A/N: Hello everybody! Happy 10th chapter! :3 So it's Levi and Sera part 2. Tbh, I was planning to finish this Levi story in this chapter, but I realized that it would be very long and I feel it would turn out rushed if I did so, so I decided to have part 3. It was a hard decision but knowing me I hate half-assed outputs so I'm exercising my patience for the meantime. And this conforms to the 'new year resolution' I made that I should focus more on 'telling a story rather than 'rushing things'. If things go out as planned, I'll be updating next week. Hopefully! :)
This chapter mainly focuses and Levi and Sera's (my OC) relationship as siblings. As a fellow SnK fan I'd like to know more about Levi but since, at the present moment, there's only tiny hope of finding out things about him, I decided to release my imagination and write something about him. Although, Levi is a hard-core titan slayer, I believe 'something happened' that changed him and I wanted to explore a bit on his past and on what made him become the person he is right now. And the inspiration for these chapters came from the cover photo you see on upper left side of this page. :3
Special thanks to: The most amazing readers ever! Especially to Anon, Ayrim, and ROAR (cute name btw) for reviewing the last chapter. I really felt like I was on cloud nine when I read anon's review. *I really want to hug you right now T.T* Thank you for the most amazing compliment ever! I will use it as my motivation to tell more! :) Thank you! And to Ayrim, here it is. Thank you for patiently waiting! :) And to ROAR! I LOOOOVE that name! ROOOOOARR! Haha :3
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Disclaimer: I do not own Snk, only Levi's sister, Sera. :) Enjooooooyy!
Chapter 10
Levi and Sera Part 2
"Please forgive her…"
.
Tch. There she goes again.
.
But…
.
"Please forgive Okaa-san."
.
"Shut up, Sera."
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I replied bluntly.
.
I hate hearing those words.
.
I could never forgive her. Never.
.
"Eh? Onii-chan that's harsh. After I came all the way here, you should atleast-"
.
"Mind your own business."
.
Those sharp words…
.
…were deliberate.
.
I knew…
.
They stabbed her…
.
I didn't look at her…
.
I never wanted to say those things to her…
.
Anyone but her…
.
But…
.
I don't want to forgive her either…
.
That woman…
.
I hate her with my entire being…
.
Everything about her…
.
Was so wrong…
.
I just can't stand them…
.
I…
.
"Onii-chan…are you listening?"
.
Sera interrupted my thoughts…
.
She sounded cheerful…
.
But I avoided making eye contact with her…
.
If I did…
.
I would…
.
In a split moment…
.
My brows twitched…
.
…give in…
.
Sorry, Sera…
.
I'd like to be selfish…
.
Just for today…
.
Sorry…
.
"Onii-chan…"
.
She uttered my name, teasingly...
.
Poked me gently and giggled afterwards…
.
I thought she was angry at me for what happened earlier…
.
But Sera…she just…
.
Makes me happy…
.
Relaxed…and calm…
.
…it makes me think…
.
…at times…
.
Do I really deserve her?
.
I blinked my eyes...
.
…looked up…
.
Ah…
.
…the dark clouds were washing over the timid sky…
.
Again…
.
I can tell…
.
…soon…
.
It will…
.
"Rain…"
.
She gently uttered…
.
My neck unconsciously moved on its own…
.
…as my lenses darted on her petite figure…
.
…gazing and smiling while looking at the skies…
.
Why…
.
…does Sera…
.
…smile all the time?
.
I really don't get it…
.
Both me and her…
.
Are polar opposites…
.
Hot and cold…
.
Forgiving and vengeful…
.
…friendly and hostile…
.
I just…
.
At times…
.
…do not understand…
.
She's way too kind for me…
.
Do I really deserve her?
.
"Onii-chan…"
.
But…
.
"It will rain soon…"
.
I don't…
.
She smiled at me…
.
…those crescent eyes soothing my senses…
.
"Let's go home…."
.
…want to lose her…
.
"Together!"
.
Her smile widened as she held out her hand…
.
…gracefully…
.
…towards me…
.
Gently grabbing my fingers…
.
Her smooth skin sliding on mine…
.
…resembled the aura she was exuding…
.
Warm…
.
So warm…
.
I refused…
.
but…
.
Not good…
.
There's just no way…
.
I could resist…
.
If it's Sera…
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I just couldn't…
.
Say…
.
"Stop it with that suborn attitude of you, Onii-chan!"
