Chapter 2

Soon, the next morning came, and Eren woke up, still right beside the Corporal. It took a few moments for everything to process, and he remembered the events from yesterday. He looked back down at the still-sleeping form of the smaller male, a light smile creeping onto his face.

"He's so adorable when he sleeps," the 'angry german kid' mused, tilting his head and watching Levi sleep for a few moments before poking his shoulder. "Ey, Levi, wake up, sleepy-head.~"

Levi's opened his eyes and growled in a somewhat menacing manner, "Are Titans attacking?" He asked, his words slurred as he attempted at sitting up.

It took a moment, but he recalled yesterday's events, and he looked around somewhat warily, before looking back down at Eren, "Nevermind."

Flopping back down tiredly, he dared to hesitantly brush his lips against Eren's, the urge to kiss him just growing.

"Mmm, we should try leaving the city today..."

Eren gave the Corporal a small grin, and then yawned before stretching and standing up.

"Where'll we go though?" he questioned, cocking his head to the side. "If we've been sent to a time where the Titans aren't here, then..."

He then suddenly realized something that hit him in the face like a brick. "Oh my god, Levi! I just realized something... if we're here, we don't have to fight the Titans anymore! We can explore the world outside the walls without any fear of getting killed!"

At Eren's mention of exploring the world as if they had no cares, Levi gave his usual frown before standing up and shoving the man (however, not as hard as usual).

"I don't care where we are, my duty is and always has been to kill titans and eventually put an end to humanity's suffering. I want to find out how to get back as soon as possible so I can get back to work," he grumbled crossing his arms.

However... The idea of exploring the world before the titans was an appealing idea. And the thought of doing it alongside Eren... The thought actually made him quite giddy.

Eren sighed and scratched the back of his head, looking away from the Corporal. "I guess," he muttered, sighing. "Sorry, Corporal. Guess I got a bit ahead of myself with thoughts like that."

He then began making his way over to the door. "C'mon, let's go get breakfast."

After a moment of thinking, the man moved behind Eren and wrapped his arms around the younger man from behind, squeezing him slightly in a hug.

"If that's what you really want to do... I guess we can put work aside for a bit. Everybody needs a break at some point in their life."

His lips twitched slightly in the beginning of a rare smile, but it never came, instead, he pressed his forehead against the man's back.

Eren gave a small smile, turning around in Levi's arms and crouching down, hugging him back.

"Alright then, little man, c'mon!" he the chirped after a moment, standing up again and playfully ruffling Levi's hair. "I'm hungry!"

He then opened the door, grabbing Levi by the arm and practically dragging him downstairs to the cafe.

Down at the cafe, Levi finally pulled from Eren's touch. While it was slightly hesitant, he didn't know how gays were accepted in this community. Humanity was too bust worrying about other things in the future that everyone was considered an equal when it came to sexuality.

Normally he wouldn't care about those things, but in all reality, he didn't know what this era was capable of.

"Right... Thank god they have free breakfast," he grumbled to himself, moving over to the breakfast setup and grabbing a strange circular object. He figured it was something similar to a plate (it probably was one) just rather flimsy.

Gathering a biscuit, some sausage patties, and grabbing what was labeled as Apple juice, he sat down at one of the empty tables with his food and began to eat.

Eren got some waffles and sat down with Levi, beginning to nom on his food.

"So, Corporal... What do ya wanna do when we're done eating?" he questioned, tilting his head to the side. "I wanna do something fun. After all, it's not all the time that we get an escape from the Titans to do whatever the hell we want without the risk of death!"

Levi frowned slightly... No Titans? What the hell was he supposed to do all day! It wasn't like he could go around cleaning, and he couldn't sling himself from building to building. What was this 'fun' Eren spoke of? Eyeing him suspiciously, his frown continued to grow.

"Huh, sure. But we still need to find our way back home as soon as possible."

Eren chuckled and waved his hand at the Corporal dismissively. "Yeah, yeah, okay, Levi," he drawled. When they had both finished their food, he then grabbed Levi and dragged him outside, and began aimlessly exploring the streets.

As they walked, he came across a sign, which was an ad for some place called "Six Flags", some sort of 'amusement park'.

