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"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."


"Hey, shit. I'm talking to you. Are you deaf or simply an idiot who can't answer a question?" Levi asked, watching the boy in front of him gasp.

"Eren. My name is Eren." He answered but kept his gaze on his lap. He was now fully clothed, thanks to Levi who was kind enough to let Eren borrow his clothes.

"Calling you stupid is an insult for stupid people. I didn't ask your name, idiotic shitbag. I asked you why you run away. Do you know how much trouble I will be in if they know you're here?"

Eren knew the man would eventually ask him about it. He sighed and looked straight at the person who saved him. On a second thought, he hoped that someone else rescued him. He may have given him clothes and a cup of hot cocoa but it didn't give him authority to call him an idiot.

"I will leave tomorrow. So, it's none of your business."

The first punch met his left cheek and he almost, almost fall backward but the man who punched him grabbed the front of Eren's shirt and yanked him towards him. Eren saw the rage in his savior's eyes and he didn't look away—he was too afraid of another blow.

"You little shit." Levi snarled. "If I knew something like this would happen, I would have drowned you without mercy."

Levi roughly pushed him away. He looked at the young boy, as Eren tried to fix his shirt, but didn't meet his eyes. Maybe he's too afraid. Unfortunately for him, Levi was too pissed to play nice guy here. He stood up.

"I could just call the police and let them put you behind bars." As soon Levi said that, Eren jumped to Levi's leg and clung to him. Levi nearly lost his balance but he caught the couch before he toppled down.

"Please, anything. I will do anything…just don't call the police!"Eren begged. Levi looked down only to see the boy looking up at him with teary eyes. He may dislike this boy but after seeing how much he didn't want Levi to call the police, he let out a heavy sigh.

"I don't know what's your problem, brat. Just give me one reason why I should let you stay here and… stop clinging to me!"

Eren let his arms drop from Levi and sat back down on his chair. He bit his right thumb— a habit he took up when he's nervous. He looked at Levi over his hand, still calculating whether to tell him the true or not. "I don't know."

Levi made a face between fury and confusion. "Are you shitting me, asshole?"

"No, no, no!" Eren half shouted. "My name is Eren and I'm 15 years old."

"What the hell?" Levi was pretty sure he had picked up a rare type of half-breed. A mad boy with a pretty face half-breed. The more he looked at him, the stronger his conclusion was. He's going to call a cop. Take him away. He doesn't care. Kill him, slice him and feed his pieces to dogs. That's not his business.

"That's all I can remember. I'm sorry." Eren said. He looked down, running his finger over his left wrist. His voice sounded heavy and melancholic.

Levi stood up and started walking to his front door. Eren watched him from his seat but as soon as he realized that Levi may call the police and wouldn't believe his story, he ran after him. "I told you the truth! I can't remember anything and they will get me, the bad guys, so please don't call the police!"

"They? The bad guys?" Levi quirked. That's new.

Eren clamped his mouth with his hands. He shouldn't say anything but the glare he received from Levi made him feel threatened.

"Yeah, them. The one who owned me. I don't remember anything but I ran away from them when I had a chance. So, now they're looking for me."

Levi didn't say anything but kept walking to his front door. Eren tried to grab his sleeve but Levi suddenly looked at him with a glare. "I'm going to buy more food since I have to feed one more mouth."

Eren gave him a small smile. Eren breathed a sigh of relief since Levi was not going to call the police and let him stay in his house. That's more than enough.

"But." Levi gave him a warning. "Don't-"

"I won't move, make noise or breathe loud and I'll pretend that I don't exist. Okay, got it." Eren finished Levi's line. Levi smacked his head at that.

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"The total is 30 Pitis." The cashier said with a smile. Levi took out his wallet before pulling out a few notes and giving it to the cashier. The young girl said a few words like 'thank you' and 'come again' after taking the money. Levi just nodded his head.

He exited from the convenience shop and walked back to his house but his eyes caught a wanted poster on one of boards. He stopped and analyzed the picture on the poster. He was sure it was Eren but in his cat form.

