【Liai】Horizon

STONEHAVEN,UK2013.8.1

Levi walked up to Allen and sat down, stretching out his hand and shaking it casually in front of his eyes.

"Are you still dizzy?"

"Mr. Levi, why are you here? I remember me...?!"

It's obvious that the boy hasn't come back to his senses at this time, and he is trying to sort out some ideas, such as the castle, falling, drowning, and, Levi.The reply given by the other party was just a low and inaudible sigh, followed by an enlarged face, and Allen only had time to let out a short exclamation.He looked at him, not daring to move.Pure black, bottomless.The pupils projected in that way were his own bewildered eyes.

Levi presses his forehead against his - the most primitive way of comparing body temperature.

"It's still burning. I think I'm going to the hospital tonight."

Said the man backed away.But in just a few seconds, Allen felt that his face was about to burn.He hummed, thought for a while but didn't know what to say, and finally spit out a sentence, "I'm sorry."

Levi looked at him, "Why apologize?"

He is just like that, direct, no room, no mercy.These few words can roughly sum up his image outside, but Allen knows that's not all.

"I feel like I'm in trouble again..."

"Why do you want to add another?"

"..."

Allen held his groggy head, and now that he had lost his usual vigor, he was completely blocked by Levi, who seemed to have noticed this too.Levi rubbed his half-dried hair reassuringly, "I'll tell you the details when your fever subsides." After a pause, he added with gloomy eyes, "Why aren't the dead glasses coming? "

"?"

"...Hanji."

"Oh, tour guide Hanji...Huh?!"

"She is my subordinate."

"Hey hey hey hey?!"

When a series of exclamation words sounded, Levi had already stood up and walked towards the sea until the water was over his ankles.He looks at the sea level, the moonlight falls on his shoulders.

Allen looked at the man's back, and there were always all kinds of strange emotions surging up, saying that it was strange, because no one could trigger such feelings before.Mr. Levi is special, Ellen thought.It was already dark and there was no better view, so he stared intently at the back—what a lame reason.

Levi, he is strong and assertive, but is this really okay?

Allen recalled all kinds of Levi in ​​a daze.Shura-like eyes when shooting a gun, serious expression when talking on the phone, nodding approvingly when drinking the mushroom soup I made for the first time, and chuckling when I said something that seemed stupid.

Some people say that the seaside is a place where people's emotions are amplified, and this is true.Allen looked at Levi's back, with the sea in the background, and always felt... what did he feel?The boy shook his head, trying to find an appropriate adjective in his mind.

Ah, thought of it.

It's lonely.

Surprised by my own thoughts, but also take it for granted.Allen stood up propped up, moved his shoulders and arms, then walked gently to Levi's side, glanced at the reef again, and there was another one beside the original lonely shadow.

Then you are not alone.

"Mr. Levi, may I ask... what time is it?" It was such a nonsensical question again, and Allen wanted to swallow it as soon as he spoke it.Levi gave him a blank look, raised his hand to look at his watch and replied lightly, "It's past six."

The answer has long been out of focus, Allen hurriedly grabbed his right hand, and sure enough, he was right.There was a crack in Levi's right heart, probably caused by sharp metal.The skin around the wound became more swollen due to soaking in sea water, and the black and red blood stains made Allen feel distressed, no less than the wound cut open his own flesh and blood.With a hunch, the other party will say something lightly next, it's just a small injury, and Alan pushed back that sentence with his eyes.

Levi could have thrown his hand away, but he didn't either, and it's fair to say he was curious about what would happen to him.But soon he was surprised by his stubborn mentality, and couldn't help but think of what she said to Han Ji when he first talked about being a teenager——

"... Levi, your expression is very strange."

All masks are variable in front of Alan Yeager. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?When he was in a daze, the warm fingers holding his wrist had already been released, followed by the sound of clothes being torn apart.Levi watched Allen tug at the hem of his blue shirt without hesitation, tearing it around, his right hand was still in the air, and then was held again.

Allen wrapped the cloth strips round and round, completely wrapped the wound and then tied it tightly. "It's better not to expose the wound to the air... The sea breeze is salty." He whispered.Fortunately, the shirt was quite long in the first place, so the skin was not directly exposed after being torn off, but the young man's thin waist could still be seen when the wind blew.Levi raised his hand and patted him on the head. Normally, Allen would have wondered if this was dissatisfaction with his height, but now it seems that this clearly brings tolerance and a little pampering.

"no need to say sorry."

The boy rolled his eyes.

"Then, thank you."

Thank you, in every sense of the word.

A night without dreams.It was not as expected before, listening to the sound of the waves hitting the reef, breathing the sea breeze and falling asleep, thanks to a minor illness, Alan fell asleep.When he woke up, he felt sweat all over his back, and the fever should have subsided.Sitting up with his arms propped up, his whole body was limp and he couldn't exert himself.But I don't feel dizzy anymore, which makes me feel better.

Allen rubbed his eyes, his eyes stayed on the back of his hand with two more pinholes for two seconds, and he began to look around the room.The mixed smell of alcohol and disinfectant, white sheets and curtains, a single cabinet with only two water cups - a simple single ward.

Wanting to get out of bed to pour a glass of water, but he didn't want to move, the boy fell backwards as if giving up on himself, and fell back on the bed again.

