"What did you just say?" Mikasa asked slowly.
"Shitty Eyebrows!" Levi said growled.
"Levi, explain what's going on," Eren asked confused.
"Nice going, Commander," Hanji said. "Spill the beans."
"Heichou," Jean said. "What was he talking about?"
"There's a reason none of you know my last name," Levi said rubbing his jaw.
"What is it?" Eren asked, suspecting the answer.
Levi turned and looked at Mikasa, watching for her reaction. "Ackerman," Levi stated.
Mikasa's eyes widened as Levi said his name. "Wait, so, what?"
"Erwin wasn't mistaken when he said sibling," Levi said. He took a moment to collect himself before saying the thing he had denied for so long. "I'm your brother."
"How is that even possible?" Mikasa asked. "My parents didn't say anything about me having a brother!"
"That's because they didn't give a shit about me," Levi said. "When I was eight they dropped me off in the undergrounds! They threw me out like garbage! I could have died if I wasn't found."
"No, you're lying!" Mikasa said. "My parents were kind people!"
"No, they weren't. At least not to me," Levi said, anger in his voice. Memories of that time flooding his brain, fueling the fire of his anger. "They only wanted one child. And they wanted that child to be a girl. Our father beat the living shit out of me every chance he got. Then one day they decided I wasn't even worth keeping. So they ditched me. I was picked up by this one woman and I came to know her as my mother. Then when I was six she took her own life. Apparently I was too much for her as well."
"No, they couldn't of possibly have done that!" Mikasa said.
"Believe what you want," Levi spat. "But that's what happened." Levi turned around and headed back to his room. Eren ran after him.
When Eren got to the room Levi was shaking. Out of anger or sadness, he didn't know. "Levi?" Eren asked tentatively.
"What?" Levi snapped. He was facing away from Eren, purposely not looking at him.
Eren reached out and grabbed his hand and turned him around. Levi looked down at the ground, hiding his face. Eren put his hand under Levi's chin and forced him to look up. On Levi's face was a single tear.
"Levi," Eren said. He opened his mouth to say something else, but he didn't know what to say. So he shut it. Instead he pulled Levi into a hug. Neither of them said anything, they just stood there.
Eventually they moved to the bed. Levi had his arms around Eren, and Eren had his ear pressed against Levi's chest.
"My past-" Levi began.
"Shh," Eren said. "I'm listening to the heartbeat of my love. If you talk I can't hear it."
"But-"
"Shh," Eren said. "And plus, you don't need to explain anything. It won't change how I feel about you. I love you."
"I love you, too," Levi said. He bent his head down and buried his face in Eren's hair.
"He has to be lying," Mikasa said. "There's no way my father could have done that. He wasn't abusive! And my parents would have never of just ditched their child!"
"Mikasa, it's true," Erwin said. "Levi is your brother. I researched who he was when he first joined. And that's what I found."
"We don't even look alike!" Mikasa declared.
"He took after your dad, you took after your mother," Hanji said. "You have different features. That's why you can't see the resemblance. But if we take you two and put you side by side, you can tell that you guys are related."
"I refuse to believe that I'm related to that short, angry man!" Mikasa said.
"Considering his past, he has a right to be angry," Erwin reasoned. "That's another reason why you should just be happy that he's with Eren."
"Why? So he can abuse him more?" Mikasa asked. She was glaring at Erwin. She was refusing to believe any of this, even when there were facts to back it up.
"We've explained what happened at court multiple times," Erwin said. "If he hadn't of done that, Eren would have been killed."
"Seriously Mikasa, please hear us out," Hanji pleaded. "You're right, Levi is angry. That's why being with Eren will benefit him."
"What do you mean?" Jean asked.
"Levi talked to us multiple time when Eren was reverted back to the age of five," Erwin said. "He let his guard down and when that happened, we saw the pain he was in. And just a little bit ago when they were out here, didn't you see Levi smile?"
"Levi smiled?" Jean asked.
"I didn't know he could do that," Connie said astonished.
"That's because Eren was able to do that," Hanji said. "Eren makes Levi happy."
Mikasa sighed and sat down defeated. "Okay, fine," Mikasa said. "I may have been a bitch earlier, but I still refuse to accept that he's my brother."
"That's fine," Erwin said sighing. "I think Levi would like to forget the fact as well."
"Should we go bring them back?" Sasha asked, looking towards the hallway.
"No, leave them be," Erwin said. "We can go get them at dinner."
Eren lifted up his head and looked at Levi "When do you want to go back out?" Eren asked.
"Not until we have to," Levi said.
"What should we do to pass the time? Eren asked
"I have a pretty good idea," Levi said. He rolled and laid on top of Eren. He placed a kiss on Eren's neck, then on his jaw, then on his mouth. Eren brought his hands up and wrapped around Levi's waist.
Levi pulled back and looked at Eren. Eren brought one of his hand up and placed it on the back of Levi's head. He pulled his head down slightly. Then Eren brought his head up and rubbed his nose against Levi's.
Levi smiled and kissed Eren again.
"Can I admit something," Eren asked.
Levi sat up and looked at Eren. Eren sat up and wrapped his arms around Levi. "What is it, brat?" Levi asked.
"It's nothing bad," Eren said. "It's just that I'm surprised that you love me."
"Who else would it be?" Levi asked.
"Do you want the truth?" Eren said, making an embarrassed face.
"Yes."
Eren pulled out of the hug and looked at Levi, blushing slightly. "For a while, I honestly thought that there was something between you and Hanji," Eren said.
Levi actually laughed at Eren's comment. "There's no way, on this shitty earth, will there ever be anything between her and I," Levi said. "For one, its shitty four-eyes. And two, as you can tell, I have another person I have my eyes on. And I got that person."
Eren blushed deeper. His cheeks became a deep crimson and Levi smirked. Levi kissed Eren again and they laid back down.
"You know," Levi said. "I never thought I'd be able to love anyone the way I love you."
"Are you saying I melted that heart of ice of yours?" Eren asked proudly.
"No. I was never cold hearted. I built a wall to keep myself from getting hurt like I did when I was a kid," Levi said. "So, you could say you kicked down that wall as if you were the colossal Titan."
Eren looked at Levi and raised his eyebrows. "Not really what I wanted to hear," Eren said.
"Then lets not say anything," Levi said. He then pressed his lips against Eren's again.
They laid there, with Levi on top of Eren, and kissed for what seemed like years. Then Levi rolled off of Eren and gathered him in his arms. Eren put his head on Levi's chest. They entangled their feet with each other. They laid there cuddling each other, unspeaking, and just enjoying being in each others arms.
A/N: Hey guys! Sorry it took so long to update DX I have been so busy between school, Lacrosse, and just life in general. but I promise that I will try to get back onto a regular posting schedule. So to those that are still reading and enjoying, I truly Thank you. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
and I do not own Attack on Titan.
