Blue and White - Levi Fanfiction

Ch. 106 - Consequences

"Eren Yeager is dead."

"...What?"

I lifted my eyes from the cup of tea in my hands to meet the inquiring gaze of Reyes and the disbelieving look from Edith.

Honestly, I wasn't sure if it was the right way to start the story, but I hadn't had a lot of time to prepare. Only moments ago, when Edith had seen my injury, she'd murmured a faint, "Amaya, darling," and I knew what she wanted to ask even as she backed away.

"Emi," I had said, looking down at my daughter, and prompting Edith to take another step back. "Didn't you have to use the bathroom?"

"Oh, right!"

She slid off the couch after that, and Reyes called for his son to help her out. "Alright," Kai said dutifully. "Come on, then." 

He'd been hovering in the doorway at that point, and now I still didn't know if he'd seen my injury, but I let my eyes trail after the, Emi as she ran to take Kai's hand and head off to the bathroom. When they left the room, my eyes didn't quite want to focus on anything. They had drifted to the floor, ignoring the way that Reyes and Edith both were still looking at me.

I'd asked then for my cup of tea, and Reyes, as if coming back from a trance, blinked a few times as he forced his eyes away from my injury. He handed me my cup and I took a long sip as I gathered my words. When I lowered the cup, I focused my gaze onto the tea left in the cup, refusing to still in my shaky hands.

"Amaya, how did that... No, better question. What happened? Starting from the day I saw you last?"

That was what led to now. "Eren Yeager is dead," I had said. It was the truth, but it was a harsh one to accept, because I had not been there. I had not seen it for myself. But I knew it to be true, because he had come to me... to say goodbye.

"After I left you and Emi at the inn," I started again, "I headed towards the fortress. I made it there and saw Zeke Yeager sitting atop the wall."

"Zeke Yeager," Reyes said, "was who Levi was watching, wasn't he?"

"Yes," I answered. By now, Edith had settled into the armchair beside the couch. Their daughters were putting the groceries away in the kitchen, leaving us alone in the living room. The couple sat still, not daring to speak or look away from me.

"Zeke was there, but Levi was not," I continued. "It was hard not to think the worst. But I went inside, got orders from Pixis, and then took off to join the fight. As you'd seen, there were zeppelins, soldiers paradropping into the city, and several titan shifters. Eren, Zeke, Reiner, the Cart, and the Jaw."

I'm sure neither of them knew what any of the Titans looked like, nor recognized the names of them. It didn't matter. I continued with the story.

"Of course," I sighed out, "none of that accounts for the many dozens of soldiers that were turned into Titans."

"How?"

"The wine," I answered easily. "I know I mentioned it in my letter but I didn't explain it, did I? Zeke contaminated it with his spinal fluid, meaning that he could turn them into Titans on command and control them. And that's what he did. I spent my time alone, fighting Marleyan soldiers and Titans alike, until the Rumbling happened."

"You fought alone?" Edith asked. "Amaya dear, that's-"

"Irresponsible and reckless, I know. I didn't really care what happened to me. I was exhausted and thought that Levi was dead. I didn't care about what happened to my life. Thankfully, others did. After the Rumbling, I made my way back to the fortress and I learned that Hange had been taken by Floch, leader of the Yeagerists, to go find Levi. Only Floch returned. But one night I stumbled onto a meeting between Hange and the kids of my squad, planning to leave and go after Eren. And they did."