Chapter 11: Dinner
"Levi should I go look for food?" Eren ask suddenly. Levi follows his eyes and find that most of the soldiers that aren't on watch have their dinner, he has to smile. Again, this brat always tries to help me.
"It´s ok Eren, I think Erwin shares with me tonight." He looks at me and sees that both Erwin and Hanji nod and pull out their rations. While Erwin starts to eat Hanji goes over to Eren.
"Say Eren. You really don't eat humans?" Levi can see how the closes soldiers stop in their doing, listening in.
"No, I protect little ones." Again with the chest puffing. Levi turns back to Erwin but sees that he is also watching his little titan. "Titans don't need humans, only sunlight."
"So you don't eat anything, even in this … form?" Eren shakes his head. "Have you ever tried it?"
"Why should I put fruits or meat or bread in my body. It all tastes bad, like the white stuff Levi uses to wash me." Levi coughs out the water he was drinking right now.
"Brat the soap is not for eating. And don't start about you hating to bath. You stink and are disgusting after a day outside. Everywhere is dirt on you."
Eren pulls out his tough. "I don't like bathing and nothing you say will change it and I didn't eat the soap I just licked at my skin to see what is so special about it." Hanji starts to laugh.
"Oh Levi, you didn't change at all. Always the clean freak. Sorry little titan but you will have to take baths back inside the wall as well but I think the warm water will be better then anything you had." Eren huffs, clearly working on a plan that gets him out of it. "And don't forget his room. That has always to be cleaned, and clothes and-"
"Hanji stop. Don't make is worse." Levi says without looking at her. He feels Erwins look on him. "What?"
"Nothing." Erwin says but Levi doesn't call him out to be a liar. They both know what he wants to say and what he is referring to. Furland, Isabel. Their names will never leave his lips again. Their emblem are save with him, their souls but not their bodies, not their life.
As it is time to lay down Eren is already half asleep. Without the sun he never bothers to keep up. Hanji has spent the rest of the evening to ask Eren everything she could think off, making notes in a small book. After the second very inappropriate question Levi stopped the whole thing and he could see that more then one soldier was thankful. Hanji has more than once screamed in excitement about Erens answers. "Brat, bedtime. Come here." Normally they don't sleep that close, but Levi doesn't want to risk it. So, he let the small titan cuddle up to him and dares everyone who looks at them to say a word.
"Good night my little human." Eren whispers while falling asleep.
Levi pulls him closer and kisses the top of his head. "Good night brat." I WON´T LET ANYTHING HAPPEN TO YOU. Levi promised silently while he closes his arms tighter around this child.