#(...smaller degree than she was in ink exchange)

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Slow Dancing In The Dark

Characters: Hanji Zoe x Levi Ackerman

Genre: Romance/Fluff

Rating: T

Here’s part 1 of my gift for  LeviHan Eggscghange 2020 :) I hope my dear giftee enjoys this.Part 2 will be out in a couple of days!

You can also read this on AO3

 @levihanweek

Working for Sina Industries has always been a life long dream for Hange.As a wide eyed child,she would always watch live broadcasts of their space launches and tell herself one day shes gonna be there.Standing in mission control smiling as she watched one of her creations get sent to a different planet.Armed with a degree & a determined heart,she applied as an engineer.You could imagine her disappointment when she was crammed into an 8x12 cubicle in the basement to design and develop circuitry which their boss greedily takes credit for all the damned time.She's pretty good at keeping a front that shes a pretty chill with all her bosses bullshit but she finally lost it when he started harassing a temp.Hange bravely spoke out and got into a heated argument with her boss.She got supended for a week after that.

It took almost six months before she was promoted to another 8x12 cubicle.Only this time,shes moving up on the infamous 17th floor.The place where they flung all the adept yet problematic employees.Its pretty much the same,shitty boss,intricate work but now on a higher pay grade and a lot more hearsay about her reputation.Its not so bad though,despite the lack of recognition and grueling work hours she met a handful of wonderful coworkers who shared the same pain.

Mike and Nanaba were sort of the required stable couple of the group.She met them a month after the big promotion when she caught them making out in the copy room.She's probably standing there for an entire minute awkwardly making fake cough noises to alert them of her presence.Enter Erwin Smith,he casually strode up by the couple and grabbed the box of printer ink Hange desperately needed.He's like freaking Captian America & Superman combined except he has a mind of a slytherin.Not that it was a bad thing.

And then there's Levi,The crabbiest member of their little group,Mr.I-look-very-angry-and-irritated-all-the-time-but-inside-lies-a-total-softy.He’s a clean freak who befittingly,is a sanitary engineer.Rumors say that Levi had tendencies with violence and had to be sent at 17th floor for precaution.There used to be a time when they didn't get along.She'd been very welcoming towards him but hes always been aloof and cold.She didn't mind it at first,but after a while it kinda got into her nerves.Til that christmas party back in 2017,where she had a few drinks and sort of confessed that she liked him and it really bummed her out that he didn't feel the same way.For the first time,she saw something other than disinterest and irritation on his face...she saw confusion.He asked her what shes on about,then reminded her that he just made her chocolates for valentines day when she won't shut up about craving something sweet.He doesn't do that kind of shit just for anyone and after that,hange was pretty sure they've become best friends.

Their friendship was forged in companionship in misery but as time passed they became her second family.

One of the things that Hange looked forward to is hanging out with them every Friday night at a dive bar a few blocks away from their office where they get shit faced and let off some steam from their work.Hange was preoccupied with the jukebox when Mike arrived with his arm slung over Levi dragging the smaller man into her space.”You'll never guess what happened.”The man announced and before she could answer the man screamed."Someone got asked for a date!"

"Ohoho!Whos the lucky girl?"Nanaba came out of nowhere carrying two mai tais and handed one to Hange before heading over at Mike's side.

"Petra Ral."Erwin chimed cooly while sipping a glass of scotch.His blond hair still laid perfectly even after a long tiring day at work.

"From PR?Holy shit!Good job!"Hange said slapping Levi’s shoulder hurting her hand in the process.The man didn’t even falter from where he stood,all he did was stare straight at her before scowling."It's not a big deal.”He said settling his gaze on his side.

Hange smiled.

He’s shy.Levi Ackerman is actually being shy about getting asked out by an adorable strawberry blonde colleague.Isn’t that precious?She’d never seen him like that before.Heaven knows how much she wanted to tease him about his situation but she can clearly tell by the way he clenched his jaw and the deep creases on the space between his brows that if she says anything,he'd run straight to the wall to escape,cartoon style.

Mike started telling the story and Levi sneakily started edging towards the exit.Before the questions came flooding in,Levi was already gone.

“I think I should follow him.“Hange announced.

"Try to convince him to go out with Ral!"Mike shouted which prompted Erwin to take his drink away from him."I think you had enough."

"Goodluck!"Nanaba raised her drink at her.Before helping Erwin keep Mike's drink away from him.

#

Hange found Levi brooding on the sidewalk while smoking.”Can I get a light?”She asked.

“Its cold.”He said,which also translates to she should go back inside or she’ll catch a cold.Levi’s nice like that,it took everything in her to hold back and not make a snide comment.He alwas hated it when he gets called out for being considerate.

“So Petra Ral huh?”She started.

“I don’t wanna talk about it.”

