"Do you think she is going out with both?"

"Why the hell would she go with the janitor when professor Smith is literally so hot!"

"Nevermind that! Didn't someone found the janitor giving a blow job to professor Smith not too long ago?"

Armin wasn't expecting the rumors to become like this. The last thing he wanted was to give his teachers any kind of trouble at all. Now he regrets telling Eren about seeing the art teacher with professor Smith at the library the day of the football game.

"Eren I told you not to tell anyone," Armin whispers to Eren who sat next to him in science class. Currently, professor Hange was talking about ... something that to do with chemicals. Armin was too worried about the rumors that he could not pay attention in class.

"Sorry, it just slipped! I think I only told Reiner," Eren whispers back, he also wasn't paying attention, not like did not want to but Armin getting angry at him was something he did not want. "Then Reiner told Christa, who told Ymir who told Sasha who told Connie who told Jean-"

"Mr. Jaegar!"

The teacher's voice caught Eren off guard but he immediately stood up from his seat and answered,

"The Great Titan War started 2000 years ago!"

"... This is chemistry, Mr. Jaegar."

"Oh," Eren said as he felt heat going up to her cheeks, that fact was the only thing he knew and it was from history. "I am sorry Ms. Zoe."

And after the bell ran, Armin and Eren did not hesitate to talk in the hallways. Students would chatter as they walk to their next class. Laughter and footsteps, even the yelling of teachers to tell their students to hurry up.

"We have to do something! Not only is it wrong to spread rumors but they are going to know it's me the one who told on them!" the blond boy walks next to Eren.

"We will just tell everyone to stop talking about them," Eren says. "You worry too much."

"I worry because if we are not they can be fired! Do you know what happened to our freshman teachers who were caught kissing? They fired them and I don't want Ms. y/l and Mr. Smith to-"

Tragically, Armin never finished his sentence as he had stumbled upon someone.

The short man was cleaning the floor with a cloth and by hand since someone had spilled a soda and it was one of those that was hard to take off from the floor.

The blond boy was on the floor but as soon as he realized who he had stumbled upon, he immediately apologized.

"I am sorry Mr. Ackerman!"

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Levi

All my life ... I have never felt love.

I don't know such a thing and to be honest, at first, I thought that I didn't need it.

I didn't want it, I didn't crave for it.

Until I learned that there are different types of love. The type of love you have for family, a lover, a friend, the love you have for yourself.

All of them important ... and I realized ... That I never felt love.

No one ever loved me.

My mother died when I was 15 and tragically, I don't even remember her voice anymore and now that I think about it ... I only have one picture of her.

Maybe I have other family members, I remember Kenny too. But my mother was one that didn't like for me to interact with my other family members, whatever that reason was.

And eventually, I never interacted with my family. They most have forgotten about me, just like I have forgotten about them.

I thought that love wasn't for me, that I didn't need it.

Until Erwin Smith happened.

The more time I spent with him, the more I slept with him ... The more I craved for more than just touches. I wanted to love ... I wanted true affection, I craved for intimacy.

I craved for his love.

I want to love him and I want the same thing in return.

But it never happened.

It never will.

Because someone else was in his heart.

I was a fool to ever think that I was worthy of love. All I ever wanted was to love someone and to be loved. I was stupid to think that someone as useless as me could ever be with a good person like Erwin.

I was never enough, never could be. I wasn't special ... I was just a mere human, occupying space on this planet.

It's better if I die, someone as unworthy, a scum on this planet, I shouldn't be allowed to live.

Or at least that's what I thought.

And still think from time to time.

But ever since I read the engraving on the white porcelain teacup ...

Something in me changed.

I have a love-hate relationship with that teacup.

Because every time I look at it my heartaches and I find myself longing for something ... someone. As if my heart is begged to be found by whoever I crave to see.

The moment I read that sentence, I felt something I never thought possible.

I felt loved.

As if someone wanted to see me as much as I wanted to see them. I felt like someone was out there waiting for me, waiting for me to return to them. Someone who loves me, someone who loves me unconditionally and would do anything for me.

