Thank you for holding out this long for a update! I know it took a while, I had a bit of a block for a while, and I went to TBCC and met Todd Haberkorn! :DDD :DDD Cant wait for Animate Miami in October! I bought a to scale 3dmg blade for Josh Grelle (Armin Arlert's voice actor) to sign!

THANKS AGAIN!

-J

I paced my room, worrying myself ragged.

I can't tell him I'm from the future! He'll think I'm insane!
I'll be locked up for sure!

Sitting at the desk, I groaned in frustration.

Levi wants answers… I thought as I pulled out my sketchbook to clear my head.

What happens when I can't give him what he wants?
He'll probably beat me into the floor, that's what.

I heaved a sigh, feeling the weight of the situation wear down on me.
It had been a long day.
I was finally realizing how shitty this all was.

I was seperated from my best friend, surrounded by people I had to trust with my life, but not with my secrets. Never with my secrets.

And then, there's Levi.

If he really is the one that brought me to the Yeagers, then he might already know I'm not from this time…

The end of my pencil broke, jarring me out of my thoughts.

Reluctantly, I pulled myself to my feet and stepped across the room to my door.

My hand was shaking as I opened it, and stepped into the hall, shutting it silently behind me, and taking a deep breath before moving to knock on his, adjacent from mine.
I flinched at the sound of his voice. "It's open."

"Sir?" I called nervously, standing by the door as I shut it softly, looking to him.

He didn't seem to be worried in the slightest. He wasnt paying any attention to me, from where he sat at his desk, thumbing through some sort of paperwork.
"You wanted to see me?" I asked, taking a small step forward, and realizing I wasnt wearing shoes. I wanted to slap myself. Nice going, Arianna.

He put his pen down, and turned to face me, an elbow resting on the desk, his temple resting against his balled fist. Those steel grey eyes were locked on me, like I was the scum of the earth. But I could see it.
The...curiosity, hidden beneath the cold glare.

"I'm going to ask you this one time, and one time only, Sawyer."

I bit back a gasp at his voice. Fuck! Why do I have to be such a girl?!

"Who the fuck are you?" He growled, standing from his chair and moving towards me.

I stepped back slightly, but I knew the wall was close.

"I-" I trembled, scared of what he might do if I told him, or if I didnt. Either way I was fucked here. "What do you-"

He cut me off with an angry glare, taking another step forward, making me back up into the wall.
"Don't give me that shit, Arianna. I know you know better than to lie to me."

His face was getting closer to mine, grey eyes glaring at me harder than before, if that was possible.
I felt myself draw in the slightest gasp. He brought his arms up and braced them against the wall behind me. Trapping me. I couldn't run from him, even if I wanted to.

"Levi, I-" I started, but the wicked smirk that he wore said it all before he did.

I fucked up. I'd just dug my own grave. and hopped in.
He knew it, too. By the look on his face, he wasn't going to let it slide either.

"See? Right there." He breathed out a laugh, and I could feel him shifting closer, his body pressing against mine slightly, so he could whisper low and deliciously in my ear, "You knew who I was, when I brought you inside the wall Maria."

I froze. "But I don't remember that." I murmured, trying not to let on how this was definitely one of my ultimate fantasies, minus all the life threatening questions.

"Then tell me the shit you do remember." he answered sternly, one hand suddenly grasping my shoulder hard, making me bite my lip not to make a noise. "I don't mind beating it out of you, Sawyer."

"You won't believe me." I argued sadly, looking away from him as my eyes filled with tears, "You'll think I'm crazy, and throw me in the loony bin, or worse!"

"Don't fucking tell me what I'll do!" he spat right back, "Like you would know shit about me, or what I would fucking do!"

"Oh yeah?" I laughed, but bitterly, through the tears rolling down my cheeks, growling back, "You wanna bet, Levi Ackerman?"

It was his turn to blanch, and take a step back from me, his arms falling to his sides as he clenched his fists.

"So, you know who I am." He said tensely, and I cut him off with a light laugh, "Oh, I know more than that."

He glared, and before he could say anything, I sighed, "Look, its not that I want don't want to tell you. Truthfully, besides Kelis, you're the only person I would tell."

"So do it." He growled out bitterly, like it was so easy. "What are you afraid of?"

And then it hit me. The only thing I'm afraid of is…
I felt my eyes go wide, despite stinging with tears. I slid down the wall i was leaning up against, bring my knees up in front of me, but stopped before I could bury my face into them.

