Complications Throughout Generations

Chapter 137

Eren's POV:

"Jean boy." I slurred, resting my elbow on his shoulder.

"Don't call me that." He rolled his eyes, going back to his game of ping pong.

"10 o'clock." Jean looked in the direction and then groaned.

"Eren, there's nothing there." He turned around and then spotted Armin and Marco having a conversation. "You mean 6 o'clock, dumbass."

"Does Marco know about Armin and Mikasa?" Reiner asked. Jean's realization made him leave the game and rush over to the two of them. I cannot believe Marco doesn't know. Marco looked at Jean with nothing but love in his eyes and Armin with the same expression. They were both smitten. Armin walked away from the two of them seeming disappointed. I wasn't happy in the slightest so I decided to march over to them both.

"No!" Armin shouted and tackled me as we both fell into the pool. Let's hope some rice will save our phones. We both floated back above water and I splashed him.

"Are you trying to kill me?" I swam over to the edge but staying in the pool. I rested my arms down on the concrete and felt the need to take a nap. When I felt myself drifting off, I was grabbed from behind. "I was sleeping!" I whined. I turned around to find Connie and Sasha changed into bathing suits along with Reiner as well, being the one that grabbed me. A bathing suit would've been a good idea. "Jean!" I called. He turned around, nervous that I'd say the wrong thing. "Can I borrow a bathing suit?" He nodded and said he'd get it. I peeled off my wet shirt and threw it somewhere.

"We're playing chicken!" Sasha exclaimed.

"We're playing!" Historia swam over with Ymir.

I guess that would mean Reiner's my partner.

"We're going to knock them down within 5 seconds, how is this fair?" Reiner whispered to me.

"I don't care but I don't like losing." I whispered back. Reiner lowered himself under the water so I could get on top of his shoulders. Once we were back up, I looked at Levi and waved. "Hey, Levi!" Levi looked away from his conversation with a soaking wet Armin and pointed two fingers off from the side of his eye towards me. This round was me and Reiner vs Connie and Sasha.

"Okay, go!" Historia exclaimed.

"Sasha, pretend he's a potato!" Connie yelled. Sasha's eyes seemed much more devilish than before. She grabbed onto my forearms and started to push, attempting to knock me over. I maneuvered my arms to get her off of me and then put both hands on her arm and pushed left with force. Connie and Sasha both fell into the water. I started tapping Reiner quickly, wanting to get down.

"You good?" He asked. I didn't answer as I jumped out of the pool and ran inside. Jean was just coming down the stairs and whined as he saw me storm into the bathroom soaking wet. I vomited in the toilet and he opened the door.

"Here." He smacked the bathing suit down on the sink. "I'll get Levi."

"No, we're all good." I said in a high pitched voice, trying to sound convincing.

"Yeah, okay." Jean closed the door, leaving me alone.

I had my head resting on the cold toilet seat, feeling weak. The door opened and it was an unamused Levi. He leaned against the door with his arms crossed. I spit into the toilet and flushed it.

"Hey, Captain." I dumbly smiled, leaning against the wall.

"Jesus Christ." He got closer to me and then lowered himself on his knees. "Come here." I laid down and put my head in his lap. He ran his fingers through my hair and then started lightly scratching. "You look like shit."

"I got pushed in a pool, just wrestled with Sasha, and I just threw up. I would also assume I look like shit." Levi took his other hand and started to lightly scratch my back.

"I'm shocked no one said anything about those scratches and bruises." He rubbed his thumb over a particularly large and dark bruise on my lower ribs.

"Jean told everyone about the fight club. They know what I do." I whispered, feeling myself grow tired.

"Idiot." Levi mumbled. He moved the hand that was scratching my back and grabbed mine that was limp in front of me. He brought it up to his lips and kissed the back of my hand then followed with small kisses on each of my knuckles. I felt my face grow hot and my stomach scream. I turned my body around so it was facing Levi. "Hey." He whispered, pushing the hair out of my face.

"Hey." I blushed.

"You okay?" I nodded in reply with my eyes closed. "Tired?" I nodded again. "Wanna go home?" I shook my head. "Do you want to stay here and drink even more?" I nodded to which he scoffed. "Why?"

"Eases the pain." I smiled, hoping he would believe my attempt at a joke. Drinking doesn't do anything except make you even dumber than you already are. But I will say tonight was needed.

"What pain, Eren?" He sounded unenthusiastic but that was expected.

"I don't like you going to the fights." In fact, I hate it. Every damn time I'm in that cage, I get distracted because I'm afraid someone will come within 5 feet of him.

"Eren, no one is going to do shit."

"I need to protect you." I mumbled. "Does your mom even know?"

"No, of course not."

"That also scares me. She trusted me to keep you safe and to keep you away from all of this and I've done the complete opposite." He ran his thumb lightly across my lips, looking into my eyes. He pulled his thumb down with my lip to follow, then bouncing back in place.

"Fine." He sighed. "Your next fight, I won't go."

"What about the ones after that?"

"I think you'll miss me." He smirked, playing with my bottom lip again.

"Maybe."

"Probably."

"Definitely."

"Inevitably."

We both smiled at each other, feeling nothing but contentment. It was one of those moments where we knew how lucky we were to get a second chance like this. It's even crazier to think that we're only 16 and we have the rest of our lives to spend together.

"Love you." I took his left hand and placed it on my cheek as I leaned into it.

"I love you too, Eren."