Alarm Clock - Ereri/Riren (Re-uploaded)

Epilogue/Bonus Chapter

"Eren, the baby is crying again." Levi said groggily as he tapped my shoulders. I just wanted to sleep for once. For once! But Levi had work in the morning and I didn't have studio stuff today so I had to get up in the end. I groaned a bit.

"What time is it?" I said slightly annoyed.

"It's 3 in the morning," he said, turning back to his original position in the bed. I then tiredly got up to my feet and stumbled to Kuchel's room. We had named her after Levi's mother because her eyes reminded him of her. Even if she wasn't related to me and she was Levi's biological daughter, I still felt just as connected to her. It took us forever to be able to have her. First of all it was a tone of paperwork which Levi of course took care of since he's the more organized out of the both of us. Then we had to find a good surrogate which ended up costing up a fortune. And then we had to wait 9 entire months before we got to even see her. Levi was a nervous wreck the day of the delivery and so was I but I was trying to be strong for him so it didn't really show on my face. I still couldn't believe Kuchel's first birthday was in two days. Levi has been planning it for the past month which I think is both ridiculous and adorable at the same time.

"Shh shhh, Kuchel, what's wrong liebling?" I whispered sweetly, lifting her up to my shoulder and patting her on the back slightly. She just kept crying. "Baby please stop crying so papa can go to sleep." I playfully whined in the same tone. But she didn't stop. I knew eventually she would calm down but it was still exhausting getting up every night. Sometimes I wished Levi would, but he needed to be up in 2 hours to go teach at the university. I sat down on the rocking chair and continued patting her on the back until she finally stopped crying and just started sucking her thumb while making little baby sounds. "Thank you baby." I whispered kissing her on the cheek and putting her back to bed. I walked down the hall of our apartment back to the room and fell back on the bed.

"Is she ok?" he said slightly concerned. He asked this every night and the answer was always the same.

"She's doing fine. She's a baby she's gonna cry at night." I answered snuggling up to him and pulling him in by the waist.

"But what if she has a fever? How will she tell us-"

"She's fine Levi." I interrupted. "Now sleep." I kissed his nape and he took a deep breath, eventually drifting back off.

The next morning, I woke up to an empty bed as I always did. Of course all the toys that were on the ground last night were all cleaned up because of Levi's obsession with keeping things tidy. I stretched a bit and walked back to Kuchel's room to see her standing up in her crib, giving me a smile with her only two front teeth.

"There's my girl!" I said in a high pitched overly excited voice. She made incomprehensible happy noises in return and I tickled her a bit before finally lifting her up in my arms and blowing raspberries on her stomach. That was followed by little giggles. I changed her diaper and changed her into a cute strawberry onesie I bought the other day. I also styled her hair in two pigtails. Her hair was black and shiny just like Levi's and even though she only had a couple of teeth, they had the same smile. Then, I carried her to the kitchen and set her down on her high chair which was thoroughly scrubbed down thanks to Levi. I proceeded with our regular routine and made myself some coffee while cutting up little fruits to feed her. After breakfast we did what we usually did. The usual stroll around the park, followed by nap time which was the time I took to work on some new music samples for this hip hop artist i'd been working with for the past few months. They were putting out an album pretty soon and it was highly anticipated by lots of people so the pressure was on. I would only work on weekends though but the pay was pretty good considering the label was well-known and successful. After that I would let her watch some shows for a few minutes while I made dinner and Levi would usually be back by then.