CH 2

[Eren's POV]
A repetitive sound in the background that kept going on and on. It annoyed him so much. He just wanted it to stop. Was it the siren of an ambulance maybe? Eren was wondering what had just happend and where he was. Wasn't he supposed to be dead and gone by now? He promised himself it would all be over soon. But he wasn't even sure if he really wanted it to be over.

He repeated his thoughts from before again and again in his head.

'I went to the subway station. I wanted to end it. Did I do it? What have I done?'

Did he really want to end it all? He wasn't sure of that either just as he wasn't sure about the nature of the sound in the distance. Was it a siren or was it his imagination misleading him again?

He kept thinking about it until he felt his brain stop functioning and fell unconscious as the sound in the background finally faded away.

[Levi'sPOV]

Levi's back was killing him and it wasn't much of a surprise since he had slept for a few hours on one of the shitty hospital chairs. And he would have slept more had a nurse not woken him up.

"Uhm excuse me, sir, but you were the only one that came in with the patient that that fell off the platform, right?" Okay, Levi might have lied about the boy's circumstances. He just changed the word 'suicide attempt' to 'accidentally fell off the platform' and since there was no one who cared enough to argue with his testimony, everyone went with his version of the story.

"Yes." Levi answered simply. To be honest, he really wanted to see the boy up and safe and then be gone. He also wanted to help somehow but that seemed impossible so he just stood there waiting awkwardly for him to wake up.

"In that case there are a few questions you'll have to answer. Since he isn't up yet and he can't answer them himself." Levi simply nodded letting the overly enthusiastic woman go on. "Okay, so, as a starter, what's his name?"

"If I knew that I would have told you a long time before instead of going for a nap. He's just a stranger I decided to help out." Levi acted cold because he was annoyed by the nurse but really he just wanted to see the boy and go away.

"Okay, so then I suppose you can't tell me his address and blood type either can't you?"

"Take a guess."
The woman smiled at him one last time before leaving off to god knows where taking Levi's hope to seeing the boy soon with her. Levi sighed to himself and got up to go and smoke a cigarette. It was a habit he had picked up from his darker days, helped him cope with the stress of always being a step away from death as a former pot dealer.
He smoked in chain thinking about the brat he had saved. He thought about what he had seen in his eyes. Levi wasn't sure about it. It wasn't quite anger nor was it sadness. It was almost as if the boy didn't know it himself, as if he needed someone to pull him up and that was what Levi did. But he still somehow felt as if he didn't do anything for the boy, as if he still needed to do more.
His trail of thought was interrupted again by yet another nurse.

"Are you here for the nameless platform patient?" Levi nodded because he was too annoyed by the nickname she had used to give a normal answer.

"You can go visit, he's being responsive, asking for you as well." Surprised wasn't enough to describe Levi's reaction, he didn't think the boy would remember anything but there he was, asking to see Levi.

"I'll lead you to his room." The nurse answered after Levi not replying.
Levi didn't know what he'd want to talk about. He was expecting to just be let to know when he was okay and then go home. Nothing seen, nothing done. Just like the old days.

"Is he okay?" Levi asked before going in.

"There was some brain damage from the hit he took to the head so he may be experiencing some headaches further on but he's fine now."
Levi tried asking another question but before he even got the chance to he found himself walking into the bright hospital room. As he got in he was surprised there was no one besides the brat there, even though the room incorporated two beds. He was sitting on the bed next to the window staring outside. Levi was deciding whether to approach him or bail now and never see him again.
Needless to say, he decided to stay as the boy's eyes laid on him and they lit up. Everything sorrowful from before was gone and Levi was somehow relieved. His brunette hair looked less messy than before as well (even though he was now in a hospital), his green eyes actually looked beautiful and he could see it now and his skin had gained its color back from the dead pale color from before.

"Hey." The boy said and Levi got to hear a normal voice from him for the first time as well. "Uhm, I guess I owe you a thank you and I hope I didn't cause you any trouble. Also thanks for not telling them what had actually happened back there and sorry if you got hurt and oh my god, I fucked up didn't I'm so sorry." The boy was talking so fast and Levi could swear he was planning that speech for a while now which Levi found somehow cute.

"Well hello there so sorry, I'm Levi, nice to meet you too, brat."
The boy gave off a small grin and his face lit up again a little at the joke.

"I'm Eren Jaeger." He simply said.
So it was Eren, the boy that occupied his thoughts for almost 24 hours now.

"Well, Jaeger, I don't see why you would have wanted to talk to me but I guess this is the point where I go on with my life and you with yours. I was never a good bye kind of person so, bye!"
Levi was going for the doorknob as the boy called from behind him.

"Wait! Please!" The boy's plead was accompanied by a yelp that somehow made Levi turn on his heels to at least look at the brat. He really felt sorry for him and wanted to help but honestly, physically helping him was all he could do. And that somehow bothered him.

"C-could you maybe stay in for a little while longer. I need someone to stay with me…" Eren asked in such a low voice it seemed to Levi as if the boy was scared of being shot.

"I just saved you from killing yourself. I think there's no reason to be scared of me." Levis aid as he approached the bed next to Eren's and sat down on it.

"Do you have any family to call?"

"Yeah, I called in my sister, Mikasa, when I woke up. They are letting me out in 3 days but she's coming to visit as soon as she gets out of work."

"Good, that saves me a lot of trouble." After a short break Levi proceeded. "Did you tell her?" Levi didn't specify the word suicide but they both knew what he was talking about.

"No…and I don't think I will. She has her own problems to deal with. I don't want to ruin her life as well…" Eren said in a sorrowful tone.

"Someone should now though." Levi said. He somehow wanted to add that he wanted to know and that he wouldn't mid to listen but he felt like it wouldn't help and just come out as creepy instead.

"Yes but it shouldn't be her."
An awkward silence followed afterwards, leaving Levi and Eren, each to their thoughts. Levi was the one to break the silence in the end.

"Why?" The single word was enough to make Eren bow his head down and look like a sad puppy.

"Did you ever feel like everything you did was hopeless and if you kept leaving you'd just keep being a disappointment?" Eren raised his head up and starred at Levi. "I don't even know if I'm thankful for being alive right now."
Levi starred back into the boy's big green eyes until the other looked away. With that they returned to the silence from before. Just that this time it wasn't awkward anymore, it was comforting and Eren caught himself thinking that he might have found someone who would listen to him for a change.