Sigh.
'What was I doing here again?' Eren thought to himself as he stared boringly into nothing.
Oh, right. He remembered Hanji had fucking dragged him to get a little nice talk with two rogues at the underground dungeon for scientific purpose. Really, Hanji? Really? Not to mention the amount of guards that surrounding both of Eren and Hanji as the Alpha's mate for safety reasons. If Levi found out about this situation, the raven Alpha would definitely gone berserk.
Sighing again, Eren peered his emerald eyes at Hanji who was squishing Juicer's cheeks excitedly, "Their facial structure is soft just like us!" She hollered at Eren.
"Of course, woman! We are the same kind, the same were-species!" Juicer retorted annoyingly in a muffled voice while Lens was staring at the scene from his own cell silently.
"But you are rogues! You are all should felt a bit… rough. Heh, you see what I did there?" Hanji chuckled at her own pun and continued on squishing Juicer's cheeks harder.
With all his might, Juicer tried to back away from Hanji's death grip. Unfortunately, after he succeeded on releasing himself from her, she started to grab one of the blonde's arms in a swift motion and examined it, humming to herself in concentration.
Feeling crept out by her act, Juicer turned to Eren with half-annoyed half-pleading expression, "Oh my gosh! You, the other Luna, help me! Your Luna-friend is crazy!"
Silence.
"Hey, hey you! The other Luna!" Juicer called.
Another silence.
"Ugh, get this crazy Luna away from me, will you, Alpha?" Juicer tried again.
As soon as Juicer said that, Eren looked up and beamed at the blond rogue, "Please, just call me Eren!" He stepped forward and gently, yet firmly, grabbed Hanji away from him, earning a loud whine from her.
"Finally! Can you believe this woman?!" Juicer pointed his index finger toward Hanji's direction as he snapped at Lens, which the other replied with a shrug.
Eren, who tried to hold Hanji firmly in place while she trashed around, was staring at Juicer and Lens with a fixated expression. How did they end up being rogues?
"Us rogues prefer not to tell why we became one in the first place, not to anyone, unless we trust them enough," Juicer answered with a tedious look.
The answer made Eren furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, "I— what?"
"Eren, you asked on how they ended up being rogues, like, out loud," Hanji –who thankfully had calmed down— explained to Eren.
"Oh, sorry. I—"
"Why you asked, anyway? Interested on being one?" Juicer smirked playfully.
Eren let go of Hanji and clutched his heart, gasping dramatically, "I would never!"
Juicer laughed at that.
Just then, a loud sound of doors being slammed open echoed inside the underground dungeon, startling almost everyone.
"What in the name of the moon spirit is happening in here?!" Levi shouted in his Alpha tone with dark expression plastered on his face. Erwin was standing beside him, wearing the same expression, and silently scanned the area cautiously.
Turning his attention to Eren, the raven Alpha raised one of his eyebrows, "Eren, care to explain?"
Hanji instantly stood in front of Eren and straightened up her posture, "Oh, no! Don't blame my little munchkin! We're just getting bored and then—"
Erwin promptly approached Hanji and cut her off, "Getting bored doesn't mean you have to go all the way down here. Hanji, it's dangerous!" The blonde Alpha stated. Meanwhile in the background, Levi nodded at the blond Alpha in agreement.
"Howww? We've been separated by this thick metal bar. It is perfectly safe!" Hanji gestured the said metal bar as a proof.
Erwin rubbed his temple, trying to calmed the headache that probably caused by Hanji. Not that he mind, though. He was used to it. His mate was really something, but that's what makes her unique. He then took a deep breath and stepped forward, gently putting his hand on Hanji's back, and gesturing his mate to follow him toward the exit, "Let's go upstairs now, shall we?"
"Oh, you're done with your work-discussion? Are we finally able to going home now?" Hanji asked, already forgetting about her so-called-experiment, as she was being led away by Erwin from the underground dungeon, away from the rogues, while Levi and Eren followed quietly behind them.
"Yeah, about that, I think we should stay for another night, or at least until those two rogues are back with good news for us. You don't mind, right?"
Hanji stopped in her mid-walk, making the rest of them also stopped, and then turned to Erwin, "No. I want to go home and be with my babies already."
"Mike and Nanaba could take care of Sawney and Bean for the time being while we are away."
"Um, who?" Eren butted in.
"Their Betas," Levi answered for Eren in a low murmur.
"Oh."
"My answer is still no. We can go back here tomorrow but I'm not staying here any longer and leaving my babies unattended. No offense to your humble castle, Levi," Hanji winked.
"None taken, Hanji," Levi shrugged. He motioned Erwin and Hanji to continue on walking.
Once they already outside, the raven Alpha crossed his arms while looking at the other Alpha, "Just go home, Erwin. I will contact you once the rogues get back here with some news, well, good news I hope."
