Chapter four. Enjoy

A month has already passed and I'm already dreading it. It may almost be over, but lately I've been feeling fatigued, stressed and actually a little more angrier. Probably because my lack of sleep I've been getting, but it's hard for me to fall asleep. Anyway, the baby would soon be due any day and that's when I started to get cautious. And so did Levi and actually Kalura. They tended to help out with cooking and cleaning and all that. I did appreciate it but sometimes I felt like it was too much. Though I'd say it in my head.

I felt something climb onto me. I was in the middle of a nap, and that's when I felt weight push down onto me. Then I woke up from my nap, slowly though, and I see Kalura looking at me just like the way Mikasa stared at me a long time ago. But Kalura was cheerful and seemed more optimistic than Mikasa.

"Dad towd me I shouwd wake you up," Kalura told me.

"Why is that, hmm?" I asked.

"Because he said so."

"I see, please get off me."

And so Kalura got off of me, and I felt a big relief as the weight of taken off of me. Kalura was kind of heavy, but wasn't fat. Probably because of her body structure, how it's strong like mine and possibly even Reiner's. As I got up, Levi walked into the room. I felt a little dizzy, probably because of waking up. But I shrugged it off and walked up to Levi.

"Why did you send Kalura to wake you up?" I asked, yawning a little.

Levi just stared at me contently. Sometimes I wondered how he can get so apathetic. Probably from bad childhood experiences? I shook that thought away.

"You shouldn't be napping this late, it's already afternoon," was all Levi said before walking over to Kalura and picking her up.

He held her so gently and carefully, and so close to him. She gradually hid her face into him; I'm assuming she was tired too, or just shy. I swear I could have saw Levi flash a small smile. Moments like this were one of the few times where Levi actually smiled. Or whenever he cheered me up. Either way, if there was one way I could characterize him, it was that he rarely smiled.

"You know, a lot of relief comes to me when you smile," I said. "It makes me feel like you actually are a soft person."

"For years I was convinced I wasn't," Levi responded. "With you and Kalura, along with a little one on the way, and no more titans to slaughter over and over, I could finally feel... Happy, for once." Even still saying that he looked apathetic, but I could tell it was the truth by the tone of his voice.

"So you are a happy person?" I asked quietly.

"Depended in the past. But I guess you could say so now," was all Levi responded with before kissing my forehead, staring into my eyes for a few seconds and then disappearing upstairs, presumably Kalura's room.

As I slumped down into the chair, I moved my hands down to my stomach area. I looked down and my stomach was like its own continent; it was pretty big. I'm assuming our child is kind of big or I'm having twins. But I'm gonna go with the first option.

I felt a few kicks here and there and I sighed. Sometimes I wished the baby would come out anytime now, because I felt like my baby was probably gonna be stuck there for eternity. As I was daydreaming again, I heard a few knocks at the door. I got up and opened the door and found Mikasa only.

"Just be quiet, Kalura's gonna be sleeping," I just warned.

Mikasa understood. I got out of her way and she walked in. She shut the door behind her and walked over to me. Mikasa slowly grabbed my wrist and I then looked at her.

"How are you feeling Eren?" Mikasa asked.

"Pretty fatigued if you ask me," I responded, then yawned. "Same thing I went through three years ago, fatigue and sometimes pain."

Mikasa then pulled away. "Well, I hope you'll be okay. This is your second time, and we all hope you don't have any complications. I just.. Want you safe is all I'm saying."

"Oh, Mikasa," I started and soon felt some pain arise in my stomach. "I understand if you really care about me, really I do, but sometimes you're over the top." Man, I wish I wasn't this sassy.

"It's my job to protect you at all costs."

"Yes, I'm aware of that."

"Are you?"

Hearing Levi's voice scared me a little. I turned my head and saw him walking down the stairs.

"But I am," I protested.

"Judging by your attitude, I think not."

"Stupid hormones," I blurted out,

"You're blaming your own mistakes on your hormones, that is if you have any," Levi continued. "On some cases I let it slide, but I don't think so on this one."

Why do I suddenly only feel pain. The world just froze to me, and I felt the pain erupt. It was going haywire all over. The only think I could finally do was gasp in pain and clutch down to my knees. Why did it have to happen now? Suddenly reality came back to me.

"Levi! You had to kick his back?!" Mikasa shouted.

"You wanted it to slide?"

So Levi kicked me?! Yeah he was a really happy person. Lucky I didn't lash out at him; I was sort of paralyzed in shock. Maybe he was getting tired of my attitude and couldn't take it anymore. I'm just glad I didn't go in labor.

Or at least a few seconds later pain shot through again and this time I felt even more pain got though my body.

I don't recall going through any pain during birth. Sure it hurt but not as much as the first time. I mean, I did make some sounds but I wasn't in crucial pain. Moments later I was holding my newborn girl.

I sat there, struggling with a name to give her. I already used the name Kalura and I expected a boy anyway. Kalura just sat by me, so did Levi. He was probably thinking of a name too and then he suddenly whispered to Kalura. I didn't have an idea what to name my child. Luckily Kalura gave me an idea, somewhat.

"What wall wewe you fwom?"

"Wall Maria, why are you asking?"

Maria. Such a perfect name for her. I don't know why that happened, but Kalura just gave me the name.

"Dad towd me to tell you."

"So it's all his fault then?"

"Ywes," Kalura giggled.

"Such a sneaky bast-" I refrained from my language and instead said, "person." Then I looked at him right in the eye.

"What?" Levi asked.

"Why do you always use Kalura as a pawn to ask questions that you could ask yourself?" I laughed.

"I don't know!" Levi responded, while Kalura giggled.

I rolled my eyes and lay down, with Maria in my arms. She was asleep already so she wasn't fussing or anything. Suddenly I closed my eyes and fell into a deep nap.

don't worry this is not the end. But enjoy I guess.