kiss from a corpse ♡︎ereri/riren♡︎

₊˚๑ ༄ tragic backstory

[i'm- i just- i apologize if this chapter is absolutely weird]

✧ HANJI'S POV ✧

"what do you mean by 'relive his worst nightmare'? what does the 'relive' part mean exactly??" a hint- no, a huge amount of concern can be heard clearly in eren's voice. i forced a weak smile on my face and guided eren to sit down with me. well, story time i guess...

"levi was.. left alone by someone he really loved" i started, eren raised an eyebrow. "left alone?" he questioned. "left alone.. to die" as soon as the words escaped my lips eren's eyes widen. "but why? who was this person he really loved? when? how? where? what?" i have a feeling eren always asks a shit ton of questions at a high speed when he had just been given important data which succeeded in leaving an impact on him. probably the same thing when he had just witnessed something he had never even thought of.

"calm down, let me continue. this person he really loved, you know what lets just call him 'e' ok?"

eren nodded slowly, i went on.

"levi and 'e' wanted to get married but, levi was a wealthy, stunning, intelligent, and skilled young man. while 'e' was just someone from the outside world who, according to levi's mom and uncle, was a bad influence for levi. of course, no one, and i really mean NO ONE, agreed to this marriage. with that being said, can you figure out what was their only option?" i turned to look at eren in the eyes. he blinked once and replied with, "elopement?"

"correct! they agreed to meet up by this tree somewhere in the forest" as i mentioned the location, eren had this realization expression written on his face. "you know it, don't you?" eren just nodded as his answer to my inquiry. "levi showed up, but 'e' never did. and with levi's persistent trait, he stayed by that tree, hoping one day his groom-to-be would come. and as you can imagine, one cannot stay alive without eating, drinking, or sleeping" i finished and eren blinked rapidly.

"hold up, back up, 'groom-to-be'?"

"what? did you really expect a woman to be the one he loved the most? pfft-"

"its what most people would speculate.."

"he's wearing a veil, eren. HE is the 'bride'. i still cant-"

i burst out laughing while eren looked at me with confusion, but he didn't bother querying anything. "wait so, levi just- basically stayed put by the tree for the rest of his remaining time on earth?" eren shot his question when i was fully done wheezing. "yeah you could say that" i responded.

"he wasn't murdered in any way, right? he died because he paid no mind to his health, right?"

"do you see a wound of any kind on levi?"

"no"

"then there's your answer. but i do think that, indirectly somehow, this 'e' person 'killed' levi, do i make sense?"

"sort of, i mean, technically yeah 'e' is the reason behind levi's death"

"ooookay! since you know now, lets head back. if we take any longer levi would be the cause of my second death, if that's even possible" i joked, and let out a small chuckle. eren did the same and we both got back to the two males waiting for us.

✧ EREN'S POV ✧

i have to tell my parents. i have to tell them that i'll be gone. and i wont come back. never. i know the easier way is i could just stay here without my parent's acknowledgement and let them think i've gone missing or something like that, but, i couldn't help but want to say my goodbyes first. this desire to bid my farewell to them however, definitely will result in them raging.

i just want to at least inform someone about how i'll 'disappear from the face of the earth'.

mikasa.

i'll just tell her.

she'll understand.

plus if i'm gone, she'll have the chance to be with annie.

perfect.

but before i do that, i'll just stay with levi, hanji, and armin for a while. i can already tell i've grown a liking to levi and hanji. notably levi.

☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ TIME SKIP (A FEW HOURS LATER) ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

✧ STILL EREN'S POV ✧

i think i just had the most entertaining day of my life. we helped hanji with their experiment, which turned out victorious. we looked through armin's collection of books and there were pretty interesting stuff in there. hell we even helped levi clean, and i must admit, it was fun. now i'm sure, i do not want to leave this place. comparing what it's like here and in the village was like comparing a colorful object with a black and white one.

i especially enjoyed levi's presence near me.

i.. wouldn't mind having levi as my husband.

i need to tell mikasa, the sooner the better.

[*coughs loudly* sooooo- I TRIED WITH THE BACKSTORY OK- I RLLY DID- I DON'T WANNA USE EMILY'S EXACT BACKSTORY FOR LEVI- so i tinkered around with it- BUT i hope you wonderful beings enjoyed this, catch y'all later in the next chapter]