Chapter 12- The Truth
Levi POV
It was twelve in the morning when I received a call from Isabel. I ignored the call and opted to stay snuggled against my brat. That didn't last long because she called about five more times until I caved in and answered. "What?!" I hissed into the phone. She immediately started to speak but all I could make out was mumble jumble. "Pace yourself, explain again." I advised her to do so and this time it was clearer. "I kept tabs on Eren's phone like you to me to and I recently found something that may alarm you." She paused and I huff an air out. "Apparently someone is hacking into his phone and his background information." I sat upright to get a better focus of things. "So far the hacker has gotten information on his medical record, address of his roommates, and his phone number." I pulled on a bathrobe to stay warm since it was late November and the winter cold was starting to present itself. I slowly closed the door to our room so I wouldn't wake up Eren.
"When did you receive this information and who is this hacker?" I demanded and walked to the living room of the upstairs level. I sat myself down on one of the love seats and crossed my legs. "I haven't received any information on who the hacker is but apparently the hacker was hired to do this." I heard the sound of keys being pressed on and assume she was looking for the person at the end of this. Just who would want information of the brat? That bastard Kenny was out of the way and there can't be anyone else who would want information on the brat.
It wasn't that the brat was unattractive, fuck he is far from that. What I meant is, who else around me or him would have interest? He's fucking wearing a ring on left ring finger! And even though it could be seen as just a fashion statement, I still came around his school to pick him up. I even wore the same matching ring on the same place on my left hand. Anyone who would like him at work would be asking for death if they thought they could like him or think of dating him. He is mines and mines alone, I don't share what is mines.
Over the deep thinking in my head I heard the Isabel make a sound of victory. "OK! Sorry boss, it took a while but I manage to find his cell number. With that I hacked into his contact list and found a number that wasn't put under a contact. I assume that it would be the hacker because the number of times they chatted is a maximum of three calls, all which were very late in the night and lasted for a less than two minutes. The owner of that number goes by the name of Marco Bodt." That name didn't ring a bell or sound familiar so I asked for any more information on him. After a minute she found a generous amount of information on him.
"He is around the same age as Eren and is currently attending the same college as him. Well more like volunteering but you know… Also he, you could say, in or was in the same gang as your uncle. Another thing is-" I cut her off before she could continue. "What?!" she remained silent on the other land and gave a sigh a moment later. "Like I was saying, I also-"I cut her off again but this time I rushed in with a demand. "Find me a picture of him and send it ASAP." It took a moment but I soon heard a ring from my phone that signal at text. I put the call on speaker then exited out to check the text. I verified that it was Isabel and I quickly opened the message. It took a second to load but as soon as it was done I tapped the photo to get a better inspection.
The photo was of a young man about the same age as Eren. The photo was candid but I knew who it was. It was that bastard who tried to seduce my brat. Now that I think of it, he was also the same piece of shit that tried to kiss him. I clenched my phone in my hand as angered flowed throughout my veins. "Isabel I leave you in charge of keeping Eren's identity a secret. Any knowledge of him that gets found out from anyone you will report to me as soon as you know." She gave a huff but agreed to my demand. "Yes boss!" I hanged up and entered our room quietly.
I couldn't go back to sleep and I couldn't keep still. I needed to release my anger so I changed into a pair of joggers and sweatshirt. I quickly got into my running shoes and rushed out of the door but made sure it was lock tight. I placed the keys in the pocket of my joggers and shoved my ear buds into my ears. The music in my ears was blast at full volume but I couldn't care about it. No one can take the brat away from me.
Eren POV
It was cold and quiet in the room. Normally I could hear the soft deep breaths of Levi but oddly it was silent. I glanced at the alarm clock on the nightstand, it was two in the morning. I felt the need to cling onto Levi so I reached out to his side of the bed. I felt nothing and started to panic. I bolted up and pulled the covers off regardless of how cold I felt.
I felt tears form in the corner of my eyes as I franticly searched the house for him. I even checked for his phone and it wasn't anywhere in the house. His car was still out in the front and the doors were locked. "Did he leave me?" was the thought that kept coming to the front of my mind no matter how hard I tried to push it to the deepest part of my mind. "He left you because you're such high maintenance." Was what the little voice in my mind told me over and over. I sat a last step of the stairs and pulled my legs closed to my chest. I began to let the tears flow and cried like a child I was.
