To say Eren was freaking out was an understatement.
Once Levi was lying on the couch, Eren immediately picked up his phone and called the first person that popped into his head.
"Eren? What do you need sweetie?"
"Uh, hey, Kuchel. So, uh, me and Levi were hanging out and he kind of passed out and I have no idea what to do; please help."
Kuchel was silent for a good minute, and Eren worried that she had accidentally hung up. That notion was erased when he actually heard her hang up.
Eren dropped his phone out of sheer defeat and looked to Levi. The poor raven was on his side and was breathing as if it physically hurt him to do so.
The brunette thought back to all the times he was sick and how his mother would always place a gentle hand to his forehead when checking his temperature.
Eren copied his mother's movements and placed his hand to Levi's forehead. His hand immediately retracted when he felt just how hot Levi was.
He got up quickly and was going to go wet a bath cloth to place on his boyfriend's hot forehead when Kuchel came barreling into the room, Kenny in tow.
"Where's my baby!?"
She spotted him on the couch and rushed over to him, carelessly pushing Kenny out of the way.
"Woman, would you calm down? You're freaking the Jaeger kid out."
Kuchel looked to Eren and glared.
"What did you do to my baby?"
The poor teen struggled to find his words, so Kenny answered for him.
"Kuchel, the kid didn't do anything to short-stack. You know how he gets when he's sick. Calm down."
The woman pouted and held her son close, gently rocking him back and forth.
"Fine, I'm sorry Eren. Could you please go get me a cool rag?"
Eren nodded, afraid that if he spoke to Kuchel she would take his head off, and made his way to the bathroom.
Once he had gotten what Kuchel had asked of him, he turned to leave the bathroom, but nearly fell back when he saw that Kenny was standing right behind him.
"Geez, sorry kid. Look, I know you're probably freaking out, or whatever, but you don't need to. Stuff like this happens a lot when half-pint gets sick, so don't worry."
Eren nodded in understanding, and his mind wondered back to when he was reading Kuchel's diary.
"Oh, I remember! Kuchel had wrote something about this in her diary. She said something about his immune system, I think."
Kenny sighed and began making his way back to where Kuchel and Levi sat in the living room.
"Yeah, I took him to the doctor when he was, like, ten. The doc said somethin' like his immune system wasn't workin' like it's supposed to and it causes him to get worse symptoms of an illness, or something like that."
Eren gave a small, "Oh.", and they soon found themselves back in the living room.
"What took so long!? My poor darling could be dying!"
Kenny gave an exasperated sigh and took the rag from Eren and gently placed it on Levi's forehead.
"Woman, he's not dying. Chill out."
"Don't you tell me to chill out!"
Eren decided that now would be a good time to step in before the siblings started to argue.
"Um, is there anything else I can do?"
Kuchel seemed to give this some serious thought before replying with, "Not that I can think of. But, I'd imagine Levi would want you to be here when he wakes up, so I suppose you can stay."
Kenny pushed Kuchel aside, mush to her displeasure, and squatted next to Levi.
"Listen, sis, I know you're his mom and all, but I've been with him longer than you. That being said, I think I would know what to do in this kind of situation."
Kuchel scoffed.
"Why you son of a- "
Eren was quick to take action.
"Hey! I thought you guys were past this already! What happened is in the past, and all we can do is move forward. Now, will someone please help my boyfriend!?"
The two adults had no words, knowing that Eren was right, and simply pretended that the little argument never happened.
Kenny gently shook Levi, trying to wake the younger up, and gave a soft, "Come on, short-stack. Time to get up."
The raven's eyes slowly blinked open, and he sat up.
"Ugh, why do I feel like poo-poo?"
Kuchel moved so fast that the three males barely saw her move.
"Oh, my precious baby! Are you okay!? Do you need to go to the hospital!? TELL ME!"
Eren placed a gentle hand on the woman's shoulder, and said, "U-Um, Kuchel, I think Levi should just go to bed and get some rest…"
"Yeah, Mom, I'll be fine. So, please stop shaking me unless you want me to puke on you…"
Kuchel immediately stopped shaking her son, and helped him stand up.
"S-Sorry, sweetie."
They got Levi to his room without much of a problem, and the poor teen immediately wrapped himself up with the comforter.
"Um, Levi, you're not hot?"
Said raven groaned at Eren's question and wrapped himself up even tighter.
"N-No… It's super cold…"
Kuchel felt his forehead again and said, "But sweetie, you're burning up! Look, I'll go get you some water and- "
Kenny stopped her.
"You know what, no. I already know that this whole situation is going to cause you and me to fight over whose better, and I'm not having any of that. Eren, your dad's a doctor, right?"
Eren gave a small nod.
"See, the kid's dad is a doctor! He knows what he's doin'. So, that being said; Eren, you're going to take care of Levi, while Kuchel and I go out and have some needed bonding time. And while we're out we'll by some medicine for the poor baby."
Levi looked over to Kenny from his place in his blanket burrito and glared at him.
"I'm not a baby…"
"I'm sorry, but I don't speak baby."
