Tale of Two Tails

Chapter 8

Levi went to bed that night, irritated as his father had again brought up the fact that he needs to find a wife. And he, again, ranted this fact to Eren. The small fox nodded in what seemed to be a nervous case of understanding.

Levi dreamed that night, which isn't rare, but usually he dreams of war. Tonight was a different and rare dream, though one he has had before.

He was walking down a path, sun high in the sky, blue skies and gentle breezes. Tree branches swaying, it was beautiful. As he walked, he noticed someone on the side of the path, looking out into the trees. It was a familiar face in his dreams. Brown, shaggy hair, bright golden eyes, skin that's tan color could only be described as hours spent in the sun. Though they didn't seem to be someone who worked in the fields. They had on a white robe with red flame designs on the cuffs of his sleeves.

The person seemed to hear Levi approach and turned to him, showing those golden eyes more clearly, a soft smile on his face. Levi stood next to the person, waiting for the usual conversation to begin.

"Greetings Prince." And a voice as smooth as honey. Levi sighed. He was about to respond when something flashed in the corner of his eye. He turned to see a familiar brown, two-tailed fox coming towards him.

"Eren?"

"Hm?" Levi turned to the person next to him. He had never known this person's name before, so he wasn't sure if they were responding to the name because it's theirs, or just because he spoke. He turned to see the small fox again, Eren, looking up at the person slightly shocked. When the person saw him, they were equally shocked.

"What the..." The person kneeled down to the fox. "How is this possible?" Levi cocked his head.

"What are you talking about?" Levi asked. Eren put one of his tails into the dirt, not seeming to really pay attention, and wrote out a message.

That's me! Levi scoffed after reading it, about to dismiss it when the person he's had this dream with a handful of times before even meeting the small fox, gasped.

"So you are me. But why are there two of me?"

"Wait, what?" Levi asked, looking between the two. The human turned to him with a small smile.

"Don't you remember Levi? My name is Eren." Levi just looked between the two quickly before human Eren looked to fox Eren, who was making a lot of noise, and the human just nodded. "Got it. Okay, well, we don't have too much to worry about." Eren rolled up one of his sleeves to reveal a golden bangle with a raven engraved into it. Levi just stared at it, before feeling something on his own wrist. He looked down to see a matching bangle with the same raven design. The raven being the emblem of his family.

"Wait, we're married?" Levi asked. The human Eren looked at him and smiled.

"Of course." He said, and then Levi woke up. And when he did, he looked right at Eren, his guardian fox, who was fast asleep next to him. When Levi looked out to his garden, he noticed that the sun was beginning to rise.

"What the fuck was that?" He asked himself. He may not have had that dream frequently, but it's occurred a few times since he was little, the person aging with him. So to find out that they're married in his dream world, and that someone had the same name as his guardian fox... Levi didn't even want to continue thinking about it. So once he knew everyone was awake and moving, he went and talked to his sister about it.

"You mean the person in your dream, whose name and gender you never knew, revealed themselves to you as Eren, and your fox Eren claimed that this human was him?" Mikasa clarified. Levi rolled his eyes.