Aesthetic Acid | eren x levi |

♘: Seventh Despair

"Levi , what is he talking about?"

Levi sighed and closed his eyes for a few moment as if he were trying to remember. "I didn't kill them and I know it's hard to believe, but I wasn't the one who did it. I was there at the scene of the crime because my nose found the scent of blood and I was curious. You remember what happened, right? Tell me what you remember."

Eren hesitated, but answered. "They were in the kitchen. They were all bloody and dead when I came back from exploring the town with Armin and Mikasa. There were soldiers there... How would I know if you're just lying? I haven't even known you for more than a day. How do I know if you're just feeding me lies?"

"I knew who you were before they passed away, so there's no way I would do that. Do you still remember anything? Armin arrived at your home before you did, right?" Levi asked in a quiet tone of voice as the noises from the floor below them got louder and louder.

"He saw me crouching down, about to bite them to make them like me so that they would come back. I figured a kid like you back then wouldn't want to have his parents gone forever, so I tried. When I saw Armin standing in the doorway, I panicked and left."

Eren was speechless and his throat was dry. Levi was there at the scene of the crime, but who killed them? Eren couldn't think of anyone who would possibly hate them. He knew his parents were good people. His father was a scientist and his mother stayed at home most of the time when she wasn't helping out the village.

"Then who killed them?"

"Honestly I have no idea. Whoever it was was long gone before I could take a whiff of their scent," Levi said. "It's true you barely know me and that you will probably never believe me, but I'm true to my word. All I managed to use as a clue was some small object that appeared to be a diamond earring."

"WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME, YOU FOUL SCUM? LET ME OUT OF HERE!" Armin snarled.

It was scary hearing Armin scream so much. He was always so calm and collected.

"Can I see him before I go?" Eren asked with a sigh.

"Of course."

Eren sat up and the vampire quickly moved to help him out of bed, but he slapped his hand away. Eren glared at him.

"I don't trust you just yet, monster," he snapped. "I don't think I ever will. Just show me where he is and don't follow me."

Levi remained silent and pointed to a ladder descending below. Eren paced to it slowly and climbed down it. It was wooden and it was't very stable, but he reached the ground again before he could fall off. The room was dark and the air was cold and dense and the walls were stone that appeared to look a hundred years old. There was a small, metal cage placed in the middle of the room with locks and chains decorating it. Armin was in there and he flinched when he heard even the most quiet sound.

"Eren," he said with wide eyes. His blond hair was dirtied by his own blood. "What happened to me? Why is everything so clear?"

Eren stepped closer to the cage carefully and Armin jumped up and approached him at lightning speed.

"I was dying, Eren, why am I like this? Did that thing do this to me? God. I feel so thirsty. What is happening to me?"

"Armin, listen," Eren murmured. "You won't be able to return to your normal life now, understand? You died and stayed dead for a while, but..."

"Tell me," Armin demanded.

"You're no longer human," Eren answered. "Lev- He did it. It was upon my request-"