A.N. I do not own Attack on Titan. This is my first time writing a fanfic for this so please excuse me if it isn't exactly right.
Warnings for this chapter: Some swearing.
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Levi awakes to the feeling of somebody running their fingers through his hair. He wrinkles his nose and moves his hand up to swat the other person's hand away. How dare they touch him while he was sleeping!
"Levi?" Levi opens his eyes but quickly closes them because of how bright it is. He decides to try it again and after a few seconds of blinking his eyes adjust to the light. Once he is able to see properly he sees Isabel leaning over him, a slightly worried look on her face.
"Isabel..why are you in my room? And why in the fucks name is it so bright?" Levi hisses at her and tries to sit but suddenly a sharp pain goes through his lower body causing him to let out a pained gasp. Isabel gently pushes him back down and he allows her.
"You don't remember? You're in the hospital ward Levi," Isabel says quietly to him, a weird look on her face.
Remember what? Why was he in the-. And suddenly he remembered. Levi remembered awaking to somebody tying his hands behind his back and then tying something over his eyes. Than after that the man..oh god. Levi lets out a choked sob and looks up at Isabel.
"Oh god Isabel. He..I..oh god!" Isabel wraps her arms around Levi and Levi lets her.
He holds onto her as he starts sobbing. Isabel makes soothing noises and rubs her hands up and down his back. After a while Levi stops crying and just keeps leaning into Isabels hold. When he feels like he isn't going to start crying again he pulls away from Isabel and just stares at her.
"Isabel..what am I going to do now?" Levi whispers. Isabel looks at him for a few minutes a look of worry on her face before she takes a deep breath and replaces the worry with a calm look.
"You are going to tell us everything that happened and then I am going to go kill the bastard that did this to you," Isabel says, a hint of steel in her voice. Levi shakes his head.
"I can tell you what happened but I honestly don't know who...I don't know the person that.." Isabel holds her hand up and he stops talking and takes a deep breath.
"That is alright Levi. I already know who did this to you," Isabel tells Levi calmly. Levi looks at his friend with wide eyes. How could she possibly know?
"How could you know?" Levi asks her.
"I just know, that is how," Isabel says. "I am not one hundred percent sure and I have no proof but I am sure I know who it was. I am your friend, basically your sister, and I know all your enemies. I know only one who would do this and he is a very recent one."
Levi stares at Isabel as he tries to think of who she was talking about. Levi had many enemies from his time down in the Underground but he hadn't made any before they left and none while here, or had he? He was not sure. He was not good at judging peoples reactions all the time to him.
"Who?" Levi asks Isabel finally once he can not think of anyone. Isabel looks at him for a few seconds as she bites her lip, suddenly seeming worried again.
"I am not sure if I should tell you. I could mess up your story for when you tell Commander Erwin and the Squad Leaders what happened and I don't want to do that if I am wrong about who it is." Levi stares at Isabel and sighs before looking down at his hands.
"Please, Isabel? Please tell me who you think it is," Levi whispers to her. Levi looks up when he hears Isabel let out a small sigh.
"Alright I will tell you but you must promise me that you will tell Commander Erwin it was this person or what not because I could be wrong. I will tell him myself that I think I know who it is so don't you worry about that part, okay?" Levi nods his head and Isabel continues. "The person who I think it is...is Nile Dok."
"Why?" Levi asks. "Why do you think its him?" He wanted to know for sure because if Isabel thought it was him, she had to be right.
"Because..I don't know! I just do?" Isabel says. "He seemed so angry when he left your room and he had this strange look on his face, it could only be him, Levi!"
Levi goes to say more when suddenly there is a noise and he looks over towards the doors of the hospital ward to see Farlan along with the doctors, Squad Leaders Hange and Mike, and Erwin walking in. Farlan is the only one looking towards Levi as the others are all caught up in a heated discussion so he is the first to see Levi is awale.
"You're awake!" Farlan cries out as he hurries over to Levi. The Squad Leaders, Erwin and the doctors all stop arguing and look over at Levi as Farlan crushes him into a hug.
"Can you not hold me so roughly please, Farlan? I still hurt," Levi says quietly to his friend so the others can't tell what he said.
"Oh of course, sorry." Farlan pulls back with a small frown on his face.
"It's alright," Levi says. Isabel is looking at them both with an unreadable look in her eye. Levi wonders what she is thinking but he doesn't get the chance to ask her sense the doctors rush over to him. Well Dr. Maca does, Dr. Cooper and Dr. Charles seemed to have left.
"Levi, its great to see you up again. How are you feeling, dear?" Dr. Maca asks him as she starts checking him over.
