DAY 1: December 25th (Levi's Birthday)
Tarot Cards - The Fool and The Chariot
THE FOOL / "His views are unconventional."
THE CHARIOT / "He wins the race after traveling far and wide to achieve his goals."
Hi guys! this is my contribute to Day 1! hope you like it!
I'm kinda late because of our internet got shut down for a while, and so I'm posting this right away when our internet got back on.
And oh, for your information, we're following their timeline where instead of today's Dec 27, for them it's still Dec 26.
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PS. I was about to just kill them, but then I decided to make a happy book once in a while.
The world is cruel.
In his eyes, the world was just plain black and white.
He did not care about what other people do, or think about him.
For him living was just something pointless.
He lives his lives at an autopilot mode.
Every day, he does the same thing.
Then she came along and changes everything.
Today was just like any other day; he woke up to work in a cafe, serving the people and occasionally making their beverages himself.
Just like any other day old and new customers went in.
The bell's ring sounded, indicating that a new customer went in.
Just as he was about to greet the customer while in the counter, as soon as he look at the raven hair woman, he was dumbfounded.
Her shoulder-length hair was long enough to hide the red scarf at her neck. He notices how the woman tugged her above-the-knee white dress, a sign that she was not use at wearing short dress.
He was still astonished by her that he did not notice he was staring at her for quite a long time. Only when a sweet feminine voice disturbs him did he come back from reality.
"Uhm, can I take my order?"
'What the hell am I doing?' Levi thought to himself as he snaps back. He glared at the woman again who was now in front of him, taking an order.
"Welcome to the Wings of Freedom Cafe, what would you like to order?" He asks in his business yet casual tone.
The woman glances at the menu above her, caressing her chin with her hand as she decide what it would be.
"A hot chocolate and a slice of cake." She said after staring back at him.
"What kind of cake?"
"What are there?" she asks while tugging her scarf.
"Well we have vanilla, chocolate, blueberry, strawberry, a brazo de mercedes, and cookie cupcakes." He answered while remembering all the cakes still available.
"Then a strawberry cake, please."
Levi types her orders at the flat screen in front of him and once he finish typing, he glance back at her and ask her one more thing.
"Would that be all?"
"Yes."
Levi glances at the screen and back to her and tell her the price. She just nodded and gave the exact money, which Levi thanks her for as he was obligated to.
The woman leaves as soon as he gave her number card. Levi just sighs and went to the kitchen.
"Hey Four Eyes, switch position." He said as soon as he saw the messy ponytailed dark brown hair of a woman.
The woman just salutes at him and shriek, "Sure thing, Levi!"
Then Levi starts making her hot chocolate. A minute came and he was finish, putting it in a silver round tray, then he proceeds by getting a slice of strawberry cake inside the ref then put it in the tray, once he was finish, he went outside the kitchen to find her.
It takes him some seconds to find her. After all she was just sitting near the kitchen, at the farthest corner near a window, silently watching the view outside while she was holding her scarf, tugging it upward to hide her face.
Once he was at her table, he made sure to make some loud sound while putting down the plate and the mug.
After he place all the stuff at the table, he glance at her and saw that her eyes was red from crying, when she realize he saw her eyes, she hurriedly tug her scarf upward to trying to hide it and glance at the window once again.
"T-thank you." She muttered still not looking at him.
"Don't mention it." He replied while getting the number card, standing up properly he left her since he know she would need some alone time.
For the last 30 minutes, she was there for thirty minutes, her mug still half-full of chocolate, her cake just recently finished as she took a one last scoop and eat it.
If you look at her you would think that she was just enjoying the view while quietly and slowly finishing her food and drink, but looking closely, she was not really enjoying the view but was staring blankly at the space in front of her, her eyes was crying that made it hard for her to eat with her trying to hide the tears and the fact that her scarf was covering her mouth.
But he saw her tears before and up til' now, he knows she might have come here to relax her mind and cry out all the emotions she have.
"Hey Four Eyes, don't you think it's time for you to learn how to manage your boyfriend's business?" He asks still looking at the woman and not at the woman he's addressing.
"Hu- Erwin is not my boyfriend, you shorty!" The woman yelled her face was red.
Levi rolled an eye at her as he went to the kitchen.
"Yeah, yeah just take in-charge while I'll do something." He said not looking back or hearing her answer.
Levi took a cookie cupcake at the kitchen and went straight to the woman.
