In Another Life

Chapter 22

Y/N POV

"Anything else?"

Levi paced in front of me, holding his chin as he breathed heavily.

Sighing, I stand as I watch him walk to the window that overlooks the training field as I begin to speak. He pulls his hand from his chin, holding it out to look at. His knuckles were bloody and split. He opens his hand, flexing his fingers before he tightens them into a fist, his jaw twitching before he drops his hand to his side.

"He told me that the other two watched as he fucked me over and over again until he was spilling out of me."

Levi tenses, his body going still. He stands with his back to me looking out to the field. The floorboard below him creaks as he distributes his weight.

"That I cried out when I came."

I watch as his shoulders drop. He sighs as he turns around to face me.

He looked pained.

"I'm sorry. I should have kept my shit together. I should have never allowed you out of my sight. I underestimated him and you paid for it."

My mouth closes as I drop my eyes to look at the floor.

"He said that I..."

I choke on my words as I hear the floorboard creak again.

"He said I was wet, that I wanted it. That I cried out when I—"

My face is ripped up, taking my chin between his fingers. He forces me to meet his eyes.

"Stop."

He looked uncertain with himself. Brows pulled together as they trembled. I look away, unable to pull my face from his hold. It only tightens, and when I look up, whatever I saw before had been wiped clean.

"It's only natural, Y/N. You were drunk, your body was only reacting to the touch."

I swallow, breathing heavily.

"Was it? What if I did something that warranted—"

He drops to a knee, as he takes my face with both hands.

"It is not your fault. You did nothing wrong. There isn't a thing in this world that someone could do to deserve to be violated as you were."

His hands hold my face, cradling it as I stare back up into his eyes for a moment before he stands, forcing me with him.

One of his hands rests on the back of my head, the other holding me close to him at the hip in an embrace. He kisses my forehead before his lips find my ear, his voice soft.

"You did nothing wrong."

My eyes close, resting my cheek on his chest as his fingers thread into my hair.

Kaneki was still with Hange; we had decided to leave him with her during the hearing. Neither one of us wanted to subject him to that.

His chest expands, breathing in as his lips kiss the shell of my ear.

My skin prickles with goosebumps, my neck curling as every hair on my body comes to a stand.

He hadn't noticed.

Breathing in his scent, I bite down on the moan forming in the back of my throat.

Closing my eyes, I focus on the way his fingers felt in my hair. The way his lips felt against my ear and neck as I took a step forward and then another into him, forcing him to walk back until I felt him bump into his desk.

"Y/N—"

My lips crash into his, both hands fisting his jacket as I pull him closer into me, into the kiss.