~~~~~~~Chapter 28: Rage~~~~~~~
~~~Previously~~~
"…There is no fixing it. It's done. He won't forgive me."
"You don't know that."
"… I wouldn't even know what to say to him."
~Hange begins to leave Levi's room. She stops at the door to look back at Levi and says one last thing~
"You have to try."
~~~Now~~~
~Levi sits on his bed thinking about what Hange said~
Maybe I shouldn't have been so harsh… [He won't forgive you.] That's fine. I'm not going to try to fix this… [One day he'll die… and the last thing he'll remember is the sight of you walking away from him] Go away. [He'll never get over you. I bet he's crying right now] Why are you doing this?! Who are you?! [I'm just the part of you that likes to remind you of everything you've ever done… and to make you regret your decisions] I don't regret this. [That's a damn lie and you know it]
~Levi lies down and tosses around in his bed trying to find some comfortable way to sleep~
[Doesn't your bed feel a bit empty?] Shut up. [I bet Eren thinks it's his fault]
~Levi sits up in his bed again as the thought crosses his mind~
No… he knows better… right? [Nope. I bet he thinks he did something wrong to make you angry] No. It's not his fault. He should know that… [He's fifteen. He thinks it's his fault and he's beating himself up about it] Maybe I should explain things to him…. (You owe him that much) Why are you here? (I know, I usually stay out of emotional shit… but Eren's is more than a hot piece of ass to you which means he's the only one you're going to want to fuck from now on) [Too bad you broke his heart] Shut up, you. [You really should explain things to him, though.] What? You're giving me advice? (Wow, even the part of you that hates you thinks you should at least talk to the boy. That's how bad you fucked up, man) [I don't hate you, I just remind you of your mistakes] the way you remind me kind of hurts… (You need to fix things with Eren so he doesn't blame himself) [He's already blaming himself] THE BOTH OF YOU: GET OUT OF MY HEAD.
~Levi waits silently for any reply. When he hears nothing, he lays back down~
Finally some peace and quiet. [last time you yelled at me like that Eren was there to comfort you] oh my god shut the fuck up [he won't be coming this time]
~Levi winces at the last thought~
It's okay… I don't want him to come… I want… I want to be by myself…
~Levi can feel a hot tear running down his face~
I'm fine. I need to sleep… I'm tired… (You're tired because Eren made love to you today) Go away. (You loved every second of it) Go away. (And then he said he loved you) It really took a toll on my body... [You'll never find that again] He's probably asleep right now dammit! (Well then wake him up!) FINE.
~Levi jumps out of bed and runs out of his room. He runs down the hallways of the castle to where Eren's room is. He stops in front of the door~
[hey, remember that one time you opened the door and Mikasa was totally on top of Eren] (That was disgusting) Shut up you two. I'm going in….
~Levi pushes the door open and walks inside~
"Eren...?"
~Levi walks over to the lump underneath the covers on Eren's bed~
"Eren I need to talk to you… I understand if you don't want to right now but please just let me explain and then if you don't want to… Eren?"
~Levi places a hand on the cover, only for it to push down and feel nothing but pillows~
Where the hell is he?
~Levi walks out of Eren's room. He looks down the hallway to his left and right, still confused~
Where would he go? (Maybe your room) [Maybe Mikasa's room] I'll just start looking around the castle… [And if it turns out that he is in Mikasa's room?] He is not in her room. (Maybe he's waiting for you in your room) He won't be there either… He has no reason to be out of bed. Something's wrong.
~Levi walks with a quiet but fast pace. He is careful to tread along the shadows. As he nears the common room, he can hear the whispers and the sound of a struggle. Levi instinctively puts his back to the wall near the doors and slides along to listen in~
Voice 1: I heard the survey corps commander, Erwin, talking to Captain Levi about you today, kid.
Voice 2: We know you're totally that Captain's little bitch.
Voice 3: Or is it the other way around? You look taller than him…
Voice 1: Oh damn does that mean that the Captain takes it?
Voice 2: Do you put that Captain in his place?
Voice 3: It doesn't matter who takes it. We know about your little relationship and we're going to tell everyone. Commander Nile, Commander Pixis… Hell, we'll even tell Darius Zackly!
Voice 1: We'll tell them and Levi is going to get in a lot of trouble…
~The first voice chuckles in a low tone~
Voice 1: Unless, of course… you give us something to keep us quiet…
~Levi can hear someone trying to say something while gagged~
That gagged voice… They gagged Eren?
Voice 2: Don't worry; we won't make you do anything that you haven't already done with Levi.
