Ymir's Necklace: The Secret You Hold | Levi x Reader

Wonder

YOUR POV

You slowly opened your eyes, your eyelids heavy as a strange sensation invaded your chest. You slowly started to distinguish shapes and voices around you. Within some seconds, sensed you were not laying in your bed - you could tell by the way the mattress held your body.

The soft smell of cinnamon began to invade your senses as your vision became sharper, and that's when you were finally able to inspect your surroundings carefully. All around you, sat Levi's old squad. To your right, you observed Mikasa tightly holding your hand.

As you laid your eyes on every face that surrounded you, you noticed they all looked relieved to see you wake up, as if they had feared you wouldn't.

You continued to looked into everyone's eyes as you gathered yourself, slowly adjudting your posture in a seated position. Now being able to observe the entire tent in true detail, you spotted Levi's figure standing by the tent's entrance.

His gaze widened as looked at you - his lips parted in expectation. A strange expression in his eye; he looked confused and somehow uncomfortable. You wondered silently: what on earth had happened to you?

'What's... going on?', you whispered, your gaze still placed on Levi's. His body remained still.

'Please lay down, you need to rest', Mikasa exclaimed as she held onto your hand a bit tighter. Her skin felt cold to your touch.

'Please...what happened?!', you felt yourself grow more impatient as you detected that the squad continued to give each other silent glances.

Nobody would say a word to you, and it angered you. That's when Levi approached everyone, all while his gaze remained placed on yours. His expression was unreadable to you.

'You don't remember anything?', he sighed, with that same expression you couldn't quite decipher still decorating his face.

You looked up at him, your hair tangled and your face visibly tired. You couldn't understand why it seemed like Levi looked somewhat uneasy to be around you. You could tell your presence was making him very uncomfortable.

Still feeling lost and confused, you shook your head and then looked to your left - Reiner and Annie were sitting in silence, further away from the group. Some memories came back to you in flashbacks - you could remember seeing them under the rain... at night... right outside the tent you are Levi had gone to.

'I...remember talking to Annie and Reiner, last night...', you whispered as you tried to gather your thoughts.

'(Y/n)...you...', Reiner sighed under his breath. As he tried to continue, you noticed Levi shot him a piercing glare. The blond saw this and sealed his lips. Your confusion grew even more.

'Can someone tell me what the fuck is going on already?!', you were getting upset now as you stared into Levi's eyes. You didn't look at anyone else - you needed the answer to come solely from his lips.

And that's when he looked back at you, his glare remained cold and distant, with that hint of desdain which silently hurt your feelings. His gaze was decorated with an uncomfortable frown - his lips parted slowly as his silver eyes penetrated you completely.

You suddenly felt as if he was speaking to you with his eyes. So many things were said to you just by the sharp, ambiguous look in his irises. You couldn't quite decode his emotions and the uncertainty was killing you.

'You shifted yesterday night', he let out in his regular monotone voice.

No stutter, no doubt. Just plain facts delivered to you in the coldest of ways. Your lips parted in confusion as your eyes engaged in a deep frown. Before you could say anything, he continued.

'You turned into a titan', he sighed, this time you could tell he was completely taken aback from you. He looked almost...betrayed, and somehow disappointed in you. You couldn't understand what was happening at all, and yet, all you could focus on was Levi's apprehensivenews.

A titan? The last thing you could remember from the previous night was taking your necklace off--

Your pendant.

Was that what this was all along? You've been a shifter your entire life? And why did you remove your pendant from your neck in the first place? Fuck. You felt dizzy as your head continued to spin in tortuous ruminations.

You felt your eyes begin to sting - frustration, confusion, fear...so many things began to emerge from within your chest. How was this even possible? Had titans not been erradicated years ago? Was everyone upset with you now?

You stubbornly convinced yourself that they were probably terrified and didn't trust you. Yet, you noticed Mikasa continued to hold your hand through your rollercoaster of emotions.

She held onto you tight as you felt a single tear stream down your cheek - your facial expression remained stoic as you continued trying to decipher what Levi was thinking and feeling.

You tried to say something but nothing would come out. Your lips remained parted as everyone continued looking at you, as if expecting some sort of explanation that would make sense to them. And to you.

But you didn't have that. You couldn't prove anything at all. And Levi continued to look at you as he crossed his arms over his chest, those same disappointed eyes filled his expression.

Fuck. You felt sick to your stomach.

Before you could even try to say a word, Levi got a bit closer to you and his former squad again. He pulled something out of his pocket, then held it up with his fingers so everyone could see.

Right on his pale skinned hand, laid your crimson pedant. It reflected the light as it always did, and it's silver chain had been fixed. Levi continued to look at you as the group stared at the shimmery, red stone.

'You have a lot of explaining to do', he said sternly.

You could notice the anger laced in his voice. Levi's lips were firmly pressed together as everyone stared back at you. In that moment, you feared that the connection the two of you shared, the intimacy... all would be gone. And for reasons you couldn't even understand.

You had betrayed them all, and yet, you didn't have answers. So all you managee to do was draw a deep breath in hopes to calm yourself.

And suddenly, driven by a incomprehensible force, your memory begame less foggy. And what you had seen the night prior began to take shape. Could it be? Were you dreaming?

Then, you felt yourself swallow.