Fukushuu - Chapter V
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Mikasa wasn’t certain how long it took for them to became a tangle of
limbs upon her futon, with her undergarment discarded to the side and
her kimono now somehow serving as an extra sheet beneath her body. She
only distinguished the curbed desperation of her own mouth as it pressed
against Levi’s neck in multiple places, teeth provoking light marks of
red upon the pale skin while he precisely removed the last of his
clothing.
Once he was devoid of all attire, he lifted himself into a seated
position upon her stomach, his knees resting on the sides of her waist.
Mikasa blushed furiously as she drank in his nakedness, her mind
surveying his arousal while she perceived her own increasing moisture
down below. He was a glorious specimen in every form, the ideal shell of
virility concealing endless wounds that threatened to break free at any
moment – wounds that he only permitted her to discover.
He said nothing as he proceeded to lean over her and take hold of one
end of the bandages that still restrained her chest. Before long, he
began to skillfully undo the strips layer by layer. She breathed deeply
as she observed his complete focus on the task, wanting to see his
reaction once no more barriers obstructed them from each other.
When her breasts finally sprang free, she noticed that he could not
tear his eyes away even as he sat back again. She was now splayed nude
before him, one arm bent at her side while the other encircled her head,
hand resting above. The yellow sink material beneath still felt like
heaven as it rubbed against her shoulder blades and buttocks, though the
rest of her was now more exposed than she ever intended. She felt her
nipples peaking as they came into contact with the cool air, already
anticipating what’s to come.
“You’re perfect, Mikasa.” His voice bore a hint of awe when he spoke
at last, his eyes studying her like a timeless art piece as he tossed
the bandages towards the room’s corner. “Don’t let anyone tell you
otherwise.”
With that, he reached out towards her with his right hand, weaving
fingers within her hair before gradually moving downward to outline the
structures of her every feature. Next came her neck and collarbone,
which he made sure to touch in the same tantalizing manner for both
sides, teasing each ridge with an almost strange fondness. The seductive
journey then continued down her sternum and cut vertically across her
abs before sliding to the left towards her waist and hip. There, Mikasa
felt slight disappointment at how he touched only the outward area of
her thighs rather than the more intimate side, but she nevertheless
marveled at his measured pace as he outlined nearly every expanse of her
skin, lingering at where it was softest while triggering delicious
friction against her harder muscles. All her previous experiences had
been frenzied manifestations of male lust, each coupling more
distasteful than the last. But this was an act of pure temptation, one
designed to make her ache for him as much as vice versa – and he was
certainly succeeding.
She could detect his shaft twitching against her belly as his roaming
hand eventually returned to her torso to palm one breast, and her eyes
shot to his when those familiar fingers began to knead its softness.
“Le…Levi.” She barely recognized her own voice as she attempted to wrench back control. “Show…show me how I make you feel.”
Without breaking their gaze, his other hand reached downward to grip
his throbbing member, fingers wrapping delicately around its growing
girth. With each massage he administered to her he began to pleasure
himself at the same rhythm, allowing the erection to rise until it could
stay elevated on its own. Somehow his breaths remained as controlled as
ever, but she noticed the slight drops of his jaw as he needed to
release more and more air with each stroke. The recurring motions of his
arm also brought his eagle tattoo alive, with its intricately outlined
wings upon the bicep becoming more menacing, while the sharp, opened
beak prepared to consume her entirely.
Mikasa now felt her entire body flush, all senses caught between the
mesmerizing feeling of Levi’s ministrations and the performance she was
shamelessly watching. It was the most erotic scene she had ever
witnessed, for he was demonstrating the effect she had on him with such
transparency. Impulsively, she lifted an arm to reach for him despite
his weight upon her and his distance. The ends of her fingers could
barely touch the tip of his hardened shaft, and as she placed a delicate
trace of her own against the tender, spherical muscle, his expression
twisted into something turbulent. Almost immediately, a tiny amount of
white fluid dripped from the opening, coating her fingers.
Via some sort of wild reflex, she retracted her arm and placed those
same fingers against her lips, her tongue darting outward briefly to
taste the salty substance now upon them. Levi’s blue eyes became
conquered by a stormy haze as he watched her teasing gesture, his throat
gulping hard a few times to silence whatever sounds that threatened to
escape. Seeing his reaction, Mikasa moved her fingers to the breast he
was not tending to, outlining the peak languidly with the remnants of
the creamy liquid. Above her, his strokes began to rise in pace, and his
other hand glided from her bust to the ground as he sought to balance
himself further with that arm.
