Lady execution Levi Ackerman x OC (ENG) 18+

Chapter XXXI. Broken pieces

Trost District August 19, 5:40 p.m

"Commander, the tombstone with the names of the fallen soldiers is in place," Nifa announced and Theia nodded as she signed the last of the condolence letters she barely had time to prepare.

"Should I hand it to the families?" Hanje asked sensitively but Theia shook her head.

"I'll do it myself, otherwise it wouldn't matter," Hanje nodded softly and continued walking next to Theia, who had an immense coldness in her eyes.

"Then I'll go check if everything is ready for the ceremony and get people seated," she suggested, and left together with Moblit and Nifa. Theia suddenly stopped walking.

"Could I ask you to be one who takes the coffin of my father?" She asked absently, straightening the papers in her hands.

"You don't have to ask me for anything, just command me what to do," Levi answered her, to which she turned to look into his face. He looked even more pale and tired than in the morning. She licked her lips nervously. Just looking into his eyes made her feel strangely embarrassed. She extended her fingers to him and before Levi could react in any way she pressed him against the wall. Levi closed his eyes in shock, but let Theia reach for his neck where she pulled the fabric down to reveal her teeth marks. She moved closer to his skin as she squeezed his arm roughly between her fingers. She was breathing loudly, her heart was pounding as if frightened, and she felt like she was on fire. She couldn't understand what was happening to her, why she was unable to control her own body, which wanted him so desperately. She thought she was going crazy soon. With the last of her strength, she prevented her own thoughts from harming Levi and rested her forehead and his shoulder exhaustedly. Confused, Levi reached for her hand and was honestly surprised at how hot it was. "Are you feeling okay?" He asked in a soft voice as she continued to press desperately against him until she placed her hands on his chest and roughly pushed him away from her. He watched her pink face with a frown as he tried to understand her strange behavior. "If something happing, tell me," he urged her, but after a while she raised her cold green eyes to him again.

"Outside of work, the two of us have nothing to talk about," she answered him, walking away to leave a crushed Levi standing still as he reached for the neck she'd been touching just moments ago. He lowered his hand along his body and also walked towards the cemetery, where he respectfully carried Erwin's coffin together with Commandant Nile and the high-ranking soldiers, to the giant tombstone where all the names of the soldiers who had fallen during the expedition to recapture the walls of Maria were written, while lowering the only body they had brought from the battlefield into the grave. "Commander Erwin Smith, rest in peace," Theia put her fist to her heart and the entire survey corps did the same as a mark of respect for all the fallen. Theia looked into the hole that was filling with soil and felt that they were burying a piece of her heart with him too. Levi and Hanje stood by and watched her motionless silhouette with sadness in their eyes.

"Levi, what happened between you two this morning?" Hanje asked suspiciously.

"Nothing," he answered simply and Hanje shook her head.

"If you're going to lie to me, you should hide those wrists better and this too," she turned to him to adjust the white scarf, which Theia had pulled off a moment ago to reveal the teeth marks. Levi looked away. "Did you two talk?" Levi sighed at her question.

"I don't know what to talk about,"

"Did you tell her it was Erwin's wish?" Her response was silence. "You really didn't tell her? Did you say anything to her at all?" Levi looked down.

"I don't mind, she vents her anger on me. I don't want her hatred to turn on her dead father, she loved him," he said honestly, which shocked Hanje.

"She loves you too. One difference is that Erwin is dead, you're alive," her face suddenly became serious. "Or you're comfortable with her punishing you because you want to punish yourself,"