"Eli, Eli where are you Eli?" Eren shouted from the tree stump that he had been perched on for a number of hours.
They had started a little game of hide and seek over three hours earlier and Eren knew that it was nearly time for them to return home before it finally got dark. Unfortunatly Eli was nowhere to be seen. Eren had offically checked everywhere or at least thats what his little mind decided was everywhere.
Eren and Eli was as close as two twins could get without their relationship becoming something that society would deem as 'wrong', though their father would often tell the boys that they were far too close to one another.
This meant that Eren knew all of Eli's secrets and so he had checked all of the so called 'secret' hiding spots that his brother had mapped out for them one day after pre-school. The day was becoming darker as darkened skies began to errupt from above the little boy but still Eli was nowhere to be seen.
Eren was truly getting a little frightened, the only time he really felt at ease was when Eli was by his side though his mother calmed him too.
The little brunet found himself sobbing at the thought of his mother whom had died in an 'accident' a year prior.
All Eren remembered of the day she died was Eli shaking before pulling Eren into a tight embrace.
The two were pracitally alone after that.
Their father never came home anymore so the young twins had a plan of action in order to look after each other.
First, they would always go home before the sky got scary and turned so dark that they couldn't see the sunshine.
Second, they would always stay together after all they needed one another in order to feel safe on their own.
Third, they would meet at the small tree stump outside the abandoned park if they ever got lost.
Four, no matter what they wouldn't let anyone know that their parents weren't at home Eren's father had warned him that they would seperate the twins if they knew that they were alone.
Eren couldn't live without Eli.
After what seemed like hours had passed Eren's sobs had turned into frantic wailing that seemed to alert any nearby adults of his presence.
The people soon started to gather around the boy asking countless questions as to his reason for being in the park, sadly Erens words were too muffled to understand.
Eli hadn't come back and he had broken the second promise, Eren didn't want to be alone
A sudden pain shot through Erens small, fragile arm it seemed like something had been stabbed into his skin.
A needle.
The boys eyesight became too distorted to see however he could definatly feel his body being lifted before loosing consciousness.
Eren and Eli Yeager were finally announced as missing five days after the kidnapping.
"'Eli, what you were dead" Eren signed eyes wide, his hands were moving shakily and frantically but enough for Eli to make out what he was trying to tell him.
"No Eren I was never dead thats just what they decided to tell you" Eli nonchalently spoke as if he couldn't care less about the fact that his twin belived that he was dead. Levi had managed to curl into the back wall by now feeling completely violated and discusted that he didn't realise that it wasn't Eren who had been touching him.
"'Why the hell did you do that to Levi?'" Eren quickly signed after seeing the raven in fetal position. "Oh, well he was so pretty and I didn't think that you would mind after all we are the same as one another" Eli smirked at his comment before looking at the raven.
A shot of guilt and shame hit his stomach at the sight.
He didn't expect Levi to be so startled or horrified.
"I, I am s, so sorry Eren, I I didn't, I didn't know" Levi cried before starting to panic at the situation he was in.
Thousands of thoughts were shooting through his mind the worst of which was that Eren was going to leave him for being so careless and for not realising that it wasn't him.
It only took a second however and the brunet was pulling him into his chest.
A warm calm feeling seemed to wash over him though he couldn't find the way to breathe.
"Levi, just breathe in and out okay, if you don't then something bad could happen" Eli tried to comfort the boy.
He put a caring hand on Levi's shoulder before looking at his brother with worry laced into his eyes.
"Eren calm him down I don't know what to do" Eli exclaimed.
Eren pressed his lips to Levi's head before rocking him back and forth in his strong arms.
One of the brunets fingers traced a single word into the palm of Levi's shaking hand 'breathe'.
Levi managed to slowly build his breaths breathing slowly at first in small gaps looking to inhale the oxygen into his lungs.
After a short while Levi's breathing pattern became slow and steady, just how it should be.
"'Levi I love you so much don't panic this was all Eli's fault for being do careless and heartless by not realising how traumatic what he did could be for you'" Eren scribbled the note on a discarded piece of paper.
Eli pouted at the words he had scribed for turning back to Levi with a sorry look.
"I love you too, I am so sorry but who are you?" Levi's soft declaration turned into a question aimed directly at the new boy.
"Eli, my name is Eli. I am actually Eren's twin brother but we got pulled apart a long time ago and since then I have been trying to find my beautiful brother" Eli explained with a soft but still sorrowful look etched onto his familiar face.
"You never told me that you had a brother Eren" Levi commented as he turned to his boyfriend who seemed to be as curious as him about the situation.
Eren picked up a pen before writing "'I didn't know that he was still alive but I was planning on telling you the truth after all the only person that I have ever told in my entire life was Armin and I was really upset about a dream I had at the time'" the brunet seemed to be sincere in his explanation.
Levi knew how close he and Armin had become and he was honestly very pleased with it after all the little blond mushroom needed more friends he was a social butterfly but too shy to talk.