Yet another round in our ongoing duel. Mikasa could only grin at his clumsiness, and he answered with a frown.
Before she could continue the thought, Levi suddenly shifted his
position and bent downward, hovering close above with little space in
between their bare torsos. He then removed his fingers from his engorged
member and slid them further beneath, seeking out her crevice.
“Nice try.” His head lowered before hissing against her neck, and he
followed the phrase with a kiss upon the same spot. “But I still have
the upperhand for now.”
“Or so you think—oh!” She attempted a swift comeback for his
taunting words, but her voice faltered as she felt two of his digits
reach her opening, probing gently against the damp entrance while his
thumb began to tease the sensitive bud just above. Meanwhile, emphatic
lips sucked upon yet another area of her neck, and this time she could
feel a cunning smile against her skin.
Shortly, Levi began to insert one finger into her folds, curling it
meticulously at every centimeter as he hunted for her most sensitive
region. Mikasa could only whimper as he proceeded to enter and withdraw
at a languid rhythm, echoing his earlier, controlled pace upon himself.
When his mouth moved downward to devour her nipple, her back lifted in
surprise. His tongue was ruthless as it began to swirl circles around
her delicate flesh, licking against every bump and indent with
enthusiasm.
She could not bite back a loud moan when he finally pressed against a
particular spot within, the pressure generating flickers of pleasure
within the most secretive corners of her mind. The sound caused Levi to
halt all his movements – but only momentarily before he tested the
location again and induced another shameless cry from her. With the
confirmation on hand, she felt him place weight upon the spot a third
time, only this round, it was combined with his teeth’s soft bite upon
her nipple and a skillful brush of his thumb against her swollen clit.
It was as if fireworks had gone off in her brain when the union of
three sensations impacted her neurons simultaneously, sparking a climax
so strong her hands almost ripped the silk she had been gripping. Never
had Mikasa experienced something so wonderfully intense that her throat
could not even produce a single sound. But even though the orgasm itself
was silent, her heaving breaths and flushed face gave away her unchaste
condition. Out of the corner of her eye, she made out Levi’s satisfied
expression at his victory.
Before her nerves experienced full recovery, Mikasa felt him remove
his finger and adjust his body position, eventually nestling his entire
lower half between her spread legs. When he ensured that she was
attentive to his actions again, his fingers coated what he gathered of
her fluids throughout his erection, lubricating the surface until the
protruding blood vessels practically reflected the dim room light. She
almost came once more at the sensual sight, knowing full well that soon
she would feel all those tender ridges firsthand.
As he situated himself in front of her still-trembling folds, Levi
raised a single brow, seeming to suddenly recall an important matter.
“Are you…?” His eyes searched hers hopefully, and she knew why – he
had not brought anything for this previously unplanned situation.
“Don’t worry. Ymir gives me the necessary concoctions.” She murmured,
concealing the fact that contraceptives were actually a requirement
within the Squad. But before the guilt of the lie surfaced enough as a
distraction, she spoke the words that both of them had been waiting for.
“Cure us, Levi.”
Something sparked in his eyes at the indirect request, and he lowered
his lips to hers, engulfing her in a drugging kiss. Mikasa quickly
opened her mouth to permit his tongue entrance, and right as Levi began
his oral exploration, his hips pushed forward without reluctance,
penetrating her with one smooth movement. She was so wet at this point
that he entered with little effort, and he almost immediately initiated
their coupling, sliding within her at an ancient rhythm. His tongue
mimicked each undulation of their lower bodies, entering and exiting her
mouth at the same steady tempo.
“Mm…ah!” Mere moments into their bound, Mikasa wrestled her lips away
from his briefly, needing one second to release any sort of cry before
the soaring euphoria buried her whole. As soon as the sound escaped she
returned to kiss him again, her throat swallowing each of his own
diminutive groans without prejudice. Beyond the provocative battle of
their mouths, she could do little else but hook her ankles together
behind his back, clasping both of her thighs securely against his hips
and hanging on for dear life. Meanwhile, one of his arms encircled her
waist, whereas the other extended upward, eventually clutching both her
wrist and a sizable amount of the silk fabric below along with it.
