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"Oi, y/n. Get changed. We're going out." A cool voice resounded through the study room and you looked up. You were at your statistics professor's house studying for your statistics exam next week. Although your grades had been improving since having those private lessons with your professor-cum-secret-lover, you were still not confident in scoring well for the upcoming exam.

"H-huh?" You uttered, feeling confused. Levi let out a sigh.

"Look at yourself," he came closer and cupped your cheek, using his fingers to ease the frown between your eyebrows. "I know you've been studying hard. You deserve a break. Your dark circles are terrible." You let out a small chuckle.

"It's fine, love. I'm fine. I don't need a break, I want to score well and make you proud."

"Study hard for yourself, not to please me. Also, go get changed." Levi kissed your forehead and left, not giving you a chance to argue. You giggled and followed him to the bedroom where you kept some of your spare clothes.

The trip to the strawberry farm took about an hour, and even though the sun was hanging high up in the sky, the heat wasn't hurting your skin at all. Levi took out his cap and put in on for you before ushering you out of the car. You could feel butterflies in your stomach, unsure if it was from the excitement of spending time out of the house with your secret lover, or nervousness because you've never done this before.

"Hey, Uncle Jon," Levi waved to a tall middle aged man with dusty blonde hair. You looked at him and felt that he looked a little familiar. You gingerly followed behind Levi, walking towards a tiny shop house.

"Levi, m'boy, you're here!" The middle aged man grabbed Levi's hands and happily clapped his back. "Oh, and who's this charming young lady?" You quickly bowed and introduced yourself. Just then, another vaguely familiar face appeared by the doorway.

"Oh, you're here," Mike shrugged, giving Levi a fist bump. Ahh, you connected the dots together. "That's Mike's father, Jonathan." You greeted Mike and he gave you a small smile.

"Didn't know Associate Professor Zacharias' family owned a strawberry farm," you whispered as Uncle Jonathan ushered you both inside, insisting on offering you two drinks before going off to pluck strawberries.

"Yeah, Mike comes back to help out during the semester breaks. Erwin and I would drop by sometimes too."

Once you two had your fill of water, Uncle Jon passed you both gloves, two baskets, some tweezers, and told you both to enjoy yourselves.

"Ever done this before?" Levi asked as he put on his gloves. You shook your head and followed behind him as he squat down in front of a small bush.

"It's easy, just look for strawberries that are ripe, snip them off from the stem, and put them gently in the basket. Don't want to bruise them." Levi demonstrated for you by cutting a few juicy fat strawberries, bringing one to your mouth. You stared at him wide-eyed.

"Go on, have a taste," Levi signalled again and offered you the juicy berry.

"Huh? B-but, we haven't paid yet, isn't t-this—"

"It's fine, Erwin always does this anyway. Go on, kitten, have one." You took a bite from the strawberry and felt your eyes widened once more. They were sweet with a slight sour punch, and it tasted really crunchy too.

"Wow, these are fantastic! So much nicer than the ones we get at the supermarket," you took another smaller strawberry from the basket and started munching.

"Told you." Levi gave you a slight smile and continued harvesting the strawberries. Picking up a pair of tweezers, you decided to try picking some of your own too. Your knees were starting to ache after remaining in the squatting position for so long, and you decided to take a walk. Levi had already gone on ahead of you, harvesting a basket full of strawberries. Your feet automatically found their way towards Levi where he was squatting in front of another strawberry bush, snipping the juicy fruits.

"You doing okay? The sun's pretty hot today." Levi glanced upwards, his face a bright red. You smiled and took off the cap, placing it on Levi's head.

"Mm-hmm, I'm fine. My knees are hurting so I decided to take a walk." You looked at the basket full of strawberries by Levi's feet, and you found another full basket a few steps away. You glanced at the basket in your hands. Where did the extra basket come from? "Love, didn't Uncle Jonathan only give us two baskets?" Levi looked away and you couldn't tell if his cheeks were red from getting a sunburn or if he was embarrassed about something.

"I was just thinking that, um, you know, I wanted to make some homemade strawberry for you as a treat, since you've been working hard," Levi stood up and held your hand, wiping a bead of perspiration from your forehead using another. "I secretly got another basket from Uncle Jon to harvest more strawberries for you. Who knew you were sharp enough to realise there was one extra." Levi pinched your nose playfully and you giggled, feeling the butterflies flutter once again. You grabbed Levi's hands, a rush of appreciation and love overflowing within you.

"I'll just pretend I didn't hear that." Staring at Levi, you pressed a soft kiss to his pretty lips. "Thank you, love. I really appreciate it, from bringing me out on such a lovely day, and for whatever"—you used your fingers to gesture two quotation marks in the air—"surprise you're planning for me tomorrow." Levi scoffed and ruffled your hair affectionately, squatting down to grab a few more strawberries to feed you.

Before you knew it, you and Levi spent the entire afternoon at the farm. After dinner with the Zacharias', Levi and you waved goodbye to them and went home with a large harvest of strawberries. You couldn't contain your smile, and you definitely couldn't wait to have a taste of Levi's homemade strawberry jam tomorrow.

Well I've only been to strawberry picking once and I hope that it is still relatable for all of you hehe. Also... maybe once you've done picking these strawberries, strawberries and chocolate would be nice :p can you imagine though, Levi making you strawberry jam from scratch... yes please!!!!!

Also!! Out of all of Levi's friends, I can totally picture Mike's parents owning a farm and just... living the country life 💚 know who else would enjoy the country life??? Moblit!!!!

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