning or late in the evening, so neither of us had the time to actually talk to each other about other matters.

I remember that my first period came when I was in school, and once having bled through my trousers, I had no idea what to do.

And during this vulnerable time, Mikasa had come into the classroom.

I had been sitting in the classroom by myself when Mikasa had entered the room, and I saw the look of surprise on her face.

Of course, she'd be shocked.

A male student was bleeding through his trousers.

What else would she be thinking?

But to my surprise, Mikasa hadn't uttered a word and had helped me to the nearby toilets (which was empty because all the students were outside).

She handed me one of her spare tracksuits and a sanitary pad.

After having gotten cleaned up, I had to explain the situation to her because I would be in serious trouble if my father found out that my gender had been revealed.

Mikasa has a good heart and I know that for sure because she kept the secret.

Even to this day, my father is unaware that Mikasa knows about my real identity.

I thought I finally found a friend whom I can rely on...whom I can finally share my secrets to.

However, that happiness didn't last long.

It was a given that a male student spending so much time with a female student would get some rumours started.

I saw how Mikasa was being ostracized by her female classmates because she hung out with me, and so, I decided to step aside.

It wasn't fair of me to put this burden on Mikasa just because she was kind to me.

Not wanting to give her a bad name, I put some distance between us and joined the basketball club.

Later on, I became friends with Jean, Reiner and several other male students.

Even though I was still friends with Mikasa, we didn't spend so much time together and the high school days continued on as normal.

So yes.

Both Mikasa and Jean are good friends of mine, but I guess I'm not that close where I'd share everything with either of them.

The fact that they are in a relationship makes me feel happy for the both of them, although they fight over petty things, making me wonder if I'm just there to console them.

It's a little sad for me because there are times where I feel lonely.

Not being able to hang out with a female friend because everyone sees me as a man.

Not being able to hang out with male friends because I'm actually not a man.

I've long gotten over this since I've lived as a man for 24 years, but sometimes I do find myself yearning for a close bond with someone.

'Is there no one whom I can be myself with?', I released a small sigh at this thought, 'If it wasn't for that man, I wonder if my life would have been different.', I thought.

Everything began because of my father, but now, there was no turning back.

Anyways...this isn't something to cry over so I'll drop this matter.

3rd Person's P.O.V

Kai joined his friends and took his helmet back from Eren.

"So where are we going to eat?", the blond male asked.

"Well, we haven't decided yet.", Zach began before he was cut off the next second.

"I've already made a reservation.", a male's voice was heard and everyone glanced back to find that it had been the President who had spoken up.

Kai looked at his boss in silence.

'Did this guy not use the restroom?', the blond male thought to himself since he had seen the raven haired male head to the restroom just a minute ago.

Kai looked away before he was caught staring but Levi maintained his attention on the blond male.

...

Some time later...

The group of males sat at a large table and enjoyed the delicious meal together.

Although the atmosphere had been awkward at first because of the President's presence, Kai had managed to ease the tension and everyone casually spoke to each other like they always do.

President Levi didn't bother joining the conversation and instead stayed silent while observing his secretary who sat opposite him at the table.

'For someone his size, this guy sure eats a lot.', Levi thought to himself with an amused smirk.

The tallest individual in the whole group was Zach while the shortest was Kai, so it was normal for Zach to eat a lot because of his height and built, yet it was a little bizarre to see Kai eating the same quantity as the tall male.

Kai didn't really look elegant while eating since the blond male's cheeks were stuffed with noodles as if he was some sort of chipmunk that was trying to save food for later.

Although the sight wasn't the most appealing, Levi could not take his eyes off Kai.

The raven haired male didn't understand why there was a sense of happiness in his chest when seeing his secretary enjoying the meal which he had bought.

'If I knew you would make an expression like this while eating, I would have bought you a meal long ago.', Levi thought to himself with a faint smirk on his face.

In the 10 months that they've worked together, President Levi had never dined with Kai before, so the raven haired male had been unaware that the blond male could be happy with just a meal.

Levi raised his hand and a waiter was instantly by the President's side.

The raven haired male asked for a second serving since Kai was almost done with his dish.

The waiter gave a nod and quickly ran off to the kitchen to have the order prepared by the chefs.

Because Levi was a well-known figure, all the workers at the restaurant were on their best behaviour, wanting to get in Levi's good books and also please the raven haired male's colleagues while not knowing that the group were actually Levi's employees.

By the end of the meal, Kai was stuffed from eating and there was a pleased smile on the blond male's face since this was one of the best meals he's ever had.

Zach and Nathan had gone to use the restroom since they had eaten too much while Eren stood up to take a phone call from Hanji since the doctor had been pestering him because Levi had been ignoring her phone calls.

The woman wanted an update on the male's condition and because Eren was someone who had been sent by Hanji, the tall male revealed any details that she asked, not realising that the woman was interested in hearing the relationship between Levi and Kai.

This left both President Levi and Secretary Kai alone at the table.

"I see that you've enjoyed the meal.", Levi said while hiding his smirk since he had been watching Kai throughout the entire meal.

"Well it was thanks to you sir.", although Kai had returned back to his unreadable expression, the blond male's words were sincere.

"Levi.", the raven haired male corrected.

Kai stared back at his boss.

"We're out on casual terms so you can address me as Levi.", the President said

The whole reason Levi had tagged along was to get closer to Kai and prove to the blond male that he is a much better option than that horse face.

"I think it'd be a little inappropriate for me to address my boss by his first name. If someone were to-", Kai was cut off right there.

"I don't care what others think of me.", Levi said, "As long as you're at ease with me, then that's all that matters.", he said.

Kai paused once hearing those words, not knowing what to make of them.

Levi was actually being serious since he couldn't care less how other people saw him or what they say about him, because as long as Kai would look at him, then that would wash away any kind of anxiety.

The raven haired male wasn't sure what this feeling was but he was clear about one thing.

Levi didn't like the way Kai would keep his distance from him.

"It'd take more than just one casual outing for me to become at ease with you.", Kai said before standing up since his friends had returned.

The blond male didn't understand why the President wanted him to be at ease around him, but Kai knew that he wouldn't lower his guard around Levi after just one outing.

After all, Kai hadn't joined the company with the intentions to work, it was for revenge of course, so the blond male was a little resistant to lower his guard, especially around his boss who has an observant eye.

"I'll wait for as many outings as it takes.", Levi got to his feet.

For some reason, this no longer was about competition but about something else, however, Levi was oblivious to this feeling right now.

Kai glanced back at his boss but he didn't add anything and only headed out of the restaurant while putting his helmet on.

The blond male wasn't sure what was up with the President's sudden change in behaviour but he didn't dwell on the matter any further as he got onto his motorbike.