"I dont… want you to hate me…"

He chuckled dryly, crouching in front of me. "Can't I be the damn judge of that?"

I would've laughed, but I couldnt. I couldn't even lift my head to look at him.

I felt his hand grip my jaw and tilt my head up to make me.

I dont know if he realized he kept his hand on my cheek, but I didn't want him to move it.

A silent tear fell as I blinked, not shying away from that icy gray stare as I finally said it outloud.

"I'm not from here…" I caved, the walls I'd built up over the years cracking as I told someone the truth. Told him the truth.

He quirked an eyebrow. I rolled my eyes, despite the tears.

"In the world where I come from, none of this is real. The titans, the walls, you. All of it is made up."

He sat back on his heels, and looked at me for a few moments. I didn't even care if I was crying in front of him, and apparently, neither did he.

"Are you fucking with me, Sawyer?"

My heart dropped, and my sniffles instantly turned to angry sobs.

"Are you kidding me? Why would I joke about something like this?!"

"It just doesn't make sense." He answered as he shook his head, "How is that even possible?"

Okay, now I was angry. My tears seemed to instantly dry up, and flattening my palms out on the ground beside me, I pushed myself up straighter.

I'll show you, you fucking jerk. I'll blow your goddamn mind before I'm done with you.

"You don't get it." I grit through my teeth, "You have no idea what it's like… to know."

"And I don't care." He sneered, and I really did hate him for it. "You can choose to tell me, or I can force it out of you. Your choice, Sawyer."

I drew in a heavy breath, and glared at him as hard as I knew how.

"Your name is Levi Ackerman. Your birthday is on Christmas, December 25th. Your mother, Kuchel, died when you were a child. You were taken in by her brother, Kenny Ackerman. Your Uncle taught you everything he could, so you could make it on your own in the underground city, before leaving and becoming one of the most infamous men inside the walls."

I paused, because I expected him to punch my teeth in, but he seemed too shocked by the words coming out of my mouth to say anything.
I continued, but I wasn't as blunt as before. I wasnt heartless, after all.

"I know all about Farlan and Isabel. I know about what happened to them, what you saw, and what you all were trying to accomplish in the first place."

The surprised glare he had softened, and I realized I had started crying again, feeling tears on my face once more.

"Do you understand, Levi? I know you, and this place, the titans, all of it… I know it better than I even know myself... but I never meant to come here. All I did was go to sleep in my bed, and boom, next thing I know I'm recovering at the Yeager's. Just like that, Titans are real. Armin, Eren, and Mikasa are real. You're real. Shit, I thought it all was a crazy, super intense dream before the Colossal Titan kicked in the gate out of Shiganshina! And it damn well could've been!"

He didn't say anything, but shifted so he was sitting on the floor in front of me, just listening as I ranted through sniffles and quiet tears.

"Things are going to change, people are going to die… and I thought maybe, if I had the chance… I could stop it, but up until now, I couldn't do a damn thing but sit back and let it happen! I can't just watch anymore! Not when I care about all of you so damn much!"

I put my face into my hands to cry, even though it was pointless by now.
He probably thought I was weaker than shit, and truthfully, he would be right.

What kind of person would keep the information I have all to themselves? A shit one, that's who.

It was like my entire body turned to steel, feeling his arms slip around my sides, and pull my close, jarring my forward and into his lap.

holyfuckingshitLeviisfuckinghuggingme!
This can't possibly be happening right now. Yet, it definitely is!

I just want to say thank you... not only to God, but to Jesus!

His voice made my blink back into reality.

The reality, that I was being hugged by Captain Levi.

His deceptively strong arms were wrapped around me, holding me tightly to him, with my cheek pressed into the white cotton of his collared shirt, on his chest just below his clavicle.

I could feel his breath warm my hair at the roots, just above my temple.

"Don't ever assume to know my actions, Arianna." I looked up at him, tears gone from my wide eyes as he warned, "You should know better, from what I've heard."

I laughed, and when I smiled up at him, I took a chance, and brought my hand up to his neck, sliding it into the shorter hair at the back of his neck.

"Shit Levi, you really are perfect, aren't you?"

"Shut the fuck up." He scowled, and I could only laugh.

He didn't notice he was still hugging me, essentially in his lap on the floor in the middle of his dimly lit bedroom.

But hey, I wasnt complaining in the slightest.

I didn't care that he could have me killed with what I'd just told him.

None of it mattered to me at the moment, and as long as he kept holding me, I would be perfectly okay with dying.