Alright, so this chapter is likely going to be shorter than the other two as it is a reaction to an image rather than a video. I have made said image the cover for this story, so you can look at it for reference (I DO NOT OWN THIS IMAGE! It was a random thing I happened to come across and I kinda questioned its existence but then I realized, perfect chapter material!). This was going to be a poor attempt at Levi POV, but I decided not to insult his character more than I already have, so I stuck with Eren. Here you go!
I was just walking past Levi's office when I heard a familiar shriek from inside. Slamming open the door and pulling out a knife from a sheath on my upper thigh, I survey the room. Finding only Armin in the room, I place the blade back in the case and walk over to him, kneeling beside him and placing a hand on his shoulder. On closer inspection of his face, he looked obviously disturbed, terrified honestly. Shaking the kid gently, I become quickly concerned.
"Armin? Armin! What's going on?" He doesn't say anything, he just raises a hand and points at the opened computer that I hadn't noticed before. Scrunching my eyebrows together, I move closer to the lit up screen, moving the mouse to let the technology know it is still in use and brighten the screen to see easier. Seeing it open to an email that had a short note and a link, I assume that was it. Clicking on the purple lettering, I was not prepared for the image appearing on the screen.
It was a bulky looking body made up solely of Levi's face, the head having red lines coming from the eyes in, what I assumed to be, laser eyes. I quickly exit out of the image and shudder.
"Well… That was different." Armin simply nods, still trembling. I grin mischievously. "Hey Armin, you think we should show Levi?" His eyes somehow widen further, but he nods slowly, hesitantly. "I'll be back in a bit." He nods again and I walk out, going off to find Levi. Finding him just walking out of Erwin's office, the older officer with him, I skid to a stop and salute. "Commander Erwin." I greet him, wait for him to nod in acknowledgement before turning to the captain. "Corporal Levi, sir. There's a person waiting to meet with you in your office, sir." Not technically a lie, but still far from the truth. He sighs, turning his attention to me.
"Who is it brat?" There is a spark of question in his eyes, but the rest of his expression was bored, almost apathetic.
"Sir, I'm not sure." I try to explain with my eyes, but I doubt any of it reached his comprehension. He nods before turning back to Commander Erwin.
"We'll have to finish this later Erwin." They speak for a bit longer before the captain carts me off towards his office. "Alright brat, what's going on?"
"I think Armin's had a panic attack sir." He looks over at me, concern plain in his eyes and his speed picking up, the actual emotion making me falter in my steps, falling behind even more.
"What happened?" He barks, I shake myself off and catch up again.
"It was the reaction videos I think." He nods and we reach his office shortly after. Going in, he goes straight for Armin, pulling him up and coaching his breathing which was now pretty much back to normal. I tried to ignore them, which was actually harder than I thought, Levi was showing emotion other than disgust. It was terrifying. He was speaking gently to my best friend, reassuring him, and once calmed a bit more, he began stroking his arm tenderly. As soon as Armin was speaking again, he was asked what was wrong.
"The… The image just startled me…" His cheeks were red and he was looking down at his lap, playing with his fingers nervously. I'd be nervous too being on the receiving end of Captain's humanity. Nodding, Levi backs off the taller, but still really short, boy. Standing, he walks over to the computer and clicks onto the link, seeing the image, he gets a look of murder in his eyes and I back away, terrified not only for myself, but also the laptop and whoever had sent that particular request. He simply 'tsk's before exiting out of the image and deleting the email. He turns back to Armin and helps him up peering into his eyes worriedly. "Are you alright?" The blond nods and looks away, face red again, I was definitely going to have to ask him what that was about. Levi tugs Armin towards the door, "Go on and continue your training Jaeger." My friend looks over his shoulder with an apologetic expression before he's yanked away. Before leaving the office, I upload the video and shut down the computer.
In case you were wondering, yes. That was implied ArminXLevi. It's not going to be mentioned explicitly, but that is going on. This story might have two spin offs, one based on the ArminXLevi and the other based on ErenX? Neither will be main themes, though this story will be mentioned in both. As for who the fourth reactor is going to be… A poll is now open!
