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You stared at yourself in the mirror, tugging at the skin on your body as a deep frown settled itself on your features.

You never were what anyone would define as skinny, or thin. No, you had been carrying this extra weight on your body for pretty much your entire life. You didn’t have an hourglass figure, you didn’t have a petite, slim body, you were just you. And you hated it.

How many times had you tried to go on diets? Too many for you to remember. You’d do your damnedest to shed those few extra kilos, either through eating healthy or working out regularly, but each time you’d end up eating something you weren’t supposed to, forgetting that you didn’t go jogging, giving up on the whole thing and falling back to stage one. It was infuriating, but you just couldn’t seem to give yourself that bit of extra motivation that you needed.

Even at the state of self-loathing that you were at, Levi had still taken an interest in you. One that was big enough for him to ask you out. When he first asked you, in his own roundabout way, you had no idea how to even react to his words. The only attention you’d ever get from men – or anyone for that matter – was dirty side-eyes as you walked past them. You’d hear them mumble under their breath about how you were lazy, how you didn’t care for your health.

You repressed the urge to flatten them.

What did Levi ever see in someone like you? He was Humanity’s Strongest Soldier, his attitude might be described as standoffish, but everything else about him was immaculate. You’d seen his body; to say he was fit would be an understatement. So what did he see in you? What did you offer him that he couldn’t find anywhere else? You weren’t even in the military!

And so, you’d gaze confusedly at yourself day after day, trying to find what it was that had attracted him to you in the first place.

Levi caught on to your almost obsessive antics and would find himself wondering if you were doing it again. He trusted his instincts this time, and left his office to go and find you.

Lo and behold, here you were, sulking at your reflection again. He breathed a quiet and tired sigh before making his way behind you.

You flinched as you saw his image behind your own, and flinched once more when his arms wrapped around you in an almost uncharacteristic form of affection.

“Feeling down again, are we?” he asked, his voice only just loud enough for you to hear.

“I don’t know what you see in me,” you replied.

“Where is this coming from?”

“Levi, look at me. I’m not attractive, or confident, or capable, but you’re Humanity’s Strongest Soldier! I feel like sometimes you’re just dating me out of pity...”

Levi immediately spun you around and brought you into a kiss. He pulled away and mumbled his next words against your lips. “Don’t you ever shut up about your weight? I’ve told you this before, it doesn’t matter how heavy or light you are. I don’t care.”

You paused for a moment, contemplating your words before speaking up again. “But I want to be beautiful.”

“You already are.”