“We don’t have to,If you don’t want to.”Hange calmly took a box of cigarettes from her pocket and stood a bit closer to him.

“Good.”He said before tossing her his lighter.

Hange bit her lower lip to stifle a smile and Levi was already armed with his grumpy face.He's getting a little agitated.She let the silence drag on for a while as she started to giddily shift from where she stood.Unable to contain her curiosity.

“But its Petra Ral...The Petra Ral!Our company sweetheart.”She exploded.

“I barely know her.”

"Isn’t that what dating is for?!Besides,She probably just needs to get dicked down."Hange said casually."Go for it!Have a little fun.What’s there to lose?"

"Yeah well...I don't think I could."Levi started bouncing his leg.Is he nervous?Agitated?Both?It seemed like he's trying to say something.

“Levi,you know we wont judge you if you’re gay right?You don’t have to hide it from us.”

“Why would I be hiding that if I was?”

“Then what are you nervous for?"

“I’m not nervous...I.."Levi paused as if he's considering if he should tell her."I haven’t...I...”

“You're acting like you've never been out on a date."she said.

Levi visibly stiffened and averted her curious eyes.From where she sat,she could see how levi clenched his jaw and feel him hold his breath.No?It cant be...

"Oh.Its been a while for you huh?like 6 months?"She tried to take a wild stab but was met with silence.Hange sobered."You’ve never been on a date before?"she repeated a little louder than she meant to and not soon after she found Levi's hand over her mouth.

“You wanna scream that a little louder?“

“EVER?!”She peeled his hand off her face and asked.

“Tch.I dont need this.“Levi rolled his eyes and started leaving but hange caught his arm.

"Hey!I'm sorry.I didn't know.Its nothing to be embarrassed about.Its just,its a little uncommon you know.I'm really sorry.I didn't mean to be a dick.”

She assumed that its not because of the lack of people who wanna date with him.Believe it or not,this whole quiet mysterious guy persona is a total chick magnet.She even had several people from the office ask about him every once in a while.So what happened?Is it trauma?Is he aromantic?Holy shit!How could she be so insensitive?

“Stop looking at me like that.”He frowned.Snapping her out of her thoughts.

“Sorry,I was just thinking...”

“Don’t think of anything.Just mind your own business and let me be.”

“What kind of friend would I be if I let you be?”

“A good one.And stop drawing conclusions!I can practically see the thoughts up your head.I'm not anything I just...dont know how.”

“why are you so intent on giving up?!I thought you like her!”

“I didn’t say that.”

“Oh please Ackerman!How can you not?She's the perfect mix of adorable,kind,fiesty and beautiful...she’s perfect for you!”

"What do you want me to do?"he asked,in his how can I make you shut up tone.

"What if I help you?You could...I dont know...practice with me?I could help you with the whole dating thing!"Levi looked at her as if she grew another head.Honestly shes just happy he didn't look disgusted with her proposal.He gave her a once over before pinching the bridge of his nose.She knows this maneuver.Its the what-have-i-gotten-my-self-into or holy-shit-am-I-actually-considering-this move.“Are you sure about this?”He asked.

Hange made a gesture of crossing over her heart and raising her right hand up and levi scrunched his brows together.

“Quit downplaying this.I’m serious.”

“I wont offer it if my not 100% I’m serious. The last guy I went out with was a total disappointment and Petra deserves better than that.You know she helped me last Christmas...”

“Yeah,yeah she helped you change your tire."He supplied,refraning hange from tellong the story again.

“And in exchange I'm gonna help you be more fun and well rounded for your date!It's the circle of life!”Hange enthusiastically smiled.

“Alright.How do we start?”Levi asked.

"Ask Petra to reschedule your date for next week,Then we can take the whole week to practice."

#

The harsh sun bore down on Levi as if reminding him never to indulge Hange with her antics again.Aparrently,she found Petra's online journal and identified that she had two dream dates.One is a carnival date (which explains why he is standing in line for cotton candy out in the middle of the goddamn afternoon.) and the other was spending an evening at a local jazz bar in the city.

Levi doesn't know how she successfully lured him out.You see,he liked his comfort zone and for some unknown reason Hange always challenged him to take a step out of the little box he created around him.And although there are times when she proved that taking a risk was worth it,Levi never really appreciated getting stuck in very shitty situations like now.He doesn't know how she seemed fine with all these shitty conditions.Maybe because she's been busy talking about her new droid remodel.

"Hey Levi are you listening to me?"

"Yes."He said exasperated.

"What was I saying then?"She folded her arms and raised her brows,challenging him.

"You're planning to replace fiberglass with aerogel as insulator on your next shitty droid."He said which earned a bright smile from her.Tch!He rolled his eyes at that and stepped forward after the couple infront of them was served with an unreasonable amount of cotton candy.

