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Left. Wait, what?--
Trip.
"Holy fucking shit sweet mother of fuck god?!"
The words from my rainbow vocabulary couldn't help but let itself out as I tripped over a fucking rock, that had to be like, "Welp, I feel like being a bitch and make (Y/N) fall flat on her face when she's crowded by hundreds of people heheheueheuheue."
I groaned, rubbing my face as I felt the multiple stares dawn upon me.
"Hey you okay?" Hanji asked, crouching down to my level.
"No blood," I spat, trying to get the taste of dirt from my mouth.
"This is why you should use your eyes when you walk," Petra joked half-heartedly.
Hanji helped me get up, and I gave Petra a hard glare, making her chuckle nervously.
That's one thing fixed.
Now the next.
I began my deathly staredown to the people murmuring shit about me, and just watching me instead of helping me as I layed on the ground, my body splayed in an awkward position, unable to move from the unbearable pain--
Okay. I'm overreacting. But, all the people passing by were being bitches by just looking and not actually helping. I gave them a piece of my death glare, just to be fair.
"Nothing to see here. Move along." Though it was supposed to be a statement, it sounded more of a command coming from me. Most of the people flinched, before rushing away continuing their business.
I guess my appearance was that disturbing as well, huh?
I was wearing a white shirt, that had splotches of red at the top as the design, and a black jacket with the same design. I suppose they must've mistaken the ink stuck on the fabric as blood.
My face still has dirt and shit, so it gave a bonus.
Smacking my lips, I took the handkerchief Petra finally offered and began cleaning straight away. Oh god I'm glad Levi wasn't around, otherwise he would've start spewing shit at me nonstop.
"Wow. The dirt really loves you doesn't it?" A mocking voice commented sarcastically from behind me.
Oh for fuck's sake. Why's the bitch-like-asshole here?
"What the fuck you doing here bitch?" I snapped, still wiping my face as I turned around to face him.
Him?
Levi, of-fucking-course. And why the fuck is he here anyway?
"Oh, I called him last minute to help with the shopping," Petra informed nervously, "I also invited Erwin."
I glanced back, seeing the tall blonde man appear behind Levi, waving a small greeting. Unlike Levi, Erwin didn't really seem to care that small rocks were stuck to my face.
"Is my face clean?" I asked with a low voice to Hanji, and the brunette gave me a thumbs up. I sighed and tucked the handkerchief in my pocket. Knowing Petra, she wouldn't want the 'filthy' thing back anyway.
Speaking about Petra, she's started giving out orders. "Okay, to make this quicker, I'm going handout a budget of 100 dollars to each person, and they may use it for party properties and party foods, nothing else okay?"
Everyone mumbled their agreement and Petra handed out the money.
Sweet. A hundred bucks for free. Even if it is going to be wasted on a fucking party.
We all entered the mall like fucking bosses, and believe it or not, me and Levi actually were walking much closer than usual. I can kind of see why.
Looking at Levi, he's probably the same as me.
Never been to a mall before.
I thought Petra was going to use this chance and start dragging Levi like a dog, but apparently her parties were far more important than her 2 year crush.
I stuffed my hands in my pockets and stood beside Levi at the entrance. "So.......like... what do we do?" I muttered, half to myself.
"You're asking me?" Levi retorted. "I've never stepped a foot in here."
"Okay..... so what we do anyways?" I repeated, annoyance burning up my veins.
"....shop?" Levi replied hesitantly, which kinda sounded like a question to me.
I shrugged, and looked around the mall. Now, though I do have some good instincts on directions, I still felt like I would get lost. "Stick together?" I suggested, fingers crossed he wouldn't say no.
"Fine," he replied quickly, and I sighed in relief. Honestly, Levi looked like he'd been waiting for me to ask that question. How amusing.
We walked side by side, weaving around the endless aisles, clueless of what to find. There's like 4 floors, and an indoor rollercoaster along with an arcade at the fifth. Now I don't know about you, but I don't feel like exploring four fucking floors just to find a bag of chips.
