Chapter 1

THEN
He hadn't wanted to do this, but he had no choice, he had to save Armin, and he had, taking him away as soon as Bertolt showed signs of pausing. Pushing his best friend over to the wall, Eren used his ODM gear and went on full attack mode, using the handy backward grip for one blade that his love had taught him. Grunting in anger, Eren swung his sharp twin swords and watched as Bertolt was shredded on his arms. Steam rising and if Eren were a regular human he'd be burnt to a crisp from the heat. He wasn't.

For a brief moment Eren wondered where Levi was, his Captain wasn't close, and it made him nervous, but they had to reclaim Wall Maria.

Using his gear Eren did a wide arch and with all his power he swung at the nape of Bertolts neck, screaming and landing on the falling corpse.

Bertolt appeared from the nape, face lined with red muscles, and eyes wide and sweating. The taller man swung a fist. Eren ducked and used all his strength to push the man away. Thrusting himself into an arch with the buildings helping, the Titan shifter thrust his swords into Bertolt.

The defeated Titan cried out in pain and steam slowly rose.

"Uh huh," Eren panted and pulled one sword out from his once comrade and friend and chopped his legs and arms off.

"How does payback feel?" Eren sneered.

…

Setting his injured friend down he waited, and saw Levi coming. They hugged when the man landed beside them, his cold grey eyes staring at Bertolt, then worrying slightly over an injured Armin.

"He's got steam burns, but I managed to get to him before Bertolt could kill him," Eren said, watching his Captain nod slowly.

Floch appeared with Erwin on his back, and Eren and Mikasa agreed that Erwin should take the serum. That despite them not wanting Armin injured, his was healable, Erwin's wasn't…. Not unless they administered the Titan spinal fluid.

"Let's do this," Hanji said and for once her voice was calm and serious, she helped Erwin out of his jacket, doing their best to not hurt their Commander.

Levi closed his eyes and hoped to gods that he wouldn't turn into a mindless Titan and attack them. He'd hate to kill his older brother and oldest friend.

"Everyone get onto the wall, I'll do it on the rooftop," Levi said.

Once Levi heard no ODM noise did he stab the needle in and injected the man who moaned and lightning began to crackle. Shoving Bertolt to the edge, Levi landed beside Eren and they watched as an ugly deformed Erwin Smith Titan form appeared, the mindless Titan saw Bertolt.

Bertolt was waking up, and quickly fear replaced his expression of calm until he saw his former comrades, he smiled slightly in relief and screamed for their help, calling Annie and Reiner's name before he was lifted up.

His screams of terror echoed in the silence until his body made a 'crunch' noise as Erwin ate him.

Instantly the Titan shifted back into human form and crumbled on the grass, a Titan carcass steaming below, Titan shifting patches of red muscles clung to his face.

"Erwin," Eren heard Levi breathe before his lover landed beside the tired form of Commander Erwin Smith.

NOW

Eren's eyes roamed the small cozy cafe and saw a trio of people talking to each other. Not really caring about some random people he strode up to the counter. He had disguised himself just like any other plain Joe out on the street with a baseball cap and sunglasses.

A small ginger woman at the front store helping a customer, and a tall undercut sandy brown-haired man at the drive-through window.

Casually he waited in line and tried to act like a famous person wasn't in this cafe. After years of hiding under the alias; Hunter he had finally decided to reveal to the world who he was.

And oh boy did the world like it, he'd been interviewed plenty of times, but no one knew who he was, they just heard his voice. Well until recently.

"Oh my gods!" the ginger squealed as she dug out a piece of paper. "Can you please sign this?!" she asked.

Sighing and taking his hat off Eren accepted the pen and signed his name, apparently, his disguise was too mediocre. The sunglasses still stayed on, people tended to stare at his eyes, depending on his mood they still changed colours. From his regular teal eyes to a pearly purple, and hints of gold.

"Thanks, Petra," Eren said and smiled briefly at the woman who had been his squad-mate, his friend in the tough times of his youth.

