In Another Life

Chapter 89

I woke up shooting straight up out of bed into a sitting position, gasping for air as my hands come up to cling desperately at my throat.

Quickly taking in my surroundings, I can see that I'm no longer in the supply closet. But that I'm in our room, In a new set of clothes with sleeping Rize in her crib beside the bed. She looked peaceful, I could hear her faint wheezing as she took in breath after breath. Her nostrils were still so small, well actually everything about her was.

Bringing the palm of my hand up to rub away the sleep from my eyes I push the blankets down from my waist, swinging my legs off the side of the bed.

Making my way over to Rize crib I grab her, holding her close to my chest as I make my way out of the room to locate the two men in my life.

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Turning the corner I bump into Michaelson's back, as he stands in the hallway talking to another cadet.

"Sorr-" he quickly spun around, arm out to catch the person if need be. His body locked up the second our eyes met.

"Why am I not supersized, you beautiful ditz. I didn't wake her, did I?" Shaking his head back and forth to me, both of his hands were wrapped around my arms to steady me. It wasn't needed though, I was standing perfectly still by myself.

Rolling my eyes I think to myself at how crazy this actually was, it had been years. He really had no intention on moving on, or even attempting to have something sincere and meaningful with another.

In a way I almost felt bad for him.... At certain points in time I almost felt the same way about Levi. That he was always within my grasp, yet somehow I come up short every time. Just something to admire from afar, constantly having to remind myself that these were just one sided feelings and fantasies. Nothing could ever come of them.

But I was wrong and something did, Rize and Kaneki were the product of the amount of love we held for one another. It pained me deeply to think Michaelson's would never come to learn that feeling, of being truly at peace with yourself because your filled up with so much joy and love. It was tragic to say the least. Shaking my head to rid myself of the sad thoughts I quickly push them form my mind.

Dropping my eyes from his I look down, pushing back the blanket I had wrapped Rize in. She was asleep, mouth moving in a suction manner. She must have been hungry, even in her dreams she was a milk drunk baby. Always wanting to eat, she had quite the appetite for a infant such as her size. Levi would often have to wake me up numerous times through out the night to feed her, she was simply inconsolable.

Unable to help it a smile forms from my lips. She was perfect, her father was, every feature she got from him made her just that much more beautiful to look at.

"No she's fine, I'm actually in search for her father if you don't mi-" stepping back to force his hands to fall from me, I just knew it would be bad news if Levi were to catch sight of it.

"Levi?"

"Kaneki and him went out to the training yards after he carried you back to your bedroom. Here I can take you, I was headed that way, anyways." Stepping to the side to make way for me, as he gave the cadet to the side of him a close eyed smile.

"Excuse me won't you?" Still smiling to female cadet before as he placed his hand on the small of my back to direct me and Rize outside.