Erwin seemed to be in a deep thought before he nodded reluctantly, "Fine. I guess we'll be going back to our territory now. Don't forget to give me the news, Levi. Contact me right away."
"I understand. Go now, shoo," Levi made a shooing motion with his right hand while the other was draped around Eren's waist.
"I don't think it would be polite if we just go back home like that. Come on, Hanji. Let's say goodbye to Kenny and people at the castle before we go," Erwin guided Hanji into the castle while putting his hand onto her shoulder.
"Seeing you two sometimes like seeing a father and a daughter rather than mates, really," Levi groaned, yet he and Eren followed the two to the castle nonetheless.
"Ohhh, of courseee. He is my daddy anywaaay," Hanji sang the words playfully.
"Fucking gross!"
"Levi!" Eren shushed him.
Thus, the Alpha and Luna of the Moon Legion Pack bid everyone in the castle goodbye, and after that, they drove back to their own territory, leaving Shadow Corps Pack's territory in peace.
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Later that afternoon, Levi and Eren decided to take a hand-to-hand combat practice for a few hours, along with Mikasa and Armin, while Carla and Rose-Maria –who already done with their own practice— were watching them like proud mothers.
Then, for the rest of the day, the six of them –as well as the people inside the castle— were making themselves busy by doing something, anything, while they waited for Tyrant and Canvas to return back with hopefully-good-news.
Eventually, when the midnight had come, the Alpha decided that they better not to waste their energy by staying awake like that. Thus, he chose to make everyone inside the castle take turn in sleeping and staying awake to wait for the two rogues returned.
Levi and Eren were the first to stay awake for an hour while the rest of them sleeping. During the whole night, they took turn in the following order with Farlan and Isabel, Armin and Mikasa, Kenny and Carla, Petra and Rose-Maria, and last but not least, Jean.
Fortunately, while Jean was about to take over Petra and Rose-Maria's shift, the guards notified them about Tyrant and Canvas arrival. The three immediately woke everyone up, and in no time, Levi, Eren, and the Betas were gathered at the outside of the underground dungeon's entrance, while the rest of them were watching from afar; no questions, Alpha's order.
"You guys are able to come back before 24 hours, that's a good start. Now, I hope you're here with good news," Levi said right away, straight into the point.
"Yeah, well, we're able to persuade around 35 to 40 rogues. Man, that was a hard thing to do. You should thank the both of us, really," Tyrant said smugly.
When Levi and the rest of them said nothing, the red haired rogue rolled his eyes and continued, "Anyway, even though those rogues are agreed with your deal, they won't show themselves until the x-day."
Farlan stepped forward and joined the conversation, "But then how will we communicate with them and talk about the plan?"
"We're here as the messenger between you and the rogues," Canvas answered.
"Fair enough. Now, thank you for your contribution, but I am afraid it's finally your time to go back down there," Levi said while pointing at the dim light coming from the underground dungeon.
"Are you for real? We already help you with rogues hunting, and later, we will help you fighting the whatever pack you want to fight. Don't we deserve our own guest room at least?"
"And take a huge risk on you guys attacking our pack members? Yeah, nope," Isabel retorted.
"You're not seriously planning on keeping us as prisoners until the x-day, right? Really, Alpha?" Tyrant raised his eyebrows toward the raven Alpha.
Levi rubbed his temple and sighed in frustration. He slowly peered at Farlan and murmured with tired tone, "Tell Oluo, Erd, and Gunther to move them to a bigger cell and try to make it become more… presentable and comfy."
"I demand a sofa in my cell!" Tyrant shot a look at Farlan.
"Don't forget three decent courses meal a day," Canvas added blankly.
"Isn't sofa a bit too much?" Eren whispered to Levi.
'You know what, Eren? I'll give them a fucking king sized bed if it means that they would shut up,' Levi answered through mind communication, making Eren let out a low snort.
"Alpha?" Farlan asked for a confirmation, unaware of Levi's secret conversation with Eren.
"Do whatever reasonable," Levi answered and motioned the Betas to take Tyrant and Canvas back into the underground dungeon.
"Now, I will update Erwin about this before I retired for the night. You all may get back to your own room to get some rest. Eren, you too, okay? I will catch up with you soon. Tomorrow we will start the new day and continue our routines, thank you," Levi said to the rest of them before they went back inside.
Then, Levi waste no time and was heading to his study room to make a call with Erwin when suddenly Eren grabbed his wrist, making the steel-blue eyes looked up to his mate's emerald ones, "Mom said she wants to make us all some warm milk with honey before we retired for the night. Do you want me to bring your share to the bed?"
"Mmm, please," Levi simply answered.
"Okay, Alpha," Eren said in a playful tone. That earned him a playful slap in the ass from Levi, added with a light squeeze that making Eren yelp.
