In Another Life || Levi x Reader/OC

A Mysterious Medic

Year 853

Marley

"Ah! What's with that horse? Or wait. Is that- what was that?"

"Nah, no horse ever looked like that. I think it was a Marleyan cow!"

"It's a car! We heard about them before coming! Hello, Car! Hi, hello!"

"Tch." Levi scowled while glaring at the three idiots running after the four-wheeled contraption. "If we don't stop them, they're going to try to feed carrots to that lump of iron."

Onyankopon chuckled at Levi's sarcasm. "Hah, yeah, right." The joyful amusement in his expression dissipated when he saw Sasha and Connie walk up to a vegetable stand. "Wait, are they actually buying carrots?"

"Oi." Levi snatched the carrots from Sasha's hands and dropped it back in the basket before yanking her and Connie away from the vendor as far away as possible. Sasha nearly protested until she saw it was the captain who pulled her away. "You two are acting like a pair of idiots. You're making it harder for us to blend in." Levi switched his gaze to Hange next. "You too, Hange."

"R-Right, sorry," they replied sheepishly. Levi glanced over his shoulder to make sure everyone was following close behind him. Eren, Mikasa, and Armin had stopped to have a conversation; Levi could already feel himself lose patience.

"Hey, stay with the group," he ordered, focusing his gaze on Eren specifically. "You especially."

"We'll be right there," Armin answered. Levi decided to trust his word and kept walking forward.

"Gah! This thing is cold!" Sasha shouted from afar. Shit, when did she leave his side?

"What is it? I wanna try it!" Connie asked in intrigue.

For fuck's sake.

"Those brats. I told them not to draw attention," Levi grumbled.

Hange smiled in reassurance. "It's fine. No one's going to think we're those island devils if they continue behaving like overgrown children."

"Hi, little fella. Got some tasty candy for ya. Wanna try it?" Levi completely stilled when he felt a dark, menacing shadow towering behind him. "It's real good."

His eyes widened in apprehension before turning around to face the disturbing figure.

"Sharp suit there bud. Are you and your friends playing gangster?"

What in the actual fuck is that?

Levi had never seen such a ridiculously dressed person. The man wore a purple vest with yellow buttons and a long sleeve shirt with stripes. His hat, shirt, and pants were painted with yellow and red lines, and he was dressed in a red bow tied around his neck along with a ruffled white collar. He was even wearing some sort of makeup that made his face powdered with white. To top it off, he had a comically large red sphere encased over his nose. The style was a horrendous mix of colors, and all the clothes were just absurdly baggy. It was atrocious.

Hange tugged the side of Levi's suit and dragged him away before his anger took over. "Let's just keep walking," they whispered. Levi obeyed, knowing shooting any insults in that man's direction would only cause a scene, which was not ideal right now.

He silently strolled down the sidewalk while examining his surroundings. These types of festivities were never seen back in Paradis; well, not like this. There were multiple stands of fruits, vegetables, deserts, and other unknown snacks he'd never seen before. Kids ran around joyfully while yanking at their mother's dresses to lure them to a food stand, merchants were hauling goats off of boats, and elderly couples sat on benches while smiling as they watched everyone's glee. Oh, and there was some guy using that invention called a camera to take photographs of couples.