Take My Life[Ereri/ErenxLevi]

Take My Heart

Eren’s pov

After my encounter with Levi I decide against going back to school to finish out the day. The trouble awaiting tomorrow for cutting class short was the least of my priorities. My ride back home was completely silent, not due to the absence of people in the car, but the absence of activity in my head. It’s surprising that I made it back in one piece despite the lack of attention paid to the road. It was only as I pulled into my driveway that I was ambushed with a rush of thoughts. My heart reached a panic, beating rapidly as I remember that my parents had been informed about my relationship with Levi, thanks Armin. I contemplated turning around and driving off. Delaying their scolding would only do just that, delay the problem, I would have to face them eventually. It’d be better to get it over with now rather than psyching myself out by awaiting their wrath. Dread set in the pit of my stomach as I exited to the car approached the doorstep. Never before have I had so much adrenaline coursing through my veins than at this very moment. 

It was too late to turn back at this point, they most likely heard me pull up into the driveway. I unlocked the door and twisted the knob; painstakingly slow I stepped through the threshold. I could feel the tension that was in the air. If I could explain the atmosphere in one word it would be “off”. I quickly shut the door and tried to make my escape up to my room, but almost on cue; my mother’s voice cut through the dead air. “Eren Jaeger! Come here right now.” The authority sent shivers throughout my entire body. On command, my legs began to carry me into the kitchen; where the voice had derived from.

I was immediately met with two faces that were unrecognizable. The smiles that I had grown accustomed to seeing on my parents faces had disappeared. The look a disappointment was clearly something that I wasn't used to. "Sit" My father's tone was quite stern, I was in for in now. "Armin payed us a visit, any idea why?"

I knew the reasoning, I just didn't want to admit to it. "I have no idea." I was only digging my own grave.

"Let's try this again, shall we? Armin payed us a well deserved visit. We know you know why, I can see the guilt on your face. I just would like to see if you're man enough to admit what you did. So son... do you know why?" He didn't want to play any games.

"Y-yeah" was all I could manage to say.

"Eren Jaeger, I cannot put into words how disappointed and disgusted I am with your behavior. And as your mother that hurts me so much to say. I never expected this from you and to Levi of all people. What happened between you two. You guys were so close." She looked so hurt.

"Some people just drift apart." Especially when you force that drift. My father spoke right after my comment.

"Well 'some people [might] drift apart' as you said. But that is no excuse for what you have done, young man."

"Your father is absolutely right. Bullying? Really Eren?! Do you not even realize what you've put Levi through?" Oh trust me, I realized. "He's in the hospital because of what you did. He thought death was the only way out because of you. And I know that one shouldn't be blamed for another's actions, but that rule doesn't apply in this situation. He was your best friend for years. You two were inseparable, and now look at you. Look at where we're at right now. Just what were you trying to accomplish?" There were tears in my mother's eyes.

"I don't know." Lies, I did know. I did have a reason, just one that I wouldn't be proud admitting out loud.

This seemed to really set my dad off. "So you just tortured that poor boy for no reason in particular. You just thought it was fun. Fun for your little group to gang up on a person, not even a person, but an old friend. I knew something changed when you went into football and started hanging out with that boy Jean. You had him over at the house constantly but I never saw Levi, Mikasa or Armin over. I should've figured sooner that something had happened between you guys. I just never expected that it would be because of you. I'm really at a lost for words." It was silent for a while until I decided to break it.