Natalie swiftly headed to the lift and selected the button for the ground floor. The lift just couldn't go fast enough; as a nurse, she knew the importance of time more the most, and time was one thing she didn't have. She needed to find Levi, she had no time to lose now. Her priority had been her patient first, but now it was Levi and she knew she had to be fast. Each second felt like an hour. Finally, the lift's annoying speaker crackled the words "Ground Floor" in a painfully mechanical female voice, and Natalie darted through the metal doors as soon as they opened wide enough for her to slip through. She rushed out of the main doors, the ferocious cold wind hitting her like a truck. Screwing up her eyes against it, she pushed against its force, her curls dragging out behind her as the wind pulled them back harshly. She got to her car and fumbled with the lock before finally opening the door, and fighting with the wind to slam it shut. Pushing her errant curls from her flushed face, Natalie started the cars engine and reversed out of her space. She searched blindly for her seatbelt and clicked it on as she drove out of the car park and turned onto the road. She may have been in a hurry, but she was a very safe and good driver. Her phone was placed on the seat beside her so that she could pick up calls from Eren easily or phone him if she needed to... and so, the search for Levi Ackerman began.
Eren stayed curled into a ball on the sofa, the occasional warm tear slipping down his cheek and dampening the soft material of the blanket he clutched so desperately. He stared into nothingness, lost in thought as he remembered everything he'd been through with Levi. The good, the bad, the completely mental... He remembered when he'd first seen him, how attractive he'd thought Levi was. He remembered how awkward he'd been at first, acting weird, tripping and falling over, knocking Levi onto the floor... God he was a mess. He remembered when he ended up running across the rooftops after Levi, he remembered when he fainted down an alley... When Levi told him the truth. He remembered when Levi finally came out to him and they kissed. He remembered going to town with Levi, falling in love with him more with every second he spent with him. He remembered the incidents with Mikasa, when she saw Levi's cigarettes, when Levi started drinking... When everything went wrong. Now Eren was lying on a sofa while someone went looking for a possibly dead Levi, and he could do nothing... He was useless.
Natalie scoured the streets, driving round every road, sometimes parking her car and running through snow covered park after park. She was exhausted and had only been going for a couple of hours. It was 2pm when Natalie finished yet another run through a large, white dusted playground and lawn. Face red and chest heaving, she flopped back into her car and shut the door after her. Nothing. She hadn't seen anyone that looked like Eren's description of Levi at all... But there was still loads more for her to search. She'd never manage it all in one day, and it wasn't even guaranteed that Levi would be in the town anymore. With numb fingers, she picked up her phone and struggled to type her home number with frozen fingers. Not even a second after her house phone had started ringing, Eren had picked up.
"Natalie? Have you found him? Where are you? Is he ok-"
"Eren... Calm down..." She said breathlessly, sniffing her cold red nose. Eren fell silent, straining his ears as he waited for news. "I haven't found him yet, but we still have time, ok Eren? I don't want you to panic... We will find him, I promise. I'll search for a couple more hours because by then it will be getting dark and I'll come back home, hopefully with your friend..."
"But what if he's hurt?!"
"Eren, I'm doing my best." She sighed. "Don't worry. If I don't find him today, I'll come back out tomorrow. I still have half the town to search, I won't be able to do it all today... How are you feeling?" She asked softly. Eren sniffed down the phone and Natalie knew he was crying.
"I-I'm ok..." The brunette whispered through the receiver. It broke Natalie's heart to hear anyone like this.
"Ok, take care of yourself Eren and I'll be back soon, ok? I'll keep on searching now..."
"Ok... Bye..."
"Bye Sweetie."
(A/N:) Hey everyone, thanks for reading! Lots of you have been asking me desperately to upload a chapter from Levi's POV because you are worried about him, but I'm afraid that would ruin the story so you'll have to wait :). Glad you are enjoying it guys, I will update soon! :D Byee!