Levi X Reader 2

Ch. 13: Out

Levi placed the drying towel in the wet bowl, and sets it down onto the counter next to him.

Petra now facing him, clutched her hands on the flaps of her uniform jacket nervously.

Levi ran his fingers through his black hair, a sigh out of tiredness slipped through his lips, and carefully thought about his answer.

"Petra. I admire you as a comrade." he said.

"I do too!" Petra cuts in, as she took a step foward toward him.

He took a step back.

"I've held this feeling for too long. I really like you. I mean.." Petra looked down a bit, her gaze returned to Levi's as she said, "I mean..I'm in love with you."

"'Petra, listen." Levi said as he rubbed his temples.  "Can we talk about this when we get back..." Levi started to worry that all this dramatic nuances would affect the concentration of the expedition.

"I don't want to say this, but no!" the words slipped out of her mouth with much persistence. "I want to know now. "

There was a long silence. From your hiding spot, you couldn't see anything.

The silence is killing you.
As your mind began to be filled with thoughts.

Why is there such a long silence?....

You couldn't see, but Petra had wrapped her arms around Levi's waist and hugged him tightly. The side of her face pressed firmly against his chest. Levi stood in place, his eyes wide, as he was quite surprised what was happening.

Levi quickly pushed her away, he held her slim shoulders solidly with both hands, as if to keep her still and in her place.

Petra looked at him, a bit surprised as she couldn't move out of his grip.

"If words can't reach you. I'll show you." Levi said as he looked at her.

Your eyes widened at his words, as you began to straighten your posture, on one knee ready to sprint up.

"__________!" Levi called out your name.

You froze, still kneeling with one knee on the wooden floor. What?!

Levi put his head down, with his eyes closing out of frustration that he needed to say your name a second time. His hands lifted off of Petra's shoudler.

Levi rubbed the back of his neck, and lifted his head, glancing toward the empty dining hall, "Come out now. I know you're there." he said.

Petra followed his gaze, looking at the empty dining hall.

Suddenly, Petra gasped, as she saw a hand slapped creepily onto the edge of the serving counter. You got out from your hiding, much like a zombie crawling out of her grave.

You straightened your posture, patting the imaginary dust off your pants.

Levi gazed at you, trying to hold his chuckle, as he saw your face turned a bit red out of embarrassment.

However, Levi looked at you again, much more seriously this time and he could tell that something was amiss. The facial expression you're trying to hide with a smile, the hesitancy that can be felt as you reached your arm out on the counter, it felt like there was a whole nother world between you and him.

"Sorry to..interrupt." you said.

"I was trying to get the key.....please" you simply stated, the "please" quite forcefully uttered out of your mouth, as you try not to get into any details, with an outstretched hand toward him.

Levi looked at your hand.  You didn't meet their gaze and simply looked to the side, not wanting to look at him.

Petra gazed upon you with suspicion. Since she knew nothing of you living with Levi for the rest of the training. Hange, Nanaba, Mike, Sasha, and Mikasa were the only ones who knew about it.

Levi reached his hand into his jacket pocket, as he walked past Petra and around the counter toward you.

You took a glance at him, your hand  reached out to him as he stopped in front of you. Glancing back at his hand to the key he fished out of his jacket pocket.

The key was connected to a key ring the other thing linked to the key ring was a small wooden label carved with Levi's cabin number on it.

"Petra." Levi called her name, Petra was much in confusion, as she walked closer.

And as if seeing Levi handing you his cabin key wasn't evident enough.

You looked at him, as you felt Levi clasped his fingers gently onto your outstretched hand, and turned it over, facing your palm to the ground.

"The key to my heart..."

Levi held the key ring between his thumb and index finger.

Slipping it slowly onto your ring finger, as he held your gaze with his eyes.

" Was already taken."