{SnK} Bonds Ch. 14

"Why did this happen?"

"It seemed that he was in shock sir. From all the memories that came back to him all at once. It forced him to pass out."

"Let's put him in bed to rest at least. He's remembering everything pretty quickly, it might be the cause of why he's acting the way he is."

"Yes Ms. Hanji."

They took Eren back to his room leaving the three behind.

"What now Erwin?"

Erwin crossed his arms. "We wait for him to wake up, see how much he remembers and continue from there."

Levi sighed as he glanced over at where Eren was taken away, it has been a long day and he figured he wasn't gonna get much sleep that night.

About five day has passed since then and Eren has yet to waken up from the massive regain of memory. This was starting to worry the corporal; how was he suppose to handle this? Was there really not much he could do to help the boy while he was like this? As time had passed, and like he would admit this a loud, Levi has grown to enjoy the brunet's presence. It was very childish, much of that he did not enjoy; however, he still enjoyed having him around.

"Damn you stupid brat for making me feel like this..." Levi mumbled to himself as he made his way to Eren's room once more to check in on the boy.

Upon entering the room, he was greeted with the same sight as always. Eren laying there in bed still asleep. Nothing has change, and really was there gonna be very much change to begin with? The corporal was losing some hope; how more of this could he handle?

"Morning Eren...fuck I feel like I'm talking to a coma person...or one that's already dead..." Levi took a chair sitting next to the bed again. "Though really why do you have this much of an impact on me? What did I do to deserve this? Tell me why myself?" He kept asking for answers he knew that he would never get.

He just needed to wake up, wake up and just talk to me. Come on you stupid brat wake up already. The raven ran a hand through his hair sighing. Why was he doing this to himself? He knew that this wasn't healthy yet he continued to do this anyway.

"Do I...I can't possibly..."

"Oh Leeeeviiii!"

"Oh fu-"

Hanji pulled the man into a hug before he could finish saying anything. "Are you acting all sad again Levi? It's only been a couple days."

"You want a verbal explanation or a physical one?"

"Still cruel so you haven't lost it all the way yet, but still not enough punch to it."

"Want an actual punch with that?"

The redhead held her hands up backing away from him. "Okay okay, I was kidding on the getting physical part; I'm okay without it." She turned her attention to the boy on the bed. "But still not a wake huh?"

Levi shook his head. "Not even a little bit of movement. It's getting difficult to feed him." He looked back down at the boy seeing that he was sweating again. Taking out his handkerchief, the corporal wiped off the sweat.

"That will indeed become a problem if we can't feed him..." Hanji looked the brunet over checking how he was fairing. "I have to get back to my work Levi, but I'll come back to check on him. Make sure to get some rest yourself."

Waving her off, the raven heard her footsteps head towards the door as it closed behind her. He kept his gaze steady and unmoving. It was getting difficult to just sit here and do nothing while Eren struggled with getting his memories back. Yet again he asks himself what more can he do?

"I've never been so much at a lost before...you see this you brat? You see what you have done to me? Take...fucking responsibility..." Levi dropped his head running a hand through this hair.

"F-For w-what?"

Eyes widened as everything went silent for the man. Was he just hearing things? Or was it actually real? He decided to stay silent to try and hear it again. Maybe I was just hearing things...yeah that couldn't have been-

"L-Levi?"

He finally looked up to see Eren forest green eyes staring back at his grey ones. "Eren?"

The boy nodded trying to swallow some of his own saliva to help his very dry mouth. "W-Water?"

Levi snapped out of his current thoughts as he reached over getting a glass of water for him. He helped the brunet sit up slowly and to drink the water.

"T-Thank you..." The brunet drank all the water letting out a soft sigh. Things got quiet between them and he didn't like it. "U-Um...L-Levi H-Heichou...h-how long was I asleep?"

"You have been out for five days."

"F-Five d-days?"

"Yes."

Eren looked down at his hands while gently rubbing the glass. "O-Oh..."

Levi watched his actions seeing that he was definitely awkward out by the situation. Not that he shouldn't be after what had happened; however, the raven needed to find out how much he remembers. "Eren."

The boy looked up at him. "Y-Yes L-Levi?"

"How much do you remember?"

"U-Um...a-a lot..."

"What's a lot Eren? Come on you need to explain more to me."

Looking down, the brunet rubbed the glass more trying to form his thoughts into words. "W-Well...I-I remember A-Armin nii-chan a-and M-Mikasa nee-chan from the...p-past I guess...t-then I-I remember the a-attack on W-Wall M-Maria...m-my mother d-d-dying...G-Going to t-train with t-the o-others...t-the attack at T-Trost...s-so many p-people dying...t-then...t-then I-I..." Tears started to form in his eyes as he gripped the glass. "I-I'm a m-monster..."