That feeling overtook my heart, I felt loved. For a moment, I felt like I matter like I was worthy of respect and happiness.

Someone was waiting for me, someone is out there. Someone who loves me completely.

And although I have never met this person, I felt my heart break because of the thought that I was making this person wait too long.

I didn't want them to wait, I didn't want for them to feel the same way I felt.

I thought I had known pain before but I realized that I didn't know anything about it until now.

I never wanted anything in my life but to meet this person. To know that they were fine and that they stayed healthy, to know that they were happy.

I want to meet them.

I want to see her.

Maria.

If I meet you, would these feelings in my heart stop? Would I be able to stop hurting myself? Will I be worthy of love?

But you know what? I don't think I care too much to care about those feelings.

I want to be with you, whoever you are. I want to know you are good, I want you to be happy. I want us to be happy.

Whenever you are ... Whoever you are ... I thank you.

Because you gave me a reason to keep going.

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You and Levi haven't talked since the day of the carnival.

After you two kissed, you both regarded it as an accident. It was something that just happened out of the spark of the time. And if you were completely honest, at first you thought it was like that.

Because you didn't want to kiss Levi but the man who appeared in your dreams long ago.

And for Levi, it must have been the same as he murmured the name of someone you didn't know ... someone he didn't know either apparently.

"So, things went strange uh?" Nicholas said as he placed some cookies in the oven. Currently, you were helping him bake some pastries for his bakery.

"Yes and I don't want things to be awkward between us, it was just a dumb kiss after all," you took off the mittens and placed them on the counter.

"Well from what you told me, there's a lot of tension in between you two," Nicholas smiled a little. "And you know what is the best way to break it."

You looked at him for a couple of seconds, his dark blue eyes shown a flirty look along with a sexy smile. You were thankful that the bakery was empty at this moment because that way no one would hear you screaming at Nicholas.

"Are you telling me that I should sleep with him?" you asked.

"Hey, that worked for us, didn't it?"

Rolling your eyes and with an angry look, you wanted to punch Nicholas in the face. Sometimes he could be too straightforward, but of course, he wasn't telling any lies.

But there was something else bothering you. It was that Nicholas was taking this very lightly.

"... And it doesn't bother you?" you look on the floor, embarrassed to see the redhead. You knew that you were probably stepping over the line, that friends with benefits relationship should only stay like this. But after you encountered him here, after years of not seeing him ... you couldn't help but think that maybe it was fate the one that brought you together.

"Sorry, it was stupid to ask such a thing-" you were planning on walking away but Nicholas stops you as he grabs you by the arm. He has you against the counter, his handsome face close to yours.

"Of course I care ... But what can I do if you are not my girlfriend?" Nicholas begins to move his body closer to yours. "I'll be whatever you want me to be, a fuck buddy, a lover, a friend ... a boyfriend."

He closes the gap as he has you against his firm chest, your body touching his and for a moment you thought your heart would explode. Heat rasing up to your cheeks. Nicholas whispers in your ear, his seductive voice that made your knees go weak.

"It's up to you to decide ... I don't care who you sleep with. Sleep with as many men as you want," he says. "At the end, I know that you will come back to me, begging for more."

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Why doesn't it feel right anymore?

Even when Levi was screaming his name at the top of his lungs just a moment ago as he thought that sex couldn't get better than this, it just didn't feel right anymore.

Erwin was a man that put Levi's pleasure first. Always making him cum whenever he could. Picking him up till the point that Levi's feet couldn't reach the ground, using him like a doll.

Tears of pleasure and exasperated moans, Levi begging him to let him finish as Erwin swallowed it all in one gulp.

The sex today was amazing, just like always.

But why is it that it felt wrong?

Oh yes, because Levi couldn't stop thinking of the damn cup.

"You don't seem like yourself, everything alright?"

It was strange for Levi to hear Erwin ask him about his well being. Especially after he had just almost fainted and collapsed out of pleasure. He was tired and feeling a little bit down, but somehow or another, Levi didn't feel like telling him that.