"Here." He said handing over the cupcake.
She brushes her tears off her eyes with her hands before she stares at the man and the cupcake.
"Sorry, but I didn't order a cupcake."
"I know you didn't order a cupcake, it's just that this is on me."
Black meets black as soon as she stare at his eyes, wondering if he's lying or not.
"Look if you'll get sick or die eating this, I'll take the blame. Happy?"
She laugh weakly at his outburst, accepting his cupcake, she bows slightly and thank him.
"Thank you."
Levi smiled slightly at her.
"Don't mention it... I'll do anything to make you smile." Levi's eyes widen as soon as he realized what he said, clearly did not expecting to say something that supposed to be only for his mind.
"Why?" the woman asks that made him snap back once again. He knows he has no escaping to it already, he can't just say he didn't meant it as it would break the woman's heart more.
Instead, he sighs and not looking at her direction, he answered her truthfully.
"Honestly? I don't know. All I know is just it's painful for me to see you crying sadly."
The woman still gazes at his eyes to see if he was lying or not, not seeing any form of lying she smiled weakly at him and thank him.
"My names Mikasa, by the way." She continued.
The guy looks at Mikasa, and gave her his hand as he introduces himself.
"I'm Levi."
Then they shake hands clearly both hiding the fact how it felt like it sparks as soon as their hands meet.
After that, the woman comes every day to have some drink and visit him. The man, when not busy would go and sit next to her and chat with her.
That's when he learned that she was two years younger than him and that she was still a college student and then he learned that the day she saw her crying was because her ex just broke up with her in their first monthsary.
They talk a lot of things about their likes and dislikes, and realized how similar they are.
"Congrats on graduating collage yesterday, Mikasa." He said messing her hair.
"Hey! Don't ruin my hair." She yelled at him while covering her hair from him.
The man laughs at her reaction as he takes a sit in front of her.
"So then have you thought about what you'll be doing next?" he asks after he was comfortably sitting.
Mikasa hesitated for a while before she answers, "About that Levi... I think this would be my last visit."
Levi's lips change from smiling to serious as he heard those words from her.
"What do you mean?"
"Tomorrow, I'll be going to my uncle's place since my work is near there... And it's quite far from here for me to go every day."
'Then why tell this to me right now?' 'Are you fucking kidding me?' he wanted to say those words, but he didn't want to fight with her at their last meeting.
Sighing deeply, he smiled weakly at her as he holds her hands that were resting at the table.
"Congrats on getting a new job then."
Mikasa gaze at him surprise at his reaction. She thought he would go angry at her for not telling it to him sooner. Mikasa's lips forms a smile erasing the surprise in her face.
"Thanks, Levi."
"Just promise me would you?"
Mikasa tilted her head slightly and ask, "What is it?"
"Promise me that you'll not forget me and you'll visit me if you have some time."
"I promise."
After that they said their goodbyes and Mikasa leaves leaving Levi a gift.
It was a picture frame.
He remembered when the picture was taken, It was Mikasa's birthday that time, Levi decided to celebrate it earlier with only him and her, the cake he made was sabotage a bit as Levi took some icing and put it in Mikasa's face, Mikasa got angry at it and did the same thing at Levi's face.
In the end, Hange was only able to take Mikasa putting an icing at his smiling face. Flipping it over, there was a written address that he guesses was indicating where it was made.
He grinned as he hold the picture frame and sighs deeply as he knows this would be the last day he'll see the colours of the world.
After that day, Levi continued working as if nothing happened, as if he never met her.
But he can never deny that every time he'll see a black-hair woman that has fair skin wearing a red scarf, his heart would beat fast and memories of that woman flashback at his mind.
A feeling of nostalgia, pain and something that would warm and pound his heart fast would come to him. Not knowing what this feeling was. He decided to consult his pal.
"Hey, Four Eyes."
"What is it Levi?" Hange ask while switching the open sign to close at the door.
Levi breaths deeply thinking if it was best to ask about it, finally he stops dusting off the dirt from the counter with a cloth and decided to confront about it.
"What do you call this feeling where if you remember someone, your heart would feel warm and like someone is squeezing it that make it pounds so fast..."
"Huh?" she asks, now staring at Levi confused and curious.
Then suddenly, with her highly intellect brain, she was able to piece it altogether, Mikasa not visiting anymore and Levi getting a weird feeling, there was only one feeling she know what it may be, her confused change to excitement as she grab's Levi's hands and shriek.
