"I Promise" Levi Ackerman x Reader

Chapter Twenty

-Your POV-

Warmth floods my senses as I feel myself waking up to a bright light and a cold breeze in my face, the smell of salt fills my head. For a moment I stay lying down with my eyes closed, attempting to figure out where I am and why I'm not lying in my bed.

As I'm lying on the ground my mind snaps back to what happened before I fell unconscious and I blush. Levi was holding me in his arms, he was concerned about me... I think...

I decide that opening my eyes would probably help me understand my situation.

The moment my eyelids begin to open I have to shade them from the blinding light but before I can look around any further I feel something wet and cold slosh against my calves, curiosity peaked I stretch my neck and look at what pushing against my feet.

'Water...' I look up and freeze as my mind clicks and I realize where I am.

'The ocean, but how??' I bolt upright from my sleeping position and clutch my stomach as fear starts etching it's filthy way inside of me.

"Don't sit up too fast, you could hurt your head" A male voice says behind me and, ignoring his statement, I jump up and whirl around to look at the man who spoke, instantly regretting it when my head started to burn.

I involuntarily let out a groan and press my fingers to my temples, squeezing my eyes together.

"Told you" I let out a small snarl as the man speaks again and I finally look up to meet his gaze.

For some reason the more I look at this male figure the more confused I become, when I try to look at his face it goes dark and blurs out of focus and when I attempt to find out his height he starts growing, shrinking and blurring, but still staying the same height.

"Wha-" my voice cuts off as the pain in my head pounds against my skull, causing me to crouch down in agony.

I see a movement in the corner of my eye and yank my head back up to look at the ever-changing man.

"I wouldn't try to look at me, if I were you" the man says and I realize that even his voice keeps changing pitch.

I avert my eyes and notice his point when my head spikes in pain yet again.

"Right, got it" my teeth clench together and I keep my eyes lowered, resisting the temptation to look up and hope I can see the man.

After A few moments my head stops blaring in pain and I let out a small sigh.

"So... Who are you?" Is the only question that forms on my lips and I hear a sigh from the man, almost causing me to look up at him, but luckily I manage to avoid having a traumatized brain again.

"I'm the men you love" I pause at his answer, puzzled.

"Men, as in, plural for Man?" I almost slap myself for asking a pointless question.

"Yes, but I am also your dead brother" I freeze in place when he mentions my brother but I stay quiet as it seems he wants to continue.

"And the man who killed him" My blood goes cold as I think about what happened that night. I open my mouth to yell at the man but before I can, I'm pulled into a warm embrace by a man of many shadows.

"I am the voice in your head, who will forever protect you. I am the women you have befriended and the woman who have hurt you" I feel tears begin to fall down my face without my control and I curse myself for letting my guard down this man who is clearly insane but also clearly not.

I am the one who loves you, the one who fights for you, the one who lusts for you, the one to hates you, the one who hurt you. I Am" The man, or woman, holds me close to them while whispering these strange words and, without realizing, I have wrapped my arms around their ever-shifting and dark torso.

"Well," My mouth opens and more tears stream down my face while I realize that I am not in control.
"I now know who you are... but" my voice trails off as I realize how they cannot answer my question.

"The only stupid question is the one that wasn't asked" They say, almost reading my mind as I gulp down a small cry. I open my mouth again.

"But... Who am I?" My voice doesn't break and for the first time I realize that the whole time I have been in this strange place I have not stammered, I have not heard Achida, and this scares me.

Before I can open my shuddering mouth to ask more questions The person holds me out in front of them and, putting a finger on my mouth, locks eyes with me and begins to talk.

"You are mine" The statement is sharp but I feel no pain from his gaze.

they lean forward until our lips are almost touching, then yet again their mouth moves to speak.

"And you will Live" is all they say before leaning in and kissing me softly on my lips.

I feel myself slowly falling asleep until everything goes black.

-Levi POV-

Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, and shit.

(f/n) Isn't waking up.

Shit, shit, shit, and fucking shit.

(f/n) isn't breathing.

Over and over I curse myself with my head in my hands and sitting next to the girl I fell for through music.

I locked the door before anyone could see my tears and before anyone would know about (f/n) not breathing.

I have sat next to her corpse for the past four hours.

for the first one hour I panicked and just stared at her, I didn't even help her.

For the next hour I was racked with hysterical sobs.

After that hour was the hour of screaming and yelling at her body, then yelling at my own stupid mistakes.

And once that hour ended I have been simply sitting. Dead still.

"I suppose also being dead wouldn't be too bad, then we could at least fucking be together" My eyes are dry and my throat is parched from my earlier grief and I don't even care about the suicidal thoughts that course through my mind.

I hear the tiniest gasp and my blood freezes.

'I must be going insane, that gasp sounded just like her when she saw me' I conclude the most probable answer in my head but a little nagging voice that's rising the hope from the ocean of denial and pain.

I look up.

And (f/n) looks up too.