Stray {Ereri~Attack On Titan AU}

Chapter 5

TWO CHAPTERS IN ONE DAY WOOOO *parties bc I'm proud of myself* ~Yuki

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It's been awhile since I've had any nightmares about him. Maybe I'm paranoid about living with someone again. They always started and ended the same way; with him violating me. Raping me. Even though they were only dreams, the weight of him holding me down and forcing himself into me felt so real.

I wasn't exactly sure what to do when I woke up to Eren shaking me gently and a scream escaping my lips. I cringed away from him into the corner and swat his hands away when he tried to reach out towards me. "No! Don't touch me!" My voice cracks, and it only takes a few minutes of silence for me to realize I'm not there anymore. I'm not chained up. I'm with Eren. I'm with Eren. Eren...

His eyes are wide with shock and worry as he stares at me, curled up helplessly in the corner of the bed. "Levi...are you okay...?" My ears are flat against my head in fear even though I'm more aware of my surroundings than I was five seconds ago. After I take a few deep breaths and manage to make eye contact Eren tries speaking to me again. "You were screaming for help, so I...I came to see if you were okay..." My stomach rolls as I realize; how much did he hear? Did I say anything specific?

"I'm...I'm sorry for worrying you. I just had a nightmare that's all. I'm fine now," I say quietly. I didn't have to look at him to know he must have a terrified look on his face. I wouldn't blame him if he thought a psychopath was sleeping in a room only a few feet away from his. Eren didn't say much for awhile, just sat beside the bed with a distressed look on his face. Finally I sigh and close my eyes. "I'm fine now brat, so you can go to bed."

His eyebrow lifts. "Brat?"

"Do I need to repeat myself?" I hiss. Being his house guest, even though I knew it was probably a bad idea to speak to him that way I didn't really care at the moment. "I said I'm fine. I'd like to go back to bed."

Eren furrows his brows and opens his mouth but ends up closing it, obviously debating on whether or not to make a comeback, but after a minute or so he just nods once and leaves my room without another word. Once he's out of sight I finally fully relax back into the warm sheets, burrowing myself deep into my makeshift tunnel with a sigh. Of all times that I had to have a nightmare...

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"I had another nightmare."

Petra stops in the middle of frosting the birthday cake in front of her and stares down at it blankly. "Was it the same?"

I sneer. "It's always the same. It never changes." Neither of us say anything for a long moment, but Petra finally continues frosting the confetti birthday cake, much slower than she'd been doing before I mentioned the nightmare. "I still hear his voice," I say, my voice dropping to a near whisper. "I still feel his filthy hands on me and that damned thing around my neck, his 'proof of ownership.' It makes me sick."

Petra finishes frosting the cake and turns to me with a sympathetic look in her eyes. "What he did to you was horrible, Levi. I still can't believe he would do something like that."

"Yeah well neither did I."

There's something strained about her expression, like there's something she wants to say but can't find the right words. I definitely wasn't expecting what came out. "He has another neko, Levi." I freeze up and my tail twitches uncomfortably, instantly fearing for the life of whoever was now in his care.

"Male or female?"

"Female." I feel my jaw clench and Petra touches my shoulder. "It doesn't matter. He's not your owner anymore, stop worrying about him."