"No, homecoming is in two weeks, I was thinking about all the cleaning I had to do afterward," Levi lied as he sat on the edge of the bed, looking down to see his clothes on the floor.

"I see," Erwin whispers more to himself as he watches Levi pick up his clothes. It had gone quiet.

It was strange how after how intimate they are in sex, they could go turn back into acting like being strangers.

"About the whole dating scam," Erwin says out of nowhere but decided that right now it was the best time to speak. "I am sorry you have to endure that, as soon as the principal is done with his inspections, you don't have to do that anymore ... I am sure I will turn to be the next principal."

"It's not really a hassle after y/n accepted to go along our plan, I don't have to pretend to like or so," Levi began to put on his black pants as he wonders how in the hell was he able to stand up. Not like he cared too much. "We are planning to make our 'relationship' public during homecoming, maybe kiss again in front of everyone or hold hands in front of the teachers and students-"

"Again?" Erwin asks.

"Again what?"

"You said maybe kiss again," Erwin was on the other side of the bed, his body covered with blankets and he watched Levi change back to his clothes. "You two have kissed before?"

Shit. Levi sometimes hated how perceptive Erwin was, he always had to be careful with the things he would say. Now he was taking too long to answer and he didn't know just what to say at the moment.

His dark blue eyes met his bright blue ones and just with that Erwin already knew the answer to his question.

"... Levi, do you love me?"

Now, that was something Levi wasn't expecting at all.

He had never told Erwin openly about his love for him. The heat was going up to his cheeks and he felt his hands sweat, a few seconds passed but it seems like an eternity since he looked at him in the eyes.

"I am sorry, you don't have to answer that," Erwin says as he lets out a heavy sigh.

Levi felt relieved for a second but as he was about to finish buttoning up his white shirt, Erwin told him one last thing.

"I just want you to know that I do have strong feelings for you."

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Did Erwin really have to say that?

Because right now it was the only thing going through his head.

Even after a week had passed, he still couldn't stop thinking about it.

Now, as usual, he was eating a sandwich alone under the football bleachers. He had no place to eat and the teacher's lounge was out of the question. After all, what was a janitor going to be doing there?

It wasn't as horrible as it sounds, at least he could be alone from all the chaos that was going around inside the school.

"Mr. Ackerman!"

A young voice interrupted Levi's voice. It was strange that someone knew his name at all. As he turned to his side, he noticed a blond boy coming his way. He had met this boy before a few days ago, Armin, was his name.

"I am glad to found you here!" Armin says as he was finally front to front with the short janitor.

"Is there something that needs to be cleaned? Levi immediately asks.

"No, nothing like that! Actually, we have something to show you!"

"We?"

"Please follow me!" Armin says.

And without much retaliation, Levi followed the young one. He took him through the corridors of the school, to a place where Levi knew very well.

The second floor was the science section, there were small storage rooms for the teachers to put their equipment. Levi remembers cleaning the whole beakers once during the whole night too.

Armin makes a stop as they stop in front of one of those storage rooms and as he opened the door, Levi expected to see something broken or something that he needed to clean but ... Not this.

"Surprise!"

It must have been the quietest 'surprise' Levi has heard, but also the first one. He looks around the storage room, it was no longer a storage room but a nice, small looking office.

A bookshelf decorates the right wall and next to it a wooden desk. A window that showed the outside the basketball field under them. There were also a few plants hanging from the ceiling and on the ground.

But what caught Levi the most was the paintings on the walls.

There was a cartoon version of him, badly drawn. Holding a mop with one of his hands and with the other he held a bucket of water. He had a smile as a few teachers he knew and students surrounded him as the school was in the background.

It was so ugly that it hurt, so ugly that it was cute because they really tried to make it look good.

"We are not the best painters, but we tried,"

Levi turns around and finds a brunette boy. He had seen him before since he was Armin's friend. His name was Eren and then next to him the girl that always followed him, Mikasa who had a neutral face in all of this.

"Ms. y/ln asked us if we wanted to participate in helping you getting an office," Armin says. "And we decided to participate."