A few minutes late I heard the door slowly opened. I immediately ran to the door when I saw that it was Levi. I held him in a hug like I was holding on for dear life. He was a sweaty and warm. "Did he go to a club to relieve stress? Was I not enough for him?" I began to cry even more at the thought of him loving someone else other than me. I started to hit him on the chest and he quickly held on to my hands to restrain me from hitting him anymore.
"Levi! How could you leave me and go somewhere else! Did you go to a club? Am I not good enough for you anymore? Do you not love me anymore?" He looked at me astonished by my words and he looked a little bit angry. "Eren! I would never do that! I love you too much to leave you and cheat on you! what would make you think that way?" he questioned me but what he said assured me and calmed me down. "B-But your all sweaty and your home late." He pulled me in the house and locked the door. He held my hands and gazed into my eyes. "I just took a jog. I had a lot on my mind and just needed to get it off my shoulders. Er-" I pulled my hands away from him and crossed my arms. "See! I'm just too much trouble for you!" my eyes felt heavy and watery. "Eren you are not source of my problem! Its just about work, you are not a problem for me Eren. You are my lover and I love you so much that you don't know what extreme measures I would take just to please you. Fuck, if you tried to leave me I would find you and tie you to the bed so you wouldn't leave." His gaze was serious and I felt bad for even assuming that he would leave me." He kiss my lips and all my worries left me.
"I'm sorry Levi, I'm just stressed out about Mikasa and everything going on." He held me in an embrace and I felt calm and loved. "Shhhh, I know. Just trust me and I will take care of it." After a moment more we let go of each other and went back into our room. Levi cleaned himself up and I laid awake in bed to wait for him. He got changed and laid beside me. "You smell nice." He kissed my forehead and I smiled. Sure he was in the mafia but he's such a romantic. The sun started to peck through the dark curtains but we didn't care as well cuddled in each other's embrace and fell asleep.
Mikasa POV
How could Eren chose him over me?! I was furious with him. It was obvious that the man is bad and isn't a good influence on him. I woke up early and decided that I would confront Eren about it as soon as I saw him at school today. On my way out Armin stopped me for a bit. "Mikasa can't we try to talk to him in a civilized way? I mean I don't think he's as bad as you make him to be. Look at Eren right now. He has a job that pays more than he's previous occupation, he's attending college and I'm sure that Levi is paying for it too. He's even paying more than what Eren could afford to pay for this apartment. It's because of that, that we have more saved up in the bank." I glared at him and he avoided my eyes. "No! I don't want to hear that right now Armin!" I can't believe he would trust that monster with sweet and innocent Eren!
I slammed the door shut and made my way to the bus stop. I heard my phone ring and saw that it was an unknown number. I ignored it because it could have been a prank call or a wrong number but after the fourth ring I picked it up. I didn't speak and waited for the other line to make a sound. "Is this Mikasa Ackerman's phone number?" It was a very familiar voice and I recognized it as Levi's. "What do you want pipsqueak?" I harshly spoke into the phone. He laughed and he's tone became serious. "Look, I don't want to cause any more trouble for Eren so let's talk this over. You still have time until school anyways." I huffed but it was ok since it was seven and our classes don't start until half an hour after nine. "Where?" he gave me directions to the café we decided to meet at and I hanged up.
-Café-
He was sitting at a table a few feet away from the counter with two cups of steaming drinks, he must've arrive just a few minutes ago. I sat down and glared at him. He gave half a smile and offered me a drink. I shook my head and placed my hands on the table. "Who knows if you drugged it? You're in the mafia for damns sake!" He shrugged. "Suits you." There was tension in the air from the animosity between us. "Talk. What do you have to say for yourself." I demanded. He invited me here and asked for my time. He might as well speak first and try to defend himself. "Ok then, so who do you want to hear the real story from? Me or Eren?"I contemplated the option but I knew Eren would hesitate to tell me and we would get nowhere. "Tell a lie and I'm taking Eren back. Regardless if he comes willingly or if I have to drag him out of there." He acknowledges my threat with a nod and took a sip of one of the drinks. "It started out with a debt he owed my boss. While looking for a job he encountered us attempting to kill a man." I clenched my fists, I should have gone with him that day.