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She tittered as she grabbed my hand and stood up...
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She gave me "the look" as she pouted her lips.
.
And then…
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She grinned…
.
Her crooked set of yellow teeth showing…
.
She looked hilarious…
.
Ugly…
.
But I looked the other way…
.
So that I could stop myself from laughing…
.
I have to remain angry…
.
Or so I thought…
.
She firmed her grasp…
.
Pulling me hard at the same time…
.
But I didn't budge from my seat…
.
No…
.
Not yet…
.
"Come on…stand up…"
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Her grin widened…
.
"Let's go home…"
.
"I don't want to."
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I glared at her…
.
But she continued to smile…
.
No…
.
…I'm not going to fall for that, Sera…
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Just for today…
.
I'm not going to fall for that…
.
I-
.
Crap.
.
She's smiling again…
.
Don't do that…
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It makes me…
.
Feel so…
.
"Really onii-chan. You're hopeless."
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She scratched her head, feeling rather superior…
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I glared at her again…
.
"And how about you?"
.
"Me?"
.
She twitched her brows…
.
As I looked at her closer…
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I realized how unattractive my sister was…
.
A snotty nose…
.
Dry hair…
.
Yellow teeth…
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She will never get a guy in ages…
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Ah…
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Danger…
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I forgot I was angry…
.
I should be angry again…
.
My brows furrowed deeper, as my eyes narrowed…
.
But she…
.
Ugh…
.
I hate this…
.
Those lunate eyes and daring beam…
.
She just…
.
Doesn't know…
.
When to give up…
.
"I am very mature for my age!"
.
She spoke out confidently while sparkling brightly…
.
My face fell…
.
Sometimes, I think, how she would feel…
.
If she was in my shoes…and would hear how 'excruciating' her words sound…
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"Hag."
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I muttered…
.
And smoke came out of her ears…
.
Oops…
.
This is more dangerous…
.
She's pissed off, I can tell…
.
But I guess for today…
.
It's okay….
.
Just for today…
.
Please go home without me…
.
My chest contracted…
.
It's starting to hurt…
.
Sera…
.
"Why do you enjoy doing this to me, onii-chan?!"
.
I did it alright…
.
I pissed her off big time…
.
It's coming…
.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAH~"
.
She screamed out…
.
Releasing her anxiety with every drop as they cascaded down her cheeks…
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It was like a waterfall…
.
I sighed…
.
She always defeats me…
.
Whenever…
.
Wherever…
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I give up, Sera…
.
"WHY-DO-YOU-ALWAYS-DO-THIS-TO-ME?!"
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She whined…
.
Her tears and saliva pouring out everywhere…
.
Hitting me on the cheeks and eyeballs…
.
Ugh…
.
Disgusting...
.
This girl needs some discipline…
.
"ONII-CHAAAAAAAAN!"
.
She screeched out again…
.
That high-pitch tone she's born with…
.
So annoying…
.
I'd like to detach her mouth from her face…
.
Throw it off at a nearby cliff and watch it being devoured by some raging waves…
.
I was getting dizzier by each passing second...
.
"Shut up, Sera!"
.
"ONI-CHAAAN! You're so mean!"
.
I guess there's no stopping her…
.
But something bothers me more…
.
These shitty things she has planted on my face…
.
"Tch."
.
I took out a scarf…
.
Rubbed it gently on my face...
.
It somehow reduced the uneasiness I was feeling…
.
"Thank you for nothing."
.
I hissed but she cried even more…
.
"ONII-CHAN! MEANIE!"
.
It was infuriating…
.
She's really getting my on my nerves…
.
My brows twitched as my palms slowly clenched together with the scarf…
.
I was planning to bury this 'thing' deep into her throat to stop her from weeping irrationally…
.
But…
.
All of a sudden…
.
Again…
.
Warm…
.
Infused with my self…
.
And my soul…
.
Grasping me out of nowhere…
.
Holding my frail body…tightly…
.
Fearfully…
.
As if…
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I would disappear…
.
…anytime soon…
.
This warmth…
.
I just couldn't do anything against this…
.
I can't even move an inch…
.
Nor breathe…
.
My eyes widened…
.
…as she sank her soul deeper to mine…
.
Reviving those locked out memories…
.
…that I have been hiding…
.
…for so long…
.
The memories that I don't want to remember anymore…
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Those memories that made me hate my existence and hers…
.
…and her…
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Why Sera?
.
Why?
.
