Enjoy. :) ~Ash.
Chapter Thirty-six:
My lungs rise up and down as my world seems to spin lost and confused, wondering what the fuck is happening. Levi lays in the hospital bed, where he was before, just sleeping, still not moving. The room brings lights through the window as I storm over, opening the damn thing to see cars everywhere outside, not a single titan. I hear my own heartbeat in my chest, staring at the world that makes zero sense to me now. I feel confused on what place I have been thrown into. What does the writer of my life have for me? Am I forever going to lay here confused?
"Eren." A voice says. I turn around to see who owns the voice and to my surprise I see my mother, holding a tray of breakfast. My eyes widen as I feel my heart scream, feeling confused. I mumble her name, racing over to her, even with my broken leg, and hugging her. When I remove myself, my eyes become dark, realizing something off about her. She seems limp in the back area. Her head seems to not be able to stand up straight, reminding me of how she died. The titan, it ripped her apart and tore her insides right in front of my eyes. So this is a dream? It's just now matching up to my life from before. That's a real shame.
"Mom-"
"Levi woke up, Eren." She states, smiling at me. "He woke up to see you sleeping in that chair over there, he tried to wake you, but you were out. He ended up falling around, not being able to walk and ran into these two kids, Connor and Sasha. They brought him to a doctor, Doctor Erwin, and returned him here, but he's awake." My mother claims, pulling me in a hug, but not realizing the panic she threw down my throat. "Also, some of your friends from the team are here. Jean and Marco, Marco brought you flowers. I'll bring them in." She says, turning and leaving me alone. I turn to Levi to see his eyes half open, staring at me with a different look them before. I quickly limp over, falling next to him on the bed, staring into his dull blue eyes.
"Eren, where am I?" He asks, his voice rusty.
"The hospital, didn't they explain anything to you?" I ask, grabbing his hand so he knows he's not alone, but he slides them out, looking bothered. He has his eyebrows scrunched together and I watch as his fingers twitch, his entire body shaking.
"They did." He mumbles, bringing concern into my eyes. "Eren, I think I am going insane." Levi adds, his eyes becoming glossy. "I've seen horrible things, but I can't tell if they're real or not.." He stops there, sitting up and grabbing the glass of water that sits at the table next to him. His fingers slide and pick up the pills that rest next to the glass, him shoving all of it into his mouth, chugging the water down, finishing it.
"What do you mean, Captain…. Uh Levi." I screw up, seeing Levi turn to me panicked.
"You… you had the same dream?" His eyebrows are no longer scrunched up, but fear shines in his eyes. "You see dead people now, right? Marco, he's dead… your mother's neck and spine is fucked up. That's not only me, right?" He shouts, grabbing my shoulder.
"Levi, calm down!" I shout back pushing him back to the bed. "Pull yourself together." I whisper. "If you calm down, I will tell you everything." Levi nods, taking a deep breath and brushing a hand through his dark hair, making me sigh, also trying to calm down. Levi is seeing what I see, what does this mean? Could it be real or is it a memory? The issue is… if it was a memory, how are we still alive? And how can I not heal my leg like I could there or turn into a titan? It doesn't make sense.
"Eren-" He is interrupted by Marco and Jean walking in. I turn around to welcome them, but my heart stops beating, starring Marco with fear in my eyes. He's half of himself, literally, half of him is missing… his insides pouring out. He looks like he was eaten… by titans maybe?
"M-marco…" I mumble, getting freaked out when he comes to hug me. He puts one arm around me, my eyes locked on his brain that sticks out from inside him. My lungs scream, reaching for oxygen as I turn my pupils to Levi, him nodding. "Uh… hello guys. Thanks for visiting.." I mumble, trying to keep my cool as Marco stops hugging me. Making his way back over to Jean, who nods at me. Nodding back, I feel my ribcage burn. When they leave, my mother smiles and says she'll leave us alone, walking from the room. "Marco…"
"Was eaten by a titan." Levi states. "He is supposed to be dead, just like your mother, just like Petra. Petra ended up visiting me, she had blood pouring from her lips. She looked as if she was crushed, which she was. The female titan crushed Petra against the tree with her foot. Everyone who died are walking around in this dream or reality. Something that doesn't make sense, but also is horrible. I thought maybe I hit my head until you called me captain. Now I find myself confused and annoyed. Not to mention, I slept with Petra, that means she got invisible blood all over my bed, gross. This entire time I was with a corpse. I think I am going to vomit." He says, leaning against the bed frame. Levi's germ phobia must be very triggered right now, poor thing.
"We don't know if this place is real. Levi, what happened when you were in the titan relm?" I ask, staring at him, feeling myself full of questions.
"You just woke up from a coma, like I did now. I was next to you, saying you're gonna wake up and ended up falling asleep with you, only to wake up and find myself back here. I also ended up beating you up due to you being a horny bitch again."
"I wasn't horny, Levi. I was seeing if we were still together." I claim, sounding bored with a dark expression on my face from the embarrassment.
"Whatever, that's what happened." He claims. "I assume the same happened to you since you remember me beating you up?" Levi adds, leaving me to nod. "Hmm, then what is going on?" He asks himself, laying on the pillow that is placed behind him. I stare outside to see a plane passing by, leaving my heart pounding.
"If I knew… i'd tell you, Captain." I reply.