Hero - SnK {AoT} x Magical! Reader

I'm Sorry

Chapter 7

I'm Sorry

Reader's POV

"No, no," I said, desperation in my voice. "That can't be, no." Shaking my head, I laughed. It couldn't be. Samantha was so strong. She was good! No way she'd be killed like that.

"I'm sorry," Corporal Levi responded, shaking his head. "She died bravely."

"I would rather have her not die rather than die bravely," I said, an upset undertone to my voice. It was dark, Corporal and Commander had pulled me over to tell me the news of my best friend, Samantha, dying.

"(y/n), I know you're upset, bu—" I didn't give him enough time to finish his sentence.

"No! Don't try to coddle me like a baby. I'm not a baby," I said coldly, like I had never before to the Corporal. He looked surprised for a split second—maybe not even that much, but I caught the quick look of bewilderment that crossed his face. "There's early training tomorrow. I'm going to sleep. Goodnight." With that, I turned away, ignoring Hanji's look of pity and two pairs of eyes burning holes into my back.

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Levi's POV

"She's changed, hasn't she?" Erwin asked, and I nodded in response. "Mm, she has changed."

"Yeah, I get it," and I did. She had never talked to me like this, ever. I was like her uncle and I adored her for who she was—the bright person that never gave up. I guess this is what losing someone close to you can do.

"Yeah," the usual cheerful Hanji was gone, too. This was all an impact of (y/n) changing, probably. But we all have went through changes and we will continue to do so. I can't stay down.

"Let's go sleep."

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Reader's POV

I woke up with a headache at 4 am, 1 hour earlier than the others. It was like words were being shouted to my head, and honestly, it hurt. It was never like this before. Always whispered unless I really wanted to hear what the whispers were about. Staggering to the bathroom, I cleaned my face and looked up—

My eye. My eye. It was pulsing. I didn't know what this was about, and it had never been said in the letter from my mom. It definitely hadn't happened before, either. A purple, pulsing eye. That's great.

Shit.

How the hell am I supposed to hide this thing????

Trying to think of ways to somehow fix this, I ran out of the bathroom to find something, anything, to hide my eyes. Rummaging through my belongings, I found the envelope that my mom had put the letter in.

And it fell out. An eyepatch. How the hell haven't I noticed this? It was probably very obvious that it was there.Well, obviously not to me, I guess. I ran into the bathroom and pulled it over my right eye, and the weird pulsing kind of... stopped? How was my mom able to use this? She had two plum eyes, my dad had told me.

Meh, guess they used something else.

And maybe, just maybe, the "prophecy" that my mother had mentioned in her letter had something to do with it.

Shrugging, I fell back onto my mattress, hard and cold from my short absence. Not that it bothered me, I was used to the cold. I had to be. And that's when I realized something.

My head was no longer throbbing. The words being spoken in my head were still louder than usual, but they were bearable. Maybe this eyepatch was magic, who knows?

I was glad the intense headache was gone though, it had been bothering her a lot. And I didn't know what exactly the others would have thought if they saw my purple pulsing eye, of course.

Trying to relax into the hard mattress, I thought about the conversation between me and Corporal Levi yesterday night. I had never talked back to my uncle—and maybe even, father—figure like that. Ever. I had been rebellious a couple of times before, of course. But never like that.

Samantha's death had a large effect on me, I guess. We were best friends, not caring about the huge age gap placed in between us. Age didn't matter, not to me. Either Levi or Hanji or even Commander Erwin could be my friend.

Well, maybe not Corporal Levi, not after yesterday. I wonder if he would forgive me.

Even though I'm still upset, and I will forever be, I still have people whom I care about. And I intend to keep them alive, this time.

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so the format is a bit different, mostly because i kinda forgot everything...

i'm so sorry! i have literally no excuse for what i've done. i'm sorry for leaving you with absolutely no updates for the past few months.

pls don't hate me ;;

new updates will come probably once/twice a month for this book. there will probably be another update on this book on March, actually, because i want to get a few more updates on here, focus on different, my percy jackson book, and come back.

and some people had given me ideas on what to do with the reader's eye (because let's face it, you can't cover it with your bangs forever)—wear an eyepatch! 

thank you for reading!!

- renee (stillnotfictional)