Bratty thief stole my heart

Chapter 7: Interrogation

Eren's Pov:

"Eren! Eren come! We're all waiting just for you!"

I looked up and was met with a giddy, thirteen year old, potato chewing girl running towards me. I smiled softly at her overly happy and exited face.

"Hey sweetheart", she stopped in front of me and I ruffeled her hair messy brown hair.

"Come on Eren! The others are waiting for you!" She tugged at my sleeve.

"Alright, then let's go." I didn't remember why my family was waiting for me nor why I had been gone in the first place. But it didn't matter. I was at home with all my friends and that was all I could wish for.

Sasha opened the door to the living room and I instantly got tackeled by a bunch of shouting and laughing kids. And Mikasa. After they finished their hugging session with me, all my friends gathered around me, looking at me full of expectation.

"Ehm, guys, why are you staring at me like this?" I ackwardly scrached my neck.

"We're waiting for you to start", Christa replied with her sweetest smile.

I was still confused. "Start to do what? What are you waiting for?"

Sasha looked at me with a huge grin."You to make us pancakes!"

"Pancakes?", I repeated.

"Don't you remember?" The little girls eyes grew wide. "You promised to make us pancakes when you come back."

When. You. Come. Back!

"But...I didn't...come back", I said slowly, more to myself than to anyone in the room.

Suddenly my whole surrounding got blurry, the figures of my friends started to fade into the dark and I could hear their desperate voices crying out for me, fading away into nothingness. "Eren" "Eren!" "EREN!"

My shot open as I panted heavily as if I had just made a run from these idiots of the Military Police. I was sweating and the pictures of my friends getting washed away by the darkness were still dancing in front of my eyes. I closed them, hoping I could just disappear into the pitch black of my dreams again. But another voice stopped me from falling asleep again.

"Oi, shitty brat! Get your lazy ass up!"

I wanted to ignore them, but then I recogniced the owner of the voice and the next second I was sitting up straight in my bed looking at king Levi.

He wore his usual cold and bored, yet somehow mesmering look on his face and his clothes were just as flawless as yesterday. It's admirable how he manages to always look perfect. Wait...WHAT? Why am I admiring the person that holds me prison and is probably going to kick my ass up again?!

"Oh good you're awake Eren. I already thought Levi would have to toss you out of the bed." An again terribly exited brunett appeared behind the king and came over to open the cell door.

"Alright, time to get up!" She said cheerfully. Of course my mood wasn't good at all. From my experiences yesterday I would end up bruised all over again, that's for sure. But no matter what Levi or Hanji would do to me, I was determined to not tell them anything that could endanger my friend's safety. Never!

Like the day before I was cuffed and dragged down the hallways and up the stairs to the room with the pole. I had only been here once and I already dreaded this place. The floor looked like it had got cleaned, at least I couldn't see any of my bloodstains anymore.

This time I got onto my knees before his heighness could force me to and Hanji connected the hancuffs to the pole. Both of the stood in front of me, staring down at me. I hated the feeling of being defensless and unable to do anything but wait for them to start.