"Oh my gosh, Levi! Don't you know what that's means?"
"That I may have a heart disease?" He asks slowly trying to get his hands free from her grip, but he was too late.
Griping his hand more tightly, Hange jump and jump, Levi being at the other side of the counter, shout in pain as his body get hit at the handles of the drawer.
"No! It means you're in love!"
"In love?"
"Yeah, in love! Oh my gosh, I'm going to tell Erwin about this!" As soon as she finishes yelling, she quickly grabs her phone and called Erwin.
In normal situation, he would have been angered and chuckle as Hange would tell something stupid about him to Erwin by calling him at her phone when Erwin was just 3 meters away from them and was just sitting at his office.
But this was not a normal situation, because this time he learned that he was in love to the person that just left him.
He didn't know what to do, so he just nods off and told Hange to tell Erwin he'll be going early as he need to do something. And this something was to think.
Letting himself fall at the bed, he close his eyes and tried to think.
'Is this really love?' he thought to himself as memories of Mikasa came in.
"Love...What is love?" He asks to himself again as he stares blankly at the roof, his mind too focus remembering a certain conversation he had with Mikasa.
There weren't a lot of people today at the cafe as the rain pounds heavily outside. Customers inside where people either waiting for someone to fetch them or was just waiting for the rain to stop, or both.
A certain raven-hair woman tugs her scarf as she felt the cold air going pass her while reading the book, not daring to remove her eyesight from the words.
"What are you reading?"
"A book." She answered to the certain man as that man sits in front of her.
"What's the title?" He sighed, rolling an eye at her
'She's kidding around again' he thought so he continued.
"The Fault In Our Stars." She answered quickly as soon as he finishes asking.
"Well that's a weird name."
For a split second, Mikasa glared at him and back to the words.
"Whatever."
"What is it about?"
"It's about two people falling in love with death against it."
"Why would be death against it?"
"Because there's a tendency the girl might die."
"Why so?"
"Because the girl is sick, okay? So can you shut up, I'm at a dramatic part already."
Levi stares at the woman reading again, his thought was so loud that he didn't know that it slips from his mouth.
"What's love anyway?"
Mikasa suddenly stop herself from reading, closing the book, she glare at Levi with a shock look, astonish as Levi never knew the most recognize feeling of all.
"You don't know?" She asks her eyes still wide from what she heard.
"Huh? What I don't know?" He answered clearly not having any idea what she was referring to.
"You know... Love." It was Levi's turn to be surprise. He never realize until know that he was able to speak what was supposed to be for his mind.
'This is the second time I spoke my thoughts accidentally, I should really stay alert when I'm with her.' He thought as he stares at Mikasa.
Blinking, he shrugs his shoulder as an answer.
"What?" The woman said disbelief.
"I didn't have my parents since I was little and was sent to my uncle who always was not at home and I don't really care about other people, so yeah."
A moment pass in silent, Mikasa stares at Levi with sad and surprised eyes, while Levi's eyes stares back at her with a look indicating that she has nothing to do with it so she don't need to apologize.
Mikasa decided it was time someone break the ice and if there would be it would be her.
"Well... Levi, Love is when your heart beat fast for so-"
"I want's its definition not description." He cut her off, which earned him a deadly glare from Mikasa.
"Well love is a strong emotion you feel for a person! Happy?"
Levi laughs at her yell and nodded happily.
His eyes widen at the realization.
'How could I been so blind? It was love, it was love that made him want to take care of her, and see her not crying but happy... It was love.' He thought to himself as he snatch the picture frame that Mikasa gave to him.
He flips it over to see the written address. He didn't know what it was, but something was telling him that he'll find her at this address.
The world is cruel, yet so beautiful.
That's what I can say to this world as I watch the city's skyline while listening to the sweet voice of the attendant telling us we would be landing in few minutes.
He grinned, knowing he was about to see her face again.
He didn't waste a beat as he commutes himself to the address.
He watches as the taxi driver drive to go his destination. He can't help it but smiles as he look at the picture frame he was holding.
'I'll see you soon enough.' he thought to himself as he stroke Mikasa's cheek in the picture.
He glance at the house in front of him, this was where the address lead him.
He went towards the gate and press the button to let the owners know there was a visitor.
He waited for a while and watch as the door open, spitting a beautiful lady followed by two young kids, the boy looks to be five years old while the girl looks to be at three.