Why do you always do this?
.
I…
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Why do you…make me…
.
So weak…
.
Why do you…
.
Make me…
.
Tch.
.
…hate myself even more…
.
Why?
.
"Let's go home…onii-chan."
.
Her voice was hushed…very different from her earlier outburst…
.
When did she become so calm?
.
It's not like her…
.
So not like her…
.
"Sera-"
.
"Let's go home…"
.
She cut me off.
.
However, something's off…
.
I couldn't believe it…
.
For the first time…
.
Sera sounded…
.
So…
.
"I want to go home with you."
.
…afraid.
.
"Please onii-chan…"
.
She sniffed out…
.
Shaking…
.
Begging…
.
Hugging me tighter…
.
"Let's go home…"
.
I-
.
"I got it."
.
It came out of nowhere…
.
I just said it without thinking…
.
My hands…
.
Moved up…
.
Blinking…
.
They drooped down slowly…
.
Beating hard…
.
Like it would fall from my chest…
.
…and…
.
As they gently cupped…
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Her slim body…
.
…holding her near to me…
.
I understand…
.
I have Sera…
.
And she…
.
"Let's go back."
.
…only has me…
.
I will never run away….
.
"Do you mean it?"
.
She sniffed out…
.
Her hushed tone managed to break through my silent reverie…
.
Do I mean it?
.
…I really don't know…
.
…yet…
.
I just don't want to see her…
.
"I do…"
.
…cry…
.
"Yes!"
.
She released me.
.
She's wearing 'that' smile again.
.
But her eyes were really swollen…
.
Sera is a magician…
.
I don't know how she does it…
.
But…
.
She can do magic…
.
Blinking her eyes, she gazed at me while grinning and giggling…
.
And…
.
…slowly…she stooped down…
.
...held my hand…
.
…that warmth…
.
"Onii-chan. That's better!"
.
I blinked my eyes, confused…
.
What's better?
.
"What do you mean?"
.
She tittered again…
.
Her yellow teeth were so ugly…
.
She needs to brush her teeth a lot more often from now on…
.
I'll make sure she does…
.
"You smiling!"
.
"Eh?"
.
I don't get it.
.
When did I-
.
"You smiled just right now!"
.
She poked my lips and abruptly stretched my face with her thumbs...
.
"See, you look better!"
.
She beamed at me but I was pissed off with what she said…
.
I smiled..?
.
Impossible…
.
She's making up stories again…
.
"Cut it out."
.
I glared at her as I stood up…
.
"But it's true."
.
She insisted…
.
"You were smiling for a couple of seconds!"
.
"Liar."
.
"I'm not lying!"
.
She snarled.
.
I felt like she was ready to devour me to prove her point…
.
But I played it cool…
.
I hurried on my steps…
.
Deliberately leaving her behind…
.
…she ran after me…
.
…muttering under her breath…
.
Releasing every bit of her complaints to herself…
.
So cute…
.
When she's angry like that…
.
I can't help but be amused…
.
She's so entertaining to listen to…
.
"Nii-chan! Are you listening?!"
.
She snapped but I pretended I didn't hear…
.
I'd like to prolong her agony for a little long…
.
"Nii-chan!"
.
"Shut up!"
.
She was getting loud…
.
"So annoying!"
.
She stared at me, wide-eyed in disbelief…
.
"I-AM-ANNOYING?!"
.
My eyes drooped down…
.
I faced her…
.
"Yes you are."
.
I answered in monotone…
.
She flustered upon hearing my retort…
.
Her entire face was swollen red…
.
She was so frustrated…
.
"I-AM-ANNOYING?!"
.
She repeated again, her tone was violent and I can feel…
.
…a death threat emerging from her words…
.
"Yes you are."
.
I spoke again, impassively but I was honestly amused deep down my heart...
.
I like to bully her from time to time…
.
"Nii-chan! You are sooooo MEAN!"
.
She screeched out and I could feel my eardrums bloating…
.
"Thank you."
.
She was taken aback by my answer…
.
I can tell that she was disappointed…
.
"That's not what you were supposed to say!"
.
"Then what should I say?"
.
Just for today…
.
"I'm sorry Sera, I won't do it again, I promise!"
.
She spoke out confidently, wearing those sparkling eyes and I felt like punching her on the face…
.
"In your dreams."
.
I walked away from her, as I scurried on my steps…
.
Her violent gaits made me realize that she was far from finished…
.
