Something Wicked - 5
Warning for explicit kissing.
"What's this about?"
Is what she had intended to ask. Before he cut her off like that.
Holding her chin in that steel grip of his. After the matter she had actually worried that it had bruised her skin, but upon inspecting the area in her room, staring at all the places his fingers had been in a mirror she hadn't found a single black and purple spot. There was no evidence of what he had done except for her lips: swollen as they were, a brighter pink than usual that bordered on a light red, and still sore from the events that had ended just ten minutes ago. This was ignoring the seemingly permanent flush to her cheeks, of course.
She didn't know how long he would wait for her answer though. He hadn't exactly given a time limit, but when he did let her go that hunger had been apparent in his eyes again. How he actually managed to hold himself back was beyond her, but she was grateful for it.
Her head was finally beginning to clear without the constant press of his lips on hers. Without...
Krista could see her cheeks darken further from just thinking about it in the glass in front of her. She really needed to do something about that. To stop the color of her skin from darkening any further.
But it was impossible with the whole scene of what had happened running on rampant repeat in her head.
"Does that answer your question?"
She didn't say anything, she couldn't. Her breath was coming fast, much faster than his appeared to be. How could that be? He hadn't been breathing for as long as she had, but he didn't seem to be as effected by the lack of oxygen.
Levi didn't appear to have the patience for her to even catch her breath and answer him though when he spoke again, "I want you, Krista. All of you. I've wanted you since the first time I saw you."
She could feel her eyes widen. He wanted her?
He took a deep breath, eyes still on her. Always on her. She had caught him watching her when she first came through the gate as well. It's what had started that supposed hell she first thought she had walked into. With him being the slave driver that was always tugging her from one part of the castle to the next. He had been in near constant contact with her from the start. She had hardly seen Ymir because of it. Only seeing everyone from her training squad when it was time to eat. He had practically kept her to himself every single day.
It made a lot more sense to her now. But still... why her?
She still couldn't speak, so she couldn't even ask the question and by the even breaths of Levi he had recovered just now. His eyes seeming to darken as he gazed at her. "If I could I want to kiss you again."
Her heart was hammering away in her chest, the fast beats practically beating on her mind. It made her entire head spin, everything in her vision moving except for what was directly in front of her. Him. Yet she didn't feel a single pinch of fear in her body, just the warm blood running through her veins, filling her entire being with the sensation of floating. She wasn't even sure she could talk if she were able.
Instead her gaze lowered as her head made the motion, moving back to rest on his eyes as she raised her head back up. She could feel his fingers slide under her jaw, skimming her throat, causing her heart to jump up as his hand came to rest on her cheek. Krista managed to take a breath before his lips were on hers again, not losing the intensity from the first kiss but rather carrying it over into this one.
His lips pressed hard to hers, insistent that she tilt her head further back. When she did he lost contact for a moment, needing to lean down further to catch her lips again. A moment later she could feel a new sensation as his lips enclosed along her upper lip and began sucking hard on the skin there.
Her mind was spinning all over again, driving any thoughts from her as he moved to her bottom lip, giving it the same treatment. She forced her mouth to open and take a few precious gasps of oxygen while she still could. Just before he was slipping his tongue back into her mouth.
Krista closed her eyes as she felt the wet muscle move in her mouth, pressing her own to his for a shiver to run down her spine. His tongue was instantly pushing back at hers and after a few seconds of trying to overpower him she submitted under the rough sweep of his tongue.
She stayed still for awhile, compliant to any demands his lips and tongue made of her. Each new touch of his lips to hers sending a thrill though her body that reached down to her toes. She was gasping as soon as he let up on her and she could hear his ragged breathing in her ear, feel his warm breath running over her skin.
The reprieve didn't last for long though.
His lips were on hers seconds later, softer this time as he was still breathing heavily; skimming hers and laying little kisses at the edges of her mouth. She could feel his teeth drag over her upper and bottom lip, pinching the tips against each other when he bit down.
When he parted his lips his tongue ran over hers repeatedly in-between the kisses that were feather light along her cheek; that only lasted for a few seconds before he broke completely away again.
Krista opened her eyes as she took in deep breaths to regain her oxygen and perhaps clear her mind even a little bit from the fog that had descended on it.
Levi's own eyelids looked heavy as he started to regain control of his own breathing. His gaze was flitting from her lips to her own eyes, but it was still a moment before he spoke. The last few kisses must have taken more out of him than the first one. "How many has it been?"
She didn't have to think for even a second to know what he was talking about. "Th-three," Krista gasped out.
His gaze moved back to her lips, which surely had to be bruised after the rough treatment he had given them. "Have you ever been kissed before?"
"N-no."
A sort of groan slipped from his lips before his head ducked down and she could feel fingers tugging the neckline of her shirt down, just before his lips had latched onto her collarbone. Her head fell back as he sucked at the skin, still gasping for air.
His mouth was hot against her cool skin, his warm tongue leaving a trail of saliva along her flesh. Then his teeth were dragging over her skin, nipping, tugging; until he bit down and her mouth fell open, "Ah..."
The warm breath moved up along her throat, tracing her jaw to stop at the curve of her ear. "Will you be mine?"
She blinked. "What?"
He pulled away from her ear then, coming back into her vision and she gazed up at him as he looked down at her, eyes nearly black with lust. "You liked this, didn't you?" She couldn't make herself answer in the affirmative or negative, even if the latter would be a lie. "I can do it again, more even. But you have to be mine."
"Be... yours?"
He gave a nod of his head, lifting her own up with the hand that still remained on her cheek. "Take your time." His hand fell from her cheek. "You may leave."
Krista paused for a moment, mind still spinning after everything that had happened. But he was right. She should leave for the moment, gather her thoughts and then answer him. There was no way she could think rationally right now. To get involved with the Captain... further than she already had. She had to figure out if it was something she really wanted or if doing something so drastic would only be a mistake.
She moved away from him to the door, her hand slipping around the knob, but when she pulled the door didn't so much as budge. Her gaze raised quickly to see the bolt was in place. When had he done that? Krista glanced over her shoulder at Levi, currently sitting on one of the couches, looking like he was gazing at nothing until his eyes flickered to hers.
They were still dark and she could see the storm brewing beneath them. Krista took in a breath and turned back to the door, unfastening the bolt in a hurry and slipping back out into the hallway. She made sure to close it behind her, cut off his view of her as she stood there, wondering if she could manage to make her legs move further yet without breaking into a run.
Had he not intended to let her go?
She had managed not to run down the hall or attract any sort of attention to herself. Krista hadn't even encountered any other person from the Survey Corps in the castle so she could only guess that those not on duty at the moment were sleeping.
If that was the case...
She rested her finger on her lip. The swelling still hadn't gone down and she didn't know when it would. How could she? That had been her first kiss.
Ice.
She needed ice. Before anyone saw her like this. For a moment she wished she was in the barracks so she could ask Sasha to go and get some for her. She was good at taking even rare provisions and getting them out to the squad without anyone being the wiser. But she would probably also ask why and recognize the reason for her swollen lips. The sort of questions those circumstances would lead to were ones she couldn't answer.
Well, then. If she hadn't run into anyone going down three flights of stairs she shouldn't run into anyone by just making a short trip down the hall and to the kitchen.