SACRIFICE: [Ghoul Levi x Reader]

Chapter: [8] The taste of you

*Cover art credits: unknown (found on Pinterest), please send a DM if you know the artist's name*

"I am a ghoul, Y/N."

Levi's words ring in my head repeatedly, banging between every wall inside my brain.

A ghoul?

So his true intentions were to-? No, no way. If he wanted, he had plenty of occasions to kill me. Right? Oh my god. Now it all makes sense...

How shocked he was when I told him how I feel about ghouls. At first I thought he just found my comments weird, but in time I began to understand that there was more to it. The first time we went on a date and ate something he immediately rushed to the bathroom. It wasn't a stomachache. He couldn't physically eat food so he went to throw up. To be fair, I've never seen him eating food after that day. He only drinks coffee when he is with me. All of this... to not let me suspect he is a ghoul?

I have so many questions that it feels like my mind is running a marathon. I look at Levi and think about things I can tell him, seeing his devastating state.

Honestly? Someone else would have already run away from here. Someone else would have been afraid of him. Someone else would have started crying, panicking, finding ways to escape this place as fast as possible...

I don't feel like I need to run away.

I'm not afraid of him.

I don't feel like my life is in danger.

Honestly, I've never felt safer in my entire life than I feel now, with Levi.

He's Levi. My Levi. The person who has been comforting me for the whole day, no, from the very first day that we met, actually. Who took me to countless dates, who I spent hours and hours talking with. Who I shared my safe place with. The person who has been the most attentive towards me, remembering every single piece of information I've told him. Who held and kissed me so tenderly, who was so respectful with my personal boundaries and my body. Who took as much care of me as no one has ever done.

I place a hand on his cheek, caressing it, and bring his face closer to mine so I can reach his lips to kiss him. It's not a passionate kiss, it's full of understanding. Full of my feelings towards him. Levi returns the kiss slowly, almost automatically. I pull away and look deeply in his eyes, smiling slightly.

Levi seems completely zoned out. He looks at me with glassy eyes, like he doesn't believe what is happening right now.

"I am so sorry you had to hide this from me for such a long time. I can only imagine how hard it has been." I tell him softly, still caressing his cheek.

He slowly frowns his eyebrows and his eyes start to clear up, as it seems like he finally comes back to reality.

"Y-You're not scared of me?" He asks with a shaky voice. I shake my head immediately.

"I'm not, Levi. I mean, if you wanted, you could have killed me plenty of times by now, right? And you didn't. You have never tried to hurt me, not a single time. You just...cared. You care for my feelings like no one else does. Why should I be scared?"

"Because I'm a monster." His voice is fragile "A disgusting creature that consumes human flesh and organs to survive."

"No. You're Levi. You're you. Nothing will ever change that. At least for me."

A tear escapes Levi's eye as he leans forward to kiss me, his hands now caressing my face, tenderly stroking my cheeks. He kisses me softly and deeply, as our heartbeats intensify with every second. Levi pulls away first and places his forehead on mine.