Levi:
As I pull out of Eren's driveway, I feel myself start to fade. So not good, I think as I push on the gas pedal. The last thing I need is my baby crashing into a tree after I fade. Or worse, someone stealing her.
I shudder at the thought of anyone else touching my car as I turn into my apartment's garage and hastily make my way up to my floor. Luckily it was around 3 a.m so no one on my floor was around to see their new, strange, somewhat reclusive neighbor disappear in front of their eyes.
Upon walking into my place and disappearing completely, I'm met with a very pissed off looking Jean.
"HOW COULD YOU LET REINER GET AWAY WITH ONLY A FEW SCRAPES?" He stomps over to me with smoke practically pouring from his ears, but my death glare keeps him from coming any closer to me.
I click my tongue before responding, "Would you shut the fuck up, Secretariat? I know people can't hear us but damn, kid you're going to cause me to go hard of hearing before I'm even 30." I sigh at his unamused face and continue, "You don't think I didn't want to bash his ape face into a wall repeatedly? You don't think I wouldn't have shoved my good bleach down his throat? Eren was hurt, I had to get him out of there before Reiner the fucking titan came back and made things worse."
"Well since you couldn't do anything about him then, do it now." He demands glaring down at me. I don't respond so he huffs and pushes past me towards the window. "I thought you cared about Eren," He spits at me as he climbs out on the ledge, "But you're doing absolutely nothing about the shithead who tired to rape him. So fuck you, Levi, for doing absolutely nothing when you have the power to do everything."
Just as he's about to leap out into the night I speak up finally, "You're aren't wrong. In wanting to kill him I mean." He swivels around to face me, but my eyes are focused on the moon behind him. "He's a monster, but killing him makes you no better." I pause and turn my focus back to him. "It comes down to two choices, really; put your trust in me and believe that I'll take care of Reiner, or kill him. In the end it's your decision to make the choice you'll least regret."
He holds my gaze for a while, pondering his options before stepping down from the ledge and back into my living room.
"I trust you'll take care of Eren and make sure Reiner never sets foot near him again." I nod and he steps closer to me, inspecting my outfit.
"Wow, for once you don't look like a man who died in the 1900's." Tch.
"Fucking piece of shit. At least I don't look like I got plowed by a truck." He rolls his eyes, chuckling and starts for the window again.
"Oi, Horseshit, I thought you already made a decision. Did you change your mind?" Jean glances back with a confused look painted on his long face. I'm about to ask if he has anything left in his small head when he starts laughing.
"I'm not going to Reiner, I uh-" He stutters with an embarrassingly red blush settled on his cheeks while his hand automatically claps on the back of his neck to scratch at his under cut. "I have a date I guess." He trails off.
I raise my eyebrow.
"With uh.. You know Marco." I raise my eyebrow even higher. How do two Sandmen even go on a date? Do they go around putting people to sleep together? And wasn't Jean angrily obsessing over the thought of Eren liking another guy about a week ago?
Jean seems to catch my train of thought, for once, and answers, "We're going to go see a movie. I figure that when I become a human again Eren will be gone, so I might as well find happiness with someone I can be with now, and when I turn human again."
"Alright quit talking to a grumpy, short, old man and go on your date already. I'll take care of putting Eren to sleep." He smiles at me and jumps out the window.
I release a sigh that's been lodged in the back of my throat ever since Eren got out of my car 30 minutes ago.
So much shit has happened today and I honestly can't wait to fall asleep.
I trudge towards the still open window and shut it before transporting myself to outside Eren's window.
He's inside slouched on his bed with his elbows placed on his knees. His head is buried in his hands while his shoulders tremble.
Fucking Reiner.
Eren stands up and starts pulling off his ripped hoodie and other clothes, throwing them on the floor before sliding into his bed with p.j pants.
I'm about to teleport into his room using whatever energy I have left when he suddenly gets up and opens the window then walks into his bathroom to fill up a cup on his nightstand with water.
I chuckle at him unknowingly making my job easier and slip into his room right as he tangles himself in his sheets again.
I lean over his restless body and sprinkle the remainder of my dust on him while whispering loving things into his ear, making sure to give him sweet dreams and careful to keep certain people out of them.
Once I'm sure he's in a soundless sleep, I leave and head for Reiner's house.
I know I'm not going to kill him, the heaviness of the first and only time I'd killed a person still weighs on my shoulders.
Eren was abducted when he was 9 years old by a sick man. For the longest time I didn't do anything but sit by and give him sweet dreams filled with hope that help would come. Erwin and Hangi both told me there was nothing I could do unless I wanted to loose the chance of becoming human again, so I had to watch as the man scarred him mentally and physically.
Finally one night I saw the dreams the man was having and the disgusting things he was planning to do to Eren. At that point I couldn't care less if I was stuck as a Sandman forever, I had to do something.
That night when the man went to sleep I poured extra sand over him and covered his air passages with his sheets so by the time I left to alert someone, his pulse had ceased and Eren was out of danger.
The icy woman, like the last time I visited, is sitting outside his window with an impassive look on her face. I land on the window sill next to her and snatch her pouch from her hand. She protests and tries o take it back but I throw some of the dust at her and she falls asleep.
Upon entering I notice Reiner is snoring loudly and it echos throughout the clutter-filled room. I lean over his huge body and dump half the dust from her pouch onto him effectively managing to keep him asleep for a day.
Before I leave I lean over and whisper harshly in his ear, 'don't go near Eren again.' After a few minutes of saying this I ask if he understands and he grumbles a sleepy yes.
I use the last of my dwindling energy to teleport back to my apartment and fall into a deep sleep knowing that Eren is once again safe from the evils of the world.
