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Born to be wild
Chapter 02: Discover me
Hanji's face was pale as a sheet of paper. Her throat closed up so violently that for a moment she thought she would suffocate. For some unknown reason, the panic began to take care of her. Erwin would never be enable to hurt her, or so she was believed that. Zoe never saw his eyes as icy as that moment.
Her legs trembled.
"You know each other," Zoe said hoarsely.
"Unfortunately," Levi spat with contempt and he further tightened his fingers around her waist. "Come on, Zoe."
"Miss Zoe can't go with you," Erwin said, placing his hand on the car's door to prevent they move ahead. "Miss, you can't go with him," he turned to her.
"Erwin," she whispered, ready to tell that she was doing what was right, that he needed to let her go, but Levi interrupted her before she could even continue.
"That's none of your business, leave us alone and go away."
"You can't go with him, dear," Erwin insisted, ignoring Levi. "You don't know what he is, who he is. You are taking the wrong decision and you will regret it. I never thought you declined my invitation because of him."
"This can only be a joke." the mafioso muttered impatiently. "Move away, now!"
"No. I will not let her go with you. You will kill her!" The blond man accused without mercy and Hanji felt Levi shakes. "You are not happy enough?"
Levi's hand left the Hanji's waist and she watched, amazed, he advancing onto Erwin like a wild animal. The first punch hit direct on the chin, but the blonde was quick to react. A few seconds later, the two were fighting on the ground, like two animals.
For a moment that seemed endless, Zoe's mind went blank. She did not know what to do or what to say. She was totally oblivious to why the two are fighting for, but it was probably something very serious. She wanted to scream asking to them to stop, but she knew that won't work, it was a matter far above it, but also she wanted to do something to stop them. It wouldn't take a long time before people started waking up and a riot was created.
Zoe took a step toward them and she had a relapse. The image of her father beating her mother while she — when she was no more than a little girl — was huddled in the corner of the couch, came to her mind. She stopped and gasped. Why was she remembering that right now? It was a part of the past that should remain buried. Hanji swallowed. She thought of Marisa and the remorse took care of her.
What the hell was she doing?
Zoe saw Levi and Erwin rising from the floor, they were tattered and tottering. Levi had his lip split and it was bleeding, his face red with fury. Erwin was not much better, one eye was closed by swelling and his nose was bleeding too.
"Damn!" Erwin hissed and passed his sleeve on his face to clean the dirty. "Kill one woman was not enough? Now, do you want to kill her too?" The eyes turned slightly to Zoe.
"Shut up, motherfucker!" Levi growled, ready to go at him again.
"Stop!" Hanji asked and tucked in between the two to prevent them to fight again. "Don't fight! It's enough!" she controlled herself to not scream and call more attention, "Erwin..."
"Zoe," he murmured back, afraid. "What do you..."
"Erwin," she returned the call and approached him carefully, staring him straight in the eyes. "I'm sorry I never wanted to hurt you, I didn't really want to do it. If..." she hesitated, but didn't look at Levi and continued, "If I hadn't met Levi, probably we would have gotten married, because I believe that you would make me love you as you love me. And we would be happy. But things are not that simple. I love Levi. I don't care about who he is or what he had done. I only love him, Erwin. I love you too, but not on the way you want and deserve. I am sorry."
The whole expression of Erwin softened. The blue eyes that were once as a violent storm calmed down as a peaceful pond. He looked at her, hurt, and at the same time, understanding. For total surprise to Zoe, he just gave a smirk and he turned to Levi in a bitter tone,
"It looks like you won this time, old friend." He shook his head and this time turned to Hanji. "Zoe, sweetheart, I love you and I always let it clear. Even the idea that you go away displease me immensely, it's your decision and I will respect it." He held her face between his hands, looking at her brown and bright eyes that sparkled. Her skin heated under his touch. "I love you, Zoe."
And he kissed her.
Levi watched, paralyzed and shocked, he wanted to punch Erwin again, but he forced himself to stay there, just seeing the man who had once been his best friend kissing the woman who he loved. She pulled the blonde, stunned.
"Goodbye, Zoe." He turned to her and stopped halfway and turned around again. "We'll see soon, Levi."
"I look forward to not," he replied by taking Hanji's hands between his.
"Let's go," the girl asked huskily and closed the eyes tightly.