It made me…relaxed…
.
…I want to be selfish…
.
"Onii-chan! Are you listening?!"
.
"No, I'm not!"
.
"Then why are you answering?!"
.
"I'm going home without you."
.
"Wait-"
.
FLOP.
.
She stumbled…
.
On the ground…
.
Of mud…
.
She was filthy.
.
And I'd like to refrain from touching…
.
Or helping her…
.
However…
.
"Klutz."
.
What's this?
.
Did I just…
.
"Onii-chan, stop laughing!"
.
She cried out, helplessly.
.
But I just couldn't stop…
.
"Help me!"
.
"No way. I don't like dirt."
.
I could feel tears on my eyes…
.
"Onii-chan! You seriously need to stop laughing…"
.
She was about to cry…
.
But I just couldn't stop…
.
Wait what?
.
Was I…
.
"Stop it!"
.
Laughing?
.
"STOP LAUGHING ONII-CHAN AND HELP ME ALREADY!"
.
"I was not laughing."
.
"Oh, yes you were!"
.
She insisted as she tried her best to stand up but she kept on sliding…
.
"Quit it your with your laughter, hurry up and help me!"
.
She's so demanding as always...
.
But…
.
During times like this…
.
It just can't be help…
.
Anyone but Sera….
.
"Cry baby."
.
I stretched out my hand…
.
She quickly grabbed it…
.
It was so dirty…
.
Tch.
.
I can feel the chill from my spines reverberating through my bones...
.
But that smile…
.
I get it now…
.
"Let's go home, Sera…"
.
Her eyes sparkled…
.
And she immediately nodded…
.
Her radiance shining through the thick mud covering her face…
.
"Yes, onii-chan!"
.
I finally get it…
.
I only have Sera and Sera only has me…
.
And I suppose…
.
"Let's go home, Onii-chan!"
.
We are…
.
...enough for each other…
.
"What do you want for dinner?"
.
Sera asked out of nowhere…
.
I unconsciously furrowed my brows…
.
"Stop asking if you don't know how to cook."
.
I slapped her hard on the face, I know…
.
"Sorry for asking then."
.
She sulked…
.
Eh?
.
Is it my imagination or... is she not fighting back?
.
Eeeeh. I am so surprised…
.
So she can do that too…
.
I underestimated my sister's talents...
.
"Amazing."
.
"Amazing? What is?"
.
She frowned. She can tell I was up to no good…
.
"You really need to stop doing that, nii-chan…"
.
"Stop what?"
.
Her brows furrowed too as she glared at me…
.
"Being sarcastic…"
.
She muttered and I raised my brow…
.
"Does it bother you that much?"
.
"Yes, but not really…"
.
She responded timidly…
.
Sorry...
.
But not gonna happen, Sera…
.
"So I won't stop then…"
.
"Ah!"
.
She squeaked…
.
"So unfair, onii-chan!"
.
I kept my poker face…
.
"I know."
.
I walked away from her again and she hurriedly chased after me…
.
"Onii-chan…you're really so unfair…"
.
Keep on babbling…
.
I mindlessly thought…
.
I don't know myself…
.
But maybe my sister and I have one similarity…
.
That is…
.
"You're soooo weird, onii-chan..."
.
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that..."
.
Yes…that would be the 'term'…
.
Although at times, I'm irritated with Sera…
.
To be honest, whenever I hear her blabber…
.
Nonsense...
.
From out of nowhere…
.
I don't know why…
.
But, I honestly feel…
.
At ease….
.
Why?
.
I don't know the answer myself…
.
But I guess…
.
That answers it all…
.
I am weird…
.
Just like her…
.
"Ah here they are!"
.
"You found them!"
.
Those voices…
.
They are…
.
"I thought I wouldn't see you guys here…"
.
I furrowed my brows…
.
…these people spell trouble…
.
For me…
.
…and especially for Sera…
.
I need to think of a way to get out of this…
.
"How are you doing?"
.
The boy in front of me snickered while giving me a scornful glare...
.
Tch.
.
I despise him from the bottom of my heart…
.
"It's nice to see you again…"
.
Another lad with blonde hair blurted out. His eyes protruded malice but he wore the same grin...
.
If you only know…
.
I hate you more than you hate me!...
.
I gritted my teeth, displeased…
.
Very displeased…
.
"Ah. Don't give me that look…don't tell me you're gonna kill me too…"
.
Ha.
.