Oh Gods, I’m coming apart at the seams. Her mind raced with
the helpless thought as she linked her free arm around his neck, trying
in vain to make his kisses to go even deeper. To her dismay, the action
had the opposite effect and forced Levi to detach himself for air,
though he kept their foreheads in contact. His accelerating breaths soon
lost synchrony with her gasps, which had already begun to take an
irregular pace of their own. By this moment, Mikasa found that she could
no longer recall his role as a fatal threat or all the troubling
circumstances they still had to face. It was just him above her,
surrounding her, within her, giving her what she had desired for so
long. In his ardent embrace she was discovering the true definition of
security, as if the shield he carried could defend them both from all
the barbarities loitering outside their current refuge.
“Mikasa…” She smiled as she heard his faint whispers, each in
conjunction with a pleasurable lunge from his hips. There was something
so exquisite in the way he recited the syllables of her name, as if his
voice was the only one ever meant to declare it. Meanwhile, the hands
atop her head began to intertwine and initiate their own duel, with
violence-ridden fingers all in a struggle against one another - but not
actually wanting to break free from the cage of their shared
transgressions.
Despite the motions of all their other body parts, nothing interfered
with Levi’s unrelenting pace. Each thrust and withdrawal now brought
Mikasa’s mind into another dimension, one where only she and he existed,
where she could finally discover true elation via his touches alone,
and where no vengeance or tragedy plagued their every heartbeat. The
rapture that was building throughout her body and soul was now the
unexpected remedy for all her past sufferings, and she lifted her hips
desperately to meet his every push, not wanting to miss a single moment
of her healing ritual. Their stigmatized blood now flowed into a single
stream, bridged by this profound connection and blending into a symphony
of beatitude that strived to purge them of all their past crimes.
“Faster…faster, Levi.” Her request came out as an anxious, almost
inaudible whimper. But Mikasa knew that he had heard it, since his hips
immediately began punctuating his thrusts with shorter and shorter
pauses. The increasing friction between their joined bodies rendered the
rest of her almost numb, but the soft bites he was now placing all over
her neck and collarbone constantly revived the feelings that threatened
to disappear. She was utterly drunk on ecstasy, as if no other
sensation but that gratifying pressure would ever matter to her again.
His voice suddenly sounded with raspy command.
“Let go, Mikasa…let me feel you burst around me.”
Her eyes darted open in surprise as Levi eagerly sealed their mouths
together again, almost bruising hers in the process. He unlinked the
hand positioned above them from hers before inserting it between their
oscillating forms, and his index finger soon expertly pressed against
the jeweled flesh that had already brought her to nirvana once.
Let go. She heard his voice echoing once more in her head. And so she obliged.
This time, the orgasm crashed into Mikasa like an endless storm,
propelling her back to arch so powerfully that she thought her spine no
longer existed. Stars flooded her vision while she moaned uncontrollably
into his mouth, but every attempt to cry out his name failed, for his
tongue remained entangled in hers. Levi’s palm against her lower
vertebrae shoved her torso flush against his while she rode out her
climax, their bare skin unleashing scorching heat as they practically
fused together through this heightened state of being. Her inner walls
pulsated frantically around his member, and his hips rolled with wild
abandon as he began to reach his own zenith.
With a final thrust, she felt his essence release itself within her
at an erratic rhythm. His neck, still stained with the countless
reddened evidence of her claim on him, stretched far upward as he freed
her mouth to let out an extended moan of his own. Amongst the haze of
her trance Mikasa vaguely made out her name within his untamed cry, and
she whispered his in return, repeatedly liberating each of the two
syllables like a prayer from her swollen lips.
Levi, Levi, Levi… Her thoughts were consumed by the same
words she spoke, and her brain attempted to latch onto what was left of
the exhilaration for as long as possible. The bliss traveled from her
core throughout the rest of her exhausted body, generating forgotten
sensations that made every cell shudder in delight.
As their mutual pleasure diminished, muscles continued to vibrate
against each other, like impossible puzzle pieces still trying to form a
seamless assembly. Mikasa could especially feel those rigid abdominals
against her slightly more tender ones, the gentle grazes that came with
each labored breath serving as subliminal acts of affection. Somewhere
within this unruly tangling of body parts existed an intimacy she never
knew she needed, an intimacy she never imagined possible – much less
with the man above her.
Though we are now one, we are no longer alone.
Eventually, Levi lowered his forehead to hers again, his eyes still
tightly shut as he panted with urgency. But even while his shoulders
rose and fell, his lower body remained completely immobile, as if not
wanting to remove himself from within her. With fondness, Mikasa cupped
his chin with both shaking hands, relishing his rare vulnerable moment.
