The love of a man

The feeling is Mutual

I jump out of the bed and run downstairs to a kitchen engulfed with smoke. Levi was right behind me, temporarily forgetting the moment we had. I fan the air and make my way to the stove. I click the burner off and turn the over hood fan on. No fire, that's good. "Levi, can you open all the windows and the door!" I shout over the blaring fire alarm. He disspears into the living room and comes back a few minutes later to open the door. I had opened the windows in the kitchen already and was fanning the fire alarm with a pillow to try to turn it off. Levi yanked a chair away from the table and put it under the alarm. He jumped onto it and ripped the top off the alarm and tore the battery out. I stay still as he gets down and puts the chair back, slamming the battery on the table. I jump at the sound and set the broom In The corner. "Levi, are you ok?" I ask as I peak around the corner to see him on the couch with his head in his hands. He looks up and replies "yeah, I just don't do well with alarms" he takes a breath and closes his eyes "or fire". He looks pale and weak, like he might collapse o to the couch. "Levi, let me take you upstairs." I say.
"No, I'm fine"
I get a bit weeks because he clearly is not fine. "Will you just let me help you" I say.
"No, just give me a... Woah! Eren what the...?!" He shouts when I scoop him up bridal style and start carry him over to the stairs and into the room. He's so light and his face is red and flustered and it's so cute. I plant a kiss on his lips and his eyes flutter closed for a split second. I set him in the bed. "Well the color came back to your face" I chuckle. He scoffs at me and crosses his arms. I think about how to word the next sentence that comes out of my mouth, not wanting to offend him. "So...Levi... Do you wanna, like, swap history? I can tell you more about my sister, and you can tell me your fire thing? If you want." He looks over at me and takes a second to think before replying. He sighs and wipes his brow " listen, Eren, I do eventually want to know everything about you but we have only known each other for a short time and I want to get to know you as a person, all the things you do in a day, the good things. We can tell each other the depressing shit later in the relationship, I just want to know you as you are now. Not by what use to be". I smile and pay his shoulder "alright then, sounds good to me! So what about work?" I ask. He bites his lower lip, thinking, and then says "well....I haven't got quiet that far yet, but I'm sure it's will be fine. Everyone is to scared of me to say shit so I'm not worried about it for right now."
"Ok, one more thing I wanna know"
Levi rolls his eyes "okay what is this? Twenty questions?"
I smile at his sass. He's so tiny, it's so cute when he gets annoyed. "What exactly did I say last night? And how much did you drink?"
He smirks " obviously not enough if I remember this much. But all I could really make out was something about medicine for your sister being orderly and wanting to see the sun again. You kept repeating 'it's too dark, let me out' and you were moving your wrist around on the bed a lot".
I look over to my side of the bed where I would wake up clenching the same spot. I wish I could tell him the only reason I do that is because I still dream about being strapped down in that horrid basement. I can never escape my nightmares. I look back over to Levi and he's stretching his arms out and yawning. I'm so glad he stayed with me. I don't think I ever want this man to leave my side. At least now I know that he feels the same way.