Broken

Chapter five

Levi hated lying to Eren, just to state that now and get all of that over with. Eren knew that Levi was lying, that he had hurt Levi, by the way everyone moved when the Shifter had to be sure his Corporal was safe. The way they all jumped when he moved to hug Levi, he had felt that they were watching him do anything, and he was a test subject. More than normal with Hanji, too.

Eren was sitting in the cafeteria, silently refusing to eat anything. He needed to speak when the time came, and then he might be able to eat something. Levi sat in front of him. The bruises on his neck were less prominent that day, and Eren could breathe correctly. "Levi..." He trailed off, before looking away again. "Corporal, look, I know... I know you lied to me. I know I hurt you, just please tell me the truth."

"Eren," Levi sighed, before he stood from the table.

"Sit down, please, Levi." Eren clenched his hands, and stared at the table between them. Levi glanced around them, seeing no one, and sat down reluctantly.

"I did... I did lie to you, but you wouldn't have succeeded."

"So? I shouldn't be lied to, Rivaille," Eren said, and he looked up at the older man for an instant. Levi leaned across the table, taking Eren's chin in his. "Levi--" Levi, whom was bad at apologizing in any way, captured the Shifter's lips with his own. Water fell to his cheeks, and the clear liquid fell from both of their cheeks to the table below them.

"I'm so sorry," Levi whispered, and he moved back to see purple eyes. 'Purple eyes?' He mused to himself, 'This is new.'

"...Shut up..." Eren growled, and he backed away, falling into the table behind them. "This is me! My name is Eren Jäger!" His eyes closed, and his head rolled back against the wood of the table. Levi jumped over the table, stumbling into Eren.

"Eren?" The Titan Shifter opened his eyes, mouth hanging open. One eye was bright red, the other turquoise. Levi took Eren's head in his hands, and he never saw such conflict in how the boy acted to his touch. This, this conflict; is this what Hanji was so afraid of? Was she afraid of Eren fighting with himself, fighting with another him?

"Levi..." The word left his mouth as a sigh. The red eye was narrowed, the turquoise eye closed.

"My God, Eren," Levi whispered, running his thumbs over the Shifter's eyes. The eyes were beautiful, and Levi couldn't move away. How was that even possible for half of his body to be completely different from the other side? Eren's hands found Levi's, and pulled them away from his face. Their hands went to the younger's sides, and both of Eren's eyes were wide as their lips, almost lazily, connected.

Both men could be killed now and not know it. They were high on each other. Suffocating and breathing, burning and freezing. A muffled groan filled the space around them. The door! Levi jumped back, his hands slipping from Eren's waist. Eren's eyes stayed different as the two of them turned to the door.

"Horseface?"

"Kirstein?"

"This is why I should knock before entering any room," Jean whispered, and the sentence wasn't heard by either male. His eyes were wide, his hands shaking at his side. He turned, beginning to sprint down the hall, and both men got to their feet.

Eren's eyes locked on the now empty doorway, his shoulders back. Defensive. "Levi..."

"He's gonna get himself hurt," Levi said.

"I need him to stop," Eren whispered, going to stand up. He was pushed down by Levi's hands, and lips fell against the shifter's forehead.

"You stay here," Levi said, before the corporal turned away and ran after Jean.

"What about Mikasa?" Eren whined, before his eyes closed. He would have laughed if this could have been funny. He began shaking, curling up against himself. He was terrified of himself, and what he could do. "Levi'll get killed for sure."

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Levi sighed, and as Jean turned back around, Levi almost smiled. "Thank you," the man said. "For making it the same way as the first time." Jean shrugged, his lips in a thin line.

"No problem," Jean said. "See you around, Corporal Levi." Jean saluted Levi, before he began down the hallway again.

"Thank you."

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Eren's eyes glowed turquoise, his hands shakily covering his mouth. "Mikasa, Armin —they're both dead."