He helped her into the car with exaggerated kindness. They were already accommodated when Hanji carefully touched his cut lip, finishing cleaning the blood from his skin.
"Is everything all right?" she asked softly.
"Yes, it's nothing. Don't worry," Levi whispered back, leaning towards her touch. "The bastard still beats as well."
She smiled when Levi kissed the folds of her fingers and stroked her face slowly, and then he started the car. She was slightly perturbed as she remembered the kiss she had received — Levi said nothing about that.
"So..." Zoe began wary. "Can I ask about Erwin? This was completely unexpected for me."
"I could tell the same to you. Who knew that Erwin would come my way again? Almost unbelievable." They were silent for a moment, until he resume the conversation, "We were in love with the same woman."
Zoe remained impassive and she realized that the mobster would not say more unless she asked.
"And what happened?"
"She never chose between one of us, she was always playing with our feelings. In fact, she was a bitch," he declared for total surprise to her. "But somehow, we were crazy about her. "His hands tightened on the steering wheel and he kept the eyes on the road. "But she died."
"Do you mean she was murdered?" Hanji asked without taking eyes from him, and she beheld all his reactions.
"Yes, she involved with members of a rival gang, and when they discovered that she had relations with me, they thought she was a spy and killed her before she could think to save her own skin." Levi didn't have to look to know what question was hammered on Hanji's mind. "You must be wondering why she got involved with a rival gang. Quite simply, as I said, she was a bitch, she liked money, drinks, games... And consequently men who could give it all to her."
Hanji didn't know what to say. All that surprised her — more than that, just his frankness to talk about the matter.
"And Erwin blame you?" she deduced.
"Also," he admitted through clenched lips. "I can't say I am free of all guilt, but she died because she wasn't satisfied with what she had or with what she could have," Levi sneered. "We fought that night and she was meddling with those who should not. In those times, things were much worse, the conflicts were more intense."
Zoe absorbed that information carefully, studying him.
"Do you have more questions?" He looked at her briefly before returning his gaze to the road.
"Don't bother you I ask all these questions?"
"No. Past is past." He paused. "And I want this working, you should know me, don't you agree? Including my past…"
She smiled.
"Yes," Zoe nodded and looked at the starless night through the window.
"How did you know Erwin?"
"Ah! This..." Since he had been so candid about everything she asked, now was her turn. "A few years ago, three or four, I don't remember exactly. But I met him through my parents." Hanji nipped her lower lip to remember about them. "That inn... He spent some time with us and we talked a lot. Because of him I was able to meet Mister Pixis and I got a job."
"Job?" Levi raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Looks like we have a lot to learn about each other... Or rather, that I have to learn about you."
"It's true, Levi. But the fault is not yours; I'm guilty of the situation. But I think most of the blame is the fate or anything like that." When she realized that there was no answer from him, she continued, "I'm an investigative journalist in secret and by chance got a clue about traders involved with the Mafia..."
"And that's how you discover who I was," he completed. "That night, the first we met... Did you know who I was?"
"Nope," Zoe admitted, remembering the night that she met him for the first time. She could still remember the way her heart pounded and her legs trembled. "I knew your name, but no it was you. Maybe if we had not stayed so long without talking, I would have discovered earlier. But I heard through the traders, they were planning to kill you because of the debts."
"Interesting," Levi mumbled trying to assimilate everything. "So, how do you found out that I was the leader? I'm curious about it."
"Farlan."
"You know the Farlan?" Now he was trusty surprised. "How?"
"Well, in the meeting with Leoni and other marketers, I heard them call him like this and how I needed more clues, I soon would find out when the next meeting would happen and I returned at the restaurant. The rest was easy. We talked a bit... Before you ask, he told me nothing, I stole a book of contacts from him."
"So it was you, Miss?" He smiled malicious. "He was freaking out because of this notebook." Levi remembered how nervous Farlan arrived that day and he talked about it and then tried to talk about a woman he had known. But he never imagined that woman would be Zoe, so Levi had been so waived any details, thinking it was another friend's adventures. "So through Farlan you come to me?"
"Exactly. Another coincidence, I think. The third time we met he was with you at the bar and I had to hide so he would not see me." Zoe laughed when she recalled that she entered under the bar to avoid being seen and after she peered across the counter, only to see Farlan called the man of Levi. "And I found out that the leader was you."
