When I Was Broken
Summary: Reincarnation is real, and Levi is trying to live life to its fullest while feeling pretty empty, then one day breaking news crashes the world as he knows it down. But the one good thing is he's reunited with Eren…. In a modernised world, can and will he fall in love with the man he's loved for ages?
Problems arrive, and his world is shaken once more.
Eren is finally set free, awakening 3 months after he was declared dead, but his body had been healing and he'd been cursed with immortality.
Cutting himself off from the world, until one day the silence is too overbearing, and walking into a cafe in a city he'd never travelled to before, he never expected to bump into his lover.
But what threatens the Earth as they know it is scientists who never learn from movies… that sometimes the past needs to stay in the past.
Pairings: Ereri
Rated Mature for some parts but mostly T for teens
It's written in ENGLISH, hope you enjoy the fic and have a merry Christmas!
Prologue: Levi
THEN
Year 859
The war was over, Eren was dead and the rest of humanity was saved. Levi Ackerman glanced down at the grave that contained what was left of Eren Jaeger, his subordinate, his friend, his lover and closed his eyes. Two twin diamond teardrops fell from his face and disappeared into the grass underneath his knees.
He had known something was wrong but he hadn't been able to help. Sometime during his years with Levi, Eren had snapped and it took too long for anyone to notice. Eren had hidden his emotions so carefully, and Levi didn't realize until it was too late. They had partaken in the attack on Marley, and every one of Eren's plans had all played out the way Eren had wanted. He hadn't told anyone of his plans and that's what hurt the most, didn't he trust them?
Eren, Zeke, Levi, Armin, Hanji, and Mikasa had all been there at the final battle. The rumbling in full effect.
Eren had stood there above them with his long chocolate locks flowing in the wind. They all saw that his eyes were burning purple, replacing the familiar teal gold in his ever-expressive eyes. The usual sparks that shone through when he was angry or too emotional, were gone. Even his chocolate brown hair was darker than what it had been. Levi watched in horror at Eren's hands grasping Zeke's throat and killing him without a thought had terrified them. Mikasa had been slightly taken aback but didn't care. She had seen Eren kill before.
Levi's closed eyes opened and if anyone was watching him they'd see the grey orbs filled with heartbreak and pain.
"Captain," at the voice Levi's face and eyes cleared of all emotion and he saw Armin looking at him with pained eyes.
They both remembered.
His voice pleading them to just kill him, that he was tired of being a slave, having no will, after learning that the Attack Titan was bound to fight for freedom as long as the host lived. He was a slave to his Titan, and even more, as he took on the other Titans eating them whole and gaining memories and more power until he had all 9 titans, and the Founder Titan thanks to his father.
"Arlet," Levi greeted and lowered the bouquet of flowers. He ran his fingers over the soft petals, lingering on each flower, repeating their meanings in his head to try and keep himself grounded. Red tulips: I declare my love for you. Red Carnation: My heart aches for you. Yellow Pansy: thinking of you. Daisy's: I love you truly. And Yellow Marquerile: I'm coming soon.
"I'm going to go to the ocean. Humanity doesn't need me anymore and I don't want anyone to come over. I'm gonna live out our dream." Levi said and glanced into sad blue eyes as the man laid down a green shirt.
"I understand. You lost your hope." Armin gently said and gave a final salute to his commanding officer before leaving after Levi had done the same.
"I'm coming home to you once I die, my love."
NOW
2015
*Dream*
It was nighttime and all was silent, the only noise was the ocean waves beating onto the shore. Levi wasn't sure what was keeping him awake. Eren lay snuggled up to his side and Levi ran his hand through those locks, grey eyes roaming his body and appreciating the nakedness of his youth.
"Eren," Levi breathed and laid a few kisses to Eren's head, removing the stray pride of brown hair that got stuck on his lips. "I love you," Levi murmured and with tiredness finally creeping into his tired body Levi wrapped his arm around Eren and fell asleep.