"Yes, we needed the points since Eren wasn't passing-" Mikasa says but then Eren interrupts her.

"Mikasa, you don't have to say that!"

Armin just let out a tired laugh and he went back to talking to Mr. Ackerman.

"But Ms. y/ln really did most of the work, she stayed various nights here alone to finish cleaning up and she even lent us use her paint."

"Oh, really?"

Levi felt something in his stomach, like butterflies going around. It was a feeling he didn't know, he disliked it but didn't hate it either.

"Yes, but she told us not to tell you ... But she worked really hard and I think she deserves some of the credit."

A few seconds of silence passed and to that, Armin proceed. "Anyways, we are very thankful for everything you do for us, Mr. Ackerman."

"What do you mean?"

"I've noticed that you always clean the beakers and tubes even when no one uses them," Armin replies as this gets the attention of his two other friends.

"Yeah, and like the other day you polished the football team's equipment," Eren says. "And it was very late at night too."

"Or that time you organized the band's music notes, that most have been a lot of work," Mikasa added. "Thank you for that."

Wow, what was this feeling?

It was like embarrassment but mixed with something he had long forgotten. Happiness maybe? Was he being appreciated for the first time?

Did he do a good job? His heart racing and for a moment he thought about running miles through the track field because he felt so energized at the moment.

"It's my job," Levi says as he finally could murmur some words. "But ... Thank you."

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It was already late, Levi thought that you would be coming out of your classroom anytime soon but it wasn't like that. Classes had ended thirty minutes ago and he thought he could catch you on your way out of school. But after looking up at the school building, he noticed that light was still on and coming from your classroom's window

He knew that he was deeply in your debt, not only that but he was deeply touched by your act of kindness. And although things have been awkward between you two since the kiss, he knew that sooner or later something must be said.

The janitor walked through the halls and as he came to a stop on the door. You were facing the window and your back was toward him.

He took small steps towards you, and you were so concentrated on the painting in front of you that you didn't notice footsteps coming closer to you.

You were twirling your brushes, combining oils of colors as you plastered them on the white canvas in front of you.

But suddenly you came to a stop, and you let out a frustrating sight. Your painting wasn't coming as you wanted it to be.

You were trying to paint a woman but her body nor facial expression were coming off right, maybe you would have to hire a model after all.

"Busy?"

You drop your brush to the floor as Levi's voice caught you by surprise. Turning around from your seat, you find him looking down at you, and after a few seconds of looking at him you turn back around to look at your painting.

"A little," you say as you pick up the brush on the floor. "What brings you here."

"Can I join you?" Levi asks and you nod as you move a little to the side to give him some place to sit. You two were awfully close but it wasn't uncomfortable.

"What are you painting?"

"A woman but I can't get ti right, the emotion is not there," you say as you hand out the brush with paint to Levi. "Here do whatever you want with it."

"What?"

For Levi, your painting was beautiful enough. The thought of destroying it was out of his mind nor he could comprehend why you would want him to do that.

"Do whatever you want with it, paint over it, destroy it ... It's gonna go in the trash anyway," you say as you at it with disappointment.

"Don't you think you are being a bit too harsh on yourself?" Levi asks as he looks at the paintbrush you gave him.

"No, if I keep painting things like this, I will never be admitted to the master's program in Paris," you say as you pick up another brush, dip it in a random color, and began to paint on the canvas. "I still have some time but you know ... it's better to prepare."

Levi stood quiet for a few seconds and as he watched destroy your own painting, he decided to follow your steps and just paint on the canvas just for the fun of it.

He wanted to say thank you for the time you took preparing his office. Nonetheless, he knew that he must keep it a secret that he knows about your involvement. After all, he promised the three kids that he will not tell you about him knowing that you participated in getting him an office.

"I got an office today," Levi says. "Some students decorated it for me."

"Well, that's good news. I am glad you finally got a place for you," you say as you dip your brush in blue and began to paint again. "You should be proud ... I know I am proud of you."

A few moments of silence passed as you two only continued painting.

"Also, I wanted to talk to you about something, maybe you can help."

