One Of A Kind (Levi X Reader) AU

9. Confusion

Reader's POV

No one. The number didn't belong to anyone. Neither Mikasa, nor anybody else. 'A' must have predicted that I might grow suspicious and take precautions. Nonetheless, I can still see who owned it before. I put in the codes and saw that the most recent owner was someone named Mina Carolina. No Mikasa here. I left it at that for then and decided to look into the second number. No one owned that either despite the message being recent. The most recent owner was someone other than Mina Carolina. It was Thomas Wagner.

Now this confuses me. Maybe 'A' hacked into their numbers and used them to leak the information. But how is it that both of these people bought these numbers a little before the messages were sent, were returned soon after and this was the only way these numbers were used. No calls and no other messages. Did 'A' get these numbers under these peoples' names through hacking?

I brainstormed everything that could have happened. Every way 'A' could have used to do this. Motive wasn't something that made this easy. I have a huge bounty on my head and anyone would want the money. What I needed to figure out was who could know the information. That person would be Mikasa because no one else other than us both knew about what I was going to do. I decided that I had to do something but I didn't want to wrongfully accuse a friend.

I thought about how I could find out more and I finally figured it out. I had to wait. I had to wait until Mikasa told me which cafe she wanted to meet me at since she hadn't told me yet. I really hoped that it would be a different one. Right then, my phone rang and I hurriedly picked it up to see if it was Mikasa, a wrong number, a scam or one of my best friends. Upon seeing it was Mikasa, I immediately accepted the call, hoping that my suspicion was wrong.

"Hey, Mikasa."

"Hi, what are you doing?"

"I was just about to watch some anime."

Anime, sure. I'm so damn scared that I don't think that I'll be able to.

"Just relaxing, huh?"

"Yep."

"By the way," Mikasa said, deep in thought, "about the cafe..."

All of my attention suddenly focused on her.

"I found a nice cafe and I think we should go there,"

Please don't say Anteiku.

"Cafeel," she said and sudden confusion arose within me.

"And," she continued, "I'm busy this Sunday so how about Saturday?"

"Great," I told her. I couldn't just say no now, she may not be 'A' after all. I could always cancel later, that would be rude but at least I would be sure by then.

She told me that she would send me the exact location of Cafeel and we wrapped up the conversation before I hung up the phone. I began thinking about how Mikasa might not be 'A' after all.

I put my glasses down and turned off all the screens that I was working on, leaving the work of tracking down 'A' to another day as my tired mind didn't work properly. I got up, thinking about what my next target diamond should be, completely oblivious to the fact that I would've seen something important had I tried to keep tracking down 'A'.

I got back and washed my hands before grabbing a pack of chips to eat. What should I steal next? The Moussaieff Red Diamond looked tempting. I've been meaning to get it for a while but that place has some high security so I need a lot of planning. The Pink Star Diamond had a deadline so I was busy with that for a while. The Moussaieff Red Diamond doesn't so there's no need to rush. I can make a solid plan by giving it time. But, should I really be doing it now when I have another problem on my hands? Whatever, I'll think about it later.

I picked up my phone to read a Wattpad book but saw that I had gotten a message on my phone from Mikasa, it was the location of Cafeel. It was in Denver, Colorado. Well, I hadn't been to Colorado for a while so I guess that's a good thing that I'll be going there.

Mikasa

(Google link to Cafeel)

Y/N

You've got great taste!

Mikasa

Thanks.

Also, I have a favor to ask.

Could you bring one of your diamonds?

I really wanted to see one.

Y/N

Of course!

I'll bring the Idol's Eye.

Mikasa

Thanks for that!

Y/N

Np

I couldn't exactly say no after how much she had helped, so, I agreed to bring the Idol's Eye Diamond. I had others which were far more expensive but I was smarter than to just take them around the country.

I checked my phone, it was 7:00 and my routine was really shitty. I got better at handling the jet lag but I'd be lying if I said that it didn't affect me at all. I finished the last of my chips, washed my hands and decided to work out for a while. I had to stay in shape or I'd lose my speed, agility and slight strength.

I walked to my gym and connected my other phone to the gym speakers to put on music. Yes, I have different phones for different things. Oh, the perks of being rich. I got up on the treadmill, starting slow and then increasing the speed. I was still too engrossed in thinking about who 'A' was. I tried to get the thought out of my head but that didn't work. Instead, I got caught up in new questions.

If Mikasa wants to meet me at Cafeel then who was this 'A' saying that I'd be at Anteiku? There was a different date too. Maybe Mikasa wanted me to get caught but then changed her mind. Should I take The Idol's Eye with me then? No, what if 'A''s goal isn't to get me caught but to get the French Police Department in trouble for working on false news? But why would they do that? Vengeance, maybe?

This is the reason why I hate not having anyone to tell my problems to, it sucks. But, I kind of chose this life so I have no right to complain. Whatever, I'll complain if I want to, it's not like anyone can stop me, but then again, no one is listening either.

Those three would listen if I asked them to but they have a life too. They have separate problems and work and I can't just burden them with mine. Besides, the more details they know about this, the more their livelihood is at risk.

I sighed.

Why am I never satisfied with what I have?

I wasn't satisfied with what I had before and only understood the worth after I lost everything.

I thought about my family. I thought about my mother who used to work in the U.S. intelligence service and when she was shot. I thought about my father who used to be a police detective and how he killed himself because of his depression a few months after my brother Armin died because he was being targeted.

They all loved me.

They all cared for me.

I did too but I didn't show it properly and I didn't know their worth until they were gone.

How Mom said that her job wasn't dangerous. How Armin said that he wasn't being targeted. How Dad said that he was fine. All lies and I was too stupid to realize it.

Now, it will be different because no matter who betrays me, I'll be prepared. I'll always have a backup plan.

I don't need other people, I'm fine with myself. Or at least, I manage with the few people I have.

A/N = Sorry for not posting for 3 weeks. The summer holidays were ending and I wanted to relax the most I could. But I'm back now!

September 8, 2022

- Heliaxa