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A Change -Ereri/Riren- -Chapter 16-

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Chapter 16
I sipped from the water Levi had given me. This was awkward. Six months I hadn’t seen him and now he was here trying to make up for it. I felt angry at him, but then I would look over and see the guilt in his eyes. He blamed himself for this. In a way it was his fault. If he had never took away the collar this would have never happened. “Fuck you.”
“…” He looked to the side and pushed the tray towards. “Eat.”
“Fuck you!” Tears trailed down my cheek as I slammed my cup down on the table that was in front of me. Water splashed onto my arm, but I didn’t care. I needed to get this anger out. We needed to fight. We need to yell at each other until everything was better. “Why?! Why the hell would you do this to me?! Were you just wanting to break me from the start?! The fuck Levi?!”
“No… No that wasn’t the plan… fuck, kid… I know… it sucks… but… you don’t understand the situation I was-”
“No. I do. I fucking get it, Levi. You were fucking Erwin and thought you could just leave that behind and come to do the exact same thing with me. Then you realized how you needed Erwin. So you choose him over me. I get it. You just wanted his dick in you too badly.” What I was about to say was a dick move, but the words were out of my mouth before I could stop them. “You’re just filthy that way. You’ll take whatever you can get that doesn’t have strings attached. You’ve always been that way. Even in our dreams.”
“Hey! You know that’s not fucking true! I really did care about you then! I care about you now! I get I fucked up, okay? I get that more than you know. I’m sorry this all happened to you.” He was looking everywhere but at me and that just seemed to irritate me more.
“Levi, you broke me.” It was true, but he was also the reason I was here now. I was being a little unfair to him. He was trying his hardest to pick up my broken pieces and try to figure out how to put them together. “How can I trust you after that…? I didn’t even get to have you for a day…” The tears slipped down my cheeks and I had to look away from him and out the window so he wouldn’t see them. I didn’t want him to see how attached I got to him in the short time we’ve known each other.
“You can’t… If you want me to leave, just tell me and I will.” Leave what? The hospital? The town? My life? My body trembled as I looked back at him.
One look was all it took and I knew.
He didn’t want to go.
Tears fell down his cheeks as his feet came up to the chair he was sitting on so his legs could be pressed against his torso. His arms wrapped around his legs and his face was pressed against his legs. He was sobbing silently. I had seen him do this in my dreams. I sit up and reach out my hand to him only to retract it. I looked to the side and turn away from him. I couldn’t let myself get sucked in by him again. He would just hurt me again.
A knock came before I heard the door open. I looked over to see a face I didn’t I desperately wanted to see. “Armin…”
He took a glance at Levi before putting his hand on the doorknob. “Is this a bad time?”
Levi stood up and kept his head low so neither of us could see his expression. I could hear it in his voice though. “No. I was just leaving.”
My eyes widened as I shook my head, but his back was already to me. He couldn’t see me and my voice wouldn’t come out.
Don’t go.
We have to settle this.
Please, don’t leave.
Not again.
“Don’t leave me!”
He stopped and looked back at me. “My place is always open for you.”
“Between three and ten.” I smiled at him. It was a feeble smile, but the tension in the room went away with it. I sighed and rested back against the bed. He nodded and winked at me before walking out.
Armin smiled and walked over to me. He sat in the seat Levi had been occupying a few minutes before. He took my hand and nuzzled it. “I didn’t think I’d ever hear your voice again…”
“I didn’t think I’d get to hear yours.” I whispered as I held his hand tightly. I remove the table from my bed and turn so I’m facing him but not pulling on any of the wires that were hooked to me. I was in pain, but I wanted to see my friend more. I could feel where the bandages were tightly around me. Around my torso, head, and arms. Though I could tell my arms were just minor. I sighed and stared into light blue. “Ar-”
His phone went off. He looked down at it to quickly silence it only to blush and put it away quickly. He had a secret and now I was going to find out what that secret was.
“So… was that your girlfriend?”
“What are you talking about, Eren?”
“Oh, come on, Armin, you blushed and put it away quickly. It was obvious that it was someone you liked. What? Go out on a date while I was knocked out so I wouldn’t interfere?” I was teasing him. I didn’t care because I just wanted him to be happy. Armin deserved it after all that he has been through.
“…We’re just talking…” Armin blushed more as he kicked his feet. The second time his phone went off I quickly snatched it from his hands and read the text. I was disappointed that Armin hadn’t put him under his name, or at least I hope not. I copy and pasted the word in google so that it would say it for me. The name read Commander. I copied and pasted the text as well wanting to know what they were talking about. I had to learn how to read and write. I knew it annoyed Armin because couldn’t just send me a quick text to inform me of whatever he needed to tell me. He had to call because my phone wasn’t as advanced as his.
I saw you walking into a hospital. You okay? If it’s something serious then by all means ignore my last text and focus on what you are doing.
“Who’s the Commander?”
“He’s no one.” Armin mumbled as he snatched his phone back. “You can’t tell anyone, Eren. Especially not Mikasa.”
“I wasn’t going to… Where is she anyways?”
“She had to work. She’ll be here before visiting hours are up.”
I nodded and sighed looking up at the ceiling. “So, when do I meet him?”
Armin blushed as he crossed his arms. “Whenever you can go on a date with me and him with you and Levi.”