This was more surprising to you, this must be the first time Levi was willing to talk to you about something that seemed personal.

"What is it?" you asked as you continued painting.

"Lately, when I haven't been enjoying sex with Erwin as much as I used to,"

Alright, maybe that was a bit too much information. Not like you minded, but it was more the fact that it hurt your feelings a little.

"And I think I know why ... it's ridiculous, but ever since you gave that teacup ... I have this new feeling in me," Levi says as he stops painting, and instead he just looks at your hands that delicately continued painting on the canvas.

"After I finish having sex with Erwin, I think about the teacup and I feel sad," he says. "I feel like I am betraying someone ... Someone I deeply care for."

"And then my mind goes to you ... And I think that a part of me ... thinks that I am betraying you."

You feel your heart skip a beat and heat going up your cheeks. Praying for everything sacred that Levi didn't notice this, you tried to pretend that you were alright but your shaking hand was giving it away.

"Maybe it's because we kissed, or because we have been spending a lot of time together lately," Levi keeps looking at you with the hope that you will stop your actions and turn around to look at him.

"I guess what I am trying to say ... Is that I cannot stop thinking about that teacup ... I can't stop thinking about you, even when I am with someone else."

And those were the words that you needed, that something indeed was going on. At first, you weren't sure if Levi had an attraction to women, but after the kiss, you were sure that he felt some type of attraction to them.

Not only that, but once in a while, you have even caught him staring at your chest, sometimes your legs. You didn't know if it was because he was curious or because he found you appealing to look but either or, he seemed to like it.

"Levi ... I am going to tell you something," you stop painting, and this time you turn your head to look at him. Your eyes meet his. "I think things between us have gotten awkward because there's some tension between us."

You couldn't believe that you were about to ask him this. A few weeks ago you had denied his request first but after talking to Nicholas for a while, this seemed like a good idea. A crazy one, but good.

"A part of me is really attracted to you and from what you told me ... a part of you is also attracted to me," you looked at him and for a moment you thought that your heart would come out of your chest. He wasn't doing anything but still, he looked so handsome. And you wonder if Levi even knew about his good looks.

"What are you trying to say?"

"What I am trying to say is that," you take a brief pause before continuing. "I would like to sleep with you ... you know ... to break the tension ...But you know, no strings attached ... I think this could help to bring us closer and be better friends even."

"How do you know this will work?"

"It worked with Nicholas."

If there was something that Levi did not appreciate, was the fact that you were sleeping with Nicholas.

Maybe you were right.

Because lately he is been having these strange feelings for you.

Levi felt attracted to you and he would be lying if he didn't say that he didn't dedicate some intimate nights to you. It was something he would never admit but he has had dreamt of you before, doing very pleasant things to him. Even from time to time in the restroom, he would masturbate and moan your name but of course, he would never admit that out loud ... never.

Maybe it was the fact that he desired you and couldn't have you that made him angry.

Maybe it was the fact that Nicholas had you all for himself while he was here, craving for some of your attention.

Maybe after he has had a taste of you, he could move on. The feeling of betrayal and desire should be gone and he would be free to enjoy sex with Erwin again.

"I am going, to be honest with you ... I have never been with a woman before ... I don't know ... how to please them," Levi says as his face gets closer to yours.

"Although I find you very attractive ... I am scared that I won't be able to reach your standards ... and I want to please you ... as much as I can."

You didn't know how he was capable of making you blush like crazy. Maybe it was his handsome face, maybe his cold but beautiful blue eyes that drive you crazy.

Maybe it was his hands and long fingers that made you wonder just how deep they could go.

"Then, let me teach you."

It was Levi's turn to blush and his pale face showed you his red colors on his cheeks.

"Are you sure?" Levi asks as his face was just a few centimeters away from your face now. A part of him felt like he was going to regret this but as he thought of Erwin's words and what he asked of him, he knew that there was no backing away now.

"Levi if we want this to work ... I need you to do this for me."

No strings attached, this was just sex out of pleasure nothing more nothing less. He wasn't playing with your emotions, right?

Right?