"I'll get the giant sunshine surprise."Hange said and the vendor then started shaping the cotton candy into a big daisy.Hange looks absolutely delighted.

"That will be 50 dollars."The vendor said offering his open palm to him which prompted him to turn towards Hange."Oh!let me get my wallet!"Hange started going though her bag and for some reason he felt chills run through him.WheN he raised his head,he noticed that people around them started glaring at him.Oh great he forgot!He's in a fake date.He assumed people still think he's obligated to pay.Tch.So fucking primitive.Although he's never the guy who gave much fuck about what others think,he didnt want people to think Hanges being mistreated.Begrudgingly,he paid for the goddamn cotton candy.Hange took that opportunity to talk about how expenses should be handled during dates,she personally likes going dutch but immediately started going on about some studies that says women generally like it when the males carries out the expenses.

Hange's like a battery that never runs out of energy.She wanted to ride every possible attraction from the carnival!Beads of sweat are starting to form on her forehead but she never seem to notice,he started leading her to a park bench to rest for a bit.He appreciated how much she prepared.She was very keen on citing the psychology articles and some magazines she read to help him be better at dating.He doesn't even know why would anyone even exert that much effort for him.

She really is something.

He pulled out his handkerchief out of his pocket and started gently dabbing it on her forehead.

She smiled.

#

Hange didn't really need to teach him much.Despite the seemingly abrasive qualities Levi possess,the man is a very courteous guy.He said thank you,please and treated the park employees with respect.Shes pretty sure he wouldnt have much trouble impressing a girl."You never told me why you've never been out on a date."She started.

"I was never asked."Levi shrugged as if telling her its no big deal.Hange was shocked at his honesty but appreciated his straight answer.

"Based on my observations today I'd say all those girls that didnt ask you out missed out on a good time."

"Tch!Quit bullshitting me."

"It's true!You diligently listened to my stories, joined me riding all the  and most importantly,you bought me an unreasonably overprized cotton candy."

Levi let out a soft chuckle at that and Hange immediately panicked.This is the first time she ever made him chuckle and goddamn it was glorious.It's like his features lit up and made him look years younger.She had to bit her lower lip to sort of calm her wild heartbeat.They stayed seated on the bench for a while when Levi surprisingly asked her to walk around some more.As they started to amble along the park,an idea popped on her head.

#

Her hands gently crept on his wrist and made way to cup his hand "what the..."He glared at their joined hands,but didn't find the need to pull away."You're sticky."He remarked

"Does sticky hands really matter if youre holding hands with your crush?"She asked.He kept his eyes on her and he saw blush creep up to her face."I-I mean not me...I meant Petra...which is basically me because im her placeholder at the moment and..."

"Hange."

"Hm?"

"Shut up."He slipped his Fingers against the gaps of hers and continued wandering around the park.

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Polaroid Z340 audit: moment computerized fun rapidly wears off Polaroid has another "computerized" moment camera that consolidates a so-so advanced …

Polaroid, having to a great extent abandoned moment photography in 2008, has soldiered on with a few items highlighting the "Zink" zero-ink printing innovation. Its most recent item, the Z340, weds an advanced camera with an incorporated 3x4" Zink printer to make a kind of "computerized" Polaroid camera for the 21st century.

While the thought conjures wistfulness for Polaroid's moment cameras of yore, looking much like the Spectra cameras of the late 80s, it holds none of the appeal of the old moment photography. The curiosity of getting a physical print of an advanced photograph about "right away" rapidly wears off. What you're left with is a reasonable for mediocre 14-megapixel advanced camera with inconvenient ergonomics, poor battery life, and to some degree costly printing abilities.

Advanced "moment"

At CES 2011 last January, Polaroid gave the primary open disclosing of items that come about because of its joint effort with pop super star Lady Gaga. Going up against the title of "inventive chief," Gaga planned another 3x4" Zink independent printer, the GL-10, which was discharged recently. She likewise flaunted an odd match of shades with an inherent advanced camera, and additionally another computerized moment camera named the GL-30.The Z340 resembles a kind of less expensive variant of the GL-30 model that Polaroid and Gaga demonstrated to us a year back. While the GL-30 had a retro-future glitz style, a huge verbalized LCD screen, and a sharp, great focal point, the Z340 has a basic, all-dark plan, little LCD screen that can just flip up in one heading, and what seems, by all accounts, to be a low-end focal point combined with a downmarket 14 megapixel sensor.It still incorporates the 3x4" Zink printer, yet everything else about this camera shouts "modest." The massive power connector, the odd smaller than normal USB interface that doesn't appear to coordinate some other camera, and the cumbersome battery all appear like an item intended to compromise. That brings the cost to $300—not awful considering the GL-10 printer is $150 independent from anyone else, however not precisely cheap, either.Underdeveloped camera