The next thing he knew he knew was in unbearable pain and felt heat on him. Smoke burned his nose and esophagus and he saw Eren's brown eyes widen before another ball of flame was thrown and Levi Burned alive.
Unbeatable pain licked up Levi's body, and then he could only watch as another flame ball was thrown and he knew no more.
*Dream Ends*
Levi had slowly, throughout the nights remembered his past life, and even when he hadn't he knew someone or something was missing. Whenever he dreamed, he remembered teal eyes and chocolate brown hair, but he never remembered the name.
Over the years as he had met everyone at least throughout his lives he began to remember names, and somehow he had always been reborn named Levi.
His mother had always been born out of poverty and this time around his mother was a stripper and had been impregnated by some rich guy, the man had given her a lot of hush money since he was married and wouldn't leave his own family to help her. But the money helped. Over the years Kuchel Ackerman started up her own business, a small cafe, and the rest of the money to help Levi through college, set into a trust fund and untouched for years.
In grade 2 Levi had met Isabel and Farlan once more, all three of them becoming friends, they didn't remember the world they once had been in. Next to come into his life was Erwin Smith, still tall broad-shouldered; they had met and became friends, and Erwin remembered. The Titans, becoming the colossal, remembered up to his death.
In grade 8 he befriended Hanji Zoe, they'd been ecstatic to meet "Shorty Pants" meaning that Hanji remembered, always the one who dared to make fun of his height to his face.
So for years, it had just been them, until a ginger-haired woman named Petra Ral had handed in a resume to the Cafe Levi's mother owned and he cleaned: religiously at least for 3 hours and when he wasn't there, he taught his staff. Because his mother hadn't raised him to be a slob, plus that was one thing that never changed as he was reborned…. His OCDness for cleaning, had stayed.
Gunther, Oulou, and Eld had joined not too long after. And Levi had seen another familiar name that was going to be a new worker.
Levi felt happy he could remember and was glad that not everyone he met could recall the lifetime ago they lived. Because that life had been hell.
Levi was sweeping the floor of the cafe when Hanji and Erwin burst into the small building, Hanji waved her phone and Levi strode over with an eyebrow raised.
"We found Eren!" Hanji had actually in every life had come to know Eren's name before him, because of her obsessiveness with Titans. (Though not before Mikasa). And like always Hanji had reminded him as soon as she had remembered that those teal eyes belonged to Eren and they had been lovers.
That made him pause, then hurriedly stood by Hanji as she shoved her teal phone into his hands.
There were many camera lights flashing behind him. He was posing and gazing at the camera. Hair done up in that messy bun, eyes wide and gazing at the cameras, mouth in a half-smile. The small text underneath was meaningless. Levi focused on what he wore, and to actually confirm it was Eren.
He wore a black bomber leather jacket with his initials on it: EJ. His green eyes were the same colour; green mixed with blue and gold. Eyes framed with mascara and eyeliner. He wore the same shirt; dark green with a leather cord crossed at the v neck shirt and tight as heck black skinny jeans.
Levi quickly got his phone out and searched for Eren Jaeger, plenty of links showed up in .0004 seconds.
Famous Singer Eren Jaeger, formally known as: Hunter hits the 100 records again! Especially after he showed his face after years of never daring to!
Another article showed Eren modelling for Versace.
A different article showed that Eren had been the famous ominous artist on Instagram for ``Attacking Giants." It also revealed that Eren was pretty rich and was on his way to the top 100 hottest men's magazine. Especially after reading reviews and comments on his brat.
"Holy shit," Levi said.
He had became known in Germany as, and was slowly integrated into America's, and Levi was excited to know that he had a few of Eren's songs in his playlist. His quiet classics on the piano, his haunting sexy voice as it spoke in German and finally to his accented English singing modernized pop songs, cover songs, his own songs.
The door dinged and the phone slipped from his grasp as he saw who entered his mother's cafe.
Eren fucking Jaeger himself.
That shitty brat!
Thank you to my Beta's/ haha and this song title: When We Were Broken By Our Last Night
~JiO
~Goodygoodi