Why didn't they just put Eren's face? It's waste of time looking for a cat that has the same face as every other cat. Such a shame I live in a country where the government's lead by idiotic people.

Levi ignored the stare from a person behind him who heard his last comment. At least the police didn't come and knock his door….yet. But as long as Eren stayed at his place, the percentage for his whereabouts will be higher. Should he throw out Eren or find a new place.

Just below Eren's picture was a little information about him.

Name: Eren Y.

Age: 15 years old.

Type: Half-breed (cat)- as the picture above.

Last place seen: Mazu Street.

Number i/d: 23/03

Call: 017556092413

If you see unguarded half-breed(s) please contact to the High Officer Office so you can directly go to Commander Erwin Smith.

The informer will be reward 10 000 Pitis and the price will be higher if someone can give information about his whereabouts.

Any information aside from this is unwanted.

"Commander Erwin? What the hell? He's gotten him into this half-breed situation. Isn't he the chief of the city?" Levi muttered silently. He knew his head would explode if he thought too much about it.

Well, just wait for another day for now. He will make sure the boy doesn't show his face anyway but knowing Levi's life in some detested town it would be unbelievable for the police to come down. There are as many crimes and criminals as the stars in the night sky. He just hopes he's still safe at the moment…and the future.

He could hear Petra's voice at the back of his mind: Bad luck senses your fear, Levi.

It couldn't get any worse, right?

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"I'm home!" Levi announced as soon he come inside his house.

"Levi!" He heard an annoying voice come from inside and twitched slightly when he saw the boy was lying flat on his stomach on his couch. "Welcome home!"

"Yeah, that's—" then he just realized something. He didn't tell him his name to Eren. Then how did he know?

"Hey, brat."

"Someone's in the kitchen, she said—"

Eren didn't finish his sentence when Levi dashed to the kitchen. He shrugged and continued reading his last page of the magazine.

Levi looked at someone in the kitchen, stirring a stew- he could smell it from where his stood, and the women who stirred the stew looked at him with biggest grin he ever saw.

"What are you doing here, Hanji?" He pronounced the women's name harder than the other words. He placed a plastic bag full of food on the counter.

"Awww~ I miss you too, Levi."

Hanji was one of his 'friends'- she declared it on her own about 20 years ago and seeing her again after a few months was a bit weird considering her job. She only surfaced when she was jobless or just visiting him or worse: both.

"I see you adopted a cute half-breed. I didn't know you were that kind of…person." She said but her words didn't come out innocence. The way she looked at him only made him shudder. Of course he would never admit it but if someone knew about Eren- the end was not going to be good.

"It's none of your business, woman, plus I could call the police and let them arrest you because you're trespassing in my house." He threatened and walked beside her to get some water.

Hanji didn't say anything. Instead she reached for a spoon, took some of her stew, blew it and passed to Levi. Levi rolled his eyes but still took the spoon before tasting the stew. He tried so hard not to make a face.

"Then I could tell the police that you have the half-breed they're looking for. How do you think it will go?" Hanji asked. "I could put you behind bars and get 10 000 Pitis without a single drop of sweat."

Levi reached for a knife behind him and lunged for her neck, but Hanji dodged it easily and knocked Levi's hand away. The knife fell down with a hard thud. "That's totally uncalled for, Levi. You know I'm the one who taught you to fight with knives."

"Are you guys okay?" Eren's voice startled both of them. "Ermm, I'm sorry. Please continue...whatever you guys are doing. I thought both of you were fighting."

Levi looked confused. Well, in their positions, of course, Eren would think it's a fight because Levi had entrapped Hanji in some sort of possessive position. But he didn't see that large knife laying on the floor and the murderous atmosphere around Levi.

"What the fuck do you mean, brat? And why are you stupid enough to let her in? Are you sure you want to let her see your true form you fuckface?" Levi roared, now bowing down to grab the knife and put it away.

"She let herself in and she said you're her boyfriend plus she said she knew I'm the half-breed! How would I know that?" Eren shouted back. He doesn't care if Levi is going to throw him out or not; he didn't like Levi talking to him that way.