Voice 3: It'll serve that bastard Levi right for poisoning our cake.
Voice 1: Can you imagine how humiliating it's going to be for Levi to find out what we're about to do to you, boy? …To find out that his little boy toy has been defiled?
~Levi rushes in ready to kill. Eren stands in the middle of three men. They all look to be older than Eren by a few years. One of them is behind him holding a knife Eren's neck, while one stands in front of Eren with his hand up his shirt. They all look at Levi as he barges in~
Levi: How… Dare you…
Man 1 (the one with his hand up Eren's shirt): Ah, Levi. You came just in time.
Levi: How dare you touch him…
~The man standing near Eren but not really doing anything laughs as he cracks his knuckles~
Man 2 (Cracked knuckle dude): We're going to beat you up… and make you watch.
Levi: GET YOUR FILTHY CLAWS OFF OF HIM!
~Levi leaps towards them and cracked knuckle dude rushes towards Levi with his fists tightened and prepared to punch. Levi ducks to dodge his fist and quickly shifts his weight and lands a kick to the side of his gut. The man grunts and leans forward. Levi takes the opportunity to punch him in the chest and sweep his foot behind the man's ankles and sweeps them off the ground~
THUD
~The man groans and puts his hand on the back of his head~
SQUISH
~When the man pulls his hands from behind his head, they're covered in blood. He studies his bloodied fingers. He had hit his head so harshly on the ground that it cut his scalp and he was bleeding profusely~
"OH GOD…. OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD….."
~Levi doesn't waste any time to take pity on his first opponent before moving forward to attack the man who had his hand on Eren's chest. The man leaps backwards from Eren to avoid a kick from Levi. Levi leaps towards him and the man can see the burning rage in his eyes~
"I took my hands off of him!"
"It's unforgivable."
~Levi knees him square in the balls~
SQUELSH
~The man yelps and falls to his knees while holding his crotch~
"You dared to lay a hand on him."
~Levi kicks the man over on his side and puts his foot against his chest to pin him to the ground~
"Your filthy hands."
~Levi grabs one of the man's arms and pulls it away from his crotch~
"Disgusting."
~~Levi stretched the man's finger back~~
"OW! NO! PLEASE! I WON'T TOUCH HIM AGAIN! LET GO!
"Never again."
~~He pulled it down harshly, forcing it to touch the back of his hand, and a sound echoed throughout the room~~
SNAP
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGH!"
~Levi grabs his middle finger. The man kept screaming 'No' over and over again while he writhed under Levi's foot trying to get away~
"Don't do it!"
~Levi looks up from the sobbing mess of a man beneath him to see the man still holding the knife to Eren's neck~
"No more or I'll kill him!"
~Levi let's go of the man's hand and steps over him to approach the one holding Eren hostage~
"Don't come any closer!"
~Levi stops~
"Let him go."
"Or what?"
"Or that."
~Levi nods behind the man. He turns his head only to see a girl with black hair and a red scarf standing behind him with a knife larger than his~
"Who… who are you?"
"The name's Mikasa. Drop the knife."
~The man drops the knife and pushes Eren away from him. Eren staggers forward and Levi catches him. He pulls the cloth out of Eren's mouth~
Levi: Did they hurt you?
Eren: No….
Levi: Did they touch you anywhere else?
Eren: No…
~Eren looks at Levi's face. It was covered in panicked worry and concern. Levi held Eren's face in his hands~
Levi: Are you sure you're okay?
Eren: I'm fi-
~Levi cut Eren's sentence short by planting a kiss on him. Eren is shocked at first, and hesitates, but he kisses Levi back eventually~
Mikasa: Ahem.
~Levi breaks the kiss and looks at Mikasa who has the man still at knifepoint. The other two men are still writhing around on the floor~
Mikasa: What about them?
~Erwin, Mike and Nile walk in the room~
Erwin: What the hell is going on here? The cadets could hear screaming and they woke us up for- oh god what's going on here…
~Eren looks down at the ground as if he was ashamed~
Nile: These are my men… What happened here?
Levi: We need to arrest them.
Nile: Excuse me? Why?
Levi: They were attempting to force themselves on Eren Jaeger.
Man: Eren and Levi are fucking! We were going to tell and he went crazy and hurt Gordon and Oswald! You gotta arrest him!
~Nile sighs~
Nile: Is this true, Levi?
~Levi stares back at Nile~
Levi: Yes.
Nile: Did you know about this, then, Erwin?
Erwin: I did.
Nile: Well I guess I should report Levi…
Erwin: I really wish you wouldn't.
