Tale of Two Tails

Chapter 12

"What the fuck is this?" Levi asked, staring up into completely familiar golden eyes.

"This is me." Eren said, tails wrapping around his waist. "I'm a demon, Levi."

"So what, you've slipped in as a fox to do what exactly?" Levi huffed out. Eren's eyes narrowed.

"Nothing! I didn't intend to slip in here at all! My mother died and I was mourning and hunting. But like the fucking idiot I am, I stumbled into your territory and got fucking hunted." Levi's eyes sparked with recognition.

"You're the demon that escaped." Eren nodded.

"I am. I was hoping that I wouldn't be found until I was healed enough to sneak back out, but you found me." Eren smiled a little. "And you cared for me. And I am eternally grateful to you for that."

"So what now?" Eren blushed as he looked away.

"This is gonna be the worst part." He said. "Um... so... as you know... Kitsune can shape shift."

"Yeah, and?" Eren took a deep breath.

"We can also switch between sexes."

"And?" Eren blushed deeper as he looked away.

"W-Well... I already said I liked you-"

"Wait wait wait wait wait. When the fuck did you say that?" Eren shifted on his feet.

"While in fox form." And he toed the beginning of the message in the dirt.

"Okay, and?"

"Well... you're already married to me in your dreams-"

"Wait, What!" Levi seethed out. "How the fuck do you-"

"Mikasa and Armin already knew. And I... may have planned to have you fall for me in your dreams... but you already had."

"Wait, what?" Levi was getting more confused, and even more irritated.

"That brown fox in one of your dreams... was me."

"You invaded my dreams?!"

"It's not like that!" Eren said. "I wasn't trying to watch your dreams. I wanted to incorporate myself into them until you fell in love with me there, and then hoped you'd still love me outside of the world of sleep... but you had dreamt about me on your own."

"Why the fuck are you trying to get me to fall for you?" Eren took a deep breath to calm his nerves.

"You want a male lover, but your father wants you to have a wife to bare children, right?" Levi nodded, and then Eren shifted on his feet. "What if you could be in love with a male that could change female to bare you children?"

"That'd be the best fucking thing in the world but-"

"I'm a male kitsune. I can change into a female to bare you a child." Eren blurted out, eyes shut tight and fist clenched. Levi froze, just completely froze, mouth open and everything.

"What?!" Eren began to shake as he held back the tears that were ready to spill at rejection.

"I... I love you Levi. You've cared for me and respected me. You trusted me as well. You have many qualities I respect and have been looking for in a mate. I want a male lover, and you are so... and I can solve your marriage problems with your father. I can appear as a female and bare an heir to your family, but behind closed doors, I can be your male lover." Eren's eyes peaked open, to see the only change being that Levi shut his mouth.

"Why should I trust you now?"

"Mikasa does. She's talked to me about everything and agreed that me and you should marry. Armin does believe we should as well, though it took longer to get him on board."

"That doesn't mean anything to me." Eren sighed as he turned slightly to look towards the pond.

"I ask that you don't do anything to what I am about to give you." He said as he walked towards the pond and held his hand above it. Levi watched as a white ball came from the pond and floated up into Eren's hand. The kitsune looked at it before walking over to Levi, holding his hand out.

"The hell is tha-... is that your kitsune ball?" Eren nodded as he held it out closer to Levi.

"Take it." Levi looked up at Eren and sneered.

"Not after what blondie said about it. I don't want to die, thank you." Eren shook his head.

"I won't kill you because I am giving it to you. I want you to control me. Presenting one's kitsune ball to anyone is a high honor and sign of trust. I trust you with my life, considering you saved it." Levi looked at the ball, but shook his head.

"I won't take it." Eren's eyes narrowed now as he growled and held it out closer to Levi.

"I'm telling you to fucking take it!"

"Hell no. I refuse to control you in such a barbaric way."

"It's not barbaric!"

"I don't want to try this out and have you only do what I say because I have that fucking ball."

"I'm telling you to-... wait, what?" Eren's eyes widened as his ears perked. "Did you just say you want to try this out?" Levi looked away, a light blush on his face.

"I'm already married to you in my dreams, remember." Eren smiled as he hugged the short human.

"Thank you Levi!"

"Let go! I need to make this believable to my father." Eren nodded.

"Right, female form." Eren took a deep breath and exhaled, allowing another switch to come on. He felt his chest grow and his lower genitals switch from male to female. He felt himself shrink slightly and his hair grow, as well as his tails disappear and his ears to switch from fox to human. When he opened his eyes, they were still a vibrant gold.

"Not bad." Levi said as he walked around Eren. "Since I know it's you and that you're actually male, it's not so bad. But how old are you?" Eren shifted on his feet.

"Well... I turned 200 this past spring-" His... her voice was still like honey, instead of the bass tone, it had taken on an alto tone. Still lovely. And Eren looked no older that 16... wait he said he was...

"Wait, what!" Eren flinched at the tone Levi used. It was abrupt and shocked, but the emotion still didn't play on his face.

"Um... I'm 200... but in human years I'm about 17, maybe 18." Levi nodded slowly.

"Alright. I'm potentially courting an old as hell demon. Great." Eren nodded slowly, then shifted back to male. Sighing in relief when the shift was over. "So how is this going to work?" Eren crossed his arms.

"We could ask Armin tomorrow? For now, I'm going to have to stay in fox form until the female version of me is introduced." Levi nodded as Eren then shifted back into a fox and put his kitsune ball back into the pond.

"So we're still sleeping together." Eren nodded as he erased his messages and jumped back onto the porch. "This is so fucking weird." Eren's ears dropped. "Oh come here you shit and just get the fuck over it. I've just learned a lot of shit. Let me absorb it before we start your master plan." Eren nodded, snuggling into Levi's stomach and working as a little heater again.