This turned out as expected, but Levi still wasn't prepared for the tears. Sure he was a kid at mind, but shouldn't he be gaining back...who he was by remembering? Or...was it because he didn't remember everything that he wasn't back to normal yet? Did he still need that last bit of memories to finally be "Eren" again?

"W-Why am I-I still h-here? I-I c-could h-hurt someone...o-or worse..."

Snapping out of his thoughts, the raven looked over seeing Eren crying now or at least seeing tears fall. "Hey don't say that, you're not gonna hurt anyone, or you would have already."

"B-But I-I'm still a-a mon-"

"Oi you're not a monster." Levi bonked his head pulling his cheek. "Where does a brat like you get that kind of thing from?"

Eren whined waving his arms around. "Wewi! Wet wo!"

"Huh? I can't understand you kid."

"Waaaaa! Wewi! Wease!"

A chuckle escaped the corporal's lips as he let go of the boy's cheek.

Rubbing his now red cheek, Eren pouted at the man sniffing. "Y-You're so m-mean..."

"Made you stop crying didn't it?"

It took a moment to process that statement, but it finally came to him. The brunet touched his face feeling only the last of the tears there. He really did stop crying and it was thanks for Levi being....mean? Well it did manage to take his mind off of what he was just thinking about right now so...

"Eren."

The boy turned his attention back on the raven haired man staring back at him.

Levi gently reached out ruffling his hair. "Remember this, you're not a monster, even if people might think you are you are still human. You still have a heart that cares for others and that will fight until these titans are all gone. You are Humanity's Last Hope."

Something clicked in him when he heard that last statement. Like he heard it before...but where...it was so familiar...What was it though...like...

"Eren?"

"The trial..."

"Excuse me?"

The boy kept looking down at the glass in his hands as the memories was coming back to him. The attack on Trost, transforming to close the gates before Wall Rose was taken, taken in as a prisoner. Sitting there before a court of people on trial for what he was, then the rough beating from Levi that practically saved his life and brought him into the Survey Corps.

"Hey Eren talk to me what's going on?"

Cleaning, he was taken into this castle and began to clean up the place. Petra, Eld, Auruo, Gunther, and even Levi himself. They were all there with him as they cleaned the place. Eren started to remember the feelings behind them, how he would steal glances at his corporal, how he would linger longer in a room with the shorter man. How he would get a warm feeling in his gut whenever they talked together. It all came back at him, even how he tried to deny what he felt just before stepping his foot in the bucket, falling, and-

"Oi Eren! Hey!" Levi grabbed his shoulder shaking him.

The brunet blinked staring ahead at the wall in front of him.

"Earth to brat are you still there?" He turned his head around so he would face him.

Green eyes stared into grey ones at time passed them by. Neither one of them moved to break the intense gaze the other had to offer. It was like everything had stop at that exact moment the two looked at one another. No words was past between them, but they could feel as if things were...normal?

"Eren?" Levi finally broke the silence though didn't look away from the boy.

"L-Levi H-Heichou?"

"Do...do you remember? Do you remember everything?"

The brunet set down the glass as he rubbed the back of his neck. "I-I suppose? Um...well yeah I guess so..."

Reaching out once more, the raven pushed back some of his hair that fell in front of his eyes. "Do you really?"

A blush came to his cheeks when he felt his corporal's hand on his forehead. "U-Uhh y-yeah...I-I remember mostly everything...I...I acted like...a c-child right?"

"Oh? So you do remember some things after all, but do you remember everything?" Levi pulled at his nose before letting go.

Eren covered his nose blushing even deeper. "H-Heichou a-are you okay?"

Chuckling, a soft smile came to his lips. "I'm quite alright, just about questioning everything I am right now."

"H-Huh?"

"Nothing nothing, I must report to Ewrin and tell him you woke up." Levi got up from the chair; he took the glass setting it back on the desk out of the way.

"W-Wait Levi Heichou."

The man stopped by the door as he turned around. " Yes Er-" He saw that Eren had moved to get out of bed but had instantly fallen to the floor. "Eren! What are you trying to do?!"

"I was just..." Eren felt himself be helped up by Levi as he was now at least to his knees.

"Fuck kid you've been in bed for five days, like hell you'd be able to stand all on your own."

"Levi..."

"Come on get your ass back in bed. You have to do this slowly."

"Levi."

"You're still too weak to be trying to do this so quickly. Even stubborn enough not to-" The raven was cut off when he felt a firm pair of lips over his own. His eyes widened when he realized that Eren was kissing him.

The brunet pulled back blushing deeply though was pouting just like a child. "Will you ever listen to me?"

Slowly, a smirk came onto Levi's lips. "Not as long as you act like a kid Yeager." He pulled him back into a kiss.

Eyes widened as the blush got even redder; his eyes slowly closed as he leaned into the kiss wrapping his arms around his Heichou. Enjoying a kiss that he never expected would be returned to him.