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"Can I marry you?" he asked. You looked up at him, smiling, and shook your head.
"No, we're too young!" you explained. He pursed his lips, looking at the people passing in the street.
"You're right," he replied, "And I wouldn't be able to protect you properly." He was right. While still under the unofficial tutelage of Kenny, just like you he could only really look after himself.
"When we're older, and when I can protect you, will you marry me then?" he offered instead, and you nodded.
"Even if we're separated?"
"Yes," he hummed, "Even if it takes me years, I'll find you. Promise."
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Levi still remembers the last day he saw you.
It wasn't a special day, in fact as far as activities went it was one of the most dull days he'd ever had post-meeting you. The fact it was the last day he spent with you was what made it memorable. But the panic he felt, the pure dread, that was something he wished he could forget.
It was only a couple days after he - for lack of better words - proposed, and for a while he was convinced you were just busy, or hiding. You did have a life outside of your friendship with him, and you did enjoy pulling your fair share of tricks. But over half a day passed, and he nor anyone else had neither seen hide nor hair of you. He even asked Kenny - as if that would help - and when Kenny gave him the honest answer that he doesn't see you if you weren't with Levi, he knew something was horribly wrong.
Ever since, he didn't stop looking. He'd searched the Underground almost twice over - in its entirety - before he knew it was no use anymore. But he still didn't stop noticing. His eyes became trained to see things in the shadows, behind grim-filled glass, and in between cracks in doors. It was second nature. He needed to find you.
He promised you he would.
Then he was taken above ground. Taken into the sunlight to fight the titans. Taken to die.
He'd gotten dejected, even if he didn't show it. He didn't know if you were still in the Underground. He didn't know if you were taken up here to die. He didn't know if you were alive. But he kept looking, not daring to stop looking out in case he did see you. He needed the hope that he'd see you again.