Tragically, you can purchase much better independent cameras for $300. The Z340 has a modest focal point which concentrates light onto a 14MP sensor. Obviously, with such a variety of pixels packed in, the sensor doesn't play out all that well in low light. In the event that you intend to utilize the camera at gatherings—presumably a standout amongst the most well known employments of moment cameras some time ago—you'll need to depend on the implicit blaze that is mysteriously situated ideal alongside the focal point. That plan choice essentially ensures your visitors will have unattractive red-eye and unflattering lighting in each photo. Given that computerized cameras don't have a similar plan imperatives of film-based cameras, I see no motivation behind why the focal point and glimmer couldn't have been moved to inverse finishes of the front of the Z340.Other outline choices make for a disappointing shooting knowledge. The camera has a zoom highlight, dissimilar to essentially every past Polaroid moment camera, yet it gives off an impression of being advanced as it were. At the end of the day, it carefully edits the 14MP picture. In case you're staying with the implicit printer, a little measure of zoom won't be observable, however wrench it in excessively close and your pics will be a pixelated mess.

The menus and UI for the camera are likewise unnecessarily confused (the same could be said of most computerized cameras nowadays) and now and again, hard to utilize. Exchanging center, streak, and even ISO settings require a ton of catch pushes. As far as we can tell, now and then settings didn't take and must be reset. The camera is additionally somewhat moderate, so the two components joined can make for a ton of missed shots. The moment cameras you may recall from your youth had a catch for the glimmer and a catch to take a photo, which loaned itself well to catching the occasion. The same can't be said for the Z340.Finally, we observed the camera's ergonomics to be genuinely poor. There's no optical discoverer of any sort; you need to depend on the LCD screen for confining. Here you have two alternatives—flush against the almost level rear of the camera, or flipped up and confronting you, making it difficult to hold unfaltering. We think a straightforward outdated optical viewfinder would have made the camera less demanding to utilize, however it would make the computerized zoom and different elements difficult to utilize. (Perhaps that would really be a change, however.)

Zero ink

When you do get a few shots you like, nonetheless, printing is genuinely clear. Hit the print catch, and hit it again to send the picture to the implicit Zink printer. It takes around 45 seconds to print out—not precisely "moment," but rather that is speedier than the 60 to 90 seconds or so 600 film used to take to completely create. We ran into events where it appeared as if the printer would decline to print—the firmware for the camera just appears to be carriage by and large—yet attempting again dependably appeared to settle the problem.One vital route in which the Z340 contrasts from more seasoned Polaroid cameras is that it's not exceptionally reasonable to utilize the camera while it is printing. With the SX-70, 600, or Spectra arrangement cameras, the print release immediately, and you could keep on shooting while you needed for it to create. You can keep on using the Z340 while the incorporated Zink printer is working, yet the print may release while you are attempting to take another photo. Like whatever is left of the camera, the full experience doesn't appear to be well thoroughly considered.

The Zink printer is really the best some portion of the camera in our view. Stacking new paper was a little all in or all out in; an included card that is probably intended to tell the camera that it is out of paper should be embedded, yet we couldn't make any prints when it was. Rather, we hurled in a heap of 10 sheets without the additional card and got down to business. At a family get-together, everybody concurred it was fun having prints of pictures to bring home.

The Zink paper offers for $20 for three individual 10 packs of 3x4" sheets. That may be a little on the pricy side for a few clients, yet on the upside you don't have to monitor ink strips or cartridges. Additionally, the paper is smirch confirmation and tear-safe.

One side advantage of the Z340 is that since it is an advanced camera, you can download the photos and utilize them later—you're not restricted to 3x4" Zink prints. In any case, the picture quality is, as we specified, reasonable for average. They ought to be fine to post on the web—pictures from the Z340 are in any event tantamount to pictures from most cell phones—however you might not have any desire to print them out at an extensive size and edge it on the mantle. For those sort of pictures, the Z340 simply isn't the privilege tool.The fun doesn't last

In general, the Z340 is fun, in any event for a brief timeframe, yet the confinements of the camera and its ungainly ergonomics are quite recently baffling. The battery life is short—you can print possibly 20 pictures before it needs energized, and there's no charge marker when it's connected to. Moreover, the battery charges in the camera, so while it's energizing you can't generally utilize it to take pictures. We speculate you could get an additional battery or two and have them charged before any essential occasion, however it appears to be more bother than it's worth.

The implicit Zink printer is awesome for its motivations, and we confess to having a ton of fun printing pictures out immediately. On the off chance that snappy printing is the thing that you are after, however, you may discover the remain solitary GL-10 printer a superior arrangement. That printer can work over Bluetooth with most cell phones, which a large portion of your gathering visitors will probably have in any case (however despite everything it doesn't appear to work with the iPhone—a restriction either Polaroid or Apple ought to cure ASAP).