We Meet Again

Chapter 4: I know Levi.

Ari's POV
I sat by Captain Levi's bed as he's recuperating from his stab wound.

It's all my fault. I shouldn't have left alone. I'm so stupid. I made him get injured. THE Captain Levi.

However, I kept thinking about when he called my name. No, when he shouted my name. It sounded so familiar. Not because I know him now but it was something more...

I laid my head on the bed, next to Captain Levi's hand as I stared at his sleeping face.

Actually, he's pretty cute when he's not frowning all the time. He's always so angsty and edgy. It's weird to see him so peaceful while sleeping. Wait, do I actually like him? No way.

As I continued staring at his face, his eyes opened and caught me staring at him. I jolted up and the blood rushed to my head. My head started hurting so much that I collapsed on the bed.

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"ARI!" Someone familiar shouted at me.

Where am I? This looks like the underground. I thought I was at the hospital room with Levi?

Someone started grabbing my arm. "OUCH!" I screamed. "Stop it!"

"LET HER GO!" A young boy lunged at the stranger who was grabbing me. The boy took out his dagger and slashed the stranger.

"You!" The stranger pointed at my face. "You're lucky that you have Levi this time." and he ran off in a hurry.

Levi? Levi Ackerman? This boy? I stared at the boy, confused.

"Ari, are you okay? You scared me! I suddenly noticed that you weren't behind me and the next thing I knew, you got into trouble again." the boy said worryingly.

Ah.. I remember him from my memories. I thought his name and face were blurred. I couldn't remember who he was or how he looked like. The boy that saved me when I got into trouble in the underground.

The boy that I fell in love with. It's Levi Ackerman.

My tears started forming.

I remember now.

It's Levi.

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The day that I met him was a cold night. I was getting the hang of using my memory alteration skill. I felt invincible. But it was wrong of me to start getting complacent.

I bit more than I could chew and stole some money from one of the biggest Mafia bosses. I was about to change his memories when a whole bunch of his bodyguards appeared and tried to grab me. I gave him back his money but they were insistent on killing me.

I was so frightened and frantically apologised when a boy jumped in. He grabbed my hand and started running. The bodyguards chased after us but we soon outsmarted them. The boy seemed to know the underground very well as he kept changing directions and entering the many alleys to make sure that the bodyguards can't find us.

"Thank you for saving me. I'm Ari. What's your name?" I asked innocently. He didn't reply my question and just walked off. I, for one, was a very very extremely stubborn person and chased after him.

"Hey hey! What's your name? Where do you stay? Can I hang out with you pleaseeeeee?" I asked him with puppy eyes. He stared at me weirdly and continued ignoring me.

I started getting frustrated. How could he ignore my ultimate weapon? My puppy eyes. It worked on everyone else. "HEY! Stop ignoring me!" I screamed at him. People started gossiping about us and he stared back at me.