"And the lady kept going to find me knowing who I was," This time he had to hold a smile. "Don't you have no sense of danger, ma'am?"
Hanji restrained herself from rolling the eyes of dramatically.
"Not at all, after all, I'm here with you," she replied, humorously. "But I have very good sense, I make my choices."
"I see", Levi said in a smug way. "Maybe we should talk more about us," he suggested.
"I thought the same. Can I begin?" He nodded. "My name is Zoe Hanji, I'm 23 and I'm adopted. When I was fifteen, I ran away from home. Marisa and Henry took care of me since that. They were the parents I never had." She looked through the window, thoughtfully. "My real mother left my father when I was ten and left me behind too. He was a violent man and she couldn't stand."
"I'm so sorry," the mobster whispered sympathetically.
"Me too," she confessed. "But it was not something that kept me from moving forward, sometimes it still hurts, but as you already said, the past is past. If it were not so, I would not have known parents who really loved me and friends that made me happy. Maybe I would not have met you."
"That it would be a problem," Levi joked, although his voice had continued impassive.
"This is true!" she exclaimed by turning the gaze at him. "I think that's the basics, we can discover each other with the time. Your turn."
"My name is Levi. Levi only, no last name. I am 26 years now, the only son of a prostitute and an old ex-mobster, who after all, did what he could for me and made a bastard child in his heir." Levi said calmly. "My mother died a long time ago, some of these diseases, syphilis, I think. The old man is still alive somewhere, traveling and probably doing more children that he will have the chance to see growing. I have few friends, but it's enough for me, despite everything, the troubled life and the problems of being a gangster, I'm a happy man who can have everything I want."
Hanji was silent for a second, she felt her heart pounding and Levi waited for any reaction from her. He heard her say she didn't care who he was or what he had done, but the mobster still had doubts about it. He was part of a world in which deaths were frequent, "wars" were fought for anything and everything that mattered was money. And well, Levi was far from innocent; there was much blood on his hands, more than he could remember.
Zoe would like to be touched by those hands? By his hands?
"Zoe... Are you sure? Sure about that? If you want we can still go back." He waited for her to say "yes ", but if she said instead, he will accept her decision, maybe Erwin was right... It was he who proposed to a woman who, theoretically, didn't even know his name, to run away with him!
"Do you want the truth?" The woman waited for his answer, but Levi merely nodding tensely. "The big and clear truth is; I don't know, Levi. I'm not sure. A sane person would never do that. Escaping with someone who never even talked to? This is definitely crazy," she said seriously and then, both her voice and her gaze softened. "But I'm in my right mind and I know exactly what I'm doing. I don't want to go back, I never regretted a decision and It will not be now that this will happen. And if it goes wrong... We will restart as often as needed."
All the tension vanished at the sound of her words. Levi felt so relieved.
"How many times it takes, my love," Levi echoed her words with conviction. "Born to be wild, huh?"
Zoe laughed and squeezed his fingers.
"Born to be wild," she agreed. "Where are we going?"
"To Bagneux."
"By the way, we don't need to worry about being followed," Hanji said with a devilish grin.
"Why? Did you do anything?"
"Remember that little notebook of your friend... Farlan?" The brunette arched the eyebrows suggestively, almost conspiratorially. "Moblit will find a way, no one of them will disturb us... Never again."
"Oh, woman. You are diabolical." This time, Levi smiled. "I am glad you're on my side."
"It is always a pleasure, Mr. Mafioso."
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When Levi woke up, Hanji was not lying beside him in bed. For a few seconds, he thought that she had fallen on herself and gone, but he relaxed at the sound of the shower in the next room.
They had stopped at a modest inn halfway to rest and then travel. If it were not so dangerous, they had fled by train, but besides not having transportation at that time, it would not be good to be seen. It would not be nice if they risking.
He got out of the bed and stretched. Levi could feel Hanji's smell on his skin and it was a wonderful feeling. He slept with her in the arms, feeling the warmth of her body and listening to the rhythmic beating of her heart.
It was the first time he slept with a woman literally.
When they reached the inn, Levi had suggested them to stay in separate rooms, mainly for Zoe felt comfortable. But she didn't think it was necessary and they ended up together in the same — and best — bedroom. Unlike him, Zoe didn't seem one bit nervous, she was calm and smiling. His greatest fear was to give to his more primitive instincts and ended up doing what he should not — at least at that moment.