"Now, now." Hanji interrupted before Levi got furious. It's rare for someone to talk back to Levi because he has a really intimidating face along with his not-so very-good personality with others. Levi can be a good person. In a certain occasion.

"Why don't we sit down and discuss this professionally?" She heard Levi click his tongue. "Like adults."

There's a moment of silence before Levi sighed, "Yeah, and please throw that stew away. I believe it was poisonous."

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When the three of them settled down in the living room, Hanji clasped her hands together saying something like a family gathering. Levi ignored her completely.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this." Hanji promised. She looked at the half-breed who introduced himself as Eren, looking uncomfortable beside Levi on the longest couch on the room. Hanji sat on the single couch at ease.

"So, Eren. Why don't you tell us about yourself?" Hanji asked. Levi looked uninterested as always.

"My name is Eren and I'm fifteen years old." His voice was small and he looked nervous.

"That's all?" Hanji asked disappointedly. "Then, how about anything else? Your last name?"

Now Levi looked at him with interest.

Eren. My name is Eren.

Of course Levi didn't notice it. After all, it's not like he really cared about the half-breed as long he could stay away from the problem. He didn't see that Eren is the problem and to solve this problem he needed to dig out everything from Eren; not stay away from it. That's only giving him more problems.

I'm the idiot one here.

"I don't remember." Eren said and ran his finger on his wrist.

Hanji nodded, "Why did you run away, Eren?"

"Don't waste your time, he can't remember anything. So, you won't get shit from him." Levi said.

"Are you sure you don't remember?" Hanji asked, her voice sounding serious. Levi looked a bit surprised. It had been a while since he last saw Hanji so serious.

Eren looked down, still playing with his wrist. He didn't know whether he should tell them the truth (though he was fully conscious that he still telling lie in Levi's case) or not. Eren was still not convinced they wouldn't call the cops.

I still have time to run from here but…

Eren tilted his head to look at Levi. He just raised his eyebrow questionably. I trust this guy so far even though he looks a bit scary but the woman seemed…untrustworthy. He bit his right thumb nervously.

"It's okay if you don't trust me, Eren. I'm sorry if I-"

"Here," Eren shoved his left wrist to Hanji. Hanji was baffled before looking down where Eren showed her his wrist. There was a small scar.

RUN

"I don't remember how I get that," Eren said while letting Hanji run a finger along his scar. Levi watched them from where he sat. His expression didn't change and Eren was pretty sure he didn't like Levi's expression at the moment. Show some surprise, idiot.

"But, I believe this is why I ran away," Eren added uncertainly.

"Maybe you picked it, scratched it…continuously in the lab, before they injected you." Hanji stated and freed Eren's wrist. Hanji stared at the young boy in front of her. She had never seen him before. A new type of half-breed?

"Why are you so interested in him, Hanji?"

Hanji looked back at Levi who had asked her the question. "Well, it's the first time I've seen a half-breed. So-"

"Bullshit," Levi said, his voice heavy with accusations.

"The moment you asked him, I knew you had something up your sleeve. Why don't you drop all your shit and try telling me the truth?" He added.

Eren stayed silent and looked between them. He had better stay quiet; he wouldn't dare to lift a single finger. He watched Hanji, who had a maniacal expression on her face, and Levi, who just looked dangerously full with rage.

"Awwww~~ I hate it when you discover my true motive. What sold me out?" Hanji chuckled.

No, woman. This is not the time for you to laugh. I don't want to witness a homicide. Eren thought.

"Inject him? In the lab?" Levi inquired. "Hanji, before I throw you out and never see you again, you had better start talking."

Hanji let out a heavy sighed, "So, you want the truth right?"

Eren nodded.

"This boy." Hanji referred to Eren. "They altered his memories."

"How do you know? You don't sound stupid for once." Levi insisted. Eren swallowed his saliva down.

Hanji smiled widely with her lunatic face, "Because I'm the one who made him."

tbc.


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