I can feel all the air sucked out of my lungs…
.
You shouldn't have said that…
.
You shouldn't have!
.
He grinned at us again, and I felt like…
.
For the first time in my life…
.
"Like your father did."
.
…strangling someone to DEATH…
.
"Sera…"
.
My voice was getting hoarse…
.
Everything around me seemed to blur…
.
I am falling again…
.
"…run…"
.
I uttered in a low voice…
.
I don't want her to be part of this…
.
Definitely no way…
.
"Eh? You guys are chickening out?"
.
His irritating voice was searing my ear…
.
Patience…don't move until Sera runs…
.
I breathed in…
.
Patience…
.
"NO!"
.
That response broke me off from daze…
.
Not now…
.
Sera…
.
Please…
.
Not now…
.
"Sera! Run!"
.
"No!"
.
Her driven look made my hair stand…
.
"I am not leaving you behind!"
.
Why does she need to be stubborn at a time like this…
.
I glared at her but she glared back at me…
.
What do I need to do to make her understand?
.
Now is not the time for her persistence…
.
"Sera…I say-"
.
"Hey…murderer's son."
.
This...
.
I lost it…
.
I slowly turned around…
.
Glared at my oblivious prey…
.
But he was smiling…
.
More like jeering…
.
But I assure him…
.
His happiness won't last for long…
.
He doesn't know what he has gotten himself into…
.
I am not his son…
.
"Do you mind saying that again?"
.
I froze.
.
…lowered my gaze…
.
Trying to get a hold myself…
.
But I feel that anytime soon…
.
I will-
.
…anytime soon…
.
"Don't mention that scumbag to my face."
.
I uttered in a low voice…
.
Clenching my fists…harder than ever…
.
I felt like crushing them with my bare hands…
.
But no…
.
Not here….
.
Not in front of Sera…
.
Just no…
.
"Eh? You're hurt?"
.
He jeered at me even more…
.
His gap teeth showing…
.
"But it's true isn't it?"
.
Don't say another word…
.
"You are…"
.
Not another word from you…
.
Or else…
.
"The son-"
.
He scoffed…his eyes gleaming…
.
"-of a M-U-R-D-E-R-E-R!"
.
Enough…
.
I had it…
.
"Murderer! You're father is a-"
.
Dark…
.
Red…
.
I couldn't distinguish between the two…
.
But…
.
For sure…
.
I have something clutched…
.
In between my claws…
.
Soft…
.
I felt like sinking my claws deeper…
.
Every bit…
.
I am tempted to stop…
.
That beat…
.
That raging…frightened beat…
.
Trembling back and forth…
.
Reverberating on my fingertips…
.
Slowly…but surely…
.
I want to stop it…
.
Make it pay…
.
Punish it…
.
I-
.
"NEVER-CALL-ME-THAT!"
.
My prey's eyes widened…
.
I am very sure…
.
It was fear…
.
Embedded all over his face…
.
He struggled…
.
Beneath my grasp…
.
But…
.
My emotions imploded…
.
Numbing my senses…
.
Gripping my neck…
.
Making me breathe…harder…
.
Blurring my eyesight…
.
I seized my prey firmer in my clutches …
.
My fingernails diving into his flesh…
.
I could see gushing red…
.
Coming out from the lump…
.
As my sharp knives penetrated deeper…
.
I am falling deeper…
.
You'll pay…I'll make you pay!
.
"ONII-CHAN!"
.
That voice…
.
"STOP IT!"
.
What-
.
"LET HIM GO!"
.
I turned around.
.
Sera…
.
She looked…
.
So scared…
.
...she was shaking…
.
…with her shuddering gaze…
.
…fixed on me…
.
Me?
.
What happened?
.
I couldn't remember a thing…
.
"Ugh."
.
I feel something moved in my hands…
.
I shifted my attention to-
.
What the-
.
"Ugh."
.
I released him…
.
He crashed on the ground…
.
Holding his neck…
.
He convulsed…
.
Trying his very best to catch his breath…
.
What…
.
…did…
.
…I do?
.
"Benjamin!"
.
His friends called out…
.
Panicking…
.
Crying…
.
Trembling…
.
Not knowing what to do…
.
"What-"
.
I managed to say…
.
But I was…
.
Frightened…
.
So scared…
.
I couldn't move an inch…
.
My eyes darted to the reddened marks on his neck…
.
It looked like someone tried to kill him…
.
Kill him...
.
