Don't Die - Levi x Reader {Book 1}

Chapter 28

The day was long. Levi was just as thorough and incessant as (Y/N) had expected him to be and he didn't let up until every speck of dirt and dust had been cleansed from the left side of the room.

And, to (Y/N)'s relief and surprise, he hadn't questioned her about why one whole half of the space was off limits. Instead, he had avoided the topic completely, though (Y/N) had caught him staring at the empty bed a few times. But... she could live with that. His willingness to respect her request was more than enough to make (Y/N) happy.

After just an hour of cleaning, (Y/N) had been sure that they had finished and that there wasn't another surface they could scrub. Little had she known that Levi was going to do more than just a surface clean. He made her pull out every item in her dresser, scrub the cabinets clean three times and then go through all of the items to decide which ones she still needed. Luckily, (Y/N) had never been very materialistic, so she didn't have too much to discard.

Nevertheless, the work was still grueling. (Y/N) might not have had many items that she actually cared about, but she definitely had plenty of trash. Her room was riddled with junk and going through every pile was irritating.

Finally, when she'd finished that, Levi had forced her to handle the massive dirty pile and she'd spent at least an hour in the laundry room scrubbing every piece of clothing she owned. By the time she'd finished, her arms hurt and her fingers ached, but Levi had forced her to continue with their endless cleansing.

Finally, around dinner time, Levi had stood from his crouch where he'd been finishing his scrubbing of the floorboards.

"We're done."

At the sound of the words, (Y/N) had nearly collapsed with relief. She'd never imagined that cleaning could be such a physically demanding job. She was positive that today's events would leave her sorer than most of her training sessions.

"Finally. Thank God." (Y/N) slumped over, leaning against the wall for support.

Levi scoffed. "You're ridiculous."

(Y/N) whipped around to face him and she flinched as every muscle in her body protested. Despite her pain, she answered him with all the force she could muster.

"I'm ridiculous? You're the one that somehow takes an entire day to clean one half of a room!"

Levi crossed his arms over his chest and scowled at her.

"Well, at least I have a realistic concept of clean. I really don't understand how you could live in such a disgusting and filthy room without catching some kind of disease."

(Y/N) scrunched her face in irritation. "That's mean."

"It's not mean if it's true."

(Y/N) turned away from him, busying herself with locating her boots. "Well, I can assure you that I do not have any kind of disease, thank you."

For a moment, there was no response and then just a whisper broke the silence, barely loud enough for (Y/N) to be sure that she'd actually heard it.

"No... you certainly don't."

(Y/N) felt herself freeze for a fraction of a second as she finished tying her laces.

It took her just a short moment to return her attention to her feet but her hands were shaking slightly along with the electricity that seemed to be running through her entire body.

(Y/N) knew that Levi could very well have just been replying to her snarky comment and yet... she didn't feel like that was the case.

Sparks seemed to invisibly flicker in the air until (Y/N) finally finished with her laces, standing up to see that Levi had somehow slipped his own boots on without her noticing. Apparently his hands hadn't fumbled around as much as hers and he'd completed his task more quickly.