The Ereri Project (#2)

Crazy (Blind)

Eren doesn't generally like being in the car. Because he can't see, moving that fast while not himself moving makes him anxious.

That said, he is pretty excited about Levi driving them to the beach.

The anxiety is worth the trip, he thinks, especially since it's his first time going somewhere with Levi besides one of their apartments or the coffee shop.

But the thing about being in the car is, there's really nothing to do but talk or listen to music.

So Eren decides, once they're at least fifteen minutes from home, to talk.

"You know how I had that really bad day last week?"

He hears the hesitance in Levi's voice. "What about it?"

"I kept having this bad dream," Eren says, leaning on his hand. "The 'me' that I met there was telling me all kinds of things. About how it wasn't a dream and how there are all these different versions of us that all live in different universes that are all happening at the same time so I can see myself in those places sometimes."

"Oh yeah?"

"The 'me' from the dreams I based my books on, that's who was telling me all this? He told me that you are my Levi and his Levi is his Levi so I shouldn't worry about anything I see there but..." Eren wrings his fingers together. "I watched that Levi have his spine severed. He nearly died and I couldn't... I dunno, separate the thought that he wasn't you even though I know he kind of is, I just–"

"Eren."

Eren sighs. "Levi, tell me if I'm right about what you look like."

Levi glances at his boyfriend but tries to keep his attention on the road. "Why? You've never seen me."

"I need to know if the you from that dream is really like you."

Levi hesitated again. "Alright, go ahead."

Eren leans his head back, trying to remember. "Grey eyes," he says.

"Yes," Levi replies.

"Skin paler than mine."

"Yes."

"Black hair."

"Yes."

"And your part it on your right side with an undercut."

"You can feel that."

"And you frown a lot."

"You can probably hear that."

"You have a freckle on your neck behind your left ear."

Levi pauses at that.

"Was I right?"

"Yeah," Levi replies slowly. "But how could you know that?"

"The dream told me. The me I met there said both of us look pretty much the same no matter what universe we're in."

Levi shakes his head. "My brain is telling me you need to see a doctor," he mutters.

"But what's your heart telling you?"

Levi shakes his head. "My heart wants to believe you."

Eren smiles softly. "It should."

"You're crazy," Levi says.

"What does that make you then?"

"Crazier."

Eren giggles. "I love you."

"You better, I'm not putting up with you for nothing."

Eren wants to lean over to kiss his cheek but doesn't want to risk distracting Levi's driving.

He waits until they get to a stoplight.