"Hey, maybe we should check out that place!" Eren chirped, pointing at the sign. "Can we, Levi? Can we?"

Levi couldn't help but snort at the seventeen year old, who was acting like quite the child. Though, he was interested in what this probably was...

"Fine. But..." He eyed the roller coaster in the photo, and he grew somewhat nervous. What was /that/ thing? Jesus Christ, that looked like a killing machine.

What was this world doing? He wasn't sure if he liked this era much. He would've liked to stay at home slaughtering titans for a living and losing everyone he cared about. Ha. No. This was definitely much better.

Eren gave the biggest grin he could and grabbed Levi once more, rushing over to the park gates and paying the entrance fee. He then proceeded to drag Levi to the first rollercoaster he saw, which was one of the highest, and fastest, in the park.

"Can we go on that, Levi?" Eren chirped, pointing at it. "It looks fun! Who knows, maybe it'll feel like the 3DMG!"

Upon seeing the same structure he had in the seen on the poster, Levi gave a frown and he shook his head, "No thanks, Eren. I'd rather live. At least I have control of the 3D Maneuver Gear."

Snorting slightly he continue to back away slowly. No way was he going to do that, even if Eren begged.

Well... If Eren begged him maybe he would consider it.

Eren just gave a grin and grabbed the smaller man by the arm, darting over to the line... which had like, no people in it. He just quickly flew up the steps, dragging Levi into the seat.

"C'mon, Levi, it's gonna be fun~!" he chirped, oblivious to the most likely very pissed Levi.

And then the ride jerked for a moment and began to very slowly move forward.

It was too late to turn away as he got into the ride beside Eren, and as the bar settled down on him, he began to instantly pale. It was still way too late now.

As the ride roared to life and the cart began to move forward, he sunk into his seat somewhat and he his hands clenched around the bar, his knuckles going white.

"Why did I let you drag me into this, brat?"

Eren sent the smaller man a large smirk as the ride gained speed, and suddenly the speed increased to be even faster than that of the 3D gear, zooming across the tracks and going upside down, zig-zagging, going through loops, and then going downwards from a very high point at incredible speeds. Throughout the entire ride, Eren just grinned and laughed like an idiot, his hair whipping in his face.

"Holy damn, this is awesome!" the brown-haired boy cheered, pumping his fist in the air as the ride zoomed across the track.

The entire time the ride moved, Levi sunk further and further into the cart, eventually his mouth opening and a loud scream leaving his mouth.

"Screw you, Eren! Why'd I let you talk me into this! You brat! I hope you get sLAUGHTERED BY TITANS!" the man continued to screech, throwing curse words at the man as the ride continued to move.

"I hate you so much right now."

Eren almost immediately stopped his laughing and happy expression, and the ride finally skidded to a stop. The brown-haired male then just stood, exiting the ride without a single word to Levi, not even looking at him to give away the saddened and hurt expression on his face.

Slaughtered by Titans? That was too far. Why would Levi say something like that? And now he hated him, too! Normally, it wouldn't bother the young male as much, but after the events from yesterday... he wasn't a very happy person.

Eren just gave a sigh and walked away from Levi and the ride, just sitting on a nearby bench and resting his head on one of his hands.

As soon as Eren left the ride without a word, Levi stumbled to the side a bit, rather confused. It was when he thought over his words that realization dawned on him and he quickly followed behind Eren.

Kneeling down in front of him, he rested his hands gently on the Eren's neck, "I didn't mean that, Eren... Please..."

He was trying his best to sound calm, though he didn't know how well he was doing, to be honest.

"Anyway, we are in a Titan free world now, and as far as I know, nothing can cause you physical harm..." He really didn't know how he was doing

Eren didn't turn to look at the Corporal, continuing to just sadly look down at his lap, eyes watering.

After a moment, he reached up a hand to wipe his eyes, sniffling a little. Damn, he was a crybaby.

He made a small whimpering noise and soon just buried his face in his hands, staying still and not responding to Levi.

Levi couldn't help but feel a tiny bit stressed out about what to do. He had never been the best at comforting people, and now he definitely wanted to try and change for Eren.

"Don't cry, please," he said, rather worriedly, as he moved in closer to Eren and wrapped his arms around him in a right hug.

