The Beast And A Beauty

Chapter 2

Levi was once again awoken by the sound of banging on his window -he was surprised it wasn't broken yet-. He growled as he forced himself to open his eyes for the 2nd time that nigh—oh it was day time already. Walking to the window (not caring if it was a murderer, and if it was well then they came to the wrong house) and he nearly ripped the curtains off the hanger for how hard he'd shed them apart. His anger quickly dispersed as his eyes met onyx black ones. His horse had been 'lightly' banging its head against his window. Sighing with relief ((when finding out if wasn't a murderer)) he opened the window.

"Hey rivaille" he placed his hand on said horses forehead and looked around trying to find his uncle. His eyebrows furrowed upwards as he couldn't see Kenny and looked back to his horse, his eyes widen slightly. 3 claw Marks ran over the saddle on top of the horse, most of the straps shredded, fortunately the horse seem to had gotten out without a scratch. Rivaille's eyes were wide with panic and fear, it's large body trembling slightly.

Levi's breath quickened and he fled the room, running to his mothers room only to see that she had already left. He growled slightly and kicked the wall, sending a small wave of pain up his leg. He cursed under his breath and ran back to his room.

He threw his night clothes off in a hurry and threw warmer clothing on. He was going to find his uncle, even if it was the last thing he did.

Running out of the room, he quickly made his way to the door, well was going to but he bumped into a warm body on the way. He sighed with relief as he thought his uncle was safe. He took a step back to give his uncle a smile to which quickly turned into a frown.

His mother, had not, in fact left.
This was gonna take some explaining.

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"So, you're telling me, that you've made a friend, an actual human friend, and you are going to be staying at their house for a couple of days?" Well when she said it like that it was hard to believe.

Yes, he lied to his mother but he didn't want her worrying too much. And she probably -definitely- wouldn't have allowed him to go if she knew the truth. He wasn't having that. So he gave a nod in agreement and his mother seemed to be having an inner battle with herself.

After a couple of seconds ago, she hummed in approval and gave a nod. Before she could talk Levi had thrown himself at her into a hug. Why wasn't she curious about who this person was?

"Thanks mom, it means a lot to me, I'm so excited" he lied through his teeth, he lied to his mother, who was he, he had never done that before and really, he didn't want to do it ever again. The guilt built itself in his stomach and he smiled reassuringly.

Standing up, they both walked to the door, Levi holding a bag which had 'clothes' in it. Opening the front door, he hesitated for a second and turned to his mother, he pulled her into a hug and dug his face into her shoulder. Just in case he never got to see her again.

"Wow, calm down there little man, it's not like this will be the last time you'll ever see me" she laughed so freely like she didn't know the situation and what kind of outcomes it had. To which they were quite bad. She didn't know he would probably not return. She didn't know he could get badly injured. She didn't know that she might never see his uncle nor himself. She didn't know he might die today.

He pulled back and kissed her forehead. 'Goodbye...for how long? I have no clue' he thought as he turned and started making his way down the steps. Rivaille already ready and strapped up....when had this happened. He furrowed his eyebrows and stopped In Front of his horse. He turned back to look at his mother and saw her smirking knowingly.

"Bring back Your uncle safely and don't you go and not return to me? You hear me! Oh and don't try lying to me again, a mother always knows" and with that she closed the door, leaving Levi standing there frozen and mouth ajar. How did she...!?