"Where's the supermarket?" I asked to myself, but Levi picked it up.
"I don't know," he responded with a sassy tone, "But it's definitely not on this floor. There's only restaurants here."
Maybe we really do have to explore the floors.
"Let's go to the second."
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"Yeah, no supermarket here doofus," the raven crossed his arms, his face annoyed.
I had an annoyed look plastered to my face as well, this is tiring as fuck. "There's only fucking props here," I exclaimed, my frown deepening.
"Well Petra did also say party props, so that counts?"
"So what you're trying to say is, we just buy shit from this floor and call it a day?"
"Yeah."
"She's going to kill us. How about we find the supermarket, use my money to buy food, then we go back down here to spend your 100 bucks on these props?" I suggested, my mind already hopeless.
"Deal. Now find the fucking supermarket already," Levi snapped, catching another customer's attention.
"Oh, the supermarket? It's on the third floor," she said before walking away.
I smirked and made my way to the third floor, Levi unexpectingly following me. But, I decided not to ask him about it, since if I were him, I'd probably do the same.
~~~
"You got the chips right?"
"Yes."
"And there's soda there?"
"Mhm."
"Chocolate?"
"Already."
"What are we missing?"
"I don't fucking know, hurry the fuck up please."
"It's been 5 minutes only. You should be grateful I shop fast. Now give suggestions."
"I don't know, vodka?"
Now that's even worse than me. "We're fucking minors Levi why the fuck would we get vodka?" I exclaimed, ticked off at his suggestion.
"Look I gave you my suggestion, take it or leave it. Now hurry up woman," Levi snapped back, harshly giving the trolley a small push.
"Whatever, I have an idea anyways."
I walked to the juice aisle and took several bottles, tossing them at Levi, who then chucked it in the trolley, that by the way, looked like it was going to explode.
"We are finished," I sighed, and Levi seemed to have brightened up at the news.
"Well let's go before I go nuts," Levi wasted no time in cashing out all the things, quickly finishing everything way faster than I could've done. Boy was I lucky to have the midget with me.
Since there was so much stuff, we got a trolley to to bring around in the mall. And thank god there was a lift, otherwise I don't know what would happen if me and Levi took this thing down the escalators.
My arms were sore as fuck, and we still had to get Levi's stuff. God, this is why I hate shopping.
"Do you have an idea of what to get?" I asked, carefully pushing the trolley forward.
"Not really, but whatever I see I take, I suppose," he replied, not giving a shit.
"Wow, you're so lucky Petra likes you," I muttered under my breath.
"What?" Levi asked, turning around to face me. "I didn't hear your shitty ass mumbling through the fucking music."
Pheew~
He didn't hear. "Nothing," I lied, giving him a fake smile. Levi scrunched his face in disgust and continued walking, me trailing behind him.
~~~
"Are you sure you got the right stuff?" I asked again, looking at the things he purchased.
"No. I don't know what to get for parties, but I can't be that far off....right?"
"Y-yeah, I guess," I glanced at the stuff before looking at my watch. "Holy shit it's been 2 hours. Let's go."
Levi nodded and pushed his own trolley to the lift. When we entered it, you could say we encountered a small problem.
"We don't fit?!" I exclaimed, examining the size of the lift. "For fuck's sake."
"One by one then, wait for me at the bottom," Levi ordered, and by now I was too tired to argue. I grunted an agreement and went in first, pressing the button to go to ground floor.
The lift bell ringed and the door closed, my last sight was Levi staring right into my soul again.
Soft music played through the speakers, nearly lulling me to sleep, if it wasn't for the sudden stop of the lift that jerked me awake. Wait, I'm not on ground floor.
I looked at the screen up top, and my heart nearly skipped a beat. I was only on the third floor. No, more like, between the third and second floor.