After a moment, pulled away and left Eren's head up gently, before daring to press his thumb gently beneath his eye and wipe away his tears.

"I didn't mean it at all. You know how I am, insulting everyone..."

Eren gave a small whimper, wrapping his arms around Levi and burying his face in the Corporal's chest, continuing to cry for another few minutes.

After a while, he finally pulled away, sniffling a bit and raising on up hand to wipe his eyes. "S-sorry, Corporal.." he then said quietly, voice still cracking. He then once again buried his face in the smaller man's chest, just resting there.

Levi let Eren continue with that position for a while, before he pulled away slightly and placed a finger under his chin, lifting his head up so that he would be able to make eye contact with the man.

After a moment, his heart began to race in an unusual manner, and he felt his breath hitch as he examined the man. He was beautiful, he wouldn't deny that. He would never say it out loud, (maybe he would at some point in time), but he knew it for sure.

After a moment, he leaned down and gently pressed his lips against Eren's own and allowed them to longer for a moment before pulling away a few inches, staying close so that he was probably sharing breath with him, and ignoring the salty taste he picked up from the tears that fell.

Eren was caught by surprise at the gesture, his eyes widening and breath hitching in his throat. But he didn't pull away. He pressed back against Levi's lips as the smaller male kissed him, feeling all of his sadness from a few moments ago melt away.

When Levi pulled away, Eren just continued to look up at him with wide, still-glistening eyes, the smallest smile working its way onto his face.

"Is it alright if I do that?" he asked, somewhat breathless. He normally would never ask for permission and just do things, but with Eren... Well, now he wanted to try and be different around him.

"Are you alright, now? Is there any way I can make it up to you?"

Reaching up a hand, he cupped his face and stroked his cheek gently, allowing his fingers to just barely touch his skin.

Eren smiled up at the other man, reaching up to his face and pulling him in again, brushing his lips up against his own. He remained like that for a moment before finally pulling away, a playful look in his eyes.

"Does that answer your question?" the brown-haired male chuckled, nuzzling Levi's neck.

"Tch, yes it does, brat," the way he said it implied that he was joking, and he was hoping Eren wouldn't take his words seriously. Instead, he pulled the man closer to him in an awkward manner.

"Eren. If we don't ever get the chance to go home... I know for a fact I'm not gonna leave you all by yourself here on this world. So you better get used to me."

As a joke, the man lightly punched his shoulder, a thin smile growing on his face.

Eren smiled back, also giving a friendly punch to the Corporal's shoulder. "I'm glad," he chirped, beaming. "I like having you around."

They were then suddenly interrupted by loud screaming, and once again... they were surrounded by a bunch of girls. They same ones from the anime con.

"Omfg!" one girl screamed. "Yaoi! Omfg they're so kawaii!"

Eren gave the girls an annoyed look, baring his teeth at them and giving them an intimidating stare.

"We were having a moment," he spat at them, a growl in his throat. "Get lost."

The girls merely giggled and got closer, petting Levi and Eren's heads.

"H-Hey! What the fuck are you doing?!" Eren exclaimed, shoving the girls away. "Go away, we're not interested!"

"But you two are soooooo cute!" one girl chirped happily, bouncing up and down. "We love yaoi~! Levi and Eren are sooooo perfect!"

Levi began to snarl in annoyance at all the fangirls appearing, and now that the moment between him and Eren was ruined, he is getting rather pissed.

Shoving away a few of the taller chicks, he have a huff and moved backwards so that he was beside Eren.

"Can you brats leave us alone? I don't care about your obsessions at all. Just leave us be," he snarled.

Moving a bit closer into Eren's side, he began to wave at the fangirls as if telling them to shoo

The fangirls just giggled idiotically, continuing their advances. One girl knocked into Eren, which caused him to lose his balance and suddenly topple over... onto a shard of glass that had been lying around.

Uh oh. Well, this was gonna be interesting. Everything flashed, and suddenly there was a 15 meter tall Titan in Eren's place. Oh shit.

The fangirls screamed for a moment, pointing at him in confusion and fear.

"OMFG!" one screamed. "That was the REAL Eren! OMG, he exists!"

They then proceeded to... hug his legs. "OMG WE LOVE YOU, EREN!"

