He turned his face on her, giving her a head start by pulling off the bandage surrounding his face. He reached the small source of light with his free hand, levelling it to his face so that she could see it better.
With the help of the light, Mikasa had a full view of the captain's face. The moment he finished pulling off his bandages, Mikasa was revealed with a long scar from his chin, then to his lips, then to his cheek, running over the middle of his right eye. She didn't have the time to notice it before, given their circumstances, but the screaming scar was really hard to ignore right now, making Levi uncomfortably looking down. She held his chin, trying to ignore her trembling hand because this would be the first time she would be holding the delicate face of her captain. Nonetheless, she found herself staring at the captain's orbs.
Levi's eyes were always a mystery to them, as she could remember hearing one of Jean and Eren's arguments about Levi's narrowed eyes.
"No, you stupid horseface! He has blue eyes!"
"Huh? I thought he had black eyes?" Connie added.
The memory made her inwardly smile, trying to suppress digging deeper the memories that would send her to her deathbed, crying. She looked closely, observing Levi's orbs, and finally realized that the pupils of his eyes were never black, but a midnight blue color, making the color of his irises indigo. She has seen a lot of blue eyed people, but Levi's eyes were the most beautiful kind of blue she had ever seen.
"Don't forget to breathe, brat."
She ignored Levi's stupid comment, as she gently rubbed a wad of cotton in his wound. The wound had probably dried, but it was always better to clean it to avoid further infections. She could feel Levi wince, but she held his chin firmly to pass a message to not make any unnecessary movements. She couldn't stop seeing his eyes, wishing that if Eren would be here, then he would know what eye color Levi had.
The thought of Eren somehow made her flinch, causing her to stop nursing Levi. She was not done with her painful thoughts, she was still not okay about the sudden revelation, and she doubted that she could totally forget everything that happened to her. Guilt was starting to consume her again, making her hands a bit more unrelaxed, dropping it from the face of her captain. She was speechless, visions becoming a little blurry, but then a warm hand pulled her again into her reality.
"What's wrong?" She heard him asked her, his indigo eyes locking straight into her grayish smoky eyes. She would always be grateful for him, for all the things she has realized, and for the things she might not yet realize. "Nothing, Levi. Thank you, uhm, for the food."
He nodded wordlessly, as he turned his gaze back again at the never ending glowing horizon. Levi wasn't really good at words, but she knew that Levi's few choices of words would always be the ideal thing to say for a sheer moment just like that. She resumed fixing back his bandage, careful not to touch him that much, afraid that Levi would turn like stars, exploding into dust.
—After the War, @rivaille-13
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