-Your POV-
'Fuck, this is cold.' I reach down into the icy depths of the river, forcing myself to grow accustomed to the chill running up my spine. The hot meal I ate only a few minutes ago doesn't do much to keep me warm as the water laps around my waist, inching higher with every step I take into the river.
Finally I manage to submerge myself, my skin prickling with cold like a plucked chicken. Holding my breath, I run my hands through my hair, feeling through the clumps and attempting to separate them. The water around me is dark, but thankfully not murky, and I can feel the soft clay underfoot as I shift with the currents.
Finally, I feel my chest starting to hurt and I push myself upwards, breaking through the water to take a deep gasp of air. After ten or so minutes of lathering the soap across my body and scraping off the muck I finally start feeling refreshed and presentable.
"Maybe I'll be clean enough for Levi now..." I mumble as I make my way back to the shore.
"Don't get your hopes up." I snap my eyes up as I see Levi leaning against a tree and I quickly splash back down into the water. 'What is he doing here??'
Levi grunts at my attempt to hide my body and holds out what appears to be a towel before averting his eyes with a frown. With red cheeks I slowly rise from the water, keeping my hands over my body in a sad attempt, before reaching up and snatching the towel from his outstretched hand. He takes his now empty hand and runs it through his hair, looking perturbed as I quickly wrap the towel around myself.
Now looking somewhat presentable I straighten my back and clear my throat.
"How may I help you, Captain?" Levi looks over me, still cold and definitely shivering, and clicks his tongue.
"Cadet." His voice his cold, sharp, and I can't help but feel a little afraid.
"Were you truly intending on letting yourself die?." Me chest sinks as he speaks, I can't help but raise my voice in response.
"If I didn't do that you would have died too!" He scoffs at me before glaring once more.
"Seeing you there, in my arms, I had a lapse in judgement. I should never have kissed you. I should never have been willing to die with you." His words are sharp, however I can't help but notice that the blade is pointed at himself.
I find myself pausing, "... You would have died with me?" and Levi averts his gaze for a moment before staring at me once more.
"It won't happen again." Now it's me who looks away as he continues speaking. "You put my people at risk by running, not even riding a fucking horse, but running towards the Titan forest. Do you realize how stupid that was? Did you really run away from HQ on a whim?" I did, for how long I was cooped up, I didn't even prepare the slightest before jumping out of that damned window.
"I just... I wanted to see you..." My voice is quiet, but he still heard me. He laughs.
Captain Levi Ackerman laughed.
My eyes snap up only to see him staring at me with disdain and my blood runs cold.
"I'm going back to camp, this conversation won't get us anywhere." He runs a hand through his hair and turns to leave, stopping briefly to look back at me, "I suggest you think about your actions, cadet." And then he walks away, leaving me alone.
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A few minutes go by before I'm able to move again, drying myself off completely, and wiping away any loose tears. I don't have the right to cry about this, I was a fool.
Reaching down to my clothes I notice that they're not the clothes I took off. Smiling bitterly to myself, I realize that Lei must have left a clean set for me when he showed up earlier.
"The audacity of him to be so kind after reprimanding me, right Achida?" I laugh to myself.
...
"Achida?" A deafening silence ensues as I realize that I haven't heard him speak since he saved me from being devoured by the titan.
Suddenly the woods seem very dark, and I feel so much more alone.
And then another gut punch of a realization occurs as I note that I'm essentially useless without that voice in my head. The only reason I have survived until now was because he took control of my body whenever I was in danger, without him... I have no right to be even a cadet.
I groan and start heading back to camp, looks like I'm going to be thinking on my own for the rest of the night.
-Levi's POV-
(f/n) might hate me now, but if she has any sense she'll know that the only person to blame is herself. Granted, I was about to make a very foolish decision so I am thankful that she snapped me out of it by shoving me away.
I groan and lean against a tree, the campfire crackles in the center of camp and I sense someone walking up to me, I glance over to see Petra.
"I thought everybody was asleep." My voice snaps out unintentionally but Petra just smiles and shrugs before handing me a cup of tea. The steam from it wafts through the air and I feel my shoulders relax ever so slightly.
"How'd the conversation go with the scout?" I take the tea from her with a nod of appreciation.
"Like shit." Petra laughs and stands next to me and I take a well needed sip. A few moments of silence goes by as we watch over the camp together.
"Is she... someone you care for?" Petra stumbles over her words for a moment as I raise my eyebrow at her, "I just meant that, when I was rushing over to you guys earlier, you two seemed close!" I click my tongue in response.
"And... you don't usually go out of your way for someone like that." I pause before sighing, furrowing my eyebrows and closing my eyes.
"I don't know what I feel for her. Right now I'm pissed at her, but I also feel responsible." Petra stays quiet.
"She put all of us in danger, she's untrained, and frankly she's not fucking skilled enough to be making the decisions she makes." Petra laughs softly and I groan, I don't like this feeling. These emotions. I'm sick of this confusion.
"Want me to train her? If she's not going back to HQ that is." I glance over at Petra, she's skilled, and she's friendly enough that (f/n) might just listen to her advice. But I'm not sure we can afford the extra responsibility until our mission is complete.
I open my mouth to speak but the hair on the back of my neck stands up for just a moment and a branch snaps from behind us. We both spin around to see (f/n), grimacing, before standing up straight and saluting to Petra.
"I'll do it. I'll train under you."
For fucks sake.
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"I Promise" Levi Ackerman x Reader
Fanfiction"He shows no look of pity or sadness in his face but instead keeps his eyes on the ground. He guides his horse without a slouch, the look on his face, cold. A weird feeling starts aching around me and I clutch my stomach, unable to stand I fall to m...
