Stars - Levi Ackerman Modern AU (COMPLETE) [#Wattys2018]

Secrets and Eren's Thirst for Revenge

"The first week of high school is over and now we're getting ice-o-cream!" Sasha sang as she linked arms with me.

I forgave her for stealing my potato because she was a pretty chill person. She was going with Eren, Armin, Mikasa, and me for ice cream in celebration of us surviving the first week of freshman year.

"Ne, Mac," Eren poked me, "can I try your ice cream?"

I shook my head. "No."

"You can try my ice cream, Eren," Mikasa whispered.

Eren licked her ice cream. "Hmm. Kind of boring."

Mikasa was in a slump as soon as he said that.

"Bye Sasha." Armin waved. "Make sure to not eat in class again!"

Armin was the next one to go home. Mikasa went home and brooded as Eren walked me home. I looked at him. He didn't seem happy. He didn't seem broken either.

"I will kill all of the TITANs!"

I smiled when I thought back to that memory. I was too embarrassed to admit it, but I thought the same way. Everyone made fun of Eren for it though, so I never voiced that I too wanted to eradicate the TITANs. Too bad I couldn't.

"MCKENZIE!" Eren screamed.

I felt a knife up to my throat. I saw a reflection in a window of a masked figure behind me in a mask that looked human, but not quite. The twisted grin etched delicately, but monstrously into the sturdy material only caused the hair at the back of my neck stand on end. My great grandparents told me that their grandparents told them stories of giant creatures that used to roam the world and eat humans. These beings were supposedly called Titans, and that was also rumored to be where the gang got its name.

I was going to be killed by one. Eren tried to help me, but the villain pushed the pushed the knife further into my throat, a thin line of blood forming, pooling underneath my neckline and getting absorbed by the cotton. I felt its tongue trail along my jaw as I stood, petrified by fear.

Am I going to die in front of Eren?

I closed my eyes and prepared for the worst. I heard Eren call out to me, telling me to hang on and to keep living. He seemed at the brink of breaking down. I ignored him. Instead I waited.

The TITAN's grip loosened and I got free. I ran to Eren and helped him up and we ran for our lives.

"Why is it that all I can do is run?" Eren asked, tears flooding down. "All I could do was run with her and now you're in danger too and I can't do anything. I-I'm so weak. I'm useless."

I grabbed Eren, placing a hand over his mouth and slipped into a tight opening. I felt Eren shaking in my grasp as I stroked the bridge of his nose, attempting to calm him. It worked for a second. Then the sound of footsteps started to get closer and Eren bit my hand for whatever reason unknown. I kept the pain bottled up as I watched blood run down my hand.

Why the fuck was his instinct to bite my hand?

I looked around for anything to use for a weapon, mentally preparing myself for battle. Then I heard it. A gunshot.

I let go of Eren and ran out of our hiding place, knocking over Eren in the process. I stopped to see a dead TITAN and a figure in a green hooded cape walking away. When my eyes focused, I saw a something that appeared to be wings on the cape, the insignia sun-bleached, yet still bold and symbolic.

"McKenzie! Stay away from there!" Eren yelled as he grabbed my shoulder.

The figure turned around upon hearing my name and stared at me. I couldn't see their face, but I could faintly see uniquely blue eyes, even with the shadow of the hood. Those eyes could only belong to one person. Levi? They turned around and darted away before I could make sure.

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"We saw a Scout today," Eren explained to Mikasa, Armin, Sasha, and Horse- I mean Jean. "You guys didn't believe me that they existed, but Mac saw them too. Right, Mac?"

"Huh? Oh. Mhm," I replied absently.

"You know who it was, don't you." Eren was suddenly centimeters away from my face. "McKenzie Jaeger, you know who the Scout was, don't you?"

Eren's eyes were full of hope. I couldn't let him down. He needed revenge. He craved it badly and so did I.

"L-Levi," I replied. "That had to be Levi."

Eren's mouth opened slowly, making it seem much more dramatic than it should've been. "I knew it. LEVI ACKERMAN IS APART OF THE SC-"

Jean punched Eren.

"You-know-what, I mean." Eren rubbed his head. "How do we find him?"

Mikasa's eyes lit up. "Leave it to me Eren."

"Remind me never to get on Mikasa's bad side Reiner said to Bertholdt. "She'd probably gut me like a fish."

"Are you sure this is the right place?" I asked.

Mikasa's eyes had an even weirder light to them. "Yes."

Eren kicked open the door and ran in like an idiot. "MAKE ME A SCOUT!"

We ran in after him, stopping dead in our tracks at what we saw. Hange, Petra, Erwin, and Tongue-biter were there. They were all from our school. This was some pretty deep shit we were getting ourselves into.

"How'd you find this place?" Hange asked.

Everyone stayed still as Mikasa pulled Eren back.

"I think there's been a misunderstanding." I laughed uneasily. "We were just looking for Levi."

Petra smiled. "Well, he's not here. You'll have to see he him at school-"

"What is it?" Levi's voice asked.

We all spun around to face the senior. He had a mop in one hand, a broom in the other. It was definitely Levi.

Eren pushed through all of us and looked at Levi. "PLEASE MAKE ME A SCOUT SO THAT I CAN ERADICATE THE TITANS!"

"Eh? Not bad. What about you?" Levi asked.

Everyone quietly said that they too wanted to join. Levi's eyes met mine, as I was the only one who hadn't answered.

"I want to join too, Levi," I said, surprised by how confident I sounded.

Levi faced away. "Fine. You brats can join. Just don't cry when you die."

I blinked my eyes. I didn't know if my eyes were correct, but I swore I saw something pink as Levi turned away. Could it be that Levi was blushing?