chains | aot x oc (levi's sister)

➝ i told you it was real, didn't i?

~ 𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖘 ~

-----3rd person pov

"Oi, Ellie." Levi called out in the girl's direction, bringing her out of her thoughts. She shook her head and looked at her brother with a slightly dazed expression, as if confused at the name she was called.

She then shot him a momentary smile like it was nothing. "Yes, Aniki?" She replied, moving her horse, Jupiter, closer to Levi's.

He sighed at her very confusing behavior. "Nothing. Just... checking in." He said, his voice softer than it would've usually been. He raised a hand and patted her head, pretending he didn't feel her slight flinch.

"I'm fine. Thanks, bro." She said and looked to the front again, her face turning back into a neutral expression.

Levi didn't understand what he was seeing with his sister. She was acting strangely, and it seemed that it started after the awarding ceremony for the retaking of Wall Maria.

He looked at Elliot for another brief moment. He noticed that her hair was growing longer and that it had been made into a small braid that lay between her shoulder blades. He recalled seeing her asking Sasha to tie it.

That is weird. He thought. She's never much cared for her hair-style, much less asked for one. The thought sat uncomfortably in Levi's stomach, but he tried to ignore it as best he could. Maybe all of them are going through their teenage phase now.

Elliot tried to seem like she had wanted to braid her hair. In truth, she never much cared for hair-style, but Eren asked her specifically to make it in that style. It confused her a lot at first, but in the end, she accepted that whatever Eren said, she would just follow as long as it helped with The Plan.

She didn't know even the basics of tying hair, so she had gone to someone who did - Sasha. It's actually quite comfortable. She thought. Maybe it wouldn't be the worst idea to grow it a little bit longer. The thought made her smile, contrasting to her real life situation, but it felt nice to indulge in a thought and not have to think about the harshness that would soon be reality.

Mikasa rode in behind her. "Lio." She said, her voice smooth and subtle. Elliot looked in her direction. Her eyes were dark for a moment - fixed in a harsh glare at the sudden entrance of another person - before brightening at the sight of the dark-haired girl. How strange. I've never seen that expression of hers for quite a while. Mikasa thought, but brushed it aside.

"You okay, Mikasa?" Elliot asked, tilting her head innocently but not smiling, her lips fixed in a firm line.

Mikasa nodded. "Yeah, but Connie and Sasha were being annoying so I came to you." She said, "Not that you're any less annoying, but at least you stop when asked to." She added.

"Hey-!" Elliot was about to say something when Mikasa laughed, a soft bubbly sound from her throat. Elliot could feel the eyes of Jean and Eren boring into their backs and she smiled. How this girl is so oblivious, I don't know.

She decided to tease her friend. "I think Eren is looking~" Elliot said in a song-song voice, wiggling her eyebrows in a teasing manner. That immediately shut Mikasa up, making her look around frantically before down at her saddle nervously, a furious rush of red rising to her cheeks. Oh no, this is embarrassing!!

She bit her lip as if wanting to say something. "Is he... Is he really?" She asked in a meek voice, fiddling with her horse's rein. Elliot nodded and smiled, slightly laughing.

"Anyways... What do you think we will see?" Elliot switched her mood to one that was slightly more serious, almost instantaneously. "As in, we've come all this way, riding for hours on plain sand... Will we see anything special?" Elliot tried to pretend she didn't know.