Farlan and Isabel move back but don't go far. Erwin and the Squad Leaders had also come to stand over by his bed. Suddenly Levi starts to feel overwhelmed. There was too many people. Dr. Maca seems to notice that Levi is about to panic so she turns towards Levi's friends and the others.
"Alright time for everyone who isn't sick or hurt to leave my hospital ward, now." The way Dr. Maca says it that she doesn't want no arguing and the others nod at what she says.
Well all of them except for Erwin and Isabel. The Squad Leaders and Farlan quickly go to leave but stop when they realize both Isabel and Erwin hadn't moved. Squad Leader Hange gives Erwin a look that he looks away from and Isabel just shrugs at the question look from Farlan.
"Commander Smith, Miss. Magnolia, why are you not leaving?" Dr. Maca sounds a little angry and before they could explain to her Levi speaks up.
"It's alright if they stay, Dr. Maca," Levi tells her and the doctor looks at him for a few seconds before nodding her head.
"Alright but you others better get a move on it, now!" Dr. Maca looks over at Farlan and the Squad Leaders as she says this and they leave quickly without saying anything. Once they are gone Dr. Maca goes back to checking Levi over again.
"Now, Levi, how are you feeling?" She asks Levi.
"I am feeling horrible," Levi tells her honestly and it was the truth. It hurt him just sitting there and before when he was laying it had hurt a little even. Dr. Maca nods her head at this and doesn't seem surprised.
"Yes it will take a while for that to go away but with some medicine and healing salves you should be back to normal in just a few short weeks."
Back to normal? Levi didn't think so but he nodded his head. Yes he might heal physically but he could already tell he would not mentally. Just now he wanted to curl up and cry again. The doctor asks Levi a few more questions that he answers and soon she is done looking him over and leaves him to Erwin and Isabel.
Isabel comes and sits on the edge of Levi's bed and grabs his hand in hers. He smiles at her when she does this and they both look over at Erwin as one. Erwin had an unreadable look on his face as he was staring at them. When he realizes they are watching him, he gives them a small smile before letting it drop with a tired sigh.
"I am guessing I have to tell you what happened now," Levi says to Erwin and Erwin nods his head.
"Yes. I will need your recountment of what happened so I can write up an official report of it," Erwin says. Levi nods his head. That is what he had figured.
"Alright..I guess I will tell you now," Levi says.
Isabel gives his fingers a small squeeze and he looks over at her with a small smile and she gives him one back. Taking a deep breath he tells them what happened. Erwin and Isabel don't interrupt or ask questions or evens say anything when he has to stop for a few minutes and tears start falling from his eyes. When he is done with telling them what happened Erwin has pulled out a notebook and is writing things down.
"Is that all that happened? Do you have any idea who it could have been?" Erwin asks him once he is finished writing down things.
"Yes that is all that happened and.." Levi breaks off and looks over at Isabel. Isabel has a warning look on her face but it drops when Levi looks at her and she sighs.
"I think I know who did this to Levi, Commander," Isabel says. Erwin looks at her in surprise but nods his head, a sign for her to continue. "Yesterday while in Levi's room Commander Dok entered the room while we were talking about something. Commander Dok was not happy with what he over heard and he made that obvious. Before he left he sort of threatened Levi in a way." Erwin writes down what Isabel said and it's quiet for a few minutes before he is done.
"I need to know what it is exactly that Commander Dok overheard and what it is that he said before he left," Erwin tells them and they nod their heads. Levi takes a deep breath.
"We were discussing my feelings for another...man and thats when Commander Dok surprised us with him being there. Before he left he told me I better not let anybody else catch me talking about another man like that or else they might take it the wrong way and do something," Levi looks down at his hands as he says this because he didn't want to see the look on Erwin's when he heard it.
It is quiet for a while and Levi looks up and sees Erwin quickly writing things down in his notebook. Once he is done he closes the thing and looks up at Levi and Isabel, another unreadable look on his face.
"Alright I am done with the questions for now. I might come back later with a few more but for now I will let you rest," Erwin tells Levi and Levi nods his head. Erwin nods his head at Levi and Isabel before he turns and leaves. Levi watches him until he is out the door and after Levi keeps staring at the door.
"He has to put that down in the report." Isabel makes a confused sound and Levi adds more to what he said. "He has to put down that I like a man in the report and thats what Commander Dok's heard. Once the Military Police find out I am as good as dead."
"You don't know that!" Levi looks at Isabel with a sad smile.
"Yes I do. It is basically illegal to like another man and with all my other charges.." Levi lets himself trail off as he lays down. "I am tired now." He rolls onto his side and ignores the pain this causes and closes his eyes. He feels Isabel kiss his forehead and whisper something but he is already half asleep so doesn't catch what it is she said.
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Well that was the sixth chapter! And that was hard to write! I am sorry if this seems forced. What did you think? Please review and tell me!
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