No way…
.
I did that?
.
I-
.
My hands…
.
I looked at them…
.
His blood…
.
Stained…
.
On my…
.
No…
.
I couldn't have…
.
"YOU…"
.
No I didn't!
.
"MONSTER!"
.
Someone screamed out…
.
I don't know who it was…
.
But…
.
"YOU ARE A MONSTER!"
.
No…
.
I can feel my chest throb…
.
The air from my lungs sucked out…
.
It was getting harder to breathe again…
.
I lowered my gaze…
.
Shaking…
.
Clenching my fists, feeling the dampness on my cheeks…
.
I didn't mean-
.
"I am not-"
.
"HE IS NOT A MONSTER!"
.
Someone screamed out…
.
…penetrating through my battered conscience…
.
…forcing them to give her stunned expressions…
.
I gazed at her… who was gazing at me…
.
With tears all over her face…
.
But…
.
She was there…
.
She didn't run away…
.
Although she was frightened herself…
.
Sera just…
.
Wouldn't give up…
.
…on me….
.
I blinked my eyes again, hoping it was true…
.
And it was…
.
She was there…
.
Right behind me…
.
Breathing fast…
.
…glaring at my prey…
.
She refused to yield…
.
Not to them…
.
Not to anyone…
.
She breathed in again…
.
And stabbed them with her driven gaze…
.
"MY BROTHER IS NOT A MONSTER!"
.
She shouted…
.
With every ounce of strength left…
.
She was behind me…
.
All the time…
.
From the very beginning…
.
Never leaving me…
.
I am…
.
So lucky….
.
Sera has my back….
.
"SHUT UP ALL OF YOU!"
.
"DAMN YOU!"
.
A shrill voice came out of nowhere...
.
Forcefully assaulting her with his words…
.
"DIDN'T YOU SEE WHAT HE DID TO BENJAMIN?!"
.
He was angry...
.
So angry…
.
But…
.
But the fear on his eyes refused to falter…
.
He was still scared…
.
I can tell…
.
He hissed again…
.
"If you're brother is a monster most probably you're a monster too!"
.
I can't accept that.
.
"Leave Sera out of this!"
.
"YOU SHOULD ALL DIE!"
.
He screeched out…
.
Every bit of his bitterness targeted at us…
.
Why did it turn out like this?
.
"ATTACK THEM!"
.
His words barely registered on my mind…
.
For something came to view…
.
Rocks…
.
Up close…
.
Dozens of them…
.
Came crashing at us…
.
Madly attacking us…
.
Attempting to cripple us…
.
Hurt us…
.
Making sure…
.
That we can't get back up anymore…
.
NO!
.
WHY?!
.
WHAT-DID-WE-DO?!
.
THIS IS NOT-
.
"Aahhh-"
.
No…no…
.
It can't be…
.
I turned around…
.
…and looked at her…
.
NO!
.
Blood…
.
On her face…
.
Cracking open her skull…
.
They were rushing out…
.
Escaping from her skin…
.
Covering her face…
.
As she bent over in agony…
.
"Onii-chan…"
.
STOP!
.
I hastily turned around and pierced them with my vengeance...
.
DON'T DO THIS TO MY SISTER!
.
"STOOOP-IIIIIIT!"
.
I could feel my eyes bulging with rage…
.
Heartbeat rising…
.
Teeth clinching…
.
My body moving on its own…
.
Taking its evil stance…
.
With malicious and fiendish intent aimed at them…
.
"I-WILL-KILL-YOU-ALL!"
.
I bellowed furiously…
.
Screeching…
.
Threatening them with my hate-filled existence…
.
Shocked with my sudden outrage…
.
They all gasped…
.
Bodies yielding to fear…
.
…that they almost fell down on their knees…
.
…convulsing…and terrified…
.
And about to cry…
.
"RUUUUNNN!"
.
…It was that shrill voice again…
.
And right before my very eyes…
.
They scurried away…
.
As fast as they can…
.
Not looking back anymore…
.
Cause if they do…
.
I'll make sure…
.
Their lives would become like mine…
.
Or even worse…
.
I will make you see hell, myself…
.
Those thoughts lashed out my ego…
.
My heartbeat wouldn't stop…
.
I felt so sick…
.
and my knees gave up…
.
I slumped on the ground…
.
My hands refusing to move…
.
Numb…
.
Everything was…
.
I looked up…
.
No…
.
Don't look at me that way…
.