"We couldn't let a witness run off and spread rumors so we gave him two options. He either dies or he becomes my fiancé, he didn't agree to either of it so we had to threaten him. While he was passed out, since we had to knock him out and take him to a quieter place, we had time to find information on him. That's-" I kicked his leg. "Did you touch him? You know what I mean." He looked offended but I didn't care. "Besides having to tie him up and carry him, no. I have class unlike other gang members, I don't go around fucking everything in sight." He gritted out.
I glared at him but had to believe him. The many useful things I was thought from my mother were how to tell if someone was lying. He kept eye contact with and with a steady voice he answered me. He also kept from shaking his legs and fumbling with his hands. He did everything of the opposite of what my mother told me. I nodded as a signal for him to continue talking. "As I was saying, we found information about you and the blonde boy, Armin and threaten to rid of you two if he didn't pick an option." I kicked his leg really hard but he didn't flinch which made me frown even more.
Instead he ignored it and started to speak again. "He ended up picking the other latter, becoming my fiancé. From there I fell in love with him. I was going to keep him by my side by force if I had to, to be honest with you, but he ended up confessing his feelings for me and now I have no fear of losing him from you." he smirked and I held my hand in a fist, this bastard. "Still you can't have him. You would just put him in danger and I don't and can't lose him!" I saw his face twist in distaste but held my ground. "I will speak with him and he will leave you!" I stormed out of the café as the workers of the café started to whisper behind me.
Armin POV
Half an hour after Mikasa left I heard a knocking at the door. "Could it be Mikasa?" I thought but she had her keys, so I couldn't be her. I looked through the peep hole and saw a familiar face. Immediately I pulled the door opened and pulled him into a hug. "Eren!" he laughed but hugged back with the same force as I did. "It's been so long! Why don't you have your keys?" he pulled away and smiled. "I forgot them at the house." He scratched the back of his neck and I laughed. "Well get in because it's freezing out here." I pushed him into the house and closed the door behind him.
"It's not like I don't want you here or anything but why are you here anyways? Did you miss Mikasa and me that much?" I laughed at him and then moved to brew him a cup of coffee. He looked down dejectedly and put his hand on the table. "Armin, I don't know what to do anymore. I'm so head over heels for him but I also care for you guys too. Armin, I love him so much and I don't want to leave him but I also don't want to make you guys hate me." I rubbed his back as I placed his coffee a few inches away in front of him so he wouldn't knock it over. "He must've really pulled you in deep, huh?" Eren groaned and nod. "Armin there's something important that I have to tell you. First off Levi is somewhere else speaking to Mikasa about the same thing and probably telling her the same thing." I nodded and went to grab my coffee cup. "I lied to the both of you about Levi." I smiled and laugh. "I know that." he sat up straight and held a serious look.
"No Armin you don't know. Well long story short, I was forced into this fiancé shit because of something that happened awhile back and well, now it's sort of real. I don't know if he wants to marry me but now were actually in love with each other." I was unfazed about it because in a way it was cliché. "Okay. Well Eren I don't see what is so bad about Levi as Mikasa sees it. He's done so much for you. But wait, did he, you know, touch you in those ar-" he's face became bright red and spoke over me. "What?! No way Armin he didn't. As a matter of fact he waited for me until I was ready." I laughed at my childhood friend. "Well then, Eren I support your decisions with Levi and I won't intervene. Although if things go downhill I will get Mikasa and we will drag you out of there." Despite my threat he smiled and cried a bit. Soon I was pulled into a bear hug and nearly out of breath. "Aw! Thanks Armin, I love you so so so sooooo much! But as a friend and like family." I nodded and laughed. "Let go of me! I need oxygen!" He released me and I took a gulp of air.
"Sorry Armin! Thanks so much for helping release some of the burden off of my shoulders. Now I just hope Levi made the situation with Mikasa better." I waved bye as he quickly ran out to see Mikasa. He slammed the door and I shook my head. I have such weird and interesting friends but would never trade anything in the world for them.
Author's Note-
Thank you guys so much for reading! And to those who reviewed Thank you so much too! Please continue to read and support my fanfic. It makes me smile to read your reactions to certain scenes in this fanfic or how you feel about a character. Please review and I will maybe update on Wednesday for the next part. I would have written it today but I thought it would be too long compared to the other chapters. If not then I will update Saturday! Have a great day or night everyone!