Diamond In The Rough (Levi x Reader)

9- Stargazing

*After the expedition*

(F/n)'s POV

Levi and I were at a table in the mess hall, late at night. Neither of us could sleep so we just came here.

There was this one thought that kept distracting me, and I wanted to know the answer. I wanted to know how Farlan and Isabel died.

"Um...Levi? C-can I ask you something?" I asked, glancing up at him before returning my gaze back to my tea cup. "Go ahead." He replied.

"I was just a little curious on how...Farlan and Isabel went out." I quietly asked him. I saw his eyes widen a small fraction.

"I'll only tell you if you tell me where you were when we didn't see you for years." He took a sip from his tea cup.

Wow Levi. Nice move, trying to get me to tell you where I was? Not happening.

"Okay. I'm fine with not knowing then." I sighed, taking a sip of my tea. "What's so bad about where ever you went? Why won't you tell me, (f/n)?" I could tell he was getting a bit annoyed.

"It's just-...I don't know..." I rubbed the back of my neck, looking down at the wooden floor. "Hey...what's this?" He leaned closer to me, touching the side of my neck.

"What's what?" I furrowed my brows in confusion. "A scar on your neck." He bluntly answered.

That must be from when that happened.

Flashback

He took the belt and started to choke her. The girl's eyes widened with fear, for any breath could be her last.

Her mother slowly sat up, catching her breath from the previous beating she received. "S-stop...p-please..." She quietly spoke, but her father didn't listen.

"P-please...stop, t-take your anger o-out on me...just leave (f-f/n) out of it..." The mother's breathing was unsteady. The girl's eyes started rolling to the back of her head, very little air filling her lungs.

Her father finally stopped, letting go of the belt. (F/n) gasped for air, falling over and hitting her head against the nightstand beside her.

Flashback End

"Where did this come from?" Levi asked me, concern filling his eyes. "Oh, that scar? I was a clumsy toddler." I hesitantly answered with a dry chuckle afterwards.

"Quit lying to me." Levi rolled his eyes. "But I'm not lying." I frowned. "Just know that whatever happened to you, I will find out about it. I will make you tell me, even if it calls for desperate measures."

"Oh I'm so scared." I used sarcasm. "What are you going to do to me, torture me?" I raised an eyebrow with a smirk. "Dear God, I hope you don't mean it in that way." He muttered, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Levi!" I gasped, "Why on Earth would I mean it like that?!" I laughed. "Thank God." He sighed. After a few more minutes of me quietly laughing, I had an idea.

"Levi, did you want to go outside and watch the stars? Like how we used to at the big hole in the underground?" I asked Levi, not making eye contact.

"Sure." He replied without hesitation and standing up from his seat. I followed suit, getting up from my seat and walking outside with him.