In Another Life || Levi x Reader/OC

Resentment

As promised, Levi brought you some spare clothes later that day. It was nothing out of the ordinary - just a T-shirt and some sweats.

"Change into these, but bathe first," he ordered. "I'd rather you not taint the air with your titan smell."

You fought back the urge to roll your eyes. "Bathe where, exactly?"

"Outside," he answered firmly. "We have buckets and a sponge for you."

"Excellent hotel service," you said. "I'm assuming someone will be accompanying me as well?"

"It's a part of the service," he threw back.

"How wonderful."

He waited for you outside of the tent before passing you the items - a large bucket full of water, and a smaller bucket containing a sponge, towel, and some soap; you dropped your clothes inside with the other items.

When you looked up into the sky, you noticed that the sun was just starting to set . Levi had picked a good time for you to bathe before the entire forest was enveloped in darkness. You would have hated bathing next to a candle or lantern.

"I can't help but notice that most of your soldiers here are men," you stated, grabbing the items. The bucket of water was weighing your arm down a bit, but you pretended like it was as light as a feather. "If someone's watching over me, I'd prefer for them to be a woman."

"Never said they weren't." He pointed to a tree some feet behind the tent. "She's down there. Be quick."

"Yes, Captain," you said begrudgingly.

You couldn't really identify the soldier from afar. All you could hope was that they weren't going to be bitchy or hostile with you. Although you had accepted that not everyone from Paradis would forgive you, you also just didn't have the patience to deal with bitter behavior. Their job was to just watch over you while you bathed, nothing else. As long as they kept quiet, there wouldn't have to be any issues.

Well, at least he assigned me a woman... he respected me enough to make me feel comfortable, at least.

The bar was very low for you right now...

The woman was leaning her back against a tree, one leg bent with their foot resting on the bark and arms crossed. You squinted your eyes at their figure, trying to decipher if they were familiar to you somehow. Their orange hair was medium length, stopping just below the shoulders.

The girl whipped her head around when they heard the sound of your boots crunching down on a thin stick on the ground. Your eyes widened.

"Nifa?" You hardly recognized her from how long her hair had grown. It suited her nicely - she looked pretty.

A hesitant smile emerged on her face. "...Hi."

Well, you felt a little less anxious now. At least you knew the person, and it was someone you were able to tolerate.

"Long time no see," you said, glancing down at her arm. Her injury appeared completely healed now. "How's your shoulder?"

"A lot better. It'll never be the way it once was, but I can participate in battle like I used to now."

You nodded. "That's really good to hear. I'm glad."

Her smile grew a little wider at your words; you returned the same expression.

"Well, I suppose I should just get started then," you said awkwardly, walking in front of her. "Where am I supposed to-"

"Just a few feet down by that tree over there." She pointed with her index finger. "Just so none of the soldiers guarding on top of the trees by the tents would be able to see you."