Chapter 14

Not Home

Levi grabbed Eren's sleeve and motioned to the others to follow him. He left the office dragging his soldier behind him. He threw Eren at the wall and grumbled.

"They can't see us." Levi folded his arms in front of his chest as he leant back into the wall.

"They can't hear us either." Mikasa added as she caught up holding Monica's hand.

"They can't feel us." Eren jerked upwards from the floor as he realised this fact.

"We don't exist here." Levi spat out the word exist in anger and glared dangerously at the ground. Jean and Monica stared horrifyingly at the Corporal.

"What do we-?" Eren was stopped in the middle of his sentence as his Corporal stopped him.

"We find the bastard that took us here and kill him." The Corporal muttered vicously.

"Go get our supplies from the other side of the wall. We'll be in my room." Levi turned around and commanded Jean and Mikasa. They nodded quickly and left.

Levi turned back to Eren and saw that he had knelt down and was looking worryingly at Monica who seemed to have no energy to stand and was staring with her eyes wide open at the blank wall in front of her. There were heavy bags under her eyes and her skin was pale. She lifted a finger at the wall and screamed. Eren caught her as she fell and lifted her up.

"What's wrong with her?" Levi questioned Eren.

Eren shook his head as he didn't know.

Levi held onto the rail as he limped up the stairs towards his bedroom. He felt the pain coursing through his body as limped step after step.

The Corporal fell onto the doorknob and pushed it open, limped the last few steps into the room and collapsed onto his bed. Eren frowned as he had never seen the Corporal this messy before.

"Jeager, come sit." The Corporal patted the empty spot on his bed. Eren awkwardly walked up to him and sat down. He lay Monica next the Corporal as she slept.

"What do we do now?" Levi whispered. His arm was resting across his face as if he was trying to shield himself from Eren.

Eren looked worriedly at his Corporal. He looked like he was in shambles as the surprises and disasters hit him one after the other. The Corporal's small body was worn out from the pain. Eren placed his hand on top of his Corporal's other hand. Eren could feel the automatic tug telling him that his Corporal was going to pull away. Eren held it tightly, just tight enough so that his Corporal wouldn't be able to pull out of his grip.

"What are you doing, Jeager?" Levi's voice wasn't deep and laced with venom. It was just a simple question filled with curiosity. Eren answered the question by threading his fingers into his Corporal's. Levi didn't pull away, he just lay there.

"You can call me Eren, you know. We're not on duty or anything." Eren mumbled.

"Eren…" Levi tested his name out awkwardly, the name rolling on his tongue. He didn't know how to love anymore; he didn't want to destroy anymore. Most importantly, he didn't want to hurt Eren.

Levi saw Eren smile as he had said his name.

"Get some rest and we'll go look for clues after, Jaeger." Levi quickly attempted to cover up his mistake of letting Eren break down a few barriers. Levi turned over towards the wall and covered his face that was slowly heating up with his blanket.

He didn't know how to return these feelings. He didn't know how to tell Eren how much he treasured him. He didn't know how to keep holding Eren's hand. He didn't know how to say 'I love you'.

Why didn't he know?!

Why?!

Levi felt a tear trickle down his cheek. It was too much to shoulder. He wanted to turn around and pull Eren into hug but he didn't know how to.

Why would Eren waste his time on him?

On someone who was worthless?

On someone who didn't know how to love him back?

Why?

His clouded mind drifted off to sleep and just as his mind was going to close off to the world he felt soft lips pressing onto his forehead.

Eren had just kissed his Corporal goodnight.

Xx A few hours later xX

"So… you sure you saw that?" Levi woke up hearing Eren questioning someone.

"Mhmm" It was a sweet little girl's voice. Probably Monica, Levi thought as he sat up.

Levi opened his eyes to see Jean, Mikasa, Monica and Eren sitting in a circle. They were asking Monica what she had seen back there.

"Yo, Corporal. Finally up?" Levi frowned at Jean who had spotted him sitting up. "Join us."

Levi slipped off the bed, grabbed a chair and sat on it. He couldn't risk snapping his leg in half.

"What's happening?" Levi asked.

"Monica's seeing this shady person around. Sometimes in her dreams and sometimes just standing in front of her. We think the person that fits her descriptions is the Commander." Jean mumbled.

"Erwin?" Levi asked curiously. "Why is that?"

Jean, Eren and Mikasa broke into wild laughter. Monica giggled a bit but didn't find much humour in it.

"Th- the eyebrows!" Jean had managed to store up enough breath inside of him to say those two words before he broke into another wild fit of laughter.

Levi smirked. Everyone knew about Erwin's eyebrows. They were hilarious. Hanji and him had always been teasing Erwin about it.

Levi watched as his soldiers were sprawled all over his floor clutching their stomachs laughing. It was a good sound to hear if you hadn't heard it in a while. He let them laugh on.

Once the laughter had died down, Levi asked them:" So you think he's associated?"

Jean, Eren and Mikasa nodded as Monica stared off into space.

"Let's find out."

TBC…

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