With that, Kenny leaned down and gave Levi a quick peck on the forehead before towing Kuchel out of the room. Eren wasn't surprised to see her struggling to get out of Kenny's grip, but she eventually allowed herself to be dragged along.
"Don't worry, my darling! I'll be back before you know it and I'll even bring you a juice box back!"
Levi allowed himself to give a small smile before he let himself be completely devoured by his blanket burrito.
Eren stood silently as the sound of the front door slamming made its way through the house.
As much as he loved his boyfriend, he had no idea as to what he was doing. Sure, his dad was a fairly famous doctor that traveled a lot because of his job, but that didn't mean he knew anything about doctoring other than the small amount Grisha had taught him.
The brunette took a seat on the edge of Levi's bed and sighed. He reached over and gently stroked what little hair was poking out of the mass of blankets.
"How about I go get you another rag and we can binge on crappy romance movies?"
Levi unwrapped himself from the blanket burrito in favor of wrapping his arms around Eren's waist.
"Or, we could just cuddle…"
Eren smiled.
"That sounds good too."
-Line Break-
Erwin Smith sighed.
He had been knocking on the Ackerman's door for a good ten minutes and nobody had answered yet.
He was starting to think that no one was home, and turned to leave. As soon as he took a step to leave, he heard the cutest sneeze come from the other side of the door.
He quickly turned and knocked again.
"Ugh, coming…"
He could tell it was Levi on the other end, but he didn't quit sound the same. He sounded congested and tired.
He watched as the doorknob jiggled until it finally opened to reveal a disheveled Levi holding what Erwin assumed was a cup of tea.
"Oh, what do you want?"
Erwin chuckled and said, "I can't come in."
"No."
Erwin rolled his eyes and proceeded to walk in, not that Levi tried to stop him.
"Are you sick?"
Levi gave a half-hearted chuckle and muttered, "What gave you that idea?"
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe it's the fact that you seemed to bring part of your bed with you?"
The raven looked down at the blanket that he had haphazardly wrapped around himself and shrugged.
He took a sip of his tea.
"But seriously, what do you want. Eren's here and- "
"Oh, he is? Where is he?"
Levi let his eyes shift to the hall where his bedroom is.
"He's in my room, but- "
Erwin gasped.
"What!? How dare you two have sex when you're sick!"
The shorter teen groaned and flopped onto the couch, finding himself growing tired of standing.
"You idiot, we didn't do anything. He was just taking care of me- A-Achoo!"
The blonde gave a short laugh at Levi's sneeze, but he quickly grew serious.
"Well, I'm not going to beat around the bush, and since Eren's here I'll make it quick. I wanted to talk about- "
"Oh, Eren already knows about you kissing me."
"WHAT!?"
Levi gave Erwin an unamused look before looking at his nails with boredom.
"Yeah, he kind of overheard me telling Izzy and some other girls about it. You remember her and Farlen, right?"
"D-Don't change the subject! Also, yes; I remember Isabel and Farlen. Look, I'm sorry I pushed my feelings on you like that. I had just been feeling that way for a long time and when you rejected me I might have said some things I didn't mean."
"Yeah, and things that don't make any since. Erwin, I'm not mad at you, but I think you should be worried about- "
Before Levi could even finish his sentence, Erwin's head was thrown to the side as Eren's fist made contact with it.
Levi nearly dropped his tea.
"Erwin! What do you think you're doing!?"
The raven sighed and decided to end the fight before it started.
"Eren, calm down. Erwin was just apologizing. And you almost made me drop my tea! How rude…"
Eren pulled Levi into a tight hug.
"Aw! I'm sorry, my darling! Do you want me to carry you back to your room?"
Levi nodded, but quickly added, "Only after Erwin leaves. Erwin, are you okay?"
Said blonde cradled his now aching jaw and said, "Yeah, I'm fine. Damn Eren, you can throw a punch."
Eren gave a smug look.
"I try."
"Anyway, I just want to say we don't have to worry about that happening again, because I have found another!"
Levi and Eren gasped.
"Really!?"
Erwin nodded.
The raven smiled.
"Well, I'm happy for you Erwin."
"Thank you. And he's a catch, so…"
"So, who is he?", Eren questioned, not really surprised that it was a male he was talking about.
"You might not know him, but I can bring him over one day."
Eren and Levi nodded, already very curious as to who had caught Erwin's eye.
The trio casually talked for a good fifteen minutes until Levi's illness got the better of him, and he decided it was time for him to lie down.
Once Erwin left, Eren and Levi cuddled up on Levi's bed, waiting for Kuchel and Kenny to get back.
"Hey, Eren? You won't leave me for some cute catch, will you?"
Eren smiled and leaned over to give his boyfriend a peck on the cheek.
"Wouldn't dream of it."
Levi smiled.
"You better not…"
-End of Chapter 36-
A/N: Hey guys, sorry for the wait. I don't have much of an A/N this chapter, because I don't have much to talk about… Meh… I wanna say thanks for sticking with me and being the best readers I could ask for. Welp, Imma go and take a nap 'cause I have a headache.
Preview: Levi's doing better and the start of the new semester is quickly approaching. Double dates, and charming new kids are on the way!