Half and Half (Oblivious!Eren x Reader x Slight!Yandere Levi)

Confidence

"You'll feel a slight pain once we inject this inside you. Annie has to prepare the other things first. Y'know, i-in case you become a failure. So we'll wait for her to come back after she's done patching up Kenny." Bert explained as he pulls out a red syringe.

"Hn." Levi shrugged in a calm manner though he was tied to a surgery table, secured with brown belts.

"........ So.... You guys are the good guys, huh?" Bert nervously laughed, as he fiddled with the syringe.

"Good or bad, it doesn't matter." The man sighed.

"I see." Bert frowns, looking away.

"W-Why do you want to become a titan shifter?" Bert asks.

"Why do you?" Levi raised a brow in confusion, unsure if he's understanding the question coming from a titan shifter himself.

W-Well... This is a red syringe. Y-You do know what'll happen if I-I give this to you, right?" Bert stuttered.

"It doesn't matter to me. Nothing does." Levi closes his eyes, ready for the syringe intake.

Berthold stood beside him, feeling hesitant. He's done this kind of thing many times in his lifetime. Levi was surely a strange one. Usually, when Bert prepares a syringe, the people who were captured were always struggling, begging, crying for freedom. But Levi's expression tells Bert otherwise.

"....... Why is that?" Bert asked curiously.

"Your hands are shaking." Levi indicated.

"Hm? Oh.... R-right."

"Reiner's a good friend, isn't he?" Levi commented.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. He's a very good friend. He usually treats everyone nicely." Bert complimented.

"Do you wish to have confidence like him?"

"I do. Trust me, I really do. I admire Reiner. He's my best friend and... I'd give anything to be like him." Bert quietly laughs.

"You can start now." Levi suggested.

Bert took a moment to process Levi's words. It felt weird talking to a human being who doesn't seem afraid. Honestly, this was the first time he's had a comforting conversation with someone in years. Maybe decades.

"I-I can't. It's too late for that." Bert knitted his brows together, full of doubt and disappointment.

"I see.... Sucks to be you." Levi casually commented.

"Wait a minute, W-Who are you to tell me what to do??" Bert felt a bit insulted.

"I am human. You're not my superior, are you?"

"I'm not listening to you anymore! What are you trying to do? Lower my self esteem??" Bert suddenly burst.

"Yes."

Levi turns towards Bert, wearing a serious glare towards the shy man.

"If you can stop shoving a stick up your ass, maybe you'd grow some fucking balls to stop this shitty world from the extinction of humanity."

He spoke in a dark voice, which surprised Berthold.

"W-Wha....?"

"You don't have what it takes to be a man. You're just a fucking pretentious wimp. A coward who refuses to follow his own beliefs. So continue on doing whatever the fuck everyone says. You're a disgusting kiss ass."

Bert couldn't tell if Levi was insulting him or scolding him. Either way, for some reason, Bert listened to his words.

He couldn't think of anything to respond to Levi's opinion on him. Everything he described about him seemed..... Right.

"Alright, everything's all set. Bert, go on and give him the red syringe. We'll see if he's capable of controlling his abilities." Annie comes in with a small kit, preparing to withdraw some blood from Levi. On the other hand, Bert couldn't stop looking at Levi with a frightened expression. As for Levi, he smirked deviously, refusing to look away from Bert.

"Bert, are you listening to me?" Annie interrupted.

"Huh?" The man finally turns his full attention to the young girl.

"Prepare the syringe." Annie rolls up Levi's sleeve to administer his blood with a small syringe.

"What's that for?" Levi wondered.

"We keep a collection of DNA's to keep a record of the people." Annie answered.

"Bert, the syringe. Now." Annie holds down Levi's arm in a firm grip while Bert steadily brings the syringe in contact with Levi's skin.

"Okay..... Here goes..." Bert tried to concentrate but for some reason, he couldn't push the plunger. He began to tremble and sweat as he tried to push it down.

"Bert, what the hell are you waiting for? Just do it already." Annie sighed impatiently.

"I'm... Trying Annie...."

"You're just a fucking pretentious wimp. A coward who refuses to follow his own beliefs. So continue on doing whatever the fuck everyone says. You're a disgusting kiss ass."

"Bert, hurry up. Just push the plunger." Annie pressured him.

"I know....!" Bert's face was washed with grief and regret of all the things he had been doing. It was all for the sake of a man. Maybe not a man, but a ruthless animal who started all this.

Bert closed his eyes in fear, wishing that he wasn't here right now. He thought long and hard about his sins he had committed. Maybe it's not too late after all...

"Jesus Christ, Bert!!---"

"I CAN'T DO IT!!!'