Eren woke up to an IV attached to his arm, the sound of beeping and people running down the halls. He let his eyes adjust to the light that was coming in from the window before examining his surroundings. He looked down to where he saw his moms hand in his and her head laid on the side of the bed. His head was aching and his heart felt like someone was stabbing it over and over.
"Mom," Eren said nudging her slightly and tapping her head. Carla regained her consciousness before rubbing her eyes and staring at Eren, tears brimmed her eyes and she engulfed Eren in a hug.
"You idiot! You had me worried to death." She said before hitting his arm. "What do you think you were doing out in that blizzard, scaring your mother. If anything happened to you, I don't know what I'd do."
"What hap-"
"Ah! Eren Jaeger, you're awake!" The doctor came in with a smile on his face. "You passed out in a cold snow, but luckily a woman was passing by and saw you buried in snow and called an ambulance." The doctor explained. "Are you feeling alright?"
"Yes, I'm feeling alright." Eren replied. But somehow he knew it wasn't true.
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"Do you remember anything?" The doctor asked. They didn't release Eren yet because they wanted to ask him some questions since he had trouble remembering.
"No, I can't. I just remember being at home with mom, dad and Mikasa." Eren replied. "But when I try to remember, it hurts my head..." Eren paused, "and it hurts here," he pointed to his heart.
The doctor nodded and wrote some notes before he released Eren to go back to his room.
Eren found Armin in his room and they said their greetings and Eren quickly fell asleep because his head was hurting again. Armin planned to stay by his side for a while longer till Carla was back from her job. He was staring out the window when the door opened and the doctor entered.
"Oh, sorry. I'll come back when Erens up or when Mrs Jaeger comes back." He said in a hushed tone so he wouldn't wake up Eren.
"Ah, what is it?" Armin replied to the doctor who was about to leave.
"Its about Erens memories, but its only allowed to family members."
"I am Erens family.. I'm uh... His adopted brother," Armin lied, but the doctor actually bought it.
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"W-What!?" Armin said, choking on the water he was offered by the doctor.
"I said, there's a reason why Erens memories won't come back. Its because he doesn't want them to. We looked at the x-rays of his body and brain but nothings damaged," the doctor explained, "there's a condition where someone has such hurtful memories that the brain and body will reject them and forget. It will take time for Eren to regain them. If he does all at once or too soon, it will hurt him and do damage to his body and brain and he will have to go threw severe therapy. You need to be very careful or this could hurt him even more."
Armin sat there dumbfounded. What the hell was this doctor saying? Was this even real?
Armin shut the door as he left the doctors office with this new information. Then it hit him.
He lost all his memories back to before he met Levi. He has no memories of Levi. Was this Levi's fault? Armin took out Erens phone that Mrs.Jaeger in trusted in him and pulled up Levis contact. He hurriedly dialed him and there was an instant pick up.
"Eren? You little shit! You had me worried. Where are you? Are you alright?" Levis voice was filled with worry.
"What did you do?!" Armins voice boomed. His was even surprised at his sudden actions. "What did you do so bad to make Eren not remember any of the memories of you guys because they hurt so much?!"
There was silence on the other line "H-He He doesn't remember me? Us?" Levis voice cracked. Armin could hear Levi sobbing and suddenly felt guilty for yelling.
Armin had to take a seat as Levi explained everything over the phone. He felt bad for yelling at Levi now. He explained to Levi, Erens situation and that it will take time. They soon ended the call and Armin took Erens phone and sent all the pictures of Eren and Levi together before deleting them so Eren couldnt see them but when he regained his memories, Levi would send them back. He deleted Levis contact and all their texts and calls before entering the room where an awake Eren sat watching TV.
"Armin, at you alright? You don't look so good,"
"Im alright."