"Levi!" The woman shrieks in delight as she hurriedly opens the gate and hug him.
"I miss you, Levi." The lady said with a sweet voice.
"I miss you too... Mikasa." Levi said as he hugs her back.
"Daddy! You're back." The kids yelled in chorus as they went to hug their dad, their mom seeing this parted herself from the hug for them to hug him.
Levi smiled at the kids and hugged them, "And I also miss you too, kids."
"Welcome home dad!" They said once again in chorus as they hugged him.
"Then, would you mind and carry this bag to our house? Your presents are in there."
"Thanks Dad!" They screamed as the boy took Levi's baggage leaving the girl to get the picture frame his dad is holding before she followed his brother to their house.
He glance at the lady besides him, putting his hands at hers, he spoke.
"It's been seven years right?"
The girl looks at him with a puzzled look.
"Levi you went to that trip one month ago."
Levi chuckled as he put his hands at her waist and kisses her forehead, then he looked at her dazzling eyes and said, "I meant since I got here, Remember?"
Mikasa smiles as she remembers him running to her seven years ago.
"Of course I remember."
He travel's far and wide to find her and get her heart.
Following the address, he bought an airplane ticket going to that place, even though he could just use his car and drive towards the other city, but he wants to see Mikasa so badly that he decided to book the earliest airplane ticket going there –even though the earliest airplane ticket was going to fly one hour from that time.
"Oh fuck." He thought to himself as he saw that it would fly one hour from now.
Quickly he took his bag and quickly put everything he needed inside then he runs towards his car, locking the door behind as he goes.
It would take one hour to get there normally, but with him, not having enough time, he turn the engine fast as he could as he drives the car in such a fast speed and used all the shortcuts he knows to get there.
With ten minutes to spare, he parks his car and locked it as he hurriedly went inside and bought the ticket.
Three minutes until the fly, he hurriedly went to take a seat in the plane, breathing heavily as he thanks all the Gods he could remember.
Then the airplane flied as soon as he finishes thanking the Gods. He looks at the city at the window and smiled.
'I'll get to see you soon, Mikasa'
Once the airplane landed, he took the nearest cab and told him the address.
He watch the view as he relax himself. He didn't think what would happen next, and just thought that he just wanted to see her and tell her his feelings before its too late... Not once have it cross to his mind of what if she wasn't there.
He had faith, a faith that she gave this picture frame with an address in the back purposely.
"We're here." The driver announce making Levi to glance at the place.
He was in a village full of house, but what clearly got his attention was that it was already night.
'What if Mikasa's still sleeping?' he thought.
"Mister?" The driver ask, worried in his eyes. Levi realized that he was still sitting in his taxi and waiating to be paid.
"I-I'm fine. Here." He said hoarsely as he paid him and went outside.
Once outside, the taxi drove off leaving him alone. Before Levi could go and find the house that matches the address. He already found her.
At the other side of the street, a woman with a red scarf was walking towards her home, Levi was quite to see her right there and right now.
"M-Mikasa?" He said in a voice loud enough for her to hear.
The woman stops from unlocking the gate and slowly glances at her back, and there she saw the man he left at the other city.
"Levi." She said.
Grinning happily, Levi run towards her and hugged the woman who still yet quite surprise by the on-going events.
Just as she was about to open her mouth, a masculine voice stop her.
"I love you Mikasa."
The woman was full of tears when she realized what the man she have loved whispered in her ears.
"You don't know how many days I have been waiting for that." She answered as she hugged him back and finally continued her speech in a whisper at his ear, "I love you so much, Levi."
And finally parting their faces, Levi kiss her letting her know how much he loves and craves her.
"Speaking of which, I thought you were going back tomorrow?" she continued.
Levi just grinned and answered, "Well, there were some change with plans. Well then It's my turn to question you."
"What is it?" Mikasa asked as she cling more to him.
"After seven years, I never ask you about this but, how did you know I would find you? I mean that's the reason why you gave me the address right?"
Mikasa smirk at him as she touches his tip nose with her own. She smiled widely when she felt his breath.
With Mikasa's eyes staring back at his own eyes, she answered, "I just felt like you would want to find me. Oh, and happy birthday."
Can't handle the temptation anymore, Levi just say the statement he wanted to say from the start he saw her.
"I love you, Mikasa."
"I love you too, Levi."
Then they finally seal their love with a kiss under the sunset.