At first it was a bit hard, have the female body so close to him, disturbed him. Ah! As it had been difficult, but eventually he got to sleep. Levi heard the sound of water stop and he looked at the door. Hanji came wrapped in a robe, wet hair dripping down her shoulders covered by fabric.
"Good morning", Zoe wished, her voice full of joy.
"Morning," he retorted, struggling to ignore the naturalness with which she behaved even if she were using only one robe. "You woke up early," the mobster scored.
"Force of habit." She shrugged and looked up on the dresser, then pick up the brush and start to unravel the tangle of brown yarn. "Did you sleep well?"
"Very well," he muttered in response, looking away from her silhouette. "Are you hungry?"
"A bit," she admitted without looking at him. "I am not a person who usually eat in the morning, but today..."
"Roger that. I'll take a quick shower and I'll arrange something for our breakfast before we left," Levi promised and turned to go to the bathroom. He hated getting dirty.
"Enjoy the bath, the water is wonderful," Hanji commented as she struggled with a lock of hair curled. "Damn hair!" she cursed.
Levi didn't take long, he just took a quick shower, enjoying the cool water which soon completely roused from slumber and made him feel like new. He turned off the faucet and he noticed while looking at the reflection in the mirror, his beard began to grow. He frowned, annoyed.
The man emerged from the bathroom wrapped in another robe and found Zoe standing in front of the bed, seemingly choosing an outfit. She wore only underwear. Levi swallowed. His gray eyes wandered the female body, lingering longer than it should.
The white corset outlining the silhouette of Hanji further made her smaller breasts rise in a delightful sight, he thought it could fit perfectly in his hands. The red panties covered part of her ass, leaving the delicious skin of her shapely legs visible, a red garter belt rising since mid-thigh, holding it to the her slim hips.
Zoe had a thin body, but she was tall and slender, her legs were long and shapely, small but firm breasts. She was a beautiful and sinful vision.
Her brown eyes turned to him to notice his presence; he continued with his gaze on her, the two remained silent.
"I don't know what to wear," Hanji clarified, without seem embarrassed."
The mob closed his eyes and sighed.
"Calm down, Levi. Breathe, breathe. It is not time yet..."
"You could help me," Zoe suggested quietly. How could she be teasing him with that look so innocent? "You know… choose the clothes..."
Levi felt his throat getting dry and tried to think clearly. Oh, why was she doing this to him? Nothing was happening like he was planned. He was a methodical man with plans and routines, but how could he resist that? Only if he was crazy.
"Zoe..."
"What?" she casually murmured and licked her lips.
Levi pursed his lips in a straight line and closed the eyes.
"Zoe... You, it's better if you get dressed."
"I'm trying."
When he reopened his eyes, Levi was not the same. His gaze was clouded by blind desire and all his muscles were tense. Hanji didn't walk away from him, just stared at him back totally mesmerized. It was the closest contact she had with a man in her entire life — which was strange because she had been kissed, but somehow, it seemed even more intimate than anything she could have done.
Her lips parted as warm rose petals and before any sound escaped from her throat, it was dead by the thirsty mouth of her beloved mobster. He crushed his mouth against her in a hot and strong kiss, Hanji felt her head spin and she clung to him with equal passion.
Zoe gasped when he pulled away from her, a male hand was strongly attached to her hip, causing her body found with him abruptly. She could feel every pore of her body crying out for him, calling him, seducing him. Oh, Hanji needed him. His mouth kept running through the bare neck, causing delicious chills.
The brunette moaned and the feminine hands run through his skin beneath his robe, feeling the tension of strong and defined muscles. She felt him mumble something, his lips brushing against her curve neck, slowly.
"It seems you like playing with fire, Zoe."
She licked her lips and smiled.
"I was never afraid to burn me."
And when they stare, full of passion, desire and affection, they find in each other the answer to every question, the solution to all questions.
"Discover me," she asked.
"With pleasure, Miss Mobster."
A/N: Sorry? u_u but I love to finalize chapters on this way. hahaha. Hope you liked it, sorry for anything and I will apreciate if you let me reviews, I always get inspired when I read them. I thank you for everything and until the next chapter! See ya!
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