Strays | Levi x OC

Chapter 9

Crap. Karma threw her head back and groaned.

"Mikasa—"

"Don't bother with some half-assed excuse. He brings you that cat and suddenly you're MIA all night?" Mikasa shook her head. "I thought you were smarter than this."

Karma slumped onto her bed. "I swear I would've told you everything, but I promised to keep it secret. And I didn't know it would turn into anything."

"You're still seeing him?" Mikasa was furious. "Just because he's your captain doesn't mean you have to sleep with him."

"What?" Karma paused. They were completely misunderstanding each other. She calmed her voice. "No, it's not like that."

"Then why else would he get you that cat if he's not bribing you for sex?"

"Because the night of graduation we slept together and he called it a mistake. I was super pissed at him." Karma picked at her fingernails. "That's why I was crying that night. The cat was his apology."

"Oh...so that's what went down in the alley." She tapped a finger on her knee. "I guess that makes sense, but the cat was a bit overkill. He could've just said sorry."

"Exactly," Karma said. "He wasn't just apologizing—he wanted a second chance."

"So you had another little fling and now it's all out of your system? Everything can go back to normal?" When Karma replied with a wan smile, Mikasa sighed. "Of course it's too much to hope that you're not sneaking around with our Scout Regiment Captain. Why do you have to be so goddamn complicated?"

Karma scoffed a laugh. Mikasa cracked a smile.

"You promise to keep this between us? I don't wanna get fucked for fucking," Karma said.

"You know I'd kill for you, Karma." Mikasa reached between their beds and squeezed her hand. Then she flashed a devious smirk, unsettling in the typically placid terrain of her features. "But you still haven't answered my question."

"What question?"

The smirk darkened. "How is Captain Levi in bed?" Was that a giggle?

Karma's face heated as if she'd popped open an oven. "Mikasa!" She disguised her abhorrent shock with a shove. "You are way too young to be asking those kinds of questions."

"Oh, come on. I don't need too many details—just a one word answer."

"Ok, fine. He's good."

"That's a cop-out."

Could she sum up Captain Levi in one word? The way he made her feel? How his voice dragged her from reality and his lips drugged her veins? How he always left her dazed and craving? "He's...intoxicating."

Mikasa's charcoal eyes widened. "Wow...sounds intense." She blinked. "No wonder you're taking such a risk for him."

"It's more than just the physical stuff, though. I really started falling for him in the pantry."

"When you stole the meat?"

"Yeah. He caught me red-handed with that patty then gave me fish too. Even though he knew it was all for the strays." Karma's blush deepened. "And I lied before about Trost. He saved me that day."

"That was a given," Mikasa said, leaning on her elbows, cheeks cupped.

"He's just...Captain Levi, I guess." Saying his name made her smile. She couldn't help it. "Sexy as all hell, of course, but also generous, forgiving, courteous, heroic..."

"Sounds like someone's in love." Mikasa's eyes were narrowed with humor.

"Oh please, don't give me that crap. You're the one in love with your brother"—Mikasa's cheeks flared cherry red—"Ha! I knew it!"