Panic ran through Levi and without warning he began to shove the girls away, slinging curses at them before looking around. People were running frantically, since screaming.

"Eren, we need to get out of here now!" Levi snapped, picking up the shard of glass that had caused Eren to shift and pointing it at the fangirls threateningly.

There were a few people who gathered around in awe, while others were panicking, and Levi was unsure of what to do.

He could've been over reacting, but he never knew.

Eren froze in place, not daring to move for fear of stepping on someone. His pointed ears lowered, his eyes showing obvious fear. He knew he fucked up big time.

He tried opening his strangly-shaped jaws to speak, to try and assure everyone that it was okay, that he wasn't gonna hurt them, but all that came out was a strangled roar-like cry. He immediately shut his jaws, letting out a small whimper.

The fangirls continued crowding him, even in frickin' Titan form, while some onlookers gazed in surprise and amazement... and some people just ran around screaming their heads off.

Eren, very slowly moved one foot backwards, careful not to crush anyone as he slowly backed away, cowering, while everyone stared at him.

He sent a pleading look at Levi, as if begging the now tiny-to-him man to not be angry with him; after all, it wasn't his fault! It was like the incident with the spoon- an accidental transformation.

Levi wasn't angry with the man, in no way, but he was getting furious with everyone who was crowding him, and without hesitation began to shove them away again with more force than before.

Now that people knew Eren was real, would they realize he was the real Levi?

He wouldn't be afraid to attack the fangirls of they got any closer. He was too annoyed at this point.

Eren just cowered away from the crowd, trying to make himself look as small and non-threatening as possible... which was pretty damn hard when you're like 15 meters tall.

The people continued crowding them, some staring at the huge-ass Titan in awe, and some in terror.

Things suddenly got 10x worse when police sirens were heard, and a bunch of men in bodysuits and helmets entered the area, surrounding Levi and Eren with their guns drawn.

'Well, shit,' Eren muttered to himself in his head. 'I just fucked up big time.'

Reaching down instinctively, Levi closed his fist around air, real panic running through him at the fact he didn't have his maneuver gear. They didn't know Eren was supposed to rescue humanity. They couldn't, and he wouldn't, allow them to take Eren.

They wouldn't know Eren's weakness, no, but he would run out of juice eventually. They'd practiced with this in the past, and he knew it wouldn't last long.

He didn't even know what machinery they had! Hanji would sure love to screw around with this...

As Eren whimpered and cowered away from the police, something neither of them expected occurred: The fangirls all formed a protective blockade between the police and the Titan.

"Don't hurt him!" one shouted, holding her arms out. "He's friendly!"

One of the officers quirked a brow, keeping his gun pointed at Eren.

"What the hell makes you say that that 15 meter tall monster thing is friendly?" he snapped, looking annoyed. "Move out of the way!"

Soon, even more people began forming a protective barrier around Eren, much to his astonishment. Why were these people protecting him?

"Look!" one person shouted, pointing up at him. "Does he look mean to you? He's cowering away from us, he's obviously scared! Leave him alone!"

"Yeah, I know this guy! He's a character from an anime; Attack on Titan!" another person shouted. "That's Eren Jaeger! Wow, I can't believe he actually exists!"

"He's a good guy!" one girl whined, hugging Eren's ankles. "He's a hot-head, but he's good!"

The officers slowly lowered their guns, staring at eachother in confusion and bewilderment.

"Then what the hell do you suggest we do with it?" one officer huffed, crossing his arms. "We can't let something that huge wander around freely!"

"Cut the nape of his neck!" one person piped up. "If you get him on the nape of his neck, you can cut his human body out!"

"Yeah, he's a Titanshifter! He can turn between human and Titan! Get his neck, and he'll change back!"

Eren lifted his head a bit, staring at the crowd in confusion, a bit of fear, and utter bewilderment. What the hell? Why were so many people standing up for him?

Levi was confused as to why people were standing up for Eren, but that made his job easier for sure, but at the mention of cutting Eren out of the nape of his neck, a scowl crossed his face. What would they do afterwards? Take him away for testing? He sure as hell wasn't going to let that happen as long as he was the one to do it.

