Levi's POV

I helped Hanji into my room, closing the windows and blinds. I just looked at her... horrified to see her eyes. In them, I saw pain and sorrow... what have I done to her? "Y-You killed him..." She whimpers in fear. "W-Who else did you kill?"

"Anyone who interferes with you, Hanji. Anyone who hurts or uses you." I say quietly, looking at her carefully. My knees grew weak when I saw that sad, sad gaze of hers. "Hanji... I wanted you safe... safe from them..."

"S-So you killed them? Why did you kill them? Why did you kill them?!" Her voice began to raise and shout at me. "Levi, answer me!"

My tears began to form in my eyes as she was turning against me. I did all of this... all of these kills... just to protect her. "Hanji..."

"You're a monster..."

I fell to the ground- collapsing. I gasped as I listened to her words echo in my head... over and over. A monster... that's all I was. I killed all those people... and for what? "I-I'm a monster..." I whisper, covering my eyes as tears began to pour. "I am a monster... I'm sick... I killed Erwin because he was with you. I killed Moblit because he was convincing you to stay away from me. Miche was hurting you, so I had to eliminate him right away. I did this... because I want you. You're someone who completes me. Someone who makes me whole. Someone... who makes me feel normal. Without you... I feel... nothing..."

When I turned up to Hanji, she was blurred and my eyes burned. I saw her going to the door, and I had no strength to get her. She began to scream and call for help, but my uncle was there to stop her from going off. "Hey now, where do you think you're going?" He then took her away downstairs... and I stayed upstairs... not moving a muscle. Why should I go down there? I'm a monster.

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Hanji's POV

"Let me go! Let me go!" I cried, screaming at the top of my lungs. My mind frantically thought of what this man would do to me... and I was fearful of my life.

"Ma'am, calm down." The man said... he sounded... almost elderly. When I stared at him... he had the same eyes as Levi. But he was calmer... like he was understanding. "Listen to me, okay? We're not gonna hurt you."

Why did I listen to him? I sat down, shivering a bit. "W-What's wrong with Levi?" Was the first question I asked him. 

He chuckles, shaking his head. "Straight down to business, I see. Well, what can I expect? I'm glad Levi mentally chose you to be his girl. But I'm a classic man, ma'am. I'm Kenny, Levi's uncle. What's your name?"

"H-Hanji..."

"Hanji. Well, nice to meet ya. And for Levi's condition, it's uncontrollable. Somewhat of a curse. Every man has some sort of desire to be with someone. For Levi, it was you. Men in our family are empty- incomplete. We have no feelings or any chance of being normal. The only times when we are normal are with the people we have a desire to be with. As I said, Levi chose you. You made him feel... normal."

"A-And it can't be helped...?"

Kenny shook his head. "I'm sorry... it can't. Right now, you broke him. And honestly, it's too late to call the cops. Everyone's pinning it on you. Check the news." 

Scrambling for the remote, I turned the TV on and immediately... my face was on the news report. "We are now currently looking for Hanji Zoe. She has brown hair and brown eyes with glasses. Please keep an eye out for this woman- she may be potentially armed and dangerous. During our investigation, we believe she has killed 3 people: Erwin Smith, Moblit Berner, and Miche Zacharias. Please be aware of-" I shut it off after hearing this. I didn't kill them... I never did it... I was... framed...

"Hanji... you're safer with us. With Levi, he won't let anything happen to you. I promise." 

"Will he kill again?"

"Only if it's necessary." Necessary... because of him... I was put into this position... and if I leave... I would be arrested for his actions. But it seems... he was wanting to protect me from this mess he had created. "Hanji, please stay here. Stay with Levi. I know how crazy it sounds, but you won't go away because of all of this. He'll do anything for you."

I growled, thinking about the whole thing. "What if he went up and confessed to his crimes?"

Kenny shook his head with a sigh. "Then what? He'll kill himself. Men in our family... when they don't get what they want, they have nothing to live for in life. When they have a taste of what normal is, then they'll do anything to keep it. When they're put away, why should they live if they can't have a normal life? Levi's like that. Have him arrested, he won't go quiet. He's not the kind of person to go without a fight. If he gets arrested, you best believe he'll kill as much people as he can."

I gasped, looking up the stairs and saw Levi as a ticking bomb. If I leave, he dies and I go for crimes I didn't commit. If he goes, he dies and kills more people. If I stay with him... no one gets hurt. I accepted the truth and went upstairs. My breath grew ragged as I slowly approached him. 

Levi was sitting in the corner, looking dead in his eyes. I saw drops of blood on his arm- almost like he cut himself. "L-Levi...?"

He stared up at me with those dead eyes- so hollow. He truly was empty and incomplete. "H-Hanji... I-I'm a monster... I'm sick... I'm sorry..."

Falling to my knees, I slowly crawled up to him. My arms instinctively wrapped around him and pulled him close. My eyes stared at the knife, watching it carefully to see if Levi would attack me. But Kenny's words about Levi wanting to protect me wanted to make me let my guard down. Thinking it all through, Levi did nothing else to harm me... so he wouldn't kill me.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." Levi began to cry, laying his head in my lap. "I'm so sorry..."

"Shh... it's alright. It's gonna be alright." To soothe him, I ran my fingers through his hair. "I'm here, Levi... it's alright."

"Hanji... I love you..."

His words... he chose me over any other girl. How could I reply to that? How could I reply to his words of confession? How? I was... stunned. Taken aback. But I didn't want to hurt anyone else. "I love you too..."