Fingers then reached up to trace his thin brows and wipe away the sweat
drops that had collected, but like reckless streams, the liquid
continued to slide down in multiple rivulets from his hairline. He
looked so defenseless, so unassuming, so beautiful.
“Aishiteru…” She gasped out the confession in her native language
before she could stop herself. As soon as the phrase was uttered,
however, she shook with horror at her lack of control.
“What…what did you say?” Eyes still struggling to open, Levi spoke for the first time since his climax.
“Nothing.” Scrambling to salvage the inadvertent situation, Mikasa
pulled the side of his face down against her neck, her fingers caressing
his scalp as an additional distraction for what he had missed hearing.
“I said nothing.”
Don’t, Mikasa… don’t get addicted to this. To him.
“I could’ve sworn…” Levi mumbled as he appeared to drift in and out
of consciousness, but as her hands continued to apply soothing touches
along his undercut, he suddenly lifted himself again, blue eyes becoming
fully alert at a moment’s notice.
“Fuck, did I hurt you?”
Though the irony in his statement ran thick, considering who he was,
Mikasa nonetheless felt relief that he had not perceived her earlier
declaration. “Well, as long as you don’t fall asleep on top of me like
this the whole night.” She shook her head and unhooked her ankles at
last, enduring the slight discomfort that bit into her feet.
He scoffed in between labored breaths before carefully untangling her
legs from around him, groaning as he withdrew from her. Mikasa
grimaced, feeling her body protest both the soreness and the sudden
absence. But her expression soon turned to a triumphant grin as she
registered how the vice grip from her thighs had actually bruised her
lover’s waist on both sides, imprinting symmetrical violet blotches in
addition to all the rosy spots that dotted across his neckline and the
blemish still stretching across his ribs. If this were another universe, he would be irrefutably mine now. She thought with both wonder and anxiety.
Still kneeling on the futon, Levi brushed his own fingers across the
newly discolored areas, causing his face to contort into occasional
scowls. “This is going to be painful, you know.” He glared in response
to her pleased look.
“Never underestimate the power of a woman’s thighs.”
At her teasing advice, Levi smirked and wrapped a hand around her
bent leg, caressing the sinews of her hamstring in appreciation. With
some force, he smoothly rolled both their bodies to rest sideways upon
her hopelessly wrinkled kimono. Her hands immediately went to his
shoulders, gripping them for steadiness against the sudden momentum. As
they came to a stop, she pulled herself against him until no distance
remained in between, her skin once again savoring the impressions of his
muscles.
Wordlessly, they gazed at each other with half-opened eyes, as if
unsure of what to do next. Within her somewhat muddled thoughts, Mikasa
suddenly comprehended what he had described for her, for she finally saw
her strength reflected in his own revitalized orbs, the flickers of its
flame almost too striking to regard.
Days ago I was ready to kill you. She nearly declared the treacherous words. But now—-
“Mikasa.”
The firm manner at which Levi spoke her name had her at full attention instantly.
“Come with me.” He stated the invitation without hesitance, irises
brilliant with expectation as he traced her cheek with the back of his
fingers. “Leave this place.”
Her eyes widened. “You want me to join…”
“No.” Both of his brows creased, as if loathing the thought of her
becoming involved in his more despicable affairs. “I just want you by my
side, Mikasa. And if I ever do decide to leave the organization, I want
you there with me.”
Her heart skipped an aching beat, but she remained silent, wanting to cherish each word for just a minute longer. Tell me more, her yearnings rebelled against the threat of spiraling circumstances.
“I know I agreed it would just be once. But now I know I will need
this…” He buried his face into her neck, breathing in her scent and
planting the most delicate of butterfly kisses along her throat. “…I
will need this for the rest of God-fucking-knows when. I know – and you
know – that we can restore each other to the core if we tried, Mikasa.
No more nightmares, just us.”
Mikasa felt herself tremble, both out of being moved by his admission
and acknowledging her own need to distinguish harsh truths. What had
just transpired between them was indeed everything she had sought after
for so long, but she knew that it also embodied unspoken promises of an
impossible future. Whatever she felt for him – and vice versa – was
already cursed from day one.
“I’m sorry, Levi.” With what little strength she could still conjure
up, she shoved him away as delicately as she could, removing herself
from the sanctuary of his vows. “I can’t.”
The reaction in his eyes was nothing short of astonishment, and the scorching flame extinguished once more.
“I don’t understand.” His tone abruptly turned, now bearing aloofness
similar to their initial meeting, when he still possessed endless
suspicions towards her. “What ties do you still have here?”
