Run.

Run.

Run.

"We lost him, damn it." A hoarse voice roared. "Find him!"

After the large man commanded, a few of them ran in different directions across the dark alley. The man who gave the command pulled out a cell phone before speaking.

"Hello…I'm sorry but the bastard ran away…No, I'm sorry, the boy. Yes, I will bring him to you. Don't worry." He ended the conversation with a loud grunt and walked away from there.

Eren, who hid behind the mountain of boxes, came out slowly and after he made sure no one around or near him, he ran away.

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Hungry, I'm hungry.

He repeated that sentence over and over as he walked around the candy shops on the street. It's been a day after he ran away from them and his stomach can't holdout any longer. He had some bread this morning, which he found at the trash can, but that can't satisfy his large appetite.

Maybe I should steal one of the candies.

He kept his gaze on one of the shops that displayed some kind of round and large candy, he had never seen, at the front of the shop, behind the glass. Unfortunately for him, when he was determined to launch his strategy to steal the candy, he bumped into something.

He looked up; it's not something, it was someone. The piercing gray eyes looked down at him and he felt like he shrunk under the man's gaze. The man knelt down and his hand moved towards him. Eren tried to run away, he really tried, but something inside him made him stay. It was when he felt the hand touch his head lightly.

"What are you doing here, in a crowded street, kitten?" The man asked and it was when Eren lost it. He was too hungry as well too tired to run.

At least, he's not one of them. Eren thought before his body gave way.

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"What am I doing?" Levi asked himself and watched the small creature on his forearm. It's not his place to hold on to this, this thing but he's not some heartless bastard to let an unconscious kitten lie on the street so he thought to pick up the kitten and place him near the alley, where no one can accidentally step on it.

"Mom, that guy tried to throw away his cat!" The voice that came from a female brat made everyone around him glare in his direction. I'm trying to save him, you idiotic moron. I'm not throwing away what wasn't mine.

And because of the incident, he can't help but take the feline back with him. Levi cursed lightly and when he felt something move, it was the cat. He let his gaze fall to it. It's like every cat he saw everyday on his way to his workplace. The kitten, he presumed since the size was small, had pure black fur with fluffy ears and a long tail. Just like any other cat.

Levi stepped inside his apartment, and placed the key on the counter in the kitchen before walking back to his living room. He is not going to place the dirty kitten near any of his clean furniture, let alone his couch. He sighed.

"This shit is totally not worth my time. Now I need to find something to put him in." He murmured slowly before going back to his kitchen, the kitten still on his arm. He opened one of his cabinets and brought out a box, a shoe box, took rags and arranged them neatly in the box. Satisfied with his work, he placed the kitten slowly in the box.

Levi held the box and brought it to his living room. He put the box beside his couch, in front of the television. When he found the kitten still not awake, he decided to take a bath. Of course he's not going to sleep before taking a shower after holding a dirty kitten. God knows what the kitten had gone through. Levi went to his bedroom.

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Eren stirred. He opened his eyes and when he realized he didn't know where he was, he rose up abruptly. He remembered someone tried to catch him, or he thought so and after that he couldn't recall anything. He looked around but didn't dare to get out from the box; he knows someone made it so he could sleep in it and he noticed he was still hungry.

A creaking sound made him jump out from his box and he hid behind the couch. He saw a man appear from the room and walked towards him. When the man saw the box was empty, he looked around before his eyes fell on him.

"Is that your way of telling me to get out of your way?" The man asked. Eren's ears twitching toward his "savior"- Eren will call the man that for now.

The man rubbed his temple and sat down on his couch. "If you come here, I will reconsider giving you something to eat."

Eren felt his stomach make a loud sound and he started to walk tentatively towards the man. When he looked up, he saw the same steel grey eyes from before he passed out.

The corner of his mouth turned up slightly, "Sit tight. I will buy you something after this."

"I've never had a pet before and I'm not a milk person per se so just wait a minute. This is a hard day for me too." He added.

Eren saw the man reach for a remote control on the table beside him and he pushed a button. The static sounds made him jump a little before his eyes landed on the television. It was when Eren realized it was already night because the man was watching the night news show.

"….if anyone can give information about the half-breed reported as a runaway yesterday, the informer will be rewarded with 10 000 Pitis."

Eren's eyes turned wide. Of course they are not talking about him, right?

He then turned his head towards the man, afraid he will get up and call the police. Of course he's not going to do that. He didn't know how he looked. Besides, they didn't show his face.

"The half-breed looks like this…"

He heard the man spoke. "10 000 Pitis, that's a lot of money just for some crap information."

When the picture of him appeared on the screen, Eren tried to hide under the couch so the man didn't realize it was him on the screen.

"Shit, he looks like you, brat." He said and Eren frooze. Please, please, please. Please don't call the police, please.

Suddenly the man stood up. Eren heard his heart beating loudly against his chest. He followed his savior; he was heading to the kitchen. Don't call anyone, please, I will get out tomorrow!

"I'm going to buy you something. Don't make a mess or I will cut your guts open." Eren took his words seriously and ran towards the living room.

I'm glad he's not calling the cops…I just want to live in peace.

Eren heard a soft click, indicating that the man was already out of his house. He gave soft sound but if anyone was to hear it, it'd just be a purr. He walked around the living room for a while. It was quite a big house, he would say.

The kitchen was across from the living room, just a counter dived between them and from the living room he could see two rooms; one he was sure was his savior's bedroom, since Eren saw him walk out from there earlier. On the left was another room and he's not sure if it was a bedroom or something different because the door was closed. The left side of the main bedroom was a washroom. Since the door was slightly open, he could see inside the room.

Shower? Yes, I think it is a good time to use it.

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"Fuck!" Levi cursed under his breath. He walked away from his house and he didn't bring a single Pitis with him. He was hallway to the convenient shop when he realized he left his wallet in his bedroom.

He turned back to his apartment while silently asking himself why his life has turned upside down lately. He believed all of his luck flew out from his window the moment he brought in the black kitten. Should have just left the damn cat alone or stepped on it while I could.

He went to the elevator and pushed the button marked with a seven. He sighed, and was pretty sure he did it multiple times already. Luckily no one uses that elevator at a time like this or he would end up murdering someone.

A few minutes later, he was on the seventh level and he walked back to his place. He fished out his keys and unlocked his front door. He looked around and noticed the kitten was nowhere to be seen. He suspected the small animal went to sleep so he marched to his bedroom but as soon as he walked by the washroom, he heard dripping water in the shower.

"Who's there?!" He barked and roughly pushed the door open. The sight before him made his throat dry. A male. No less than 20 years old with only a towel around his waist. That's not as shocking the pair of pointed ears at the top of the intruder's head and the long black tail behind his back.

The intruder gasped in surprise. He didn't realize the owner of the place would come here pretty fast. It wasn't even fifteen minutes since he left. He could feel his lips trembling slightly, from the cold and the murderous aura emitted from his savior.

"Okay, I-I can explain this." He spoke. "But, please don't call the police. I'm begging you. I will get out from here and not leave any trace so-"

"Holy fuck." Levi whispered but loud enough to be heard to the other person,"you're the half-breed they're looking for."

tbc

thank you for reading and thank you so much for your great help from lunatrancy (she's like my senpai and you all should check out her works)