Reunited Chapter 3, an attack on titan/進撃の巨人 fanfic

He watched as Eren rushed trough the trees , quickly, clumsily like a brat he was. He was an easy target for titans this way. Levi knew that and it made him restless. Eren told him about that time when one of his friends, a new recruit , Thomas Wagner was his name Levi thought, got eaten right in front of his eyes. He lost it, he started rushing just like he is now and titan bit off his leg while he was still in the air. He survived that day thanks to his titan powers, but Levi still couldn't calm down. He was afraid of losing Eren before but the change in their relationship has taken that fear to a whole new level. It was as if he couldn't live without Eren by his side. He felt like if he lost him, he couldn't go on. Like he wouldn't have anything to live for, anything to keep him facing forward. Eren was his pillar, Eren kept him standing still and stable. Without Eren he would crumble, crush, collapse. He would simply break and nothing would be able to fix him. He wouldn't have anything to look forward to like he has now. He wouldn't have those little touches they shared when they thought no one was looking. He wouldn't have those nights when they would secretly meet and just be together, in comfortable silence. No words needed to be exchanged, since they knew what the other was thinking at all times. Those sweet kisses, soft touches, loving looks. Those are things that Eren gives him and those are things that keep him sane. Without that he would just lose everything. His sanity, his reason, his life.

Levi's train of thoughts was interrupted with loud 'thud' that echoed throughout the woods. Fear washed over him when he looked down to see Eren lying on the ground, completely still.

"EREN!" he shouted.

When he came down to him, he lifted his head slightly and started shaking him.

"Eren, oi Eren, wake up" but no response came. Levi's eyes widened and his hands started shaking. No, no, no, this can't be happening, he thought.

"Oi Eren…" his voice was now barely above whisper. Tears streaming down his face.

"H-heichiou?"

He looked down again to see that Eren opened his eyes already and was holding a back of his head with his hand.

"Ouch…"

"Eren!"

"Heichou I'm sorry if I caused trouble, I-" Eren's sentence was interrupted when he felt a hand slap him across the face. And before he could figure out what was happening Levi embraced him tightly, burying his face into crook of Eren's neck. Eren felt warm liquid stain his neck.

"E-EH! H-heichou? Heichou what's wrong? Did I do anithg? I-"

"…ot."

"W-what?"

Levi moved away from his neck to look up at him.

"YOU IDIOT!" he shouted. His eyes were red and puffy from crying.

"You scared me there for a moment…" his voice was now barely above whisper and he was wearing a painful expression as he moved forward to kiss Eren's lips softy.

Eren still just stared at him, confused by the sudden sea of emotion Levi showed in such short amount of time. A warm smile spread across his face as he cupped Levi's cheek, moving closer to him.

"I'm sorry…" he whispered and just when their faces were inches away everything became white…

"…waaaahhh, waaaahhhhh, waaaaaaahhhh"

"W-what" Levi opened his eyes to realize that he was in his bed and not in the forest with Eren.

"waaaaaaaaahhhhh, waaaaaaaaaahhh" not so pleasant sound met his ears .

What was that…A baby? Crying? Eren! Today was Sunday. Eren and his mom were coming home from hospital. Well, they were already here, that much was obvious. Levi turned around to look at his alarm clock to realize that it was already noon.

'I slept this much?! Are you serious' he thought. Though looking back that was actually normal time for him to wake up on weekends. He just wanted to actually greet his mom and Eren when they came home, he supposed.

"waaaaaaaahhhhhhhh, waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh" man, a baby crying was really worst sound that existed. He better go to check up on them.

"What's going on?" he said as he entered living room to find his mother and father there desperately and unsuccessfully trying to calm Eren down.

"Oh Levi, honey, sorry. Did he wake you up? I don't know what to do anymore. I fed him, I changed his dipers and he slept pretty nicely whole night, but he just won't calm down."

"Give him to me" said Levi.

His mother handed him over crying Eren. That sound was really a lethal weapon from up close.

"Shhhhh, shhhhhhhh, easy…" Levi whispered as he swayed Eren gently in his arms. It sounded almost as if he was calming a wild animal. But, it worked. Eren's cries died away as he looked up at Levi with his huge teal-green orbs and smiled letting out a weird sound while doing that. It sounded like something between a chuckle, a laugh, and a squeal. Babies sure were able of producing weird sounds. But whatever it was in meant that Eren was happy and just knowing that he made Eren fell that way was enough for a pleasant warmth to spread all over his chest. He could really never get over how adorable Eren was.

"Hallelujah, it finally stopped!" his father breathed out acting as if he just ran a marathon.

"How did you do it? How?" asked his mother.

"I don't know. He just likes me I guess." said Levi nonchalantly.

"Great! Just great. My own child hates me" sighed his mother in frustration.

"Don't say that mom. He doesn't hate you, he just loves me more" said Levi smiling innocently.

"Give him to me, and go take a shower. I shall admit my defeat." said their mom being overly dramatic.

"Hai, hai…" said Levi as he handed Eren over to his mom. It was still hard letting go of him. Not as hard as before but the feeling was still there. Levi thought it will actually never go away completely. It was probably connected with that fear he felt about losing Eren. As he thought that he remembered a dream he had before Eren's crying woke him up.

