Not The One Who Dies ⇀ Attack on Titan *Original*

Part 44: New Life

It'd been hours since the boy was joined by his boyfriend and son in his hospital room. Cloud had fallen asleep by the window, Armin sleeping snuggled up next to Logan. The section commander laid away, his mind racing at what the feeling he felt was. It was as if he was watching a titan devour people, yet he couldn't move. It was the same feeling he felt when one of his squad mates was caught by a titan.

The boy sighed, wiggling his way out of Armin's grip as he got out of the bed and made his way towards the door. He was mostly healed now, his stomach wound still healing while the rest of it had healed. The boy silently opened the door, careful not to wake the two in the room.

He sighed in relief as he closed the door, turning towards the hallway to find a tall man standing in the hallway. Logan leaned against the wall as he watched the man take a step towards me.

"You here to kill me?" Logan asked, his face hardening as he saw his older brother walk into the moonlight. Logan took a breath as he saw Arthur's face which was filled with sorrow. A small, shaky smile came to Logan's face as he looked at his older brother.

"It's you?" Logan mumbled out, his words shaking as he spoke. The boy didn't know if it was really his older brother standing in front of him. Arthur sighed as he bit the inside of his cheek and slightly nodded.

"Yeah, yeah it's me Lo." Arthur said, not daring to take another step towards his baby brother. He didn't trust himself enough to get near him. Much to his surprise, Logan stumbled forwards towards the man. Logan quickly threw his arms around the mans body and stuffed his face into Arthur's chest. Arthur stood in silence as he tried to figure out what to do. He slowly wrapped his arms around the boy, hugging him as he chuckled to himself.

"I missed you too, brother." Arthur mumbled as he tightened the hug on his little brother.

"How- I buried you." Logan asked, his voice slightly trembling, worried that the man in front of him would disappear just as fast as he appeared.

"I-I don't know... I don't even remember getting back. It felt like when I woke up from some nightmare when I stabbed you. Then Levi locked me up, sat with me for a bit until he decided that it was safe enough for me to walk around. The first thing I did was come here." Arthur spoke causing Logan to nod before he heard the door behind him open. His head snapped backwards, finding Armin peaking out of the door in a panic before his eyes landed on his boyfriend.

"What the hell are you doing out of bed-" Armin was chastising before his eyes traveled up and spotted Arthur who looked away, worried that the boy would be angry with him, which he wouldn't blame him for. Logan sighed, raising his arm and signaling for the boy to come to him. Armin quietly walked out of the room, trusting his boyfriends judgment. Armin walked over to the boy, wrapping both of his arms around Logans waist as he snuggled himself into his side before placing a small kiss on his cheek.

"Wait..." Arthur mumbled, looking at the two with a confused look on his face causing a large smile to rise on Logan's face as he laughed to himself. Armin smiled at the sound of the laughter, something that he wasnt able to hear as much as he wished.

"We've got a lot to catch you up on, cowboy. But first... I think there's someone you should meet." Logan mumbled, turning to Armin to smiled a bit before nodding, leaving his boyfriends side to get Cloud. The boy quickly returned from the room, a groggy Cloud rubbing his eyes as he yawned.

"Hey kiddo, Come here- I wantcha to meet someone." Logan said, holding his hand out to the boy causing him to nod and take his fathers hand, walking towards the two men in the hallway. Arthur looked down at the child, a confused look on his face as the boy looked up to him.

"Cloud, this is your uncle Arthur, uncle Arthur, this is Cloud, my son." Logan said, bending down and picking the boy up much to Armin's dismay, telling his boyfriend to be careful with his wounds. Arthur looked at the boy who excitably looked at his uncle.