Karma, you just fucking hate me, don't you?
Sweat dropped down my cheek as panic rose from my mind. Stuck between a floor, in an elevator, cooped up in this one small room, and I could just fall to my death?
Breath (Y/N), breath. Don't hyperventilate. Stay calm, cool your mind. Now what do I do?
Emergency button.
That's the first thing that came to my thoughts. I looked around the room, frantically searching for the red button that'll -hopefully- fix this problem.
I squeezed past the trolley and pressed the button. That must've sent some sort of signal, right? Like, tell the people at the control room a fucking lift stopped operating.
It came a bit late, but the small room suddenly glowed as the yellow light shone a powerful red, and a buzzer alarm started to sound. From the outside, I can barely hear the loudspeakers announcing something at an emergency tone.
"Emergency at elevator 2 west wing. Help needed at elevator 2 west wing."
I slumped at the metal walls. My help had gotten through. Even so, I felt it was necessary to give my pals a call.
Quickly, I searched Petra's contact and dialed her number. It surely didn't take long for her to pick up.
"(Y/N), what's up? Did you hear the announcement. They're saying there's an emergency at one of the elevators."
I gave a small sigh. "Yeah. The elevator that goes past Props no Probs got stuck somewhere around the third and second floor," I replied, fidgeting my fingers.
"Oh no, that's horrible!" Petra exclaimed from the other end. From her side, I can hear the faint voices of Erwin and Hanji. That means they've all met up. Just me and Levi left.
"Mhm, and you'll never believe who got stuck," I added, fishing her in for question with an obvious answer.
"Who? Don't tell me it's Levi?!"
I was about to reply, but then I heard and felt thuds, along with the voice of man from above me, yelling out a faint, "Hey, can you hear me?"
He slammed his fist again, and continued, "Are you conscious?"
To Petra, I quickly answered then closed the call. "I'm the one who's stuck!"
I quickly shoved my phone in my pocket then yelled back to the man. "I'm conscious! Get me out of here!"
"Please wait! We're going to budge the door open, then you can squeeze through the gap below and jump down. Can you do that?"
"Yeah, whatever. Just get me out!"
The doors began to slowly squeak open, and light began to stream inside. But much to annoyance, it only opened halfway before the doors got jammed as well.
At least the man's -who was a security officer- voice was clearer. "The doors won't open any further than this. "Can you jump out?" The security guard from the third floor asked.
I looked at the gap, then at the height I'm at. Well, I'd say about five meters above the floor. I gave the man an uneasy stare.
"I know it's pretty high, but we'll catch you," another security guard who was at the second floor assured me, gesturing to the many people crowded around.
I was still pretty unsure about this, until I heard a very, very familiar voice. "(Y/N), come on! Just jump already!"
Levi? How is he here?
I peeked through the gap below, noticing the raven-haired man staring upwards. "You're such a fucking scaredy cat!" He jeered, eyes narrowing.
"Bitch shut up!" I growled back, earning a few surprised murmurs from the people gathered.
"Jump already! You won't die! Worst case possible you'll just break a leg!"
"That's not fucking reassuring you dumbass!"
"What-the fuck-ever! Jump! I'll catch you!"
I swallowed and slowly braced myself, but then I noticed Petra and the others rushing through the crowd. They all gathered with Levi, and got in a weird stance.
I suppose a stance to catch me.
Taking deep breaths, I collected every last bit of courage left in my bones, and slowly slid through the small gap below. My feet dangled in the air, the feeling of no ground to step on making my goosebumps raise.
Yolo (Y/N), yolo.
I looked at the people gathered.
Levi.
Petra.
Hanji.
Erwin.
Mr. Security Guard.
A whole bunch of people I don't know, and most are just here to watch the show.
I'm putting my trust in you.
With nothing but the trust I had given to them, I fully slid through the gap, closing my eyes as I fell down the five meter fall, the cold air grasping me as if it were to take my life then and there.