"What if we can't stop?" Levi asks as he feels your breath against his lips.

"It will only be one time ... only once just to get rid of these stupid feelings I have," it's like you were hypnotized. And you didn't care if Levi was acting quite strange at the moment. You didn't care that he was acting quite seductive at the moment, the only thing you could think of was him.

And how much you wanted to pin him against the ground and make him moan your name.

"Levi, I want to make love to you."

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A/N: Alright so next chapter we get to the good stuff.

Finally, my abilities for wild sex scenes will come into the light lol.

So with that in mind, I will make a few announcements.

First. I have decided that y/n won't be a reincarnation of Maria (my OC) and I have a few reasons for that.

As things are headed and with how the plot is coming along, I think everyone knows that there will be a point in which Levi emotionally hurts y/n. And I think that with One Last Time, I made it more than clear that Levi could never do anything that hurts Maria.

Y/n is her own persona (Whoever that is) but she definitely has a little bit of Maria in her. Only a little.

For this story, I wanted to follow the theme of 'soul mates that follow each other through time, dimensions and different universes' and from what I remember, at some point, Levi told Maria that 'There was no part of him that could ever hurt her and that even if he was born in another universe, he would always find himself falling in love with her.'

So, yes I don't think Levi would be capable of hurting Maria, it will be out of character for him even if it was in another dimension.

Second, the sex scenes. I really respect my characters, and although OLT had a few sex scenes and some spicy stuff, we can conclude that sex is not a predominant theme of the story.

Each sex scene Levi and Maria shared represented something, different stances of their relationship and intimacy. It was unique, sweet, and passionate and it had meaning.

I don't want to reduce their sexual life to something people can jerk off to and especially I don't want to reduce it to 'casual sex'/'dirty sex'.

I created this story instead, so I could write whatever I wanted without damaging the imagine Maria and Levi's sex life had.

After the trauma Maria went through, I just don't feel comfortable writing her in that manner in this story.

But I can make explicit sex scenes now because y/n is NOT a reincarnation of Maria, so I don't feel weird lol.

Third, I have the ending of this story already planned. And making y/n the reincarnation of Maria would not be fit for the ending. And the only thing I can say is that you all will be crying ... again and maybe even more.

This brings me to my next point, this is definitely a Levi x Reader story, so don't worry, Levi will end up with the reader ... but at what cost?

I don't want to reveal too much about the ending, things can change from now on too.

As I've said multiple times, this story is a draft and I skipped many things as to not make the story too long. The pacing is not great due to those things as well.

Overall, to my lovely readers who enjoyed reading One Last Time, I don't want you all to take this story as 'canon' this by no means will ever become part of the original series.

Just take it as an independent story, like a bad story that you read in Wattpad that out of guilty pleasure.

Also once again, if you haven't read One Last Time, I highly recommend you to do so. You will DEFINITELY enjoy this story (and the ending) more if you have.

This story is for fun, for me to experiment with different writing styles, to make mistakes, make plot holes and resolve them, to better my sex-writing skills, and to explore ideas that I have in my head.

With that said, please I want you all to be kind with this story. I am putting a lot of time into writing this, I could be working on One Last Time's prequel and the sequel, but I am taking my time to write this because people seem to enjoy it.

Later on, there may be characters that I will introduce. The only thing that I won't tolerate is any type of disrespect to my characters. Yes, you may dislike them in a RESPECTFUL manner.

Please understand that I take MONTHS, MONTHS into developing a good character. It's emotionally draining reading comments that describe my characters as 'bitch' or 'slut' I don't want my characters to be reduced to that, even if they act different or this is an AU story.

I am saying this because in the future things will happen that may anger the reader.

Of course, this only applies to my original characters.

Y/N is you, so it's not really a character. It's someone you make up in your mind and how you decided to treat yourself is up to you.

Allow me to make mistakes, and write things that will make you angry, disappointed, and sad. This is the only way I'll become better and bring you better writing in the future!

Anyways, thank you for everything and thank you for reading! I hope you all continue reading this story till the very end.

See you next week!