Why am I so…
.
…weak?...
.
I-
.
"Onii-chan…"
.
"Sera!"
.
I...
.
panicked…
.
Sera…blood…
.
No…
.
What to do…
.
I quickly helped her up…
.
…on her feet…
.
She looked pained…
.
With blood covering half of her face…
.
I-
.
…hate myself…
.
"Onii-chan…"
.
She slowly opened her eyes…
.
And…
.
Unexpectedly
.
…again…
.
"No worries!"
.
She smiled…
.
…it was 'that' smile…
.
"It doesn't hurt at all!"
.
Her smile widened…
.
As she patted the wound on her head with her fingers…
.
"See! I'll fix this up later when we get home, for the meantime-"
.
"Why-,"
.
I unconsciously…
.
…uttered…
.
"…do you still smile?"
.
…in a low voice…
.
…as I lowered my gaze…
.
…on the ground…
.
I don't get it…Sera…
.
"Why do I smile? Hmm. Because it doesn't hurt that much!"
.
She exclaimed and grinned…
.
…and at that exact moment…
.
I finally lost it…
.
...again...
.
"DON'T EVEN THINK OF THIS AS A JOKING MATTER!"
.
She froze upon hearing my words…
.
…her eyes widened…gaze fixed on me…
.
But somehow…
.
…as she narrowed her eyes…
.
There was suffering…
.
…a hint of…
.
Hiding behind her cheerful façade…
.
I wasn't finished though…
.
"STOP FUCKING AROUND, SERA! WHO IN HER RIGHT MIND WOULD STILL SMILE EVEN THOUGH HALF OF HER FACE IS COVERED WITH BLOOD AND HER HEAD WAS SEARED OPEN!"
.
I shouted at her…
.
My emotions thrown at her face…
.
"WHY DON'T YOU STOP BEING STUPID AND STOP BEING A BURDEN TO ME! Ha-"
.
No…
.
I didn't mean that…
.
My eyes widened at my own words…
.
I can feel something from within locking me again in my dreadful chambers of guilt…
.
Beating myself up…
.
Sera…
.
Forgive me…
.
You…were never…
.
"Onii-chan…"
.
Something gently landed on my shoulders…
.
Lightweight…
.
Unexpectedly, relaxing me…
.
Easing my anxiety…and I know for sure…
.
What it was telling me…
.
Forgive yourself…
.
I-
.
"Onii-chan…sorry…"
.
The soft tone of Sera's voice always feels like…
.
The blue sky...
.
That we always watch together…
.
"I know I have been a burden to you…"
.
Silence…
.
Passing between us…
.
It's the first time…
.
I have heard of…
.
Sera's harsh breathing…
.
It doesn't feel right…
.
She slowly made eye contact…
.
Those dark blue eyes reflecting my own…
.
Looking back at me…
.
With despondency glossed over their weaknesses…
.
"But…you know…"
.
She sniffed…blinking her eyes…
.
Trying her best not to cry…
.
"It's the least I can do…"
.
She looked at me again…
.
That same soft expression piercing my soul…
.
"You-,"
.
She breathed in…her hands slightly shaking…
.
"-are always…worrying for me…looking after me…that's why-"
.
Sera…
.
Why do you always…
.
She looked up the skies…
.
…embracing them with the warmth…
.
…coming from her smile…
.
…and she slowly gazed at me…
.
"…it's the least that I can do…"
.
Bittersweet…
.
Her words were…
.
As if I was forced to surrender…
.
Sera…
.
Sorry…
.
I almost forgot…
.
"Onii-chan, I'll be going ahead."
.
I didn't move an inch…
.
…As if I didn't hear her…
.
But she…I know…
.
From the bottom of my heart I totally know…
.
"Onii-chan-"
.
Thank you for me always reminding me…
.
"No matter what happens…"
.
She paused… I patiently waited…
.
…for them…
.
And the cheerful yet brittle tone of hers made me realized one thing…
.
…she was…
.
…at the verge…
.
"I AM ALWAYS ON YOUR SIDE!"
.
…of crying…
.
I only have Sera and Sera only has me…
.
…and we are…
.
…enough for each other…
.
A/N: I know I know I am abusing the 'art of spacing' again but I honestly think it gives off a better Levi feel… :3 So, the much awaited conclusion to this mini Levi arc happens next chapter! See you again, guys! Thaaaaaank youuuu! –Matsuglare (1/31/14)