~Nile gives Erwin a sideways glance~
Nile: We'll discuss this later. For now, arrest these three.
~Nile and Erwin carefully help the two injured MP cadets up while Mikasa keeps the other in place. Mike went off to fetch shackles for them all. Erwin and Nile tend to the wounds of the two cadets. Levi had been instructed to stay away from them. Mikasa, Eren, and Levi sit a table in the middle of the common room~
Mikasa: So then the whole thing with Armin…
Eren: It was a cover up.
Mikasa: It was a lie.
~Eren looks down at a cup of tea Levi had made for him. He takes a sip of it instead of looking at Mikasa's face~
Mikasa: You know, I thought I would be furious with you if I found out that you lied to me again, but… I just don't care anymore. I really don't care. I'm not really even surprised.
Eren: I wanted to tell you. I really did.
Mikasa: The only thing that bugs me is why you couldn't trust me with the truth.
Eren: I-
Mikasa: But you trusted Armin….
Eren: Armin found out.
Mikasa: He is clever…
Eren: Yeah he is.
~Eren takes another sip of his tea~
Eren: This is really good tea. Thanks.
Levi: Glad you like it.
~Eren puts down the teacup and looks into it~
Eren: Um.. is it okay if I talk to Levi alone?
~Mikasa sighs, and then gets up and moves to another table. Levi's heart begins to race. When Mikasa is out of earshot, Eren looks up at Levi's face~
"I'm grateful that you saved me. I don't want to think about what they would have done if you hadn't shown up when you did, so thank you."
"I wish I could have stopped them long before they got the chance to even touch you…"
"…Levi?"
"Yes?"
"I know anyone would have saved me but the way you kissed me after…"
"…What of it?"
"I'm just confused. I thought you didn't want anything to do with me."
"I probably shouldn't have kissed you…"
"So you didn't mean anything by it?"
"No I meant everything by it."
"What?"
"I thought that somehow I was doing the right thing by pushing you away, but I didn't regard your feelings. I was being stupid. I thought that you didn't need me. I thought that because I loved you I was going to screw up somewhere and get you killed or something… but just now… when I saw what they were doing… I jumped into action. I have no doubts that I can always trust in myself because I love you. And I realized that I was being stupid when I thought you didn't really love me… I know you love me and that's all that's important."
"I love you too…"
~Eren looks back down at the tea~
"What's wrong?"
"Why did you suddenly have to be so cruel, though? What changed you so quickly?"
~Levi sighed~
"Erwin thought that our relationship was inappropriate and that it would only bring heartache for both of us. He was just looking out for me but he was wrong. I believed him, though. And I thought if I was cruel to you I could get you to hate me, but I knew deep down it was wrong."
~Levi is startled by the sound of a tiny sob coming from Eren~
"I thought you hated me, Levi!"
~Eren looks into Levi's eyes. Eren had started crying, but he looked angry~
"I thought maybe you never wanted to talk to me again! It hurt, Levi! It hurt so bad…"
~Levi reaches across the table and holds Eren's face. With one of his thumbs, he wipes away Eren's tears~
"I am so sorry. I know it hurt. It hurt me, too, but I can't imagine what I put you through. I know I can't ever take it back. I never want you to feel that way again and I'm so sorry, Eren."
~Eren leans over the table the rest of the way to Levi's face and kisses him, spilling the tea in the process~
Nile: Oi! There'll be none of that here!
Erwin: Stop it you two.
Mikasa: Ugh.
~They break their kiss and sit back down, embarrassed~
Eren: So now I guess the MP is going to know now…
Levi: Yeah. The moment these kids get back they're probably going to tell.
Eren: What are we going to do now?
Levi: I don't know.
~Chapter 28, Fin~
~~~~~Author's Note~~~~~
Okay you guys have no FUCKING idea how much self-restraint it took for me to not write "SNAP, CRACKLE, POP, RICE CRISPIES!" during the part where Levi was going around breaking shit. Like I really wanted to write it in but I figured, you know it might kill the mood. Can you imagine it, though?
~~~~Scene~~~~
~~Levi stretched the man's finger back~~
"OW! NO! PLEASE! I WON'T TOUCH HIM AGAIN! LET GO!
"Never again."
~~He pulled it down harshly, forcing it to touch the back of his hand, and a sound echoed throughout the room~~
Snap, Crackle, Pop, Rice Crispies!
~~~~End Alternate Scene~~~~
I hope you can never read this chapter again without thinking about that stupid jingle.
I've got plans in store. I'll be posting sometime in the near future.
Fluffy Out.