That was a dick move considering Levi and I wasn’t probably going to get back together ever. I couldn’t say that though. He had invited me to his apartment. Which meant… I was welcomed back into his heart. I looked at Armin to see he was texting the “Commander”. “Should I be getting jealous? Will I lose you to him?” Again, I was teasing him.
“We’ve had dreams.”
My eyes widened. So far that wasn’t necessarily a good sign. “What’s he like?”
“Smart, handsome, tall. I met him at a coffee shop. It was packed and I was sitting there studying my Anatomy homework when he asked to sit with me since there was no other seat open. He noticed I was studying and started a conversation with me. He’s so sweet, Eren. I hope you like him. He really is so good to me. I mean… he wakes me up each morning with sweet texts and I think he’s crazy for me.” I saw the light in Armin’s eyes and I knew I had to meet this guy if Armin allowed himself to stop working himself to death for him.
“What’s his name?”
A text came and Armin paled. “…He’s no one.” He put his phone away and looked away.
“…Armin?” What had just happened?
“…Who was that bastard that Levi left you for?”
Why was he bringing this up? Unless… “Erwin.”
Armin looked down and chuckled. “Looks like you two have already met.”
My eyes widened and my heart raced.
No.
Impossible.
That bastard didn’t deserve Armin. He was just going to use him as a fuck buddy just like he used Levi and that would crush Armin. This was all so impossible.
“I’m sorry, Eren. I swear I didn’t know.”
“I didn’t say you did… I’m just… in shock… I mean… what are the odds my ex’s ex would wind up with you?” I hated it. I thought I’d finally get them both out of my life and now even if I never forgive Levi and accept him back I’ll still have Erwin showing off his new pet, who was my best friend, practically my brother. It made me sick. I know he would want to get revenge on me for making Levi leave him but fucking my best friend? Really? Low blow, Erwin. “…You need to leave him before he leaves you. He’s just using you.”
“He doesn’t know I’m your best friend. He doesn’t even know I know you. I swear he’s not using me to get to you.” Armin defended and I had to believe him. Armin was never wrong about these things. I was still worried though because I knew Erwin’s true side.
“Are you sure he’s not just using you for your body?”
“I’m positive, Eren. I’ve offered and he has declined. He said he had just been through a break up and was trying to move on. We really clicked and I think I won’t end up like the way Levi did.”
That stung. I was part of the reason Levi ended up the way he did. If I hadn’t been around then Levi would have still been with Erwin and they would have still been happy as ever. I fucked it up for him but there was nothing I could do now. Expect answer the one question I knew Armin was dying to ask.
Was I going to forgive him?
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Levi-
I walked into the Chain and sat down at the bar. It was before opening hours which I was glad for. Erwin and Hanji were here. “Who the fuck have you been texting these past few months?”
“No one you know.” Erwin shrugged. He was seriously getting under my skin. I don’t even know why I’m here. He’s the fucking moron that drove me to my breaking point. And now, six months after he told me he loved me and wanted to be with me forever, he was texting this other guy. They weren’t together. They were just friends. Bullshit. We were “just friends”. I felt bad for the guy he was texting. He would get dumped in a couple months when Erwin got bored with him. He said it was no one I knew, but that just made it only a little less painful. We had this awkward friendship now and I was now watching him fall for someone else.
Yes fall.
He just loved me.
He was falling for another.
Head over heels in love.
I clicked my tongue and rolled my eyes. “Whatever.”
“Aw, does it bother you?” He was fucking with me and I wanted to punch him for it. Had I really been that easy to move on from? Two can play at that game.
“Not in the slightest. Eren is just waiting to be released so he could be with me.” The hospital visit didn’t go as planned. I was supposed to leave before he woke up, but he woke up before Armin could come back. I hadn’t prepared myself to see him like that and I ended up the same way. We shared pain. I could tell he was hurting physically. I wish he didn’t.
“That so?” What was with that uncaring attitude? Did he ever care at all?
I get up and slide in my stool roughly before going into the back where my office was. I owned half of the club so I had to worry about half of the bills. I slam and lock my office door as I sat down in my chair. “Fuck you then…” I should have left Erwin the minute Eren came into my life. What a fucking waste of time that was considering the bastard probably didn’t even care about me.
Or he was just concealing his emotions well, unlike me.
There was a knock at the door and I swore if it was him to show off his crush more I was going to take the scissors off my desk and throw them at him. I didn’t get that chance though. It was Hanji. What the hell did that nutcase want?
“Levi?” She whispered through my door.
“What?”
“Can I come in?”
I sighed and got up. I couldn’t say no to her. She was like a sister I never wanted, but got anyways. I couldn’t just shake her off. I open my door and stalk back to my desk. I watched her slip in and sit down in front of me. She was wearing a black corset and a red skirt with fish nets. I on the other hand had went home and put on my makeup, dressed in a black vest and black pants. It was a casual day for me at the Chain. “What?”
“… Erwin’s new thing…”
“What about it?” I really didn’t want to talk about it. Not with her. I didn’t want to show how much I actually cared.
“It’s Armin.”
My eyes widened. Oh, fuck. I was replaced… by Eren’s best friend. He was going to flip when he finds out. He was going to come down, kill him, then kill me. He’d never forgive me for this.
Sorry for the lateness! D: I haven't been in the mood, but this should bring everything back to where I want it so chapters should come out quicker! :3 Anyways, enjoy
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OMFG EREN GET OUT OF THE HOSPITAL ALREADY LEVI IS WAITING FOR YOUUUUUUUUU