What greets me is the sheets that still retain my own body temperature, not the sea water that still looks cold in summer.Allen tried to turn his brain to recall what had happened in the past 24 hours.School trip, Aberdeen to Stonehaven, the castle on the top of the hill, the sea, the blurred fantasy in the drowsiness, falling, Levi.

Levi?

Thinking of the figure from behind under the moonlight, the boy's thoughts stopped for a moment.My mood turned into electric waves, and the sound of pushing the door followed.

The man walks in.

"you're awake."

"……Um."

Without further inquiries, Levi went to the single cabinet, picked up two glasses, and walked into the bathroom next to him, with the sound of water flowing.Allen propped himself up and sat up, taking the new glass of warm water Levi poured for him.

"Ellen."

"Mr. Levi."

As if knowing what the other was thinking, the two spoke almost simultaneously.Levi sat down beside Allen's bed, motioning for him to speak first.

The two have been together for a long time, and Allen seems to have gotten used to the way of getting along with Levi.He never does anything superfluous, and in short, there is a reason for both himself lying in the hospital bed and Levi showing up at sea to save someone instead of sipping coffee in his Berlin apartment.

Whether it is artificially arranged or predestined.

"It started with Vincent Algrange, a boy who was in your same school and one grade below you. He died on July 7."

"Huh?! The day of the final exam?"

"He died after being kidnapped, and the case has not progressed until now, but of course." Levi glanced at him without delay, and continued talking unhurriedly.Sentences about death spit out from his mouth lightly, which made Allen feel a little chilled.

How much blood has been witnessed to become so indifferent now, Alan can't imagine the past behind Levi's expressionless face.He was just sure that it was indifferent but not cold-blooded.

As if confirming his thoughts, Levi lowered his voice and said:

"Fortunately, it wasn't you who died. He is very similar to you."

Alan already had an idea in his mind. On the day of the exam, the bad news that Armin was interrupted halfway through, as well as himself who was being followed and Levi who didn't want to explain more, more and more clues pointed to the same place.Even though it was clear, I still couldn't help asking: "What do you mean?"

"Literally." Levi leaned forward, quietly, approaching. "He is very similar to you, in hair color and height, the only difference is the color of his pupils."

Allen subconsciously stepped back until his back touched the upright pillow.

"The remnants of the bar riot that night wanted to arrest you because of me."

Levi's fingers brushed Alan's forehead, and then stayed on the brow, his eyes fixed on his, as if watching two beautiful emeralds.It made him happy, but it made him flustered.The latter's lips parted slightly, but he couldn't utter any meaningful sentences for a long time, and his throat that had been warmed just now was burning again.

Because of you, or because of me, or because of us, or because of a trash can that can't remember what color it is?Thinking about it further, Allen was a little dazed.

In my memory, I was waiting for Almin outside the milk tea shop, the billboard at the station in front of the shopping street was pasted with a poster of bar recruitment, and then I was writing my name on the registration form stroke by stroke.Then, I met Petra, from the young and gentle lady interviewer, to the bartender of ROSE, to the subordinate of the mysterious man, her multiple identities are no longer surprising, the person in front of me is a mystery.

What if she hadn't seen the ad, what if she hadn't chatted with Miss Petra at the bar, what if she hadn't rescued herself and called her to the High Terrace?What if he didn't jump out from behind the bar after a hail of bullets?

There are so many if you can not be familiar with you, but none of them happened.

If now, no amount of undercurrents can match your silver-gray eyes in the deep sea——

"I ask you."

Alan's slightly stiff hands pulled out waves on the quilt.The fingers resting on the boy's skin seemed to be a kind of strong oppression, forcing him not to look away, forcing him to show the most primitive emotions, expressing his thoughts without reservation.

"……what?"

"Are you afraid?"

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In front of him was the ruins, the corpses of his companions who couldn't look directly at them.Maybe I will be the next person lying behind the ruins, maybe tomorrow blood will cover my sight.No, the smell of blood is already used and accepted, so that's fine.It's better than the sticky saliva in the giant's mouth.

It was only after putting away the sword that his knees felt weak. It had been so many years, and he was slumped on the ground, and no one spoke anymore.No one would talk anymore, this time there were still only two people in the temporary formation surviving.

Another person sat down next to him quietly, wiping the blood on the handle of the knife bit by bit with a rag.

"Alan. You came to this worst place by yourself, because of me."

It's an unambiguous ending, and it doesn't look like apology or gratitude-there is no need for such redundant emotions.

The boy who had completely lost his childishness smiled instead, relaxed his body and leaned towards the source of the sound, resting his head on the opponent's back, with the feathers of Wings of Freedom at the corners of his eyes.The man turned sideways and asked him to change his posture and lie flat on his lap. With his fingers, he wiped away the mud stains on the brows of the boy, and then let his fingertips stay there.

"Are you afraid?"

The green eyes that were not covered by the gunpowder smoke and yellow sand blinked for a moment.

"Are you afraid?" He asked a second time.

"With Captain Levi around, of course not."

……

"Mr. Levi."

The young man was obviously distracted, and he blurted out a question that he thought was sudden and nonsensical:

"We... Did we know each other in a previous life?"