The Light Behind your Eyes (Ereri)

Chapter 7

Levi POV

"LEVI ACKERMAN!"

"What do you want MIKASA?!?!"

My younger sister, Mikasa, is currently over for dinner.

"Care to explain this??" She yells at me as she holds my phone up to my face.

Eren ~ I'll be there in half an hour.

"What about it?" I ask, when I look at her face, it's practically fuming.

"WHY ARE YOU HANGING OUT WITH CRACKHEAD?"

"WHY DO YOU CARE?!?!"

"BECAUSE HE'S A DRUGGIE!"

"IT WAS HIS DAD!!" I throw my arms in the air and look at her eyes glaring daggers.

"REALLY?!" She yells. "GIVE ME YOUR PHONE."

I reluctantly unlock my phone and hand her it. She takes it and opens something then begins typing. She scrolls and when she finds what she's looking for, she clicks it and turns it so I can see. I read the title and my heart stops dead.

Kid found with drugs.

Last week a man reported to the police that a 14 year old boy, named Eren Jeager, had been found passed out on the couch with a bag of heroine at his side. Later that same, night we took some blood tests and it showed he had multiple drugs coursing through his veins. He was sentenced to jail but his father bailed him out before he even got in the cell.

"W-what..." I start to say.

"See Levi, he lied to you."

"But-But he...."

Another ring sounds from my phone and it happens to be Eren again.

Eren ~ Almost done :) Be there soon.

My anger triggers at that little message. Mikasa gets up.

"I've gotta go, I'll see you later Levi."

"Bye." I say with no emotion at all. I place my hands on either side of the counter and I look down, inspecting the marble, like I'm looking into someone's soul.

~Time Lapse~

The door opens and my head pops up. Footsteps walk towards me as I get up from the counter and walk towards them. Eren walks right by me with his head down. That just happens to be his habit, years of bullying, years of abuse, years of hell. I start to feel sadness but then I remember the news article, how he lied to me, and anger replaces the sadness. Without a word, Eren walks right by me.

"Eren...." I say my voice shaky. He turns around and looks at me, tears filling his eyes, but the tears don't look new. Hold on! I can't let my feelings get the best of me.

"Tell me Eren, Why would you lie to me?"

"W-What are you talking about?"

"You know very well what I'm talking about.

"N-No I don't."

"What are trying to hide from me?" I say trying to keep my calm.

"I-I'm n-not hiding a-anything from y-you."

"BULLSHIT!!!" Well so much for calm. "I KNOW YOU LIED TO ME!! MIKASA SHOWED ME THE NEWS REPORT, WHY WOULD YOU NOT TELL ME!?!?!?!?" I yell at him.

"Levi because I-I was w-worried what y-you-"

"WELL YOU TOLD ME IT WAS ALL YOUR DAD, HOW DO I KNOW THATS NOT A LIE TOO?!?!?!? HOW DO I KNOW YOUR DAD ISNT AN ANGEL AND IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG?!?!?"

"L-L-L-Levi...."

"NO EREN!!! HOW DO I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING YOU TOLD ME WAS JUST TO GET MY PITY AND MAKE ME FEEL BAD FOR YOU?!?!?!"

"P-P-Please.... L-L-L-Levi....." I look down at Erens face, watching the tears fall.

"TELL ME EREN, HOW DO I KNOW YOUR MOTHER ISN'T ALIVE AND REALLY SHES ALIVE BUT YOU TOLD ME SHE WAS DEAD?!?!?!"

That was the last straw for Eren. He looks up at me, the tears flowing like waterfalls and the amount of hurt and sadness in his eyes makes me stop for a moment, but I can't let my pity take over, but he remains quite. Several minutes pass in silence. My frustrations rises and rises until I feel like I'm going to explode.

He looks up and I do the unthinkable.

I look at Eren's face in desperation as I see a look with so much hurt it physically hurts me. I look at Eren's cheek and back at my hand then at his cheek and I watch a red handprint form on his cheek. My handprint.

"E-E-Eren..." I try to say but he shakes his head and turns and runs out of my house, towards his old one.

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A/N

Okay so that's chapter 7 for you.

Dear PinkPixelia

Today, June 9th marks 3 months since we've known each other. In such a short amount of time, you've been able to change my life so much and help me for the better. Before I met you, I didn't think it was possible for someone like me to get help, let alone someone I just met, but you did none the less. And I will forever thank you for that, who knows where I would have been today, but because of you, I'm happier, I eat more, I sleep more. I'm not as cranky, but I still have a super short fuse, no one will change that. *Laughs slightly*.

Anyways I hope you know, I love you so much and nothing will ever change that.

- Fullmetal