Choice [Levi X Reader] (Au!)

¤ Chapter - 4:Past & Present ¤

(m/n) – Mother's name.

It was about 10.30 a.m. when (y/n) and Eren reached the Trost City Hospital. It took about five minutes for (y/n) and Eren to reach in front of the room which numbered as 204.

"Well, here we are," (y/n) said to herself & opened the dull white door wider.

One side of the room was a bed and heart monitors, oxygen tank, other life supporting systems were around it.
In the bed lies a middle-aged woman. (y/n) put the bouquet of white lilies on the bedside table & sat on a chair beside the bed.

She lightly touched the woman's hand, "Mother.."

(m/n) slowly opened her eyes & blinked a few times to clear her blurry vision. A smile came to her lips when she saw her daughter in front of her.

"(y/n)..my baby.." she whispered.

The (h/c) haired woman patted on her mother's hand, "Yeah, it's me, mom. I'm sorry I couldn't come to visit you last week."

(m/n) gave her daughter another charming smile. "You don't need to say sorry. You must be busy in your new life. I'm just sad that I couldn't attend your wedding," the charming smile faded as she said the last sentence.

"Mom, don't be sad. See who came to meet with you today." (y/n) quickly tried to change the topic.

"This is Eren, your grandson." (y/n) said looking at the toddler sitting on her lap. "Eren, this is your granny."

The toddler looked at his mother and then to his grandmother. "Grwnma?" he asked (y/n).

The (h/c) haired woman nodded, "Yes Eren. She is your grandma. Say hello."

"Grwnma! Helloo!" the toddler chirped happily.

(m/n) laughed heartily at this. "Hello, my dear Eren." (m/n) said and ruffled his hair & Eren giggled at that.

"So..(y/n), how is your new husband & son?"

"Eren is a very energetic & easy going child. He accepts me easily. And now we have an unbreakable bond between us." (y/n) peeked on his soft cheeks.

"And your husband? Does he also accept you?"

(y/n) averted her eyes from her mother. How could she say to her mother the truth behind this marriage?

"What are you talking about? Of course, he accepts me." (y/n) laughed. "It was an arranged marriage, but we took about three months to know each other before marriage. He respects me...and love me..too.."

No. (y/n) & Levi never get the chance to date each other. They meet each other on the day of the wedding or should say on the day to sign the marriage contract.
The biggest lie she told her mother that Levi loved her!

But (m/n) didn't buy her lies. "Then why he didn't come here today with you? You two married about months ago, and he doesn't come here once to meet me."

"H-He is quite busy in his work. And he left for a business trip to Germany five days ago."

Actually, the truth is Levi didn't go for any business trip. (y/n) asked him to visit (m/n), but he flatly rejected saying he didn't have time for that.

"Oh.. I see. You never told me why you didn't want to get married. But I'm glad that you finally agreed to that."

(y/n) smiled bitterly to hear that. Only if she could say why she decided to literary sold herself.... but she couldn't.
She had to be strong for her mother's sake. (m/n) wasn't in the condition to accept the truth. And the only thing (y/n) could do to give some relief to (m/n) was to comfort her with a lie.

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"Why did you suddenly make this eating out plan, Hanji-san?" (y/n) asked as she feeds Eren a spoonful of soup.

"I was getting bored. So I thought to ask you for lunch. And Yuki also wants to meet with Eren. Right Yuki?" Hanji asked the last part looking at her five-year-old boy beside her. The blond boy nodded in response.

"Um...Hanji-san if you don't mind, may I ask you a question?"

"You don't need to be so formal. What you want to know?" Hanji asked, taking a bite of her salad.

"I want to know more about Levi's past. How he was..before...his & Natalie's breakup?"

Hanji gave her a sad smile, "Why do you want to know? Sorry to say, but I don't think Levi would ever accept this marriage."

"Yeah..maybe you're right. I just want to understand him a bit better. So I can at least try to make an understanding...between us.." she trailed off.

Hanji closed her eyes & sighed. "Okay, I'll tell you then."

Levi was the child of a single mother. He lived with his mother Kuchel in the Shiganshina city, twenty miles away from Trost city.
When he was seven years old, his mother died in a car accident. After that incident, his maternal uncle Kenny brought him to Trost and admitted him to a boarding school. Erwin & Hanji met with him on the fifth grade of that school.

After finishing the high school, Levi took admission to Sina university which was one of the best universities in the country. There he met with Natalie in the second year of his college.
Bombshell — this word was enough to describe her wild beauty.

Levi was very possessive over her. He never liked her to spend time with other guys. But they loved each other madly & soon they started to live-in.

She was in the final year when she became pregnant with Eren. It may sound strange, but Levi was very excited when he knew about Natalie's pregnancy. And he was one who named his son.

Now the question comes why Natalie left him when she also loved him that much?

No one knew why she did that. Levi didn't say a word about this to anyone, not even to his close friends. Hanji & Erwin suspected Natalie left Levi because she fell for another man.. A more rich guy than Levi.

But wasn't Levi a famous billionaire? Yes, he was. But he wasn't a billionaire even a few years ago.
The deal with the Ral Enterprise made a turning point for the Ackerman's. And now Ackerman Corporation became one of the top leading company in the country.

However, soon Levi brought the luxury apartment where they're currently living, two brand-new cars. He wanted to surprise her with this & also planned to propose her for marriage on her birthday. But before he could do that she left him.

"Maybe Levi don't like Eren because he reminds him Natalie & her betrayal."

"Levi shouldn't do this to his own son. Yeah, I can guess why he behaves so cold to him... but still he shouldn't." (y/n) absentmindedly said.

"Hmm... You're right."

(y/n) closed her eyes & mumbled in an inaudible tone, "After all everyone isn't lucky to have the gift he has."

"Gift? What gift you're talking about?"

(y/n)'s eyes shot open, "N-Nothing."

"Anyways what is your plan for 25th December? Are you three going for a vacation?" Hanji asked changing the topic.

"We'll celebrate Christmas in our home."

"Will you only celebrate Christmas that day?"

(y/n) tilted her head one side in confusion, "Huh? Yeah. But why do you ask that?"

"Don't you know 25th December is Levi's birthday?"

'Eh? What???'