Unable to face his scorn, she shielded her breasts with both arms and
turned away completely. “I have none. It’s just that when I said it was
only once, I meant it.”
“If you are refusing because of who I work for—”
“No, it’s not that.” Her throat forced out every word whilst
struggling to maintain a tone of indifference. “You’re only acting this
way because you’re misled by something that is not there. Just remember
this moment right now and forget about the future. Please.”
Take that genuine thing away, and he will not hesitate to hurt you back.
Even as she spoke, Hanji’s warning resounded within her brain, and
Mikasa prepared herself for Levi’s imminent, spiteful response. Yet when
no sound other than the shifting of his body came, the desolation
within her heart swelled even further than if he had spoken, ensnaring
every nuance of her being in a vacuum of torturous misery.
An agonizing silence blanketed over their nude forms, negating all
the sublime exchanges that had taken place just minutes before. The
crumpled silk beneath her, no longer bathed in joint body heat, released
a callous frigidity that felt like needles against her skin. Every
prickle was a reminder of how plagued this whole charade had been since
the beginning, of how foolish they had both been to surrender to
fantasies that never should’ve existed in this world.
After what felt like an eternity, Mikasa gathered the courage to turn
and glance in Levi’s direction again. What greeted her was the symbol
of his attempted fortitude, its vigilant shield and wings appearing to
now blockade even her from venturing further into his newly abused
domain. While she accepted the rejection with solemnity, the various
parts of the tattoo blended into one another as tears occupied her
vision, signaling the first genuine lament to assail her heart since the
day of her parents’ demise. She had promised to lend him strength –
instead, she had extorted what remained of his own away.
With trepidation she leaned into him from behind, lips quivering
against the inked feathers along his shoulder blades, wanting to shout
apologies yet sealed shut by unwanted resolve. When Levi failed to react
to her proximity or the sensation of liquid drifting down his damaged
back, Mikasa knew that she had stung him from deep within. The scars
from whatever restoration that had taken place earlier had been ripped
apart again, exposing wounds even deeper than before. And so she
retained her position next to him as she drifted into sorrowful slumber,
her mind hoping that despite it all, he would at least stay with her
until morning.
If only you knew that there is no future for us, Levi. If only you knew how the actual truth about me would collapse everything…
—
No doubt triggered by her own heartache, she found herself dreaming of that painful day again.
“Put these poor people out of their misery.” Erwin’s command
sounded for what seemed like the thousandth time since these dreams
first started. “We have no choice.”
She watched the young subordinate’s body freeze in hesitation as he looked to Erwin for affirmation.
“I know they would be your first kills since you joined our
forces.” The tall man placed a hand on the teenage boy’s shoulder. “Yes,
it’s difficult. But…”
Against the even undercut of dark hair, Erwin leaned in to whispered indecipherable words before straightening once more.
A pause.
“I promise that it will get easier from here, Levi.”
Levi.
Wait. What?
Mikasa felt her entire psyche stiffen at the previously concealed detail.
Without warning, the scene shifted to the chaotic memories of their
passionate lovemaking, skipping from moment to moment as the sounds of
ecstasy jumbled together in a distorted soundtrack. Suddenly, the
handsome face that had hovered above hers just minutes ago began to
reverse in age, each feature diminishing in its harsh angularity until
only a slightly more cherub appearance remained. The only parts that
remained consistent were those eyes; those blue, emotionless irises of a
younger Levi that had looked down upon her parents’ bloodied forms
before methodically dealing two final shots to each head, silencing
their whimpers forevermore.
No. No.
This can’t be.
It’s only because my mind is now filled with thoughts of him, it’s not real…it’s…
Her mouth opened to scream in anguish and confusion, but she could not release a single decibel.
Is it really that shocking of a revelation, Mikasa? She heard her own voice mock inside her head. That’s
why you recognized him briefly during the night you shared tea, after
all. There was never any victory or happy ending awaiting either of you
in this world – only merciless fate that would suffocate you both. You
knew this, you knew…
She awoke with a start, cold sweat drenching her entire figure as she
struggled to make sense of what her mind had just processed. Out of
instinct she searched for the warmth of another body to relieve her
shivers, but her line of vision was no longer filled with Levi’s
tattooed back. No matter how much she stared into the hollow space, only
the room’s own ominous darkness remained.
He’s gone. She shut her eyes in at the unfathomable reality,
shuddering as the void occupying her chest slowly, excruciatingly
became substituted by a tormenting fury.
And he was the one who murdered my parents.
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Chapter V – End
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