Being cramped up in a car was definitely not the way 27 year old Levi planned to spend his vacation. Especially with the people he thoroughly disliked. Annoying mediocre pop song blasted his ear drums along with a certain brunette singing along with the lyrics. A rock in the highway decided to be under the van at that moment and almost everyone flew from their seat. Everyone's rear end hit their original places, making them groan from the landing impact. "I hate everything.." The grouchy man grumbled under his breath. "Erwin! Do you have any Advil?" Icy blue eyes found their way to the rear view mirror, angled at the short man.
"Sorry Levi. I don't," Erwin responded, focusing back on the road. He grunted, letting his head fall back onto the window. Someone rose from their seat a bit, leaning over onto Levi's seat.
"How about we tell urban legends?" Petra suggested, making Levi grimace. A loud rapture of cheers came from all over. A tanned hand from the shot gun seat shot up.
"Oo! Oo! Oo! I have one!" Hanji grinned, a glint in her eyes everyone knew.
"If it's about those Greek titans, don't say anything," Levi grunted, crossing his slim arms. Her hand waved around in his face.
"Not this time, Shorty! This time it's about mermaids," Hanji clapped her hands together, blushing. Everyone tilted their heads in confusion, even Erwin. "Ok, once a long time ago!"
"Not this fairytale bullshit."
"Hush, Shorty! Anyway. Everyone knows two-thirds of the planet is water, so no doubt there are creatures waiting to be discovered. Well, dating back to Greek times. Mermaids were always seen as the bad ones, which sirens are the bad ones, luring men to their death with the beauty and voice! Mainly sailors. Anywho! The place we are heading off to has a rocky past with mermaids. Blue Grotto, a cave with beautiful wonders belonged to the mermaids at one point. Mermaids are naturally happy creatures, but are very alert. In this cave, they would birth their young, have traditions, you know all that good stuff," Hanji explained.
The boys had a scarlet hue on their cheeks and the girls were playing with their feet.
"Oh stop it! We all know most of you guys aren't virgins anymore! Well, a certain mermaid by the name of (Y/N) (L/N) got washed up on shore. She was collecting shells for bracelets and necklaces because someone was turning 16 in human years. They always have celebrations once someone turns 16, kinda like a sweet 16. Once she was washed up on shore, she attracted many males as well as females. Us humans trapped her, trying to make her spill the beans about where she came from, she refused. After several attempts of trying the coax her about the treasures of her land, they had raped her day in and out until she told them. (Y/N) almost told them until an explorer and his crew had found Blue Grotto. The people who captured her finally sold her of to a circus, which again they mistreated her. (Y/N) somehow ended up escaping, there was no trace of evidence to where she could of gone. However, strange events has happened in the Blue Grotto.. By strange, I mean murders. Cold blooded murders. Limbs were missing, tongues ripped out, mutilated genitals, eyelids scarred with an 'X', eyes pushed back into the skull. Often times, the bodies had some form of sexual assault and bloodied writing, mainly men. Many people believe that it's (Y/N) coming back for her revenge," Hanji finished. An unsettling silence floated over the van, many scared, some just shocked.
"H-h-how did she get raped if she... Had a fish tail?" Sasha stuttered, holding onto her Oreo cakester.
"Well, Sasha! That's a very good question! All fish in general have an anal fin, so mermaids do have an anal fin. There is a small vent between the anus and anal fin and.. Yeah.." Hanji answered casually. Levi shivered a bit.
"That's disgusting," he remarked, looking back out the window.
"It is indeed!" Hanji chuckled, her hands found their way to her hips. "And if anyone is wondering-!"
"That's enough Hanji. Save the stories for later. Anyone else have a story to tell?" Erwin asked, making a majority of the people shout to be called on, further worsening Levi's headache. He threw his head backwards, hitting the seat. His head bounced a couple of times due to the strong impact. Slowly, the noise went completely mute, his vision darkening.
Slowly waking up, his grey eyes darted everywhere. Blue and small bubbles surrounded him, small colorful fish passed him a couple of times. He was in the ocean. Panic washed over his short structure as he flailed his slim, but muscular arms around. This was one of his greatest fears, drowning in the deep ocean. He started to gasp for air, only to be greeted with more salt water, plugging up his lungs. His legs involuntarily started to kick nothing. There were no clothes to cover him, leaving Levi as vulnerable as the day he was born. 'Looks like this is the end, eh? If anyone can hear me, don't invite Jeager or Ackerman to my funeral.' His eyelids got heavier and heavier, vision started to blur.
A hand brushed against his cheek as Levi's face scrunched up in disgust. It wasn't a human's hand, that's for sure. Levi felt a claw graze his throat before pressure was felt on his throat. "Breath.." A feminine voice called to him. Her voice was as soft as a bird's feather and was smooth like silk. Levi took a deep breath, waiting for more salt water to invade his system. Only to find he actually was breathing. One by one, his eyes opened. To be met with a girl, but she was different. Very different.
She had long, wavy (H/C) locks with shells and seaweed littered in it. She had a cute button nose. Black fish fins replaced her ears, but her hair slightly covered the beginning of each fin. Her cheeks had shimmering (F/C) scales going all the way up towards her large (E/C) galaxies. The sides of her neck had (F/C), silver, and black scales. There were 4 small slits on each side, opening each time she breathed through her nose. Long, flowy silver fish fins were proudly standing on both sides of her shoulder blades and the back of her forearms.
Levi didn't even bother looking down, he knew what creature she was. The mythical mermaid. "Why the hell did you help me?" She simply ignored him, slowly backing away. "Hey! I'm talking to you!" He swam a bit closer to her, his hand catching her webbed fingers. She looked down at the intertwined hands before looking up again. "At least tell me who you are, brat!"
"Brat? I'm way older than you, Levi. So wake up." She said quickly. Her hands found their way to his shoulders, her glossy (E/C) eyes staring deep into his soul.
"Wake up." She said once more, but rougher and deeper. The grip on his shoulder tightened, her claws digging into his flesh. Blood started to sweep out of the claw marks. He grunted in pain. "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" She continued to say, each time going an octave lower. Her innocent glossy (E/C) eyes were no more. They were replaced with pitch black, her teeth becoming razor-like. Sharp enough to slit someone's throat in one go.
"LEVI, WAKE UP!!" He gasped for air, his eyes flew open. His pupils were as small as an eye drop. He looked around frantically, only to see his friends looking at him with concern.
"You alright there, Shorty?" Hanji asked, tilting her head to get a better look at her friend's face.
"What the hell? Of course I am! Get your contaminated faces away from me!" Mikasa rolled her eyes and muttered inaudible words into her scarf.
'What a beautiful nightmare.'
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Deep Waters (Levi Ackerman X Mermaid! Reader)
Romance"Humans?" All characters mentioned belong to Hajime Isayama
