He woke up eight hours later and felt a bit better. He sat up straight and looked around the small living room slash bedroom he lived in. In the dimly lit environment, he saw all the usual things that occupied the small space. He felt the sheets slightly shift and heard soft groans and smirked watching the young man next to him sleep. Ever since he found Eren knocked out in the alley one Thursday evening, he has been taking care of him from that moment on. Money was tight and he needed to get breakfast. He got up slowly and walked to the tiny kitchen for a glass of water. He caught a glimpse at the clock and saw that he was already going to be five minutes late. He gulped down his glass of water, pulled on a shirt and jumped out of the kitchen window from six stories.
It was five minutes past three in the morning. There was a loud noise coming from the underground drug ring hangout and Levi knew he was late. As he approached the gathering in the dimly lit open spaced abandoned building he could hear announcements being made.
"Ladies and gentleman, tonight we have a once in a lifetime opportunity. Our reigning champion Reiner, is offering one thousand Euro to whoever can last one minute in a fight against him!" The fat man let the thought sink into the crowd before he continued.
"So if you think you have what it takes, step up and you could be one thousand Euro richer!"
Three brave looking people stood out of the crowd claiming that they would win the money. The first was named Connie, he had a shaved head, wasn't very tall and looked a bit scrawny. He seemed to last twenty-five seconds before Reiner knocked him out cold with one solid punch to the abdomen. "One…Two…Three…" The announcer counted greedily while Connie lay sprawled out on the ground in a coma like state, when eventually the announcer counted all the way to ten.
The second young man was named Erwin. He was tall, blonde, well-built and looked very confident. He fought valiantly, dodging Reiner's attacks left and right until he got too cocky and didn't notice that Reiner had taken a knife and cut his arm. He checked the cut and when he looked up Reiner hit him square in the jaw, knocking him out. Reiner smiled, because he knew that if hadn't he used his knife, Erwin would have lasted longer than forty-five seconds.
The third fighter was a female by the name of Annie. She was short, blonde, with an average build. Her face however displayed an above average glare. Reiner just looked at her and laughed.
"What are you doing here little girl? Don't you know you can get hurt here? You wouldn't want to get a broken nail now do you?"
Annie just glared at him. The bell went off to fight and she managed to knock Reiner on his back in five seconds. He pulled her by her left leg and dragged her to the ground hard. She managed to swiftly get back on her feet. He grabbed her by the hair and threw her hard against the crowd cheering him on. She got up weakly and charged at him, only for him to round house kick her in the face. She hit the ground hard and fast.
"One…Two…Three…" The announcer counted greedily yet again feeling no guilt at the young woman lying on the floor unconscious until he got to ten.
Reiner was laughing and sweating hysterically like a man buzzing on cocaine, which he was, ripping his shirt of his body.
"Is there nobody with the strength to take me on?"
There was loud cheering before everyone fell silent, due to hearing somebody speak out.
"I'll take you on.", was the words that came from a cold silent voice.
The crowd turned around to see a slender man stepping through them wearing nothing but a frumpy mismatch buttoned green shirt and torn black jeans with messed up black hair. Reiner just looked at the man and started laughing, with the crowd following him after.
Levi moved so fast, Reiner barely had time to counter or block, by the time he noticed what was happening, it was too late as Levi gave him an uppercut that fractured his jaw causing his mouth to start bleeding uncontrollably. Reiner was pissed off. He wiped the blood from his mouth and grunted.
"You're going to pay for that asshole."
Levi stood calmly with dead eyes wiping the blood from his hand off his shirt.
"Trust me, anything done to that ugly face of yours is an improvement."
Reiner charged at Levi with full force, throwing punches like a mad man only to notice five seconds later he was punching air as Levi was standing behind him. Levi gave him an elbow drop straight against his spinal cord. He walked away seeing that Reiner was laying out cold on the floor. Before he noticed, Reiner got up and started throwing punches and kicks at him, managing to block and dodge every attack without breaking a sweat Levi was calm and swift with his movements. The crowd watched in pure awe as Levi moved so majestically and smoothly that it looked like art in motion.
It was now forty seconds into the match and Levi knew he was going to win. Reiner punched right but was faking as he punched left and caught Levi square in the chest. Levi hit the ground on his back, struggling to catch his breath as the wind got knocked out of him. He got up slowly and Reiner was starting to feel lucky, until he looked Levi straight in the eyes and noticed that instead of grey, they were now blood red. When he blinked Levi was gone. He saw a blur of something go past him on his right. He turned around and saw nothing.
"Come one, don't play hide and seek. Fight me like a man."
He looked down and took out his knife from his boot. When he looked up, Levi was standing before him. The red eyes combined with the evil smirk he wore on his face silently screamed death and Reiner feared for his life at this point.
Levi punched him in the jaw, followed by a blow to the head, a kick to both knees before he gave a final upper cut to his abdomen sending Reiner flying to the ground spraying blood everywhere.
Reiner laid lifeless on the floor, barely breathing…looking very dead.
Levi counted all the way to ten and stalked up to the announcer.
"Sixty seconds are up…where's my money?"
Eren woke up slowly with a slight dizziness and a very hungry stomach. He looked to his left and saw that Levi wasn't there and started panicking. It was past seven and he knew Levi would let him know if he left to go work early.
Oh no! They found us! Levi must have convinced them that I wasn't here or that I was dead, that's why they only took him.
Eren felt sick and combined with his hunger and headache he didn't know what he was going to do, he felt like dying. He got up slowly and trip-walked to the tiny bathroom for some painkillers before he smelled something. Something sweet. He followed the scent and saw blueberry muffins and coffee on the old worn out table along with a bag of groceries. He doubled back to see Levi resting in the bed he just got up from. Smiling to himself…he was glad that it was Levi who found him. Any other person would have taken him in for the bounty on his head but not Levi. There was something in Levi's eyes that night Eren woke up in his bed. Ever since then, Eren could not help but fall for the dark tortured soul that is his protector.