"None of you are touching him!" Levi snapped, shoving through the barrier of fangirls that had ended up pushing him away from Eren, and within moments he stood next to the Titan's leg, slamming a fist into his leg, "Lift me up, brat," he snarled. He was getting easily irritated, and it was obvious.

"If you want him out, I'll do it myself. After all I was trained for this," he snapped, raising his voice to make sure everyone heard him and giving them a glowering glare. He was wearing his scouting legion uniform (seeing as that was the only thing he had) and he hoped that would give some sort of clarification to his profession.

After a moment of grumbling, he turned to the crowd and put on his best salute, making sure to raise his voice as he spoke to the crowd, "Lance Corporal Levi, head of the 104th squad. I have been put in charge of Eren Jaeger, and I don't plan on letting him into anybody else's hands so easily."

The officers stared at Levi with deadpanned, dumbfounded expressions.

"What the living Hell is that?" one snorted. "I've never heard of such a thing."

"It's an Attack on Titan thing," one man stated plainly. "If that's the real Eren, that must also be the real Levi."

While the officers and other people were bickering among themselves, Eren obeyed Levi's command and gently and slowly reached down his huge hands, scooping up the little man as gently as he could to avoid accidentally squishing him to death.

The officers turned to watch, staring in awe as Eren held Levi up, not hurting him.

"See?" one of the onlookers huffed. "He's not hurting him. He's friendly."

Struggling to stand on his shoulder for a moment because he didn't have his 3D Maneuver gear on him, he went to grab Eren's hair, holding on it with a tight grip to ensure he didn't fall, before giving a snort towards the annoying people who crowded around him. Leaning over to Eren's ear, he made sure to stay quiet but loud enough so that he could hear.

"We need to get out of here; I don't think they'll stay calm for long. They aren't like Hanji, that's for sure," he said, before glancing down with a disgusted face toward the police and the fangirls, as well as the guy who realized that he really was the real Levi.

"Who gave you permission to call be Levi? It's Corporal to you," he snapped, before realizing his mistake. He would have no proof other than his words, really, and he doubted his rank mattered in this world.

Eren lowered his pointy ears, making a soft whimpering noise, as if to tell the Corporal, 'I can't.. not like this.'

It was true; He couldn't flee this way. Not without killing people by accidentally crushing them, which he didn't want to do. And doing that would only make people want him dead even more.

The police just continued to stare, while Eren stared straight at them with a pleading look in his eyes, ears lowered. He had slowly repositioned himself into a cross-legged sitting position now, which he hoped made him less threatening than if he was standing.

One of the police then sighed and dropped their gun. "Alright, fine," he sighed, though with a slightly annoyed expression on his face. "The damn thing obviously isn't aggressive."

The officer then looked up at Levi. "Alright, 'Corporal', if you can 'cut him out' of that thing, then fine. We'll let him go."

The other officers looked at their comrade in confusion, and what looked to be disgust.

"We can't let it live!" one spat angrily. "It's a huge-ass monster that could crush us all! Who knows just what it's capable of! We should kill it, or at least detain it, right here and now!"

The officer that had offered to let them go, which looked to be the leader of the group, sent the other one a glare.

"You heard me," he stated plainly. "We'll let them go if he can be turned back into a human. I want to know if what this crowd, and this man says is true. I don't know what the living hell is going on, or why the hell this thing suddenly ended up here, or why it even exists, but apparently it does and it's got some show based on it. If that shit's true, then it doesn't seem to be too much of a threat if it's well-known to be docile in a show."

"Get me a sword. A large knife, anything," Levi yelled down, tapping his foot impatiently before turning to Eren, "If they end up trying to attack you with guns, they won't get any luck, I'm sure you know that. Plus I doubt they'll attack in this populated area," he said, his voice quiet. It was a familiar voice from the crowd that finally caught his attention.

"I saw these two goofs walking down the street yesterday. They're the real things alright. They won't do harm, though watch out for the shorty, he can be violent if you're not careful with your words," the guy said, snorting and acting like he hadn't just outright insulted Levi's height. Again.

"Screw off," Levi snapped, about ready to jump down from Eren and attack the man. He was definitely irritating.

Eren just continued to sit still, eyes warily following every movement from the officers as they then began to discuss and whisper among themselves, before one pulled away and turned to Levi and Eren.

"There's a sword shop here, pretty close by," he announced, staring up at them. "We're going to send one of our men to get one. Just be warned though, if you dare try to attack us, we will not hesitate to shoot."

And with that, one of the other officers turned and began to walk off, heading in the opposite direction.

Eren sat in silence, not daring to make a single move, while the crowd and the rest of the officers chatted amongst themselves in hushed tones.

Finally, the other officer that had left returned with two twin swords, and hesitantly walked right up to Eren.

"You picked that other man up and didn't kill him, so I'm going to trust you here. Don't fuck up," he growled, holding the swords tightly and trembling from being in such close proximity to the huge, hulking giant thing. "Lift me up so I can give these to that friend of yours. You've got a human form, right? So you must have enough human intelligence to understand my words, monster."

Eren's ears drooped even more at the hostile tone in the man's voice, giving a low sigh. But, he nonetheless complied, gently reaching down and lifting the man up so that he was level with Levi.

The officer then handed the shorter man the swords, before looking back at Eren's strange-looking face.

"Now put me the hell down before I fall and die," he commanded, a stern look on his face. Eren complied, setting the man down just as gently as he had lifted him up.

Glaring at the commander the entire time he retrieved the swords, he snatched them from the man and waited for him to be let down, before glancing at the crowd, "I advise everybody move back," he yelled, raising his voice before turning to Eren. Pressing a hand against his face, he stroked his cheek slightly and patted him momentarily, "I'm gonna get you out, now. It may hurt," he said, somewhat softly.

"Lean over slightly; I don't have my maneuver gear and can't stay on tightly," he commanded, and waited for the titan to obey before going to the nape of his neck and digging the swords in expertly, careful to cat in just the right places.

Eventually he could see Eren through the vapor from the titan blood, and he began to pull him out of the titan's body, his grip strong.

When Levi had cut into the nape of his neck, Eren's Titan body lost its signs of life and slumped over, no longer moving, as Levi began to pull the human Eren out.

Because Eren had barely done anything at all while in his Titan body, he was still for the most part fully conscious when the Titan side of him was killed.

When he was fully pulled out, he stood, turning to face the crowd, still retaining a fearful look on his face, and he backed up into Levi, hugging him tightly and nuzzling his head into his chest.

The crowd of crazed fangirls and random people were silent, looking from the rapidly dissipating Titan corpse, to Eren, and back again in awe.

"Damn, I can't believe he's real," one guy murmured.

"Yeah... how the hell do they even exist? I thought they were just fictional..." another man said in a hushed tone. "But apparently not."

Even the police stared at Eren and Levi with a mixture of awe and confusion, exchanging glances and muttering to themselves.

Eventually, the head officer stepped up again.

"Alright, as I said- you're free to go for now. However, I must warn you... if you transform into that... thing again, we will not hesitate to either kill or detain you," he announced, before turning his back and walking away, the other police following behind him.

Levi couldn't help but pull Eren closer as everyone continued to stare, and he glowered menacingly at all of them, his grip tightening around the taller man. And as soon as the police left, the man tugged at Eren's sleeve, "We should get going; we don't want them to suddenly change their minds," the man murmured, glaring at any fangirls that might've thought they were going to violate his person space again.

"We should get far away; they don't know that your power is sometimes uncontrollable, like now for instance, and I definitely do not want them finding out," he snarled, moving closer and speaking even lower to ensure that others couldn't hear.

No way would he allow Eren to be detained; no way in hell. Running a hand through his hair, the man gave a frustrated growl. While the break from the Titan War was nice, he somewhat wanted that world back. This time was so... different.

The air was stuffy, dirty, and overall gross. The amount of machinery and noise was disturbing. Everything. Everything was bugging the man.

Eren gave a small nod, slowly pulling away from Levi.

"Let's leave this city and find somewhere else to stay..." he murmured, still shaking a small bit from the police encounter. The brown-haired male then gave a sigh, grabbing Levi's arm and lightly tugging it. "C'mon, let's go."

He then made his way through the crowd, which parted for him while still staring at him and Levi in a dumbstruck fashion, and exited through the park gates.

They were soon aimlessly wandering the streets, not knowing where the hell to even go.

Great, the next few days were sure to be fun.