Striding over to the fireplace Eren reached into his pocket and took out the tiny disinfectant, sprayed it over his chair and table before sitting down and closing his eyes. Waiting for his drink and muffin.

He'd been on his own for so long that it hurt to be in public, but he had wanted this. To find him. To find his Levi and hoped to the walls he remembered.

THEN

YEAR: 1700's-1800's

Throughout the years since his ascension to basically 'godhood' in many mortal lives opinions. But he considered it a curse just because he was unable to physically age, he didn't have the feelings down anymore. He had had many run-ins where a lot of humans had tried to kill him. Some of them had snippets of their past lives. And they began a Secret Organisation, "Marlian", basically a thing to cut him down, with multiple images of proof of him, but many people cast it off as a joke. Despite the articles and the cameras that had been built. Images of him, ageless and the same as when he had been 19 years old.

Marlian had been formed and he and his Jaegerist's had many battles against each other, over the years there had been less and less, the Marlians had been getting smaller, as the Rumbling became legend and then myth.

So he had begun his life as what many would consider "Criminal" because of the false identity he had.

Eren had settled down as rich as he was and began to sew clothes. Fancy dresses, fancy suits, and of course leather jackets. His store "Freedom" had begun to get well known. Good expensive clothes are affordable for even those less fortunate. Number one across the United States of America, and even in Europe. As years passed he had also changed his fashion and had put people he trusted in power while he began to write letters pretending to be an old man. He'd used his powers to switch people's perspective to make it seem like he had parents and so forth, yet he almost always gained the CEO Status at 19. His "Thing" names changed as he pretended to have a mother, or a father on each passing of his death once he was "old."

He had met Levi once, the young man had become a model, Levi's Agency had reached out to do a collaboration, but he had quickly declined that offer for a collaboration…

.. and the many times they had asked.

Eren passed his company Freedom onto someone else but made sure that the: family always owned 62% of the company. He'd adopted kids and had them named Douglas as that had been his name for the longest of time. So his Freedom Company was in good hands. He always received money into the account that was always open, and he withdrew money from the account when needed, becoming so wealthy because he didn't really need to spend money.

In the early 1900's

When Fashion became a bore to him, Eren moved onto a new identity and called himself Joshua Rolex (Just so you know I'm switching a few names etc, to make it for this story).

He became obsessed with making a clock that could be on his wrist, his physical timer was forever frozen so Eren thought it would be cool to see time going on his wrist. He'd actually despite knowing that Levi was possibly out there had dated. Hans Wilsdorf had handed the company to him as he had "died in a car crash"

Hans changed the name to "Rolex" and despite his weird "will request" Eren had an open account forever under the name Joshua Rolex, with that money he helped fund low-income businesses and orphanages around the world. Levi had told him he had grown up in the Underworld when they had been together, and he said he had hated it.

He had met Hanji and Levi, living on the streets, they had come to know him as Alexander Smith, those two were the reason he opened an orphanage.

He'd seen the person he still loved but did not want to see because he was a danger, he saved them.

NOW

LEVI's POV

Erwin and Hanji pushed me in Eren's direction. The man wore black Adidas pants, a grey hoodie, and a nice pair of black combat boots. The key he always had on, from the past, was on a leather cord, hands fiddling with the cord. He had looked so lost in thought for the past few minutes until he moved; lowering his hands the man pulled out a laptop, put on reading glasses, and began to type.

Petra had walked past him after delivering Eren's drink and muffin.

"Hey," I finally decided to say after a pause and staring at Eren who was not looking up.

He froze at my voice.

"Captain Levi," Eren breathed and I was crushed into warm arms and the familiar pang of longing and that empty part of me filled up with only Eren.

He remembered, and that's all that mattered, and I had finally found him after so long!

"Eren," I gasped as tears twisted a lump into my throat and I felt so relieved.

"Levi," Eren breathed and his eyes roamed my form. His eyes looked pained slightly before a smile enveloped his face and that's all that mattered to me. His smile lit up my world once more.

A/N: Thanks to my beta's and cheers to my new part time job!