Levi X Reader 2

Ch.23: Recovering

By the end of the battle with the titans. Levi looks at the piles of corpses laying on the streets in front of him. He didn't even care if he stepped on the blood paved street. He drags both his blades now dull because of overuse, the eerie sound of metal scraping the cobble stone was a bit unbearable, so he detached his dull ones , letting it fall onto the floor with a *clang*

As he continues to walk, he attaches his last two remaining sharp blades and pulls it out of its chamber. He stops in his steps when he came face to face with the titan that was jumping on the roof, the one with his torso sticking out of an animalistic titan like an experiment that had gone wrong.

In the underground level,

you lay on the hay bed, with one hand touching your now flat stomach, the bedsheets were changed but still stuff between your legs in case of another blood pooling. Your other hand covered your mouth as you sob quietly into your hands. You looked over to your left, as a cadet was brought in to lay on the hay bed next to you. Tears well up once again in your eyes as you see it was Sasha. She lay there with her eyes closed, her head and the arm that was crushed by the pillar was wrapped up in layers of bandages.

You suck your lips in, trying to breathe in heavily through your nose. As you reach out a hand, to grab her good one that was laying lifelessly on the stone floor next to her bed. You let out a sigh of relief as you feel her hand was still warm in yours.

Suddenly, the door that led to the underground flung open with a loud

*BANG!*

Everyone look to the direction of the loud commotion. Their eyes wide as they saw who it was.

The once undefeatble, strongest soldier in humanity, looking so hopeless as he walks towards you. His 3D Manuver gear empty, the handle also empty as there were no blades attached. It swings lifelessly against his thigh and brushes against his pants as he stops on the long side of your hay bed.

You look up at him as he look down upon you. You can't guess what he was thinking. As he squated down, and takes both of  your hands and holds them in his. He leans down close to your face, as he places both your hands close to his cheeks.

You look up into his eyes, it is first time to see any feelings of sadness in his eyes. Although his facial expression lay deadpan and lifeless, tears roll down his gentle cheeks as he gazes into your eyes.

His face close enough, so only you could see his expression.

His voice close enough, that only you could hear, he said,

"...I'm tired _______...." Levi lay his forehead onto your forehead,
"Why don't be leave this place together."

*Thump*

Your heart *thumped* hard against your ribcage, you had a feeling of falling, as your eyes snaps open.

Your chest heavies heavily as you gasp for air, slowly realizing that you were staring partially at the ceiling of your room as Levi leans over your field of vision.

It was all a horrible nightmare.

You swallow hard, as you slowly came back to reality. You look at your trembling hands which Levi had grasped into his, shaking you lightly as he continues to call out your name to wake you from the nightmare.

"______!" he called out while squeezing your hands in his.

"______! I'm right here. You are having a nightmare." Levi quickly grabs both of your hands into one of his hand, while the other went to your face, wipping the sweat with his palm and fingers.

You turn your head to look at him, he was frowning worriedly at you as he place his lips on top of your head,
"Don't worry, I'm right here." you hear him whisper against your ear. His voice began to calm you down.

"Rest," he said

As Levi got out of bed, you lifted your head up to follow his movement with your eyes. But stopped looking at him, as your gaze lands on your round belly. You slowly place your hands onto your protruding stomach, leaning back into your pillow as you close your eyes.

A sigh of relief slip through your parted lips, as you feel a slight movement against the palm of your hands. The little one was still kicking.

Soon, Levi came back with a few towels in one hand and a cup of warm water with salt.

He helps you sit up in bed as you sip on the warm salt water, staring at Levi above the rim of the cup as you drank.
Levi was dabbing a towel he holds in his hand against the side of your face, then lifting your drenched bangs or strands of hair away from your face before placing the towel on your forehead. He catches you glancing at him, and gaze into your eyes as if trying to guess what kind of nightmare you just had.

"You were calling out my name.." he said, lifting the towel off your forehead, as he flips it to the dryer side with his hands before placing it around your neck.

You tilted your head back as you finish the last gulp of salt water and place the cup onto the bed side table. You let out a big sigh, and look down at your hands , which you are rubbing the sweat off with your fingers.

"I don't want to talk about it...if I could bury it, I would. I'm just glad it wasn't real. " You look to his hand that was place against your thigh, and grabs it into the palms of your hands, as you look at him.
"...Don't leave me." you said.

He looks at you, realizing that the nightmare must had been so real, that it was a bit tramitizing. He looks down at your hands squeezing lightly around his. He understand how you felt, as he often had nightmares of his own.

Levi look up to meet your gaze, and leans in to kiss you gingerly on your lips

"I won't." he whisper against your lips, as he leans in to kiss you again.

Levi cups his hand behind your head to deepen the kiss, leaning back slightly to place his forehead against yours as he gaze into your eyes,

" So promise me... you won't leave me either."

~Published as fast as I could to ease your pain - Eikoko~