Eli watched the scene silently without commenting. He wanted that. That love. He was constantly hoping for someone to be able to talk to him like that however since he was raised by a bunch of psychopaths he always thought that all that love was too far away to reach.
Eli wanted to be jealous of Eren, he really did but at this moment all he could do was stare at the love birds in awe of something that he would probably never get to have.
"Im sorry" Eli whispered without thinking, he quietly decided to turn his eyes to his feet before he would be beraded or beaten like usual.
"It's okay, I still don't trust you but you seem like you've been through hell to find Eren" Levi calmly replied much to the shock horror of Eli who actually felt his eyes bulge out of his head at the kindness of those around him.
He had honestly believed that Eren and Levi would beat him up or maybe even kill him.
Though now he could see that the pair was a lot kinder and sweeter than those he had been with before, those who took Eren away.
"Thank you, I didn't think that you would forgive me for such a thing" Eli muttered feeling tears make their way to the surface, of course he would never be seen crying in front of anyone so he averted his gaze.
As soon as he did however he felt a soft pair of arms drape themselves around his body pulling him into their warm chest as if to comfort him.
As Eli turned he noticed Eren was hugging him close. His brother looked utterly content with Eli in his embrace making Eli want to cry even more at the actions of his lovly twin brother.
"Eren, I love you so much" Eli cried burying his face in the crook of his twins neck.
The brunet just smiled softly at Eli before running his fingers through his hair and writing 'I love you too' on his brothers palm using his finger.
Levi observed the twins wanting nothing more then to take a picture of the two of them in their little bubble.
They looked so cute together especailly since they hadn't been aquated in such a long time.
He quickly decided that instead of an actual picture he would paint this scene as a one off.
He usually only painted the images in his dreams however this moment was one of the most precious and wonderful things that he had ever envisioned.
The love that consumed the room upon their meeting was one of an almost unimaginable beauty and he couldn't believe that he had the pleasure and honour of witnessing it.
Suddenly, Eli's head lifted up to give Levi a small tear-soaked grin and Levi swore it was one of the most honest smiles that he had ever seen.
They pushed away from each other to look into the other twins eyes silently.
Eren was blessed.
He had finally gotten back the one part of him that was always missing, the one person who constantly invaded his thoughts until there was nothing left but images of Levi's beautiful face.
The two people that he felt were the most special and unique were in one room with him.
They were together.
He had awaited this day a long time and now he finally got to bask in the wonder which was them being together.
Of course, he was still slightly annoyed with Eli after all their first meeting was rather unpleasant.
He momentarily thought that it was a meeting for the history books and may well go down as the wierdest meeting of a twin brother ever observed by human eyes. Well, it actually could of been Eren instead of Levi in that position so he realised that it could have been all the stranger.
"Eli, how long do you plan on staying? Are you being followed?" Eren quickly scribbled on a post-stick note that was on a nearby desk.
"I better keep moving, I don't want those bastards locating me or you, I have a safe place to hide so don't worry" Eli smiled at Eren's question, he could almost imagine Eren speaking those words.
Would they be laced with worry or disgust?
Levi looked at him quizzically before seeing Eren's eyes flash with some unknown emotion.
"What are you thinking Eren?" Levi asked cautiously, he knew that look on Eren's face, it wasn't a negotiable one.
"I want you to stay with me Eli, I don't care if you have a safe place to stay, I just found you and I will be damned if I loose you again" he angrily wrote before showing them the words.
Levi noted in his mind that Eren was definitely going to win this fight so Eli may as well give up.
What did Levi think of Eli?
He wasn't sure, he was shaky about the previous events but the lost look in Eli's eyes was plain to see, he looked utterly broken.
"Eren, if I stay here then we could both be caught. I ran away you know so they are absolutly going to look for me!" Eli exclaimed, he was shocked by Eren's insistance even though he knew the consequences of his twin brother staying with him.
The golden eyed brother couldn't believe his stupidity.
Eren's multi-coloured eyes gleamed with frustration as he silently glared his twin into submission.
"Eren, I don't want you getting hurt because of this, I want you to be together too but not if it means that I loose you!" Levi yelled gaining the attention of both the brothers.
"Levi, I know that you care but at the same time I can't just let him go not after what happened last time" Eren wrote trying to convey how much this meant to him on a piece of paper.
"Eren, please. Im going to leave now but I swear that I will be back soon" Eli said as he ran his fingers through the boys chocolate locks.
"I love you so much so even though I lost you once and might do again at least I got to see you grow up, thats all I ever wanted" Eli continued watching his twin suddenly break into tears.
He plased a chaste kiss on Eren's forehead before disappearing out the open window. Eren slowly fell to his knees as he cast a lost look in Levi's direction.
One that sang of his loneliness.
Of his love.
"Eren, he will be back, I know he will" Levi whispered into his lovers ear before pulling him close and enbracing him.
Eren put his head to Levi's chest listening to the heartbeat slowly calm him into a dreamless sleep.
"I love you Eren, we need to talk in the morning, about everything" Levi voiced this outlous to himself before laying with his lover and falling slowly into his own dream world.