Shadows of Truth and Deception (Levi • OC)

CHAPTER 19 - Avenged

avenge /əˈvɛn(d)ʒ/ — inflict harm in return for an injury or wrongdoing on behalf of oneself or another

     It was nice to get lost in primal pleasure with no thoughts in one's head and fuck all night. It was not as nice to have breakfast with your closest friends, who spent the night sleeping in the same castle with very, very poorly sound-isolated walls. And it was even less nice when the one who made you scream so loud decided to skip breakfast, leaving you alone to face your disturbed friends.

     Gunther refused to lift his head from his oatmeal. Oluo refused to eat at all, just blankly staring at his plate. Poor Petra was as pale as death, with occasional blushes that colored her cheeks when she undoubtedly remembered the sounds that echoed through the castle in the night. And Eld had his eyebrows furrowed over his dark under-eye circles, staring at his food with a haunted gaze.

     Reinae's eyes darted from one to the other, her eyes narrowing at their disturbed expressions.

     "Oh, please, like you've never had sex before!" she barked at them, making them flinch. "You're acting as if I've committed a crime!"

     Oluo lifted his head to meet her glare. He shook his head slowly.

     "I've had my fair amount of sex, Reinae," he said. "But I've never had sex like... that."

     Reinae rolled her eyes, cursing the blush that stained her cheeks in embarrassment.

     "Who would've thought Levi is so..." Gunther couldn't finish his sentence, shuddering. "You look like you devour your partner during sex, but him..."

     "What's that supposed to mean?!" Reinae hissed.

     "He's an animal," Oluo said with terror in his eyes. "I'll never be able to look at him the same... I thought he was tearing you apart in that room- "

     "Don't. Go there," Reinae interrupted sternly, paling. "You all seem more shocked by the fact that your captain has sex than by the fact that he has sex with me."

     "We knew Levi was having sex," Petra chimed in, skillfully hiding how horrified she was. "We didn't know he was having sex like that. And we've all known you two are sleeping with each other—we just didn't know it was so..."

     "Whore-y?" Eld said emptily when Petra couldn't find a word.

     Reinae didn't think to glare at him, too shocked by what Petra had said.

     "You all knew?" Her eyes darted between them. "Since when?"

     "Since the night he dragged you out of Charlotte's pub like a jealous lover when you danced with another man."

     Reinae's mouth fell open. "But- But back then, we haven't even- "

     "We know," Eld said. "It was when we also realized that you're both incredibly stupid."

     He received a slap on the back of his head. The squad chuckled, relaxing a little when they saw her flushed face.

     "Anyways, please refrain from such... loudness," Gunther asked, a pleading look on his face.

     Reinae gritted her teeth, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Please refrain from speaking about it again. Ever."

     The table became quiet, though they all threw amused glances at Reinae.

     "Seriously, eight times?" Eld suddenly asked, breaking the silence.

     They all laughed when Reinae grabbed her plate and left the dining room.