Waking Up in the Real World

Chapter 23 (version Levi)

We all walked home as the sun set. It was a good 30 minute walk and I felt out of breath when we finally arrived.

I held the door as the others walked into our home. That just sounds weird. "Our home." The place I live with characters I believed to be fictional.

My dad could be seen cooking bacon and pancakes on the stove and the wonderful aroma wafted throughout the house.

The pile of pancakes was at least a foot high. Yum. I didn't realize how hungry I was until that very moment.

I hugged my dad and took the plate to the table and set it. We all dug in.

As we began to run out of dinner to eat, my dad asked Eren "Will you ever be satisfied?"

"He will never be satisfied," I responded, sharing a look with Hanji.

After dinner, I left to my room to work on my art project.

I could feel someone looking over my shoulder.

I turned my head to see Levi looking over my shoulder as I sat at the desk.

"My name?"

"Well, yeah. Kurt said to use the name of someone I love," I blushed. There was no point in hiding the truth now. As much of an asshole Levi could be, it was impossible not to fall for him.

His eyes widened in astonishment. Without a word, he pulled up a chair and watched as I continued with the piece of art.

I drew the outline of a cravat in the top left corner and he smiled. Like, actually smiled.

When I pulled out my oil pastels, he asked if he could help.

"Sure thing. Which color do you want to use?"

He picked out a while pastel and colored in the cravat, using light grey to accent any folds.

I wrote his name in grey, but found myself unsatisfied when I realized I could barely read it.

Without saying a word, Levi took the black pastel and traced over it so you could kind of see the grey behind it.

I smiled and added stars and decided to dot the "i" with a blue heart.

I added more detail like stars and lines on the corners, and Levi just sat back and watched, seeming to enjoy himself.

I held up the final product. Perfect.

I hadn't realized I had said that out loud until Levi responded with something I would have never expected from him:

"Just like you."