A Rose by Any Other Name [Yandere!LevixReaderxYandere!Eren]

Obsession

"Eren, what are you..." I started.

"Hey, ______, why did you choose him?" His voice was soft- barely audible.

"Wha, what?" My mind went blank.

"Am I not good enough? I can change. Really. I can be whatever you want." His face was downcast, hidden by shadows.

"Eren..." what on earth was going on?

"Or is it what I am? I thought you wouldn't care but..." he trailed, voice rising. "But..." With a flash, Eren spun, his fist connecting with my stomach and sending me sprawling across the floor. I tried to move away, but he was on top of me in moments, pinning me down.

"Do you know what it felt like, to see you that day? To see you, the strong, capable _____ who always worked harder than everyone else, who would never let anything dissuade her..." His eyes shone, and his entire body was shaking.

Was he...crying?

"To see you break down like that at the sight of Marco, to see you..." He clenched his jaw, hands constricting painfully around my wrists.

"I knew right then that I would do anything for you- the kind, softhearted, yet stern ______, my dearest friend. I..." He leaned forward until his face was inches from mine. "I knew that you were my most important person." He closed his eyes, gently brushing his nose against mine, before moving up to kiss my forehead. "From then onward, for every day, every moment I spent with you I..." Something cool hit my cheek, and I found myself looking once again into Eren's pained eyes, and the honesty of the feelings held within them struck me.

"I only fell more and more in love." He whispered, as if the words were knives threatening to split him open. I didn't know how to react. First he attacks me, then he confesses? Seeing him like this made my chest ache. He was my friend after all. But...

"Eren." I murmured, gently moving my right hand towards his face. There was no obstruction on his part, he simply continued to cry above me, his expression holding more pain then I could bear.

Gently, I touched his cheek, and immediately his eyes opened, looking down on me in shock.

"Eren." I said again, running my thumb across his cheek. He placed his free hand over mine, moving his face so he could kiss my palm before guiding my hand towards his lips, where he gently kissed each of my fingers.

"You've always been dear to me. Irreplaceable to me. But..." Eren stopped, eyes meeting mine, the expression of fear contained within them causing me to pause. Could I do this to him? He, who opened his heart to me so freely? If only I'd stopped this long ago, when it would have been easier for him. When I didn't have someone else...

"I am already..." Eren grabbed my face with both hands, smashing his lips onto my own. I felt his tongue brush against me, seeking entry, but I kept my jaw clamped shut, moving my hands towards his chest in an effort to push him away. He wouldn't budge. Instead, he cupped my chin in one of his hands, pressing his fingers into my flesh until I was forced to open my mouth to him. Then, with is other hand, he knotted his fingers in my hair, tugging backward until I yelped in pain. Only then did he pull away, licking his lips.

Then he started laughing. His laughter wrung out, hysterical, making my skin crawl.

"Eren, you're hurting me." I whimpered. He stopped. Then he brought a hand to my throat, pressing his fingers into the soft flesh just beneath my jaw.

"Am I? How does it feel to be toyed with? To feel weak and hopeless? Like a pig at a butchers, hanging by your feet as someone rips you open and hacks you apart?" He attached himself to my neck, traling kisses across my tender skin before biting down heard at the nape. I cried out, writhing in his grip.

"There's my girl!" He pulled back, lips glistening before he licked the dark liquid away. "You little whore. I tried to tell you again and again. But you wouldn't listen. You just couldn't open your fucking mind to the idea that maybe, just maybe, I had feelings for you." He jerked my head in the opposite direction biting down on the other side. I screamed, tears stinging my eyes.

How could this be happening?

"Was I that disgusting to you, was I so filthy that the idea of loving me was too putrid for you?" My head felt like it was going to split, and my neck throbbed as his grip tightened. Was this really the sweet, playful Eren I would always joke with? My dear, trusted frien?. Now, in this creeping darkness, all I saw was a mad man.

He pressed his bloody lips to mine, and immediately the taste of iron filled my mouth.

"Well, answer me goddamn it!" He shouted, releasing his hold on my throat and striking my cheek. The sound wrung out, leaving silence in its wake. I began to cry, tears rolling down my cheeks.

Eren released my head, gently setting it against the cool earthen floor. He ran his fingers through my hair, bringing the (h/c) locks to his nose and taking a deep breath.

"If that's the case," he murmured, releasing my hair and moving until his lips were pressed against my ear, "then I'll ruin you." He trailed kisses along my jaw breathing his words on my skin until each word was etched into my mind. "I'll break you until there's nothing left. Until you're a monster too." He finally reached my lips, closing his eyes as he gently brushed his nose against mine.

"Then you won't have any reason not to love me anymore, right?" He kissed me passionately just as a crack sounded through the room and a searing pain rushed through my torso. I screamed against his lips and he pulled away, that terrible laughter mingling with my pained cries.

He'd dislocated my shoulder.

It was only then that the weight of my situation really hit me. I was going to die here. I had expected to die at the hands of a titan. But I never imagined that titan would be him...

Then the small space suddenly became filled with light.

Eren turned, standing and moving toward the corridor. Then he stopped, frozen. It was only when I saw something metallic exit his chest that I realized what was happening. His body fell to the floor with a resounding thud. From my position on the floor, I peered at the familiar figure, too shocked to react.

"_______!" He called, falling to his knees and pulling me into his arms.

Everything hurt. I didn't care. I immediately burst into tears.