So here it is!
This isn't a super long chapter,
but it is really cute!
I hope you guys are happy with it!
Enjoy!
Chapter Four:
It has only been about an hour since Levi and I had said goodnight, but I still haven't been able to fall asleep. Though, considering I had almost 24 hours of it, I suppose that it's only normal that I can't sleep.
Sitting up in bed, I look around the room for the first time. The last time I was got out of bed was in a room with almost nothing in it, Levi's room, but this place has a lot of wall décor and hand carved clocks, like the one on the mantle. There are about… maybe five clocks on a desk that is against the wall furthest from the door. The desk, unlike the one closest to me, and adjacent from the door, is covered in blueprints and sketch paper. Yet, the walls surrounding the desk nearest me has drawings, very good drawings, of animals and of Levi and someone I don't know. There's a picture frame on this desk of a girl, Levi, and the guy from the drawings. The frame says "Big Bros Before Little Hoes", and I can't help myself when a smile passes over my face.
Getting out of the bed, I walk over to the desk with clocks, being carful not to touch or move anything, and I study the papers. The papers all have a small signature at the bottom: Farlan Church. 'Farlan Church? Huh... maybe I shouldn't bring him up with Levi... If I'm staying in his dusty room, then I doubt he is just away with family somewhere...' I thought as I ran a finger on the side of the desk, collecting dust in the process.
I spent about 10 more minutes walking around and looking at the different photographs and paintings on the wall before I gave up hope of tiring myself out. Looking out of the only window in the room, I saw that moon was out, even though the clouds were surrounding it. Even though this place is called the Underground District, it's really not that below sea level as the rest of the country. My dad once told me, before my mother's death, that they only called it the Underground because that most of the poor people and the "trash" of the country lived here. Yet, we all stare up at the same sky, look at the same moon, and wish on the same stars.
With a heavy sigh, I turned back towards the door and slowly pulled it open. The only sounds I could hear, other than my footsteps and the creaking floorboards, was a light ticking of the clock in the living room. Thinking back to when Levi flipped it over, I remembered the initials. "F. C., L. A., I. M." I already knew Levi, and now Farlan... and I'm guessing I. M. is the girl from the photos, the one who drew and painted all of the nature pieces. Normally I'm not this snoopy, but the distraction makes it easier to forget what's going on in my life.
I stared at the clock as I ran a finger over the designs on the front. I was so enchanted by them that I didn't even notice when Levi came into the room.
"Can't sleep, too?" his voice echoed behind me.
I jumped a little at the sudden realization that I wasn't alone. Sheepishly, I nodded, "Uh… yeah, just a little." Levi nodded and gently gripped my wrist; he led me to the couch where he told me to sit down. Levi turned away and that was when I saw them, his wings. On his back where a pair of wings over lapping one another, exactly like the ones on the clock. "Levi… those are beautiful." I said not realizing I was staring at them with wide eyes and an parted mouth.
Levi's head perked up a little at the compliment, "Thanks… my friend, Isabel, did it." His arm reached over his shoulder and lightly ran along the tip of one of the wings.
My hand, almost instinctively, reached out and felt the soft skin that was decorated so beautifully. I kept my hand there even after Levi jumped lightly and relaxed into my touch. He kept his head down as my fingers moved from his shoulder to the small of his back, and then back up. I had never toughed someone like this, even if I was only admiring the beautiful nature of the tattoo.
Levi lifted his head up lightly as I placed my head on his shoulder; I was finally beginning to feel the invisible tug of unconsciousness. When I moved myself closer, Levi spoke softly, "You have her eyes and her smile. The last thing I saw of her, was her eyes… widened in fear of death…"
I stepped back enough to turn him around. His eyes that held year's worth of pain and loneliness now had tears in them. He looked me in the eyes, his brows furrowed and his expression mocking what seemed to be longing. But not a longing of me, of his past friends, his family. Without hesitation, I wrapped my arms around his shoulders in a tight embrace. I knew I could never replace his family, or change the past to make any of what happened to them disappear, but I could show him that he wasn't alone.
"When I was younger, my mom and sister died in a car crash. I know what it feels like to lose people close to you, Levi… You aren't alone in this. I'm here for you."
My heart tugged a little when he lifted his arms to wrap around me chest, his hands resting in the dip between my shoulder blades. His head relaxing on my collarbone, and his arms around me and mine around him, I finally felt at home. I didn't feel so alone.
"Thank you, Eren," Levi said as he stepped back and wiped away a tear. He kept his head low, but I saw a faint smile grace his lips before he turned and went to his room.
I smiled as he shut the door, and I felt my heart smile too. I was finally happy, I was safe.
But… how long would this feeling last?
Ah!
I finally finished Chapter Four,
and this is my favorite one so far!
Also, I had so much fun
writing the fluff scene!
Ugh!
My lil gay heart is so happy!
Hope you all enjoyed!
Thank you for reading!
- WTM