▪Steel Eyed Saviour▪ (~Eren x Levi~)

.:Recovery?:.

**Wow, I guess people actually like this story xD and evidently Otto's passing ruffled some jimmies (believe me, I almost died writing that part), but the show must go on!**

*Eren's POV*

     I'm almost convinced yesterday's mall trip was just a diversion to keep me away while the police investigated. It was nice and all, until Levi showed up. To make matters 10x worse, he had a girl with him. The police had replaced almost everything in my house. From a new bed, couch, TV, all the way to completely re-done kitchen and bathroomtile. I guess it was because of the acids that were potentially harmful to me. I barely slept last night, even though I was in my own bed. The shopping bags from yesterday sat atop my dresser, waiting to be opened.

     My phone buzzed and lit up, notifying me I had a text. Rolling over in my bed, I reached for my phone and checked who it was from. "Armin Arlert: Hey, man. Mind if I come over today? Got some movies we could pop in and just chill." I smirked at his attempts to make me feel better. I really didn't want anybody over, but said yes to him anyways. Instead of texting, I then called Armin.

"Hey, Eren! How's it going?" He asked, seemingly happy.

"Just woke up. You?" I rubbed my eyes, unplugging my phone and standing up from my bed.

"About to head down to the laundry room to wash the clothes from yesterday. Wanna come with?" I heard cabinets opening and closing in the background.

"Yeah, come on down I just need to get dressed." I hung up the phone, opening my closet to pick something out for the day.

"Yet another set of unexpected plans..." I groaned, pulling some jeans from a hanger, along with a maroon plaid shirt.

     Pulling on my jeans, I had just thrown my shirt on and began to fasten the buttons when there was a knock at my door. Walking over, I opened it to be greeted with Armin holding a white basket filled with clothes. Gesturing for him to come in, I finished with my shirt and went to gather my laundry.

"So, I had plans today if you wanna tag along." I talked louder, since he was in the living room and I was in my room.

"Oh yeah? Like what?" Armin called back, turning on my TV.

"Running to Best Buy and Gamestop. You up?" I came out of my room, assorted clothing articles in a large American Eagle bag.

"Of course! I'll let Mikasa know once we're down getting our laundry put in." Armin stood, turning off the TV and picking up his basket.

     Grabbing my phone and keys, I let Armin leave through the door first. Taking one last look at my apartment, I forced a shaky smile.

"Goodbye, Otto. I'll be home later." I whispered to myself, memories of his cheeky face barking in acknowledgement playing through my mind.

     Once we got in the elevator, the little TV was showing the news. There was an emergency broadcast playing, showing information on an extreme underground crime ring that might be on the uprise again. It showed graffiti of white and blue wings, crudely spray painted on a garbage bin downtown. Then, it cut to the story about... the mall?! How the hell did they get info on that?! There weren't even any TV or media there, let alone cops!

     The elevator stopped on the ground floor, where we needed to be. Walking around the front desk, there was a door that had a sign which read "Laundry: For residents only" hanging on it. As Armin and I entered, we sighed in relief that no one else was in there. As we were loading our clothes, Armin paused for a moment to turn up the TV that was mounted on a wall. Glancing upwards, I sighed in annoyance. Great. More stuff about the mall.