A Day At A Time - EreRi

Chapter 5 - Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time

They spent all night looking for Levi, checking all over town for him. Erwin thought he had found him plenty of times, but it ended up being some random person each time. Around two in the morning Levi was found sitting back in the park smoking cannabis, despite the park having been looked through at least three times before this. Needless to say, Erwin was extremely upset and the next day a very big decision was made without the consent, thought, or input of others. What that decision was? Only Erwin, Levi, the school, and the workers and other patients knew about. It really was terrible because Eren didn't know and it would seem as if he was just skipping out on school for a week or so. Which for once he couldn't believe that he'd actually rather be in school, but that was because it was hell and that also meant he'd have a lot of homework to do when he got back to school; he doubt Erwin even took that into mind.

He just wanted to leave, have a French exit and leave without saying goodbye. Confess his love for Eren, then leave with him and start a new life somewhere else and find happiness in a new life with his lover. But he knew that'd only happen in his dreams, that's another reason why he wanted to fall into an eternal sleep. Not really, that sounds like a retarded reason since it would be due to someone else not liking him -- Levi had more problems than that to worry about. For example how he was being forced to go to this stupid place when he was nothing like them; he wasn't insane or wanting to kill others...he just wanted to kill himself. Okay so it was pretty obvious why he was there, but it wasn't going to help at all and that was obvious, not to mention that wanting to kill others is worse than wanting to kill himself.

Sitting in the front room as he was forced to be around others he kept his mouth shut for many reasons -- the main two obviously being that he was selectively mute and plainly didn't speak that often if at all. The other patients were conversing between each other, playing board games, crossword puzzles, simple stuff like that. Levi sat as close to the corner as possible, doing nothing except looking between everyone and waiting for when he'd be dismissed to go to his own room or at least somewhere else. Really with him acting like this it made him seem like the insane and creepy person in horror movies that sits around just staring at others and saying nothing; which in a way he was that person. Although right now he couldn't help it as he was under 24 hour watch and had been in this room since morning, having been forced to eat a bit of breakfast, or at least as much as he could stomach which wasn't a lot with how little he ate in general. It had been a few hours since then and they were about to have lunch, which he assumed he'd be forced to eat then too and they'd probably force him to eat more than he could handle. With that in mind he prepared himself to throw up soon, but they'd probably tell him that it was helping him get used to eating again.

Eren was sitting in school the next day, not understanding where Levi was since Erwin had found him last night and you'd assume that he'd be forced to go to school after everything that happened. He only knew of this though because his mother gave him permission to stay up until they got word on Levi, although he fell asleep anyways and was told in the morning that Levi was found and would be grounded for a while, but that's all he was told. So sitting there in class, hardly able to focus with the worry of where Levi could possibly be after the mess he caused there was no doubt that worry had found its way to him. He'd text him, but figuring that his phone was taken away since he was grounded he left it alone, but he desperately wanted word on him. Figuring his mother knew something Eren would probably ask about it when he went home, but there was no guarantee that he'd get a straight answer or one at all.

Sure enough a nurse walked up to Levi and let him know it was time for lunch, all of the other patients getting up and heading to the cafeteria as Levi sat there, the nurses understanding that he had an eating disorder and didn't like to eat in front of others and people he didn't know too well. Of course they'd force him to eat in front of them, but they did their best to make him comfortable and whatever they could do to get him to eat. After a few moments Levi had convinced them to get food for him, Levi sitting there silently and patiently as he looked out of the window and waited for the nurse to come back, another one sitting in the room to keep an eye on him since he was under 24 hour surveillance after all. Once the food was brought back to him he looked down at it, it smelt terrible and looked disgusting, like something they pulled out of a pig's feed. But nonetheless he knew he'd be forced to eat it, so he picked up the fork and hesitantly began eating, furrowing his brows at the bland taste and sighed as he ate as much as he could. Once he did that they began insisting that he eat more, Levi trying to protest but they were so persistent he didn't want to argue or be yelled at, so he forced more down until he was positive he couldn't choke down anymore. It was terrible, but they finally let up and took the tray away, Levi sighing and immediately going for the bathroom as it hit him he was going to be sick soon and he'd rather not be sick in front of the others...even though it was only nurses at the moment since the others were still in the cafeteria enjoying themselves.