"Ahem!" Carla interrupted from the kitchen, making Levi immediately let go of his hand that rested on Eren's round bum as he mumbled an awkward apologise to Carla.
"Mom, do you mind?" Eren sassed.
"I do mind, sweetie. You and Levi could act however you want, but please, keep it mild when there are people watching, will you?" Carla chuckled.
"Ugh, this is embarrassing. She is embarrassing," Eren leaned his body onto Levi as he groaned.
"Eren, stop bothering Levi too much! Come and help me over here," Carla motioned him to come over.
"Excuse you, I am not bothering him, mother. Besides, you already have Mikasa and Rose-Maria helping you with."
"From what I see, yes you are. Now let Levi do whatever he needs to do as the Alpha of the pack and get your ass over here, young man."
Levi nudged his arms at Eren, "Go help her. She only wants to spend more time with you. I'll see you at the bedchamber, alright? Don't stay up too long, tomorrow you have another practice."
"See, Levi understands me! Unlike someone I should be calling son," Carla gave Levi a warm smile, but soon it turned into a small frown when Carla met eyes with Eren.
Eren gasped at such treatment and turned to Levi, "Can you believe my mom?"
Levi didn't answer, only ushered him to go to his mother. Reluctantly, Eren approached his mother while sulking. The raven Alpha smiled at the sight before he went to his study room to give Erwin a call and updated the blonde Alpha about the rogues' issues.
Meanwhile, Carla, who had done making glasses of warm milk with honey, started to put it on the table for everyone. Once they finished the drink, they bid each other good night and retreated back into their own room.
Before Eren went back into his shared bedchamber with Levi, Carla stopped him and carefully handing a glass of warm milk to Eren, "Give it to Levi, and then you two better get some sleep, because we're going to have another busy day ahead of us."
And true to Carla's words, they were having busy days ahead of them.
Oh, what a busy days they had.
Everyday almost all the pack members had practiced; sometimes they even practiced together with the Moon Legion pack members. Not to mention some tactical meetings that was being held for the future attack. Even Tyrant and Canvas were busy being the messenger between the Shadow Corps Pack and the rogues that had agreed to help.
It was all became their daily routines before the x-day had finally come.
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A few weeks had passed quickly. Only two and a half more weeks left before they will start the attack.
Today was just like any normal routines for everyone in the Shadow Corps Pack. As for Levi and Eren, they were having their private morning practice in the backyard of the castle.
However, during the mid-practice, they heard a loud scream coming from another side of the backyard, where Rose-Maria taught some of the pack members about surviving the enemies' attack. Of course, with her pregnancy that was almost due, Rose-Maria only taught them theoretically. That was normal. But when Levi and Eren heard the scream was coming from Rose-Maria, they immediately ran to the source of the sound.
"What happen?" Levi asked once he and Eren arrived.
Sasha silently pointed on the ground, where Rose-Maria crouched down while holding her stomach in pain. While the others, including Mikasa, Armin, and Jean, only stood there dumbfounded, not knowing what happened and what to do.
Carla, who sat beside her to make sure everything okay, looked up with unreadable expression and gasped at everyone, "It's time!"
"Time? Time for what, mom?" Eren questioned.
Mikasa, who finally realize what had happened, answered for Eren, "The baby! It's time for the baby, Eren!"
"What baby?!" Eren shouted in confusion.
"Rose-Maria's baby!" Armin shouted, while Jean face palmed at Eren for being so slow.
Finally took in the situation, Eren put the palm of his hands on his cheeks, "LORDY! QUICK, QUICK! CALL FOR PETRA!" He cried in panic while ushered anyone to call the doctor pack.
'Well, at least this means that we don't have to worry about Rose-Maria's pregnancy due while we're attacking the Armored Colossal Pack. Who knows if somehow Rose-Maria decides to pop out her baby while we're in the middle of the attack, hm? At least now I don't have to be concern about this anymore,' Levi thought to himself. A long ass thought.
Then, he calmly started to give orders at Jean and Armin to bring Rose-Maria to the treatment room, while Mikasa prepared for the bed, and then Carla had ran as she volunteer to called for Petra. Next, he calmed his panic mate and guided him in front of the room where Rose-Maria will gave birth, because Eren insisted on not-exactly-witnessing the blessed moment that was going to happened; childbirth, not just a mere childbirth, but a werewolf childbirth.
It wasn't Eren's child per se, but he was sure acted like the child was his. That, or Eren was just panicking. Levi opted for the later, of course. Because Eren tend to acted overdramatic despite his seriousness and his determination on several occasions.
Levi sighed as he walked beside excited-yet-panic Eren, 'Today is going to be a long day.'
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*looks around* does anyone still read and enjoy this story? *fidgets*