I'm so sorry it took me so long to write this! I started writing it and then moved to other things and by the time I got back to it I had to reread everything in order to figure out where I even was! *Huff* Now! Here you are! The way to long awaited chapter!
Now we have a small time-skip. Not long. Just a few hours.
I sat at my desk signing papers. Eren was contently sitting on my shoulders. I sigh and look at the clock. 2:14….. We better get going. Erwin said the meeting started at 2:25. I remove Eren from my shoulders and stand up. He looks at me and asks cutely "Where we going?" I look down at him and say "Were going to see Erwin and a friend of his. And Erwin and I need you to be in your best behavior okay?"
Eren grins up at me and nods. I look back up. I walk to Erwin's office and knock. "Enter!" I hear from within. I open the door and walk in. Their sits Erwin, and Pixis. Erwin nods to me while Pixis looks at me curiously. I walk over to the desk and sit in the chair next to Pixis. Erwin then says "Sir. As I have told you because of certain events something has happened to Eren."
Pixis nods "Well. This. Is Eren." Erwin says motioning to me and Eren. Pixis looks at Eren with wide eyes. Then says "Well. This certainly wasn't what I was expecting when I entered this room." But he then smiles at Eren and says "Hello Eren. Do you remember me?" Eren looks shy and slowly nods. Pixis smiles wider and laughs.
Pixis then looks at Erwin and says "Alright! I'll keep the Military Police off your back. It'll be fun!" He pulls a flask with roses on it out of his coat pocket and drinks from it. He looks at me and offers it. As I go to take it Eren puts his hand on my arm and pushes it down. He looks at the flask then back at me and says "taste yucky." I nod at Eren and refuse the flask.
Pixis laughs again, Filling the room with the booming sound. I see Eren smile, The sight is absolutely adorable. Pixis sees and obviously thinks the same. He motions at me and asks "May I?" And I look down at Eren, Who nods as well. I then gently hand Eren over to him, Who takes him surprisingly easily.
He then sets Eren in his lap and continues to have a conversation with Erwin, All while keeping Eren happily entertained. I stared at the man in shock. How can someone. Who hasn't taken a sober breath in god knows how long, Hold a child with such ease? I ask myself as I watch them.
Eren is perfectly content with him, Happily playing with the flask that he had been handed. It was cute how all of his attention was focused on the object, He even had the pinch in between his eyebrows that the older him has when he focuses on anything. I almost chuckle at the sight.
After a moment though I say "I have paperwork to fill out. Am I leaving him with you two idiots or am I taking him with me?" The two men look at him before Erwin says "You can take him. Just make sure you take him over to Hanji's lab in an hour, She has to take a sample of Eren's blood."
As he says this Eren freezes in Pixis' lap and stares at Erwin. I share the same look, One of pure, Undiluted, Absolute, Horror. Eren immediately began crying. Full on, Flat out, Bawling. I see both of the men stare at him in complete curiosity, Absolutely flabbergasted as to why he would start bawling like this.
I sigh and take him from Pixis and hold him to my chest, rocking him from side to side as I hold him. His bawling dies down to hiccuping sobs as I hold him. I glare at Erwin and say "You just had to tell him. Didn't you?" He stares at me for a second before understanding dawns and he smacks himself.
I turn on heel and exit the room still comforting a crying Eren. I walk back to my office, Easily making it without seeing anyone. I sit at my desk, Crossing my legs as I do so and deposit Eren in my lap. He had finally stopped crying and was contently playing with the paper weight I handed him.
He was quiet for a few minutes while I filled out paperwork. I glanced at the clock, Fully aware that Erwin had given me an order to take Eren to Hanji. As the majority of an hour passed I picked Eren up again and stood up. Eren looked up at me sadly, And asks "We go to Hanji now?"
The sad look on his face was almost enough to make me not take him. But the thought that Erwin would make him go, With or Without me, Kept me from caving. I nod at him and say "Yes. We have too. I don't want to go either." I say to him gently as I hold him with my right arm and open the door with my left.
He whimpered quietly as we walk and buries his face in my neck. I sigh and gently hug him. I hate seeing him afraid. I think as I walk. He's not crying, Which I'm thankful for. Unlike most people, His nose doesn't run when he cries. Which is apparently a trait he's had since he was little.
The walk to Hanji's lab is a short one, But one I'd rather not make. I push open her labs door, Seeing her shuffling through papers. She looks up when we enter an says "YAY! Eren! You finally got here. Now." She darts up and runs into her storage room. Sometimes the speed of that woman surprises me. I think as she runs.
She appears a few moments later with a syringe, And two large glass tubes. Eren whimpers again as she walks over. He's hiding his face in my neck, And he's trembling so hard that I think he's starting to vibrate. She walks forward and motions over to the table. I reluctantly walk over, Not wanting to put Eren through this but know that, To get him back to normal we have to.
I say "It's okay Eren. She's not going to inject you with anything. She's just going to get some of your blood. So she can fix her mistake okay?" I'm startled by how calm I sound when I really, really want to just dart out of this room and keep Eren AWAY from Hanji. But I can't.
Eren finally removes his face from my neck and looks up at me. He's scared, I can tell that much, but he looks better than before. "We can go after?" He asks me and I nod. "Yes. After this we leave." I reply. He nods in understanding as I set him down on the table. He's still trembling, but not as much.
Hanji nods at him and says "Okay Eren. I need you to hold out your arm. And keep it steady okay? This is gonna feel like a little pinch. Then the pain will be gone okay?" Eren nods, and holds out his arm, looking like he's on the verge of tears again. The look in his face makes my heart clench, Which is rare for me.
I want to snatch him up, but I can't as I would be stopping Hanji, as she is my superior, And make Eren go through this entire process again. Except it would be without me. Erwin if you make him go through this again I swear I'm going to kick you so hard you will sing Soprano for a week. I think as Hanji puts the tie on Eren's arm.
Drawing his blood takes about 10 minutes. And in the end he heals up the spot the needle went in within a minute. Hanji was ecstatic when she saw this and wanted to do another test on him. I snatched him up, Giving a pointed glare at her. "No." I said firmly. Eren had hidden his face in the crook of my neck again.
Hanji let out an upset sound and said "But Levi~ I have to test this! With it we could figure out why Titan can heal so fast!" I glare at her, Wrapping another arm around Eren and say "No. No way in high hell am I going to let you test on him AGAIN. Not today. You can go see Erwin about that. But right now, The answer is no."
I state as I glare at her. Eren quit shaking finally as I held him. I then stalked out of her lab, Holding Eren in one arm. It takes me 6 minutes to walk back to my office. Which was surprising as her lab was 10 minutes walk from my office. I enter easily, sitting down at my desk and adjusting Eren.
I moved him so I was hugging him to my chest, And not my side. I held him as tightly as I could without hurting him. He returned the action by burying his face in my chest, Letting out one final shiver. I feel my body finally relax, I had been tensed up since I heard that I had to take Eren to Hanji.
The feeling of my body relaxing after so long was wonderful. I hold him for a while, watching him as he falls asleep on my chest. I glance up at the clock, seeing it's only 4:10. I shake my head. It's only 4 and were both exhausted. I think as I watch him. He's holding onto my shirt, keeping himself in a slightly upright position.
I want to move and do some work, But if I move I'll wake him up and he's too cute to wake up. I sigh in defeat and settle down, Happily watching him sleep. I chuckle as he moves in his sleep, Making a sleeping noise as he buries his face deeper into my chest.
The way he sleeps brings a smile to my face, Something that was extremely hard to do already. But just watching him sleep made me grin like an idiot. I run a hand through his hair, Making him shift slightly in his sleep. Even in this form you make me smile. I think as I watch him.
Remembering all the times Eren had pinned me down and tickled me to the point of tears. Making me smile and laugh like an idiot. I then am taken back to all the times he had ever made me laugh or smile. I slowly began to realize just how much I love him. And I remember how, Even when he's like this, The first person he remembered. Was me.
The thought makes my heart warm as I watch him sleep. The next two hours pass peacefully as I watch him. He is absolutely, Without a doubt, The cutest sleeper I have ever seen. I think. Also the only person who's seen me sleep multiple times. I add.
I don't even notice the time until someone knocks on the doer to my office. "Come in." I call while quickly schooling my face back to its usual blank expression. The door opens to reveal Erwin, Who walks in holding two plates of food. How he got the door open is a mystery to me. He sets the food down on my desk.
"How's he doing?" He asks after a moment. I glare at him and say "He's better. I'm surprised he could sleep after seeing Hanji. She scared the hell out of him." My voice had slowly dropped as I spoke. The last sentence coming out as an almost whisper as I held him closer.
Erwin nods, Then says "Alright. Hanji said that she analyzed his blood. She now has a clue as to what she gave him, Just not a cure yet." I nod at him, "Thanks." I say as he sits. He nods "You're welcome. And you should know. Hanji wants to do a healing test on Eren. I haven't answered her yet though."
My head snaps up and I growl "No." Erwin looks surprised, He asks "Why? He'd be perfectly safe." I glare at him harder and say "No. I'm not letting her hurt him just so she can satisfy her god damn curiosity. No. He was scared enough just being around her once. I'm not having him do it again."
As my mini speech ends Erwin stares at me curiously. He then nods and says "I had no idea she scared him that much. I understand. I'll tell her to postpone any experiments that are not necessary to returning him to his previous state." I nod my thanks to him before setting to the task of waking Eren.
I shake him gently, Watching as he slowly wakes up. His eyes open and he immediately looks around. He stretches after that and sits up, Rubbing one of his eyes as he does. Eren. Quit being so cute. Or else I'll never get you back from Petra. I think as I watch him. He yawns cutely as I wakes up completely.
Once awake he waves over at Erwin, Who smiles in return. I then set about the task of feeding Eren. Which wasn't as hard of a task as you would think it would be. It didn't take long before we had both eaten and were ready to pass out. After we're done Erwin chuckled, Looking at both of us in turn.
"Be sure the two of you get some sleep. By the looks of it you're gonna need it. And remember Levi. We have a meeting at 2 tomorrow. Be sure you're there. And no. Eren can't come." He says before he exits, Grabbing both plates and making his exit. I shake my head after him.
I see Eren is already looking sleepy again. A sight which makes me chuckle at him. I then stand, Exiting my office and walking easily to my room. I barely contain the yawn that appears as I walk. Eren is already cuddling up with his face in my shoulder again. I smile internally at him, Even in this form you manage to make me smile. I think as I walk.
I find and enter my room easily, I shut my door. Sighing as it shuts. Happy that I have a few hours without any bullshit. I smile softly at Eren's half awake form. I then set about to getting both of us ready for bed. We're both ready within a few minutes. I lay down, Laying him next to me.
He immediately curls up on his side, Facing me. I smile at him again, Wrapping an arm protectively around him. I feel my eyes sliding closed as I cover both of us up. As my head hits the pillow I feel myself drifting off, letting my eyes slip closed I slowly fall into a dreamless sleep.
