Chapter II - Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
(3rd Person POV)
Eren looks out the window. It's starting to snow outside now. He giggles before running to Levi's door and knocking.
"Levi? Do you wanna build a snowman? Come on, let's go and play. I never see you anymore." He turns around and slides his back down the door. "Come out the door. It's like you've gone away." He looks under the door before standing up again and walking away.
"We used to be best buddies, and now we're not." Eren sits and plays alone, two dolls made to look like them in his hands. "I wish you would tell me why." He throws himself on the floor, splayed out on his back and looking up at the ceiling.
"Do you wanna build a snowman?" Eren asks again, peeking through the keyhole of Levi's door. "It doesn't have to be a snowman." He speaks into the keyhole.
"Go away, Eren." Levi says from the other side of the door.
"Okay, bye." Eren sighs sadly, walking away.
Levi gazes out the window longingly. He grips the windowsill. Ice soon begins to spread along the window and Levi gasps in surprise, pulling away from the window.
"The gloves will help." Levi's father says as he puts the gloves on Levi's hands. "See? Conceal it."
"Don't feel it." Levi adds.
"Don't let it show." The two say together.
As the years pass, Eren continues to try to get Levi to come out.
Eren laughs, running up to Levi's door and knocking excitedly. "Do you wanna build a snowman? Or ride our bike around the halls?" Eren decides to ride the bike down the stairs, crashing at the bottom and landing in the knight statue's arms. "I think some company is overdue."
Eren runs around the room full of paintings, jumping on the couch and looking at the pictures around him. "I've started talking to the pictures on the walls. Hang in there, Ymir." He points to a particular picture of a woman wearing armour and riding a horse, what looks to be, into battle.
"It gets a little lonely, all these empty rooms, just watching the hours tick by." He lays on his back with his feet resting on the large grandfather's clock, following it with his feet as it moves back and forth with the time. Clicking his tongue to the tick tock of the clock.
"I'm scared." Levi cries to his parents. "It's getting stronger!"
"Getting upset only makes it worse. Calm down." His father tries to get him to calm down a bit. He walks closer to Levi.
"No! Don't touch me!" Levi backs away, pulling his hands close to his chest. "Please, I don't want to hurt you." He begs. His parents just look at him sadly.
Eren slides past Levi's door, a teenager now. He stops and looks at the door before sighing and walking away.
He runs into the room his parents are packing in and hugs them warmly. "See you in two weeks!" He says.
Levi bows slightly to his parents before speaking. "Do you have to go?" He asks sadly.
"You'll be fine, Levi." His father assures him. Both his parents smile at him reassuringly.
Their parents soon finish packing for their trip and board their boat. As they travel, a large storm comes, knocking the boat around as the waves crash against it and into the boat. Thunder and lightning crashes as rain pours down harshly around them. Soon the waves grow too strong and the boat tips over, crashing into the sea. Their parents never to come home.
After the funeral, Eren comes back. He knocks on Levi's door gently. "Levi?" He speaks quietly, sadly. "Please, I know you're in there. People are asking where you've been. They say 'Have courage' and I'm trying to. I'm right out here for you. Just let me in." He leans against the door. "We only have each other. It's just you and me. What are we gonna do?" He asks sadly, pressing his back against the door and sliding down to hold his knees close to his chest.
"Do you wanna build a snowman?" His voice cracks as he asks, tears threatening to spill out.
Levi sits on the other side of the door, listening but not replying. His room covered in ice as he cries.
The two sit in silence.
*Sorry this chapter is so short, I'm trying to keep it with the songs. Hopefully you guys are ready because there are definitely going to be more songs from here on out. ^.^ *