As he went towards the bathroom he took change of clothes and two spare towels. He walked into the bathroom and undressed himself. He stepped into the shower and set right temperature of the water. As he felt warm droplets of water on his skin, relaxing his tense muscles, memories came to his mind. About dream, about past, about Eren.

It was at the training if he remembers correctly. That happened about two months after Eren's confession. They decided they would keep their relationship a secret. So they would meet every night and go out to watch the stars. Levi never actually looked at the stars though. To him, Eren's eyes were shining brighter that any star in the sky or sun itself. That's why he would always stare at Eren while he wasn't paying attention, charmed by stars. Eren would always catch him staring though and that would give him a month worth teasing material. But it was worth it. Because he never knew when will those eyes disappear from his sight. And that was what he feared. He feared that he will never again see those eyes full of ambition, admiration, love, passion. Eyes that gave him hope, eyes that kept him alive.

He turned off the water and got out of the shower. He wiped his body and got dressed. He put another towel over his shoulder so his damp hair won't get his shirt wet.

As he walked into his room he took his phone to check if he had any new messages and already felt slight headache when he saw he had ten missed calls from Hanji. This was going to be a long, long day. He thought as he dialed her number to see what she wanted. And again before he even got to say hello, her "lovely" voice shouted:

"LEVIIIII!"

"What is wrong with you" Levi hissed.

"Nothing I am absolutely fine, more than fine actually, I'm excellent but that aside are you ignoring my calls again? Because if you are I'm gonna get angry."

"No, Hanji, I'm not ignoring your calls, I was in the shower, now tell me what do you want."

"Oh, okay then. Anyway I want to come over."

"So… Why don't you? You always just appear at my door start wrecking havoc anyway. What's the difference?"

"The difference is that you have a baby in the house now and I was wondering can I come and see him without being bother to your parents"

"Hanji, chill, you can come. My parents didn't become titans all of a sudden, though I'm sure you would love that. Eren doesn't really change much and they always saw you like a part of our family so It's okay."

"Aww, Levi. So much touching words, I don't know what to say."

"If you keep acting like this I will I will cut off that damn tongue of yours so you won't be able to speak. No matter do you want it or not."

"Now, that's Levi I know. And okay then I'm coming. See you in a few."

"See ya"

Xxx

As she heard the doorbell sound, she went out of the kitchen to open the door. And when she did, bespectacled girl with huge grin on her face greeted her from the other side of the door.

"Hey, auntie" said Hanji.

"Oh, Zoe-chan, good to see you again. Come in." as older woman said that Hanji came inside.

"You came to see the baby, right?"

"Yup. So, can I?"

"Of course dear, just please be quiet, he's asleep"

"Okay, no problem."

"Big problem" they heard a voice say behind them.

"Leviiiiii" whispered Hanji as she threw herself on him and wrapped her hands around his neck.

"See, no problem. Even I can be quiet" she grinned.

"Yeah, yeah…"

They heard a chuckle coming from Levi's mom.

"What?" they said in unison.

"You two really get along well, don't you?" she said.

"Yes we do" said Hanji.

"No we don't", said Levi at the same time.

"Okay, whatever, let's go." Said Levi as he pulled Hanji by the hand and into the room.

"Over there", he said pointing towards a little bed inside the room.

When they got to the bed Levi slowly put his hand inside and caressed Eren's little cheek, careful not to wake him up. Hanji just stared.

"He is so small" she said.

"Well of course he's small, he's a newborn"

"Yeah, I guess. Do you think he will outgrow you again? I mean, not like you are much taller now than back then." She whispered.

"Shut up shitty four-eyes" he said. But he couldn't be angry. He wanted Eren to outgrow him. He wanted him to grow to be big and strong just like before.

"You really love him don't you" said Hanji knowingly.

"Yeah, but that's old news. Why mention it now?"

"Because, even when he is like this, a baby I mean. You just look at him with those eyes I was never able to describe. It's like love, admiration, fear, worry all mixed in one. It's like some new emotion that still has to be given a name."

"That's some deep shit" he said.

"You really know how to ruin a moment." Hanji whined.

"Keep quiet" Levi warned her, putting his index finger onto his mouth.

"Nee, Levi?"

"Hm?"

"Do you ever have dreams?"

"Dreams?"

"You know, about that time."

"Sometimes, but they're mostly about Eren." said Levi, sad smile spreading across his face.

"Yeah, I figured. Do you think we will meet the others in this life?"

"No idea."

"Is that so?" said Hanji, but her question stood, unanswered.

The rest of the time they spent in comfortable silence. Both thinking about the past.

Xxx

"waaaaaaahhhhhh, waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh"

Levi opened his eyes and turned to look at his alarm clock. It was three in the morning! Eren was so restless, this whole night. Levi wished he would just fall asleep already. Their mother was probably exhausted. He just turned around to continue sleeping, hoping that crying would stop soon…

"waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh, waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh"

…or not. Levi stood up from the bed to go and see what's wrong with Eren. Unpleasant sound pierced his ears as he entered a dark room. He came closer to the bed to find Eren crying and screaming in there. He picked him up and gently swayed him in his arms trying to calm him down.

"Shhh, shhh, easy" with that Eren calmed down a bit but it still wasn't enough for him to fall asleep so Levi remembered a little something that used to calm him down back then when he would have nightmares. A song. So he closed his